Synthesis and preliminary evaluation of hydroquinone-substituted histidine derivatives as putative histaminergic neurotoxins
作者:MQ Zhang、HWM Steinbusch、PJ Kooij、H Timmerman
DOI:10.1016/0223-5234(94)90142-2
日期:1994.1
A series of hydroquinone-substituted histidine derivatives were synthesized as potential histaminergic neurotoxins. The compounds undergo autoxidation at physiologic pH as exemplified by 2-amino-3-[2-4,5,-trihydroxyphenyl)imidazo-4-yl]propionic acid 11. One of the synthesized histidine derivatives, namely 2-amino-3-[2-(2,3-dihydroxyphenyl)imidazo-4-yl]propionic acid 8, was tested for its degenerating effect on histaminergic, dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons in rat brain. After 4 d of an unilateral injection of 1 mu l 3 mM 8 in 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) into the posterior hypothalamus, a decrease in immunoreactivity in the presumable histaminergic neurons was observed whilst dopaminergic and serotonergic neuronal elements were little affected. A possible mechanism of action is discussed.