New pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dines
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0011">,
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0012">,
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0013">, and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0021"> have been synthesized. The vasorelaxant effe
ct on smooth mus
cle isolated from rat aorta, via PDEs inhibition, of these
compounds along with other pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dines
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0014 #jhet2380-eo-0015 #jhet2380-eo-0016 #jhet2380-eo-0017 #jhet2380-eo-0018 #jhet2380-eo-0019 #jhet2380-eo-0020"> reported earlier by our group, has also been determined. These pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dines
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0011 #jhet2380-eo-0012 #jhet2380-eo-0013 #jhet2380-eo-0014 #jhet2380-eo-0015 #jhet2380-eo-0016 #jhet2380-eo-0017 #jhet2380-eo-0018 #jhet2380-eo-0019 #jhet2380-eo-0020 #jhet2380-eo-0021"> were synthesized by the rea
ction of ferro
cenyl-ethynyl ketones (
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0001 #jhet2380-eo-0002 #jhet2380-eo-0003 #jhet2380-eo-0004">) or α-alkynyl ketones (
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0005 #jhet2380-eo-0006 #jhet2380-eo-0007 #jhet2380-eo-0008 #jhet2380-eo-0009 #jhet2380-eo-0010">) with
com/namespaces/wiley" xmlns:cr="urn://wiley-online-library/content/render" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="jhet2380-eo-2000">class="TH_term3">6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil using [Ni(CN)
4]
−4 as an a
ctive
catalyti
c spe
cies, formed
in situ in a Ni(CN)
2/NaOH/H
2O/CO/KCN aqueous system. Evaluation of the vasorelaxant effe
ct of
compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0011 #jhet2380-eo-0012 #jhet2380-eo-0013 #jhet2380-eo-0014 #jhet2380-eo-0015 #jhet2380-eo-0016 #jhet2380-eo-0017 #jhet2380-eo-0018 #jhet2380-eo-0019 #jhet2380-eo-0020 #jhet2380-eo-0021"> demonstrated that all
compounds relax the tissue in a
con
centration-dependent manner. The stru
ctural
changes do not alter the effe
ctiveness; however, there are
differen
ces related to poten
cy expressed as EC
50. Compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0012"> (7-ferro
cenyl-1,3-
dimethyl-5-(
m-tolyl)-pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dine) and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0013"> (7-ferro
cenyl-1,3-
dipropyl-5-(4-metoxyphenyl)-pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dine) were the most potent
compounds, even more than rolipram, referen
ce drug; the EC
50 was 0.41 ± 0.02 μM and 0.81 ± 0.11 μM for
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0012"> and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0013">,
correspon
dingly. The EC
50 of
compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0015"> (7-ferro
cenyl-1,3-
dimethyl-5-phenyl-pyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dine),
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0014"> (7-ferro
cenyl-5-(3,5-
dimethoxyphenyl)-1,3-
dimethylpyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dine), and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0019"> (5-
n-butyl-7-ethyl-1,3-
dimethylpyrido[2,3-
d]pyrimi
dine) was similar to EC
50 of rolipram. Compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0011 #jhet2380-eo-0012 #jhet2380-eo-0013 #jhet2380-eo-0014 #jhet2380-eo-0015 #jhet2380-eo-0016 #jhet2380-eo-0017 #jhet2380-eo-0018 #jhet2380-eo-0019 #jhet2380-eo-0020 #jhet2380-eo-0021"> signifi
cantly indu
ce
con
centration-dependent vasorelaxation in endothelium-inta
ct aorti
c rings. In ad
dition, the relaxation responses to ea
ch
compound in either endothelium-inta
ct or endothelium denuded aorti
c rings were
comparable, suggesting that removal of the fun
ctional endothelium has no signifi
cant influen
ce on its intrinsi
c vasorelaxant a
ctivity.
In vitro capability of
conserving
cy
cli
c-AMP or
cy
cli
c-
GMP (adenosine and guanosine 3′, 5′-
cy
cli
c monophosphate) via PDE inhibition for
compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0012 #jhet2380-eo-0013 #jhet2380-eo-0014 #jhet2380-eo-0015"> and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0019"> was evaluated. Compounds
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0015"> and
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0019"> show the highest per
cent inhibition effe
ct (94.83% and 83.98%, respe
ctively) for the de
composition of
c-AMP. Do
cking stu
dies showed that the
compound
ces:#jhet2380-eo-0015"> was sele
ctive for the inhibition of PDE-4.