Synthesis and Biological Properties of New Constrained CCK-B Antagonists: Discrimination of Two Affinity States of the CCK-B Receptor on Transfected CHO Cells

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Abstract
To improve our knowledge of the bioactive conformation of CCK-B antagonists, we have developed a new series of constrained dipeptoids whose synthesis and biochemical properties are reported here. These compounds, of general structure Nα-[(2-adamantyloxy)carbonyl]-α-methyltryptophanyl-(4-X)-proline, were designed by introducing a cyclization in the structure of the previously described CCK-B/peptoid antagonist RB 210, N-[N-[(2-adamantyloxy)carbonyl]-dl-α-methyltryptophanyl]-N-(2-phenylethyl)glycine (Blommaert et al. J.Med.Chem.1993, 36, 2868−2877), by means of a five-membered ring. Structure−affinity relationship studies showed that an R configuration of Trp-Cα and a cis configuration of the pyrrolidine substituents were favorable for receptor recognition. The most potent compounds of this new series had similar affinities for the CCK-B receptor as RB 210 and proved to be far more efficient in inhibiting inositol phosphate production in CHO cells stably transfected with rat brain CCK-B receptor, with IC50 values approaching those of the commonly used antagonists L-365,260 and PD-134,308. Moreover, binding studies performed using transfected CHO cells showed that two affinity states of the CCK-B receptor can be discriminated by some of these compounds which also have different biological profiles and are therefore highly interesting tools for the biochemical and pharmacological characterization of CCK-B receptor heterogeneity.