Novel Calcium Antagonists with Both Calcium Overload Inhibition and Antioxidant Activity. 1. 2-(3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(aminopropyl)thiazolidinones

Abstract

A series of 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(aminopropyl)thiazolidinones was synthesized in order to explore novel calcium antagonists with potent antiischemic activity. These compounds were designed to have, in addition to Ca²⁺ antagonistic activity, both Ca²⁺ overload prevention and antioxidant activity in one molecule. These three kinds of activity were evaluated by using a K⁺-depolarized rat aorta, a veratridine-induced Ca²⁺ overload model of rat cardiomyocytes, and a soybean lipoxygenase-induced lipid peroxidation model of rabbit low-density lipoprotein, respectively. In particular, 2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3-[N-methyl-N-[2-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenoxy]ethyl]amino]propyl]-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one (7o) was found to be highly potent and possessed a well-balanced combination of these actions in vitro.