USE OF HUMAN CB2 RECEPTOR AGONISTIC COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREPARATION OF IMMUNOMODULATORY DRUGS, NOVEL AGONIST COMPOUNDS OF CB2 RECEPTOR AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME

摘要

The use of human CB2 receptor-specific agonists of formula (I) or (I') for preparing immunomodulating drugs is disclosed. In formulae (I) and (I'), R1 is a group selected from -CH2CHR10NR6R11, -(CH2)2NR'6R'11, -CHR9CH2NR'6R'11, -(CH2)nZ and -COR8; R'1 is a -CH2CHR10NR6R11 or -(CH2)2NR'6R'11 group; R2 and R'2 are hydrogen, halogen or C1-4 alkyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or a group selected from -CH2CHR10NR6R11, -(CH2)2NR'6R'11 and -COR8; R'3 is a =CR6R8 group; R4 has one of the meanings given for R5 or is a -COR8 group; R5 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, a halogen atom, a CF3 group, an OCF3 group or C1-4 alkylthio; R'5 has one of the meanings given for R5 and is in the 5 or 6 position of the indene ring; R6 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R'6 is C1-4 alkyl; R7 has one of the meanings given for R5 or R7 and R9 together form a -Y-CH2- group attached to the indole ring in the 7 position by a group Y; R8 is phenyl substituted one to four times by a substituent selected from halogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkoxy; a polycyclic ring selected from naphth-1-yl, naphth-2-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-1-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-5-yl, anthryl, benzofuryl, benzothien-2-yl, benzothien-3-yl, 2-, 3-, 4- or 8-quinolyl, said polycyclic rings optionally being substituted once or twice by a substituent selected from C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, trifluoromethyl and imidazol-1-yl; R10 and R11 together are a group selected from -CH2-O-CH2-CR12R13- and -(CH2)p-CR12R13-, wherein the carbon atom substituted by R12 and R13 is attached to the nitrogen atom; R'11 is C1-4 alkyl; or R'11 and R'6, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a group selected from morpholin-4-yl, thiomorpholin-4-yl, piperidin-1-yl and pyrolidin-1-yl; each of R12 and R13 is independently hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; p is 2 or 3; Z is a methyl group or a halogen atom; and Y is a methylene group or an oxygen atom.