Synthesis and biological evaluation of phosphonic and thiophosphoric acid derivatives of lysophosphatidic acid

Using an N-oleoyl ethanolamide scaffold, a series of phosphate polar head group analogues of LPA comprised of various α-substituted phosphonates and thiophosphates was prepared. In a broken cell GTP[γ35S] binding assay, agonist activity was evaluated at the three LPA receptors of the endothelial differentiation gene (Edg) family. This study has resulted in the discovery of a nonhydrolyzable LPA1-selective agonist (11). Additionally, thiophosphate 19 bears an isosteric phosphate mimetic that confers agonism at the LPA1 receptor but not LPA2.