Novel bis-, tris-, and tetrakis-tertiary amino analogs as antagonists at neuronal nicotinic receptors that mediate nicotine-evoked dopamine release

Zhenfa Zhang, Guangrong Zheng, Marharyta Pivavarchyk, A. Gabriela Deaciuc, Linda P. Dwoskin, Peter A. Crooks

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)88-91
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH . (Grant U19DA017548 )

Funding

This work was supported by NIH . (Grant U19DA017548 )

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Drug AbuseU19DA017548

    Keywords

    • Smoking cessation
    • Tobacco dependency
    • nAChR antagonists

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Medicine
    • Molecular Biology
    • Pharmaceutical Science
    • Drug Discovery
    • Clinical Biochemistry
    • Organic Chemistry

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