Loratadine and Analogues: Discovery and Preliminary Structure–Activity Relationship of Inhibitors of the Amino Acid Transporter B<sup>0</sup>AT2
作者:Serena Cuboni、Christian Devigny、Bastiaan Hoogeland、Andrea Strasser、Sebastian Pomplun、Barbara Hauger、Georg Höfner、Klaus T. Wanner、Matthias Eder、Armin Buschauer、Florian Holsboer、Felix Hausch
DOI:10.1021/jm501086v
日期:2014.11.26
B(0)AT2, encoded by the SLC6A15 gene, is a transporter for neutral amino acids that has recently been implicated in mood and metabolic disorders. It is predominantly expressed in the brain, but little is otherwise known about its function. To identify inhibitors for this transporter, we screened a library of 3133 different bioactive compounds. Loratadine, a clinically used histamine H1 receptor antagonist, was identified as a selective inhibitor of B(0)AT2 with an IC50 of 4 μM while being less active or inactive against several other members of the SLC6 family. Reversible inhibition of B(0)AT2 was confirmed by electrophysiology. A series of loratadine analogues were synthesized to gain insight into the structure-activity relationships. Our studies provide the first chemical tool for B(0)AT2.