Research Article - Biomedical Research (2017) Volume 28, Issue 2

Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of some novel carboxamides derived from 2-phenyl quinoline candidates

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Exploration & Development Chair (DEDC), College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

²Department of Therapeutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

³Research Centre, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

⁴Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

*Corresponding Author:

Nagy M Khalifa
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Drug Exploration & Development Chair
College of Pharmacy
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Accepted on July 04, 2016

Abstract

Quinolines and its derivatives represent a broad class of compounds, which have received considerable attention due to their wide range of pharmacological properties such as, anti-inflammatory, COX inhibitor, anticancer and analgesic. Starting from 2-phenylquinoline-4-carbohydrazide, several new 2- phenylquinoline-4-carboxamide derivatives were synthesized, characterized and screened for their analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity using peripheral analgesic activity (writhing test) and carrageenan-induced paw edema test in rats. Among these derivatives, compound 5 linked nucleoside analogue showed significant anti-inflammatory activity as that of diclofenac sodium (reference drug) in animal models of inflammation.

Keywords

2-Phenyl quinoline derivatives, Carboxamides, Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity.

Introduction

The search for new drugs which treat both infectious and inflammatory states without side effects remains a major challenge in biomedical studies. The advanced studies are enriched with progressive findings about the preparation and medicinal properties of heterocycles bearing quinoline moiety are reported to display a broad spectrum of pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory [1-3], analgesic [4], antimalarial [5], antimicrobial [6-9], anticancer [10], antialzheimer's [11], antioxidant [12] and antidepressant [13]. In addition, introduction of carboxamides into a skeleton of practical importance is of high interest [14,15]. In light of the aforementioned findings and our interest in the synthesis of novel heterocycles of biological importance [16-18], we have synthesized some new quinoline derivatives incorporated carboxamide linkage to evaluate their anticipated antiinflammatory activities.

Material and Methods

Melting points were measured using open capillary tubes with Griffin apparatus and are uncorrected. Elemental microanalyses were found within the acceptable limits of the calculated values. IR spectra (ν in cm^-1) using KBr discs were recorded on Schimadzu 435 IR Spectrophotometer. NMR spectra (DMSO-d₆) δ, ppm) were run on a Varian Gemini 500 MHz and Brucker 500 MHz Spectrophotometer with Tetramethylsilane as internal standard. Chemical shift values (δ) are given using parts per million scales (ppm). Mass Spectra (EI, 70 eV) were recorded on Hewlett Packard 5988 spectrometer. Thin layer chromatography was performed on Merck silica gel 60 F254 aluminum sheets; compound spots were visualized in UV light at 365 and 254 nm.

Synthesis of imide and bis-imide derivatives (2, 3 and 4)

General procedure: A stirred solution of hydrazide 1 (10 mmol) and acid anhydride derivatives, namely naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic acid anhydride, 1,2,4,5- benzenetetracarboxylic dianhydride or 1,4,5,8- naphthylenetracarboxylic dianhydride (10 mmol) in acetic acid (15 ml) was heated for 3-5 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, cooled, and the separated solid was collected by filtration, dried, and crystallized from (AcOH/ether) to afford the title imide or bis-imide derivatives 2, 3 and 4, respectively [19].

N-2-(1,3-Dioxo-3a,6-dihydro-1Hbenzo[ de]isoquinolin-2(3H)-yl)-2-phenylquinolin-4- carboxamide (2).

Yield 62%, m.p. 201-203°C; IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3236 (NH), 1712, 1668 (3 C=O); ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 7.12-9.06 (m, 16H, ArH), 9.87 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 119.96, 122.17, 123.46, 123.65, 125.57, 127.31, 127.68, 128.41, 129.34, 130.68, 130.85, 132.56, 135.23, 136.29, 136.81, 137.97, 145.15, 145.64, 157.37 (Ar- C), 160.08 (C=O anhydride), 165.33 (C=O amide); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 443 [M]⁺. C₂₈H₁₇N₃O₃ (443.45): calcd. C 75.84, H 3.86, N 9.48; found C 75.68, H 3.72, N 9.30.

2,6-Bis-(2-phenylquinolin-4-carboxamide)pyrrolo[3,4- f]isoindole-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetrone (3).

Yield 65%, m.p. 192-194°C; IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3220 (NH), 1705, 1680 (3 C=O); ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 7.22-9.14 (m, 24H, ArH), 9.56 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 119.84, 122.16, 123.41, 125.31, 127.35, 127.62, 129.33, 130.82, 132.58, 135.19, 135.64, 136.25, 145.21, 145.59, 157.48 (Ar-C), 164.88 (C=O anhydride), 165.17 (C=O amide); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 708 [M]⁺. C₄₂H₂₄N₆O₆ (708.68): calcd. C 71.18, H 3.41, N 11.86; found C 71.05, H 3.28, N 11.70.

