Abstract
A series of tertiary amine analogs derived from lead azaaromatic quaternary ammonium salts has been designed and synthesized. The preliminary structure-activity relationships of these new analogs suggest that such tertiary amine analogs, which potently inhibit nicotine-evoked dopamine release from rat striatum, represent drug-like inhibitors of α6-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The bis-tertiary amine analog 7 exhibited an IC 50 of 0.95 nM, while the tris-tertiary amine analog 19 had an IC 50 of 0.35 nM at nAChRs mediating nicotine-evoked dopamine release.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 88-91 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by NIH . (Grant U19DA017548 )
Keywords
- Smoking cessation
- Tobacco dependency
- nAChR antagonists
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry