96851-20-6Relevant articles and documents
Design, synthesis, and functional evaluation of a novel series of phosphonate-functionalized 1,2,3-triazoles as positive allosteric modulators of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Nielsen, Beatriz Elizabeth,Stabile, Santiago,Vitale, Cristian,Bouzat, Cecilia
, p. 2688 - 2704 (2020)
The α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel widely distributed in the central nervous system, mainly in the hippocampus and cortex. The enhancement of its activity by positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) is a promising therapeutic strategy for cognitive deficits and neurodegenerative disorders. With the aim of developing novel scaffolds with PAM activity, we designed and synthesized a series of phosphonate-functionalized 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles using supported copper nanoparticles as the cycloaddition reaction catalyst and evaluated their activity on α7 receptors by single-channel and whole-cell recordings. We identified several triazole derivatives that displayed PAM activity, with the compound functionalized with the methyl phosphonate group being the most efficacious one. At the macroscopic level, α7 potentiation was evidenced as an increase of the maximal currents elicited by acetylcholine with minimal effects on desensitization, recapitulating the actions of type I PAMs. At the single-channel level, the active compounds did not affect channel amplitude but significantly increased the duration of channel openings and activation episodes. By using chimeric and mutant α7 receptors, we demonstrated that the new α7 PAMs share transmembrane structural determinants of potentiation with other chemically nonrelated PAMs. To gain further insight into the chemical basis of potentiation, we applied structure-activity relationship strategies involving modification of the chain length, inversion of substituent positions in the triazole ring, and changes in the aromatic nucleus. Our findings revealed that the phosphonate-functionalized 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole is a novel pharmacophore for the development of therapeutic agents for neurological and neurodegenerative disorders associated with cholinergic dysfunction.
PRE-HARVEST DESICCATION METHOD
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A method for the pre-harvest desiccation of crop plants which comprises applying to the crop plants an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or an agronomically acceptable salt or zwitterionic species thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1.
Method for the efficient synthesis of highly-substituted oxetan- and azetidin-, dihydrofuran- and pyrrolidin-3-ones and its application to the synthesis of (±)-pseudodeflectusin
Maegawa, Tomohiro,Otake, Kazuki,Hirosawa, Keiichi,Goto, Akihiro,Fujioka, Hiromichi
supporting information, p. 4798 - 4801 (2013/01/15)
Highly substituted four- and five-membered heterocycles were prepared starting with O,P- and N,P-acetals by using a one-pot method involving base induced cyclization and a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) olefination reaction. Divergent synthesis of various heterocycles was achieved by using this method and transformations of the alkenyl group in the products of these processes were exemplified. Finally, a short and efficient synthesis of (±)- pseudodeflectusin based on the new methodology was achieved.
