Multifunctional Arylsulfone and Arylsulfonamide-Based Ligands with Prominent Mood-Modulating Activity and Benign Safety Profile, Targeting Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2021.0

Abstract

The current pharmaceutical market lacks therapeutic agents designed to modulate behavioral disturbances associated with dementia. To address this unmet medical need, we designed multifunctional ligands characterized by a nanomolar affinity for clinically relevant targets that are associated with the disease pathology, namely, the 5-HT<sub>2A/6/7</sub> and D<sub>2</sub> receptors. Compounds that exhibited favorable functional efficacy, water solubility, and metabolic stability were selected for more detailed study. Pharmacological profiling revealed that compound <b>11</b> exerted pronounced antidepressant activity (MED 0.1 mg/kg), outperforming commonly available antidepressant drugs, while compound <b>16</b> elicited a robust anxiolytic activity (MED 1 mg/kg), exceeding comparator anxiolytics. In contrast to the existing psychotropic agents tested, the novel chemotypes did not negatively impact cognition. At a chronic dose regimen (25 days), <b>11</b> did not induce significant metabolic or adverse blood pressure disturbances. These promising therapeutic-like activities and benign safety profiles make the novel chemotypes potential treatment options for dementia patients.

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