- Lobeline: Structure-affinity investigation of nicotinic acetylcholinergic receptor binding
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(-)Lobeline (1) and (-)nicotine (2) bind at neuronal nicotinic cholinergic (nACh) receptors with high affinity (K1 = 4 and 2 nM, respectively). Previous attempts to determine whether lobeline fits the currently accepted nicotinic pharmacophore
- Flammia, Dwight,Dukat, Malgorzata,Damaj, M. Imad,Martin, Billy,Glennon, Richard A.
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- Des-keto lobeline analogs with increased potency and selectivity at dopamine and serotonin transporters
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A series of des-keto lobeline analogs has been synthesized and evaluated for their ability to inhibit the dopamine transporter (DAT) and serotonin transporter (SERT) function and for their affinity for the synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter (VMAT2), a
- Zheng, Guangrong,Horton, David B.,Deaciuc, Agripina G.,Dwoskin, Linda P.,Crooks, Peter A.
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p. 5018 - 5021
(2007/10/03)
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- Defunctionalized lobeline analogues: Structure-activity of novel ligands for the vesicular monoamine transporter
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(-)-Lobeline (2R,6S,10S; 1a), an antagonist at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), inhibits the neurochemical and behavioral effects of methamphetamine and inhibits dopamine transporter (DAT) and vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) function. VMAT2 is a target for the development of treatments for methamphetamine abuse. Structural modification of lobeline affords the defunctionalized analogues meso-transdiene (MTD) and lobelane, which have high potency and selectivity for VMAT2. To establish the structure-activity relationships within this novel class of VMAT2 ligands, specific stereochemical forms of MTD, lobelane, and other structurally related analogues have been synthesized. These compounds have been evaluated for inhibition of [3H]nicotine ([3H]NIC) binding (α4β2* nAChR), [3H]methyllycaconitine ([ 3H]MLA) binding (α7* nAChR), and [3H] dihydrotetrabenazine ([3H]DTBZ) binding (VMAT2). Generally, all of these analogues had lower affinities at α4β2* and α7* nAChRs compared to lobeline, thereby increasing selectivity for VMAT2. The following structural modifications resulted in only modest changes in affinity for VMAT2, affording analogues that were less potent than the lead compound, lobelane: (1) altering the stereochemistry at the C-2 and C-6 positions of the piperidino ring, (2) varying unsaturation in the piperidino C-2 and C-6 substituents, (3) introducing unsaturation into the piperidine ring, (4) ring-opening or eliminating the piperidine ring, and (5) removing the piperidino N-methyl group. Furthermore, incorporating a quaternary ammonium group into defunctionalized lobeline molecules in the cis-series resulted in significant loss of affinity for VMAT2, whereas only a modest change in affinity was obtained in the trans-series. The most potent (Ki = 630 nM) and VMAT2-selective compound evaluated was the N-methyl-2,6-cts- bis(naphthaleneethyl)piperidine analogue 28b (1-NAP-lobelane), in which the phenyl groups of lobelane were replaced with 1-naphthyl moieties. Thus, initial structure-activity relationship studies reveal that the most promising structural changes to the lobeline molecule that lead to enhancement of VMAT2 affinity and selectivity are defunctionalization, affording lobelane and MTD, and replacement of the phenyl rings of lobelane with other aromatic moieties that have a π-extended structure.
- Zheng, Guangrong,Dwoskin, Linda P.,Deaciuc, Agripina G.,Norrholm, Seth D.,Crooks, Peter A.
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p. 5551 - 5560
(2007/10/03)
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- Cis-2,6-disubstituted piperidines for the treatment of psychostimulant abuse and withdrawal, eating disorders, and central nervous system diseases and pathologies
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Cis-2,6-disubstituted piperdine analogs, or lobeline analogs, having the general formula: are used to treat diseases of the central nervous system, drug abuse and withdrawal therefrom as well as to treating eating disorders.
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