Title: Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro bioactivity for vesicular acetylcholine transporter inhibitors containing two carbonyl groups Tu Z, Wang W, Cui J, Zhang X, Lu X, Xu J, Parsons SM Ref: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 20:4422, 2012 : PubMed
To identify selective high-affinity ligands for the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT), we have incorporated a carbonyl group into the structures of trozamicol and prezamicol scaffolds, and also converted the secondary amines of the piperidines of trozamicols and prezamicols into amides. Of 18 new racemic compounds, 4 compounds displayed high affinity for VAChT (K(i)=10-20 nM) and greater than 300-fold selectivity for VAChT over sigma(1) and sigma(2) receptors, namely (4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)-4'-hydroxy-[1,3'-bipiperidin]-1'-yl)(3-methylthiophen-2-yl)m ethanone oxalate (9g) (K(i-VAChT)=11.4 nM, VAChT/sigma(1)=1063, VAChT/sigma(2)=370), (1'-benzoyl-4'-hydroxy-[1,3'-bipiperidin]-4-yl)(4-methoxyphenyl)methanone oxalate (10c) (K(i-VAChT)=15.4 nM, VAChT/sigma(1)=374, VAChT/sigma(2)=315), (4'-hydroxy-1'-(thiophene-2-carbonyl)-[1,3'-bipiperidin]-4-yl)(4-methoxyphenyl)me thanone oxalate (10e) (K(i-VAChT)=19.0 nM, VAChT/sigma(1)=1787, VAChT/sigma(2)=335), and (4'-hydroxy-1'-(3-methylthiophene-2-carbonyl)-[1,3'-bipiperidin]-4-yl)(4-methoxyp henyl)methanone oxalate (10g) (K(i-VAChT)=10.2 nM, VAChT/sigma(1)=1500, VAChT/sigma(2)=2030). These four compounds can be radiosynthesized with C-11 or F-18 to validate their possibilities of serving as PET probes for quantifying the levels of VAChT in vivo.
        
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Tu Z, Wang W, Cui J, Zhang X, Lu X, Xu J, Parsons SM (2012) Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro bioactivity for vesicular acetylcholine transporter inhibitors containing two carbonyl groups Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry20: 4422-9
Tu Z, Wang W, Cui J, Zhang X, Lu X, Xu J, Parsons SM (2012) Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry20: 4422-9