3,4-Dihydroxy- and 3,4-methylenedioxy- phenanthrene-type alkaloids with high selectivity for D2 dopamine receptor
摘要:
Dopamine-mediated neurotransmission plays an important role in relevant psychiatric and neurological disorders. Nowadays, there is an enormous interest in the development of new drugs acting at the dopamine receptors (DR) as potential new targets for the treatment of schizophrenia or Parkinson's disease. Previous studies have revealed that isoquinoline compounds such as tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) can behave as selective D-2 dopaminergic alkaloids. In the present study we have synthesized five aporphine compounds and five phenanthrene alkaloids and evaluated their potential dopaminergic activity. Binding studies on rat striatal membranes were used to evaluate their affinity and selectivity towards D-1 and D-2 DR. Phenanthrene type alkaloids, in particular the 3,4-dihydroxy- and 3,4-methylenedioxy derivatives, displayed high selectivity towards D-2 DR. Therefore, they are potential candidates to be used in the treatment of schizophrenia (antagonists) or Parkinson's disease (agonists) due to their scarce D-1 DR-associated side effects. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mild and efficient palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct arylation reactions
作者:Marc Lafrance、David Lapointe、Keith Fagnou
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2008.01.057
日期:2008.6
been evaluated in the context of intramoleculardirect arylation reactions. Under the optimal conditions, arylation of simple arenes can be performed under very mild conditions, with heating to 50 °C. The role of the pivalic acid additive is rationalized by invoking a concerted palladation–deprotonation pathway where the pivalate is behaving as either an intramolecular base from the palladium metal or
Microwave-assisted direct biaryl coupling: first application to the synthesis of aporphines
作者:Sandeep Chaudhary、Stevan Pecic、Onica LeGendre、Wayne W. Harding
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.029
日期:2009.5
microwaves in a direct biaryl coupling reaction for the synthesis of analogs of the aporphinealkaloid nantenine. Our study shows that the aporphine core may be rapidly accessed from benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline substrates with this method. This is the first report of a microwave-assisted direct biaryl coupling reaction in the synthesis of aporphine molecules.
1-(2′-Bromobenzyl)-6,7-dihydroxy-<i>N</i>-methyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline and 1,2-Demethyl-nuciferine as Agonists in Human D<sub>2</sub> Dopamine Receptors
Certain D-2-like dopamine receptor (DR) agonists are useful therapeutically as antiparkinsonian drugs, whereas D-2-like DR antagonists or partial agonists are proven effective as antipsychotics. Two isoquinoline derivatives, 1-(2'-bromobenzy1)-6,7-dihydroxy-N-methyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline (Br-BTHIQ, 1) and 1,2-demethyl-nuciferine (aporphine, 2), were herein synthesized, and their dopaminergic affinity in cloned human D2R, D3R, and D4R subtypes and their behavior as agonists/antagonists were evaluated. They showed affinity values (K-i) for hD(2), hD(3), and hD(4) DR within the nanomolar range. The trends in affinity were hD(4)R >> hD(3)R > hD(2)R for Br-BTHIQ (1) and hD(2)R > hD(4)R > hD(3)R for 1,2-demethyl-nuciferine (2). The functional assays of cyclic adenosine monophosphate signaling at human D2R showed a partial agonist effect for Br-BTHIQ (1) and full agonist behavior for aporphine (2), with half maximal effective concentration values of 2.95 and 10.2 mu M, respectively. Therefore, both isoquinolines 1 and 2 have emerged as lead molecules for the synthesis of new therapeutic drugs that ultimately may be useful to prevent schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease, respectively.
Total Synthesis of (±)-Armepavines and (±)-Nuciferines From (2-Nitroethenyl)benzene Derivatives
作者:Chia-Fu Chang、Chu-Yun Huang、Yu-Chao Huang、Kuan-Yu Lin、Yean-Jang Lee、Chau-Jong Wang
DOI:10.1080/00397910903435411
日期:2010.11.3
A concise route to armepavine 1 and nuciferine 2 and 3, which can be isolated from the leaves of Nelumbo nucifera (Nymphaceae), has been achieved in which the longest linear sequence is only six steps from commercially available benzaldehyde in 28%, 21%, and 20% overall yield, respectively. The key transformations in the synthesis are the radical cyclization of aryl bromide with Bu3SnH and the Pictet-Spengler reaction of N-substituted amine with aldehyde.