2,6-Bis-(2-phenylquinolin-4- carboxamide)benzo[de]isoquinolin-1,3,6,8(2H,7H) yl)tetraone (4).

Yield 53%, m.p. 219-221°C; IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3286 (NH), 1712, 1680 (3 C=O); ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 7.26-9.15 (m, 14H, ArH), 9.78 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 119.87, 120.48, 122.10, 123.44, 127.34, 127.61, 129.32, 130.86, 132.55, 135.15, 135.23, 136.27, 139.77, 145.18, 145.63, 157.45 (Ar-C), 158.67 (C=O anhydride), 164.89 (C=O amide); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 758 [M]⁺. C₄₆H₂₆N₆O₆ (758.74): calcd. C 72.82, H 3.45, N 11.08; found C 72.64, H 3.29, N 10.95.

N-(Ribosylhydrazon)-2-phenylquinolin-4- carboxamide (5).

A mixture of hydrazide 1 (10 mmol), and D-ribos (10 mmol) with drops of glacial acetic acid were refluxed in absolute ethyl alcohol (30 ml) for 3 h, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the residue formed was clarified, washed with ethanol, dried and crystallized from ethanol to output the designate compound 5 in 57% yield, mp 164-165°C (EtOH); IR (KBr, cm^-1): 3510-3436 (OH), 3190 (NH), 1682 (C=O), 1627 (CN). ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 3.86 (m, 4H, 4OH, D₂O exchangeable), 4.27 (m, 1H, H-3'), 4.38 (m, 1H, H-4 '), 4.52 m (2H, H-5 ', H-5 ''), 5.10 dd (1H, H-2'), 7.11 d (1H, H-1'), 7.21-8.84 (m, 11H, ArH+=CH ), 10.28 (s, 1H, NH, D₂O exchangeable). ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 63.85 (CH₂OH), 65.94(CHOH), 72.19 (CHOH), 73.89 (CHOH), 119.74, 121.68, 123.45, 126.59, 127.55, 128.67, 129.78, 131.75, 134.96, 136.24, 143.82, 145.57 (Ar-C), 153.47 (=CH), 157.25 (Ar-C), 162.73 (C=O). MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 395 [M]⁺. Anal. Found, %: C 63.65; H 5.29; N 10.51. C₂₁H₂₁N₃O₅ Calculated, %: C 63.79; H 5.35; N 10.63.

(E)-2-Phenyl-N'-((1-(2-(pyrrolidin-orpiperidin-1- yl)ethyl)-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene) quinolin-4- carbohydrazide (6a,b) and (E)-N'-(4-substituted benzylidene)-2-phenylquinoline-4-carbohydrazide (7a-c).

General procedure: A stirred solution of hydrazide 1 (10 mmol) and appropriate aldehydes, namely, 1-(2-(pyrrolidin-1- yl)ethyl)-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde, 1-(2-(piperidin-1- yl)ethyl)-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde, 4- morpholinobenzaldehyde, 4-(piperazin-1-yl)benzaldehyde, or 4-piperidnobenzaldehyde (10 mmol) in acetic acid (10 ml) were refluxed for 3-5 h. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool and the obtained solid product was filtered off, dried, and crystallized from the proper solvents to give the title hydrazones respectively [17].

(E)-2-phenyl-N'-((1-(2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethyl)-1Hindol- 3-yl)methylene)quinolin-4-carbohydrazide (6a).

Yield 51%, m.p.147-149°C (MeOH); IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3195 (NH), 1684 (C=O); ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 1.56-2.30 (m, 8H, 4CH₂), 2.93 (t, 2H, CH₂), 3.67 (t, 2H, CH₂), 7.03-9.01 (m, 15H, ArH+=CH), 9.86 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 26.32 (pyrrol.), 49.16, 54.01 (CH₂), 57.58 (pyrrol.), 110.23, 112.34, 118.36, 119.74, 120.63, 122.18, 122.88, 123.42, 126.28, 127.30, 127.51, 129.34, 130.75, 132.52, 134.75, 134.87, 135.94, 136.49, 143.19, 145.21, 145.68, 157.47 (Ar-C), 163.30 (C=O); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 487 [M]⁺. C₃₁H₂₉N₅O (487.59): calcd. C 76.36, H 5.99, N 14.36; found C 76.19, H 5.81, N 14.22.

(E)-2-phenyl-N'-((1-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-1Hindol- 3-yl)methylene)quinolin-4-carbohydrazide (6b).

