Synthesis and biological evaluation of new GABA-uptake inhibitors derived from proline and from pyrrolidine-2-acetic acid
作者:Xueqing Zhao、Cornelia E. Hoesl、Georg C. Hoefner、Klaus T. Wanner
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2004.11.004
日期:2005.3
Several synthetic approaches to N-alkylated derivatives of 4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid and 4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-acetic acid are described. The final compounds have been evaluated as potential inhibitors of the GABA transport proteins GAT-I and GAT-3. The biological assays used were based on bovine material or porcine brain. As compared to the corresponding 4-unsubstituted compounds, the 4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid and 4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-acetic acid derivatives showed a significant decrease in the inhibitory potency at both GAT-1 and GAT-3 with only four compounds having reasonable affinity to GAT-1 (IC50: 5.1, 6.6 and 9.4 mu M) or GAT-3 (IC50:19.9 mu M), respectively. The biological data of the 4-hydroxypyrrolidine-2-acetic acid derivatives indicates that (2S)-configuration at the C-2 position for potent inhibition of GAT-1 and (4R)-configuration at the C-4 position for potent inhibition of GAT-3 may be crucial. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.