Syntheses and evaluation of halogenated cytisine derivatives and of bioisosteric thiocytisine as potent and selective nAChR ligands
摘要:
We have developed one-step syntheses of halogenated derivatives of (-)-cytisine featuring a halogen substituent at positions 3, 5 or 3 and 5 of the 2-pyridone fragment, and prepared the novel bioisosteric thiocytisine by oxygen-sulphur exchange. The affinities of these pyridone-modified analogs of (-)-cytisine for (alpha (4))(2)(beta (2)),(3) and alpha7* nAChRs in rat forebrain membranes were determined by competition with (+/-)-[H-3]epibatidine and [H-3]MLA, respectively. The 3-halocytisines 7 possess subnanomolar affinities for (alpha4)(2)(beta2)(3) nAChRs, higher than those found for (-)-cytisine as well as for the 5-halocytisines 8 and 3,5-dihalocytisines 6. In contrast to the parent alkaloid the 3-halogenated species display much a higher affinity for the alpha7* nAChR subtype. The most potent molecule was 3-bromocytisine (7b) with preferential selectivity (200-fold) for the (alpha4)(2)(beta2)(3) subtype [K-i = 10 pM (alpha4 beta2) and 2.0 nM (alpha7*)]. Replacement of the lactam with a thiolactam pharmacophore to thiocytisine (12) resulted in a subnanomolar affinity for the (alpha4)(2)(beta2)(3) nAChR subtype (K-i = 0.832 nM), but in a drastic decrease of affinity for the alpha7* subtype; thiocytisine (12) has a K-i value of 4000 nM (alpha7*), giving a selectivity of 4800-fold for the neuronal (alpha4)(2)(beta2)(3)-nAChR and thus displaying the best affinity-selectivity profile in the series under consideration. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.
In vivo modulation of dopaminergic nigrostriatal pathways by cytisine derivatives: Implications for Parkinson's Disease
作者:J. Andrés Abin-Carriquiry、Gustavo Costa、Jessika Urbanavicius、Bruce K. Cassels、Marco Rebolledo-Fuentes、Susan Wonnacott、Federico Dajas
DOI:10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.05.013
日期:2008.7
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists are considered potential pharmacological agents for Parkinson's Disease treatment, due to their ability to improve experimental Parkinson symptomatology, reduce 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine-incluced clyskinesias and stop the neurodegenerative process at an experimental level. In the present work, the ability of the nicotinic agonistcytisine and two halogenated derivatives (3-bromocytisine and 5-bromocytisine) to induce striatal dopamine release was characterized in vivo by microdialysis. Cytisine, 5-bromocytisine and nicotine were much more efficacious than 3-bromocytisine in eliciting dopamine release in response to their local application through the microdialysis probe. Moreover, the agonists were intermittently administered before and after an intranigral injection of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), and striatal dopamine tissue levels were assessed 8 days after the lesion. Both cytisine and its 5-bromo derivative (but not the 3-bromo derivative) significantly prevented the decrease of striatal dopamine tissue levels induced by 6-OHDA. These results suggest that the efficacy of nicotinic agonists to stimulate dopamine release in vivo through presynaptic nicotinic receptors could be related to their potential to induce striatal protection. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.