期刊
NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY
卷 30, 期 5, 页码 390-394出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2008.03.060
关键词
anticonvulsant activity; fluorination; hydroxamic acids; neurotoxicity; teratology; valproic acid
资金
- European Commission
- Federal Ministry for Education and Research, BMBF/PTJ/BIO [0313070D]
- American Biogenetic Sciences
Purpose: Fluorinated and non-fluorinated valproic acid (VPA) analogues with hydroxamic acid moieties were tested for their teratogenic, anticonvulsant and neurotoxic potencies in mice. Methods: Compounds were synthesized from their corresponding acids. The induction of neural tube defects (exencephaly) of the resulting hydroxamates (applied on day 8.25 of gestation) was testing in the offspring of pregnant animals (Han:NMRI mice). The anticonvulsant activity was evaluated in the subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) seizure threshold test and neurotoxicity in the rotorod neurotoxicity test. Results: All tested hydroxamates showed no or greatly reduced teratogenic potency in mice compared to the free acids. Furthermore all compounds exhibited anticonvulsant activity with ED50 doses ranging from 0.16 mmol/kg to 0.59 mmol/kg (VPA 0.57 mmol/kg). Neurotoxicity of the hydroxamates was increased compared to VPA. TD50 doses range from 0.70 mmol/kg to 1.42 mmol/kg (VPA 1.83 mmol/kg). Conclusion: Hydroxamic acid derivatives of VPA with improved protective index and little or undetectable teratogenic potency compared to the free acids are described. alpha-fluorination of VPA also resulted in loss of teratogenic activity. Such fluorination of the hydroxamic acids also led to compounds with an improved anticonvulscant profile compared to non-fluorinated hydroxamates. The non-chiral 2-Fluror-VPA-hydroxamic acid was the most promising compound with a protective index (ratio of TD50 to ED50) of 4.4 compared to 3.2 for VPA. This compound combines an improved ratio of anticonvulsant potency/neurotoxicity with the advantage of not being teratogenic in the mouse neural tube defect model used. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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