Yield 53%, m.p. 176-178°C (AcOH/H₂O); IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3220 (NH), 1678 (C=O); ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 1.53-2.21 (m, 10H, 5CH₂), 2.89 (t, 2H, CH₂), 3.72 (t, 2H, CH₂), 6.98-9.01 (m, 15H, ArH+=CH), 9.54 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 25.36 , 25.71 (piperid.), 48.12, 53.69 (CH₂), 56.01(piperid.), 109.20, 111.86, 118.55, 119.78, 120.59, 122.15, 122.92, 123.48, 126.65, 127.32, 127.63, 129.30, 130.87, 132.56, 134.44, 134.95, 135.80, 136.51, 143.22, 145.16, 145.74, 157.42 (Ar-C), 163.87 (C=O); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 502 [M]⁺. C₃₂H₃₁N₅O (501.62): calcd. C 76.62, H 6.23, N 13.96; found C 76.47, H 6.11, N 13.79.

(E)-N'-(4-(morpholin-1-yl)benzylidene)-2- phenylquinoline-4-carbohydrazide (7a).

Yield 56%, m.p. 190-192°C (MeOH); IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3210 (NH), 1680 (C=O), 1613(C=N) ; ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 2.98 (t, 4H, CH₂NCH₂), 3.79 (t, 4H, CH₂OCH₂), 6.90-8.86 (m, 15H, ArH+=CH), 10.36 (s, 1H, NH, exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 49.96, 67.12 (morpholin-C), 115.28, 119.65, 121.59, 122.89, 123.56, 126.82, 127.48, 128.94, 129.87, 131.09, 133.15, 134.76, 135.89, 143.26, 144.90, 145.58, 152.14, 158.03 (Ar-C), 165.21 (C=O); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 436 (8) [M]⁺. C₂₇H₂₄N₄O₂ (501.62): calcd. C 74.29, H 5.54, N 12.84; found C 74.12, H 5.39, N 12.71.

(E)-N'-(4-(piperazin-1-yl)benzylidene)-2- phenylquinoline-4-carbohydrazide (7b).

Yield 51%, m.p. 177-179°C (MeOH); IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3195 (NH), 1668 (C=O), 1610(C=N) ; ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 2.86 (t, 4H, CH₂NCH₂), 3.09 (t, 4H, CH₂NCH₂), 6.85-8.84 (m, 15H, ArH+=CH), 10.45, 11.05 (2s, 2H, 2NH exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 47.13, 53.29 (piperazin- C), 115.10, 120.34, 121.74, 123.17, 123.67, 127.14, 127.55, 129.05, 130.28, 131.12, 133.25, 135.06, 136.42, 143.18, 145.03, 145.73, 152.23, 157.79 (Ar-C), 164.87 (C=O); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 435 (12) [M]⁺. C₂₇H₂₅N₅O (435.52): calcd. C 74.46, H 5.79, N 16.08; found C 74.32, H 5.65, N 17.93.

(E)-N'-(4-(piperidin-1-yl)benzylidene)-2- phenylquinoline-4-carbohydrazide (7c).

Yield 60%, m.p. 193-195°C (MeOH); IR (KBr, cm^-1): ν 3236 (NH), 1682 (C=O), 1628(C=N) ; ¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 1.47 (m, 6H, 3CH₂), 3.01 (t, 4H, CH₂NCH₂), 6.87-8.84 (m, 15H, ArH+=CH), 10.26 (s, 1H, 1NH exchangeable with D₂O); ¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ: 24.86, 25.43, 53.16 (piperidin-C), 115.23, 119.88, 121.95, 123.10, 123.79, 126.98, 127.64, 128.87, 139.83, 131.07, 133.20, 134.75, 135.67, 143.12, 144.92, 145.69, 153.01, 158.11(Ar-C), 165.33 (C=O); MS (EI, 70 eV): m/z (%): 434 (6) [M]⁺. C₂₈H₂₆N₄O (434.53): calcd. C 77.39, H 6.03, N 12.89; found C 77.28, H 5.89, N 12.74.

Pharmacological assay

Experimental animals: Healthy male adult Wister albino rats, weighing approximately 250 g, were used. They were housed in polyethylene cages and were kept at a constant temperature (22 ± 2°C), humidity (55%) and 12 h light-dark conditions. The animals were provided with Purina chow rat diet and free access to drinking water.

