Molecules (Feb 2014)

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Chromenylurea and Chromanylurea Derivatives as Anti-TNF-α agents that Target the p38 MAPK Pathway

  • Xingzhou Li,
  • Xinming Zhou,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Lili Wang,
  • Long Long,
  • Zhibing Zheng,
  • Song Li,
  • Wu Zhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules19022004
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 2004 – 2028

Abstract

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A series of 1-aryl-3-(2H-chromen-5-yl)urea and 1-aryl-3-(chroman-5-yl)urea derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activities towards TNF-α production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated THP-1 cells. The most active compound, 40g, inhibited TNF-α release with an IC50 value of 0.033 μM, which is equipotent to that of BIRB796 (IC50 = 0.032 μM).

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