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ID: ALA1955760
Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett
Title: Pyrrolovesamicols--synthesis, structure and VAChT binding of two 4-fluorobenzoyl regioisomers.
Authors: Wenzel B, Li Y, Kraus W, Sorger D, Sabri O, Brust P, Steinbach J.
Abstract: This Letter describes the synthesis of two regioisomers of a new class of vesamicol analogs as possible ligands for imaging the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in future PET studies. The two pyrrolovesamicols (±)-6a and (±)-6b were synthesized by nucleophilic ring opening reaction of a tetrahydroindole epoxide precursor with 4-phenylpiperidine. The reaction mechanism of the synthesis was studied by HPLC and the molecular structures were determined by X-ray structure analysis. Unexpected low binding affinities to VAChT (K(i)=312±73 nM for (±)-6a and K(i)=7320±1840 nM for (±)-6b) were determined by competitive binding analysis using a cell line stably transfected with ratVAChT and (-)-[(3)H]vesamicol.
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