Carrageenan-induced edema

The carrageenan-induced rat hind paw edema test was conducted as described previously [20]. For each compound rat received treatment with 2 doses 40 mg/kg and 80 mg/kg (intraperitoneal injection) one hour before carrageenan 2% injection into hind paw of the rats. The paw volume was estimated with the help of plethysmometer 7140 (UGO Basile 7140, model-7141, Biological research apparatus, Italy) at zero time (before carrageenan injection), 1 and 2 hours post injection. Then all results tabulated and the percent inhibition in the rat paw calculated using the following formula:

% inhibition = (dc-dt)/dc × 100

Where

“dt” is the difference in paw volume in the treated group.

“dc” the difference in paw volume in the control group.

“ED50” for each treatment period was also calculated and expressed in micromole/kg for comparing potencies of given compounds.

Peripheral analgesic activity (writhing test).

The peripheral analgesic activity of selected compounds was determined in mice as described in the work done by Jayanna et al. [21]. Seventy two mice were divided into 12 groups of 6 animals each. Mice of groups 1 (normal control) and 2 (reference) were treated orally with the vehicle (5 ml/kg) and acetyl salicylic acid (150 mg/kg), respectively. Animals of groups 3 through 12 were orally given selected compounds at doses of (20 mg/kg, p.o.). After 30 min of medication, writhings were induced by an intraperitoneal injection of acetic acid (0.7% aqueous solution) in a dose of 10 ml/kg. Mice were then placed in transparent boxes and the number of writhes per animal was counted for 20 min after acetic acid injection and expressed as the percentage of protection using the following ratio:

Protection (%) = [(Control mean - Treated mean)/Control mean] × 100.

Results and Discussion

Anti-inflammatory activity

The anti-inflammatory activities of the newly synthesized compounds was estimated by carrageenan-induced paw edema model in rats [20] utilizing Diclofenac sodium as a standard drug. The anti-inflammatory activity results (Table 1) according to structure-activity relationship (SAR) indicated that, compound 5 possessing sugar substitution on 2-phenyl quinoline moiety confers considerable anti-inflammatory activity followed by compound 2 bearing imido quinoline-4- carboxamide substitution, then the activity decreased in compounds 6a, 7a, 4, 3, 7b, 7c and 6b in descending order in 1 hour treatment time with respect to diclofenac sodium. In 2 hours treatment time, compounds 5 possessing glycoside shiff,s base substituted on 2-phenyl quinoline moiety showed higher activity as that of diclofenac sodium (reference drug) followed by compound 2 bearing imido quinoline-4- carboxamide substitution, then compound 4 bearing bis-imido quinoline-4-carboxamide substitution. The rest of the compounds 6a, 3, 7a, 7b and 7c showed the least inhibitory effect in descending order. The high activity of the glycoside function may be due to the presence of the free hydroxyl functional groups in the molecules structure.

Table 1. Effect of the synthesized compounds on carrageenan induced paw edema in rats.

Analgesic activity

Analgesic activity of the selected compounds was carried out in mature Albino mice (27 30 g b.wt) by using Peripheral analgesic activity (writhing test).

The tested compounds were shown to produce variable analgesic activity in the writhing assays in mice. The selected compounds showed significant reduction in the number of writhes (Table 2). Compound 5 displayed high inhibition rate in acetic acid-induced writhing test.

Table 2. Peripheral analgesic activity in mice (Writhing test) of the synthesized compounds on mice.

Chemistry

The synthetic pathway leading to the title products is outlined in Figure 1. The starting hydrazide 1 was treated with dicarboxylic acid anhydride and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides namely, 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid anhydride and benzene or naphthalene tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride to afford the corresponding imide and bis-imide derivatives 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Reaction of 1 with sugar aldose and aryl aldehydes namely, D-ribose, 1-(2-(pyrrolidin-1- yl)ethyl)-1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde, 1-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl) -1H-indole-3-carbaldehyde, 4-(morpholin-1-yl)benzaldehyde 4-(piperazin-1-yl)- benzaldehyde and 4-(piperidin-1-yl)benzaldehyde afforded the corresponding Schiff bases 5, 6a,b and 7a-c, respectively (Figure 1).

Figure 1 : Synthetic route to carboxamide derivatives 2-7.

Conclusion

The significance of the potent quinoline derivatives has been established in the search for effective anti-inflammatory agents. In the current study, a new scaffold of quinoline linked to carboxamides were synthesized and evaluated for their analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents. The results of this investigation revealed that, anti-inflammatory activity of quinoline substituted different nitrogenous heterocycles on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema model identified compound 5 as a potent anti-inflammatory agent showed significant anti-inflammatory activity as that of diclofenac sodium (standard drug). Therefore, this derivative may represent good lead compound for the development of potent and selective anti-inflammatory agents.

Acknowledgement

The project was financially supported by King Saud University, Vice Deanship of Research Chairs.

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