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Imidazoquinolinone, Imidazopyridine, and Isoquinolindione Derivatives as Novel and Potent Inhibitors of the Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP): A Comparison with Standard PARP Inhibitors

Molecular Toxicology, University of Konstanz, Germany (T.E., A.B.); Preclinical Research, NYCOMED GmbH, Konstanz, Germany (R.B., T.W., S.W., T.K.); and William Harvey Research Institute, London, England (M.C.M., C.T.)

We have identified three novel structures for inhibitors of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), a nuclear enzyme activated by strand breaks in DNA and implicated in DNA repair, apoptosis, organ dysfunction or necrosis. 2-[4-(5-Methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)-piperidin-1-yl]-4,5-dihydro-imidazo[4,5,1-i,j]quinolin-6-one (BYK49187), 2-(4-pyridin-2-yl-phenyl)-4,5-dihydro-imidazo[4,5,1-i,j]quinolin-6-one (BYK236864), 6-chloro-8-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-imidazo-[1,2-]-pyridine (BYK20370), and 4-(1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethylene)-4H-isoquinolin-1,3-dione (BYK204165) inhibited cell-free recombinant human PARP-1 with pIC₅₀ values of 8.36, 7.81, 6.40, and 7.35 (pK_i 7.97, 7.43, 5.90, and 7.05), and murine PARP-2 with pIC₅₀ values of 7.50, 7.55, 5.71, and 5.38, respectively. BYK49187, BYK236864, and BYK20370 displayed no selectivity for PARP-1/2, whereas BYK204165 displayed 100-fold selectivity for PARP-1. The IC₅₀ values for inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis in human lung epithelial A549 and cervical carcinoma C4I cells as well in rat cardiac myoblast H9c2 cells after PARP activation by H₂O₂ were highly significantly correlated with those at cell-free PARP-1 (r² = 0.89-0.96, P < 0.001) but less with those at PARP-2 (r² = 0.78-0.84, P < 0.01). The infarct size caused by coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion in the anesthetized rat was reduced by 22% (P < 0.05) by treatment with BYK49187 (3 mg/kg i.v. bolus and 3 mg/kg/h i.v. during 2-h reperfusion), whereas the weaker PARP inhibitors, BYK236864 and BYK20370, were not cardioprotective. In conclusion, the imidazoquinolinone BYK49187 is a potent inhibitor of human PARP-1 activity in cell-free and cellular assays in vitro and reduces myocardial infarct size in vivo. The isoquinolindione BYK204165 was found to be 100-fold more selective for PARP-1. Thus, both compounds might be novel and valuable tools for investigating PARP-1-mediated effects.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Thomas Klein, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, 88397 Biberach an der Riss, Germany. E-mail: thomas_t.klein{at}boehringer-ingelheim.com