title: NMDA antagonist activity of (+/-)-(2SR,4RS)-4-(1H-tetrazol-5-ylmethyl)piperidine-2-carboxylic acid resides with the (-)-2R,4S-isomer.
abstract: The tetrazole-substituted amino acid (+/-)-(2SR,4RS)-4-(1H-tetrazol-5-ylmethyl)pip eri dine-2-carboxylic acid (LY233053, (+/-)-1) was resolved into its constituent enantiomers by treatment of a key intermediate in the synthesis of the racemic amino acid, ethyl (+/-)-cis-4-(cyanomethyl)-N-allylpiperidine-2-carboxylate, with either 2S,3S- or 2R,3R-di-p-toluoyltartaric acid. These resolved amines were then converted as for the racemate to the amino acids (-)-1 and (+)-1. The activity of this potent and selective NMDA antagonist was found to reside with the (-)-isomer of 1 (LY235723). X-ray crystallographic analysis of the 2S,3S-di-p-toluoyltartaric acid salt of ethyl cis-4-(cyanomethyl)-N-allylpiperidine-2-carboxylate showed that the resolved amine, and thus (-)-1, possessed the 2R,4S absolute stereochemistry. Affinity for the NMDA receptor was determined using the specific radioligand [3H]-(2SR,4RS)-4-(phosphonomethyl)piperidine-2-carboxylic acid ([3H]CGS 19755; IC50 = 67 +/- 6 nM), and selective NMDA antagonist activity was determined using a cortical slice preparation (IC50 versus 40 microM NMDA = 1.9 +/- 0.24 microM). This compound also demonstrated potent NMDA antagonist activity in vivo following systemic administration through its ability to block NMDA-induced convulsions in neonatal rats, NMDA-induced lethality in mice, and NMDA-induced striatal neuronal degeneration in rats.
authors.affiliation: Lilly Research Laboratories, Division of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ornstein
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Schoepp
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Deeter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lodge
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Leander
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000187:drug effects; D010875:Pipecolic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013777:Tetrazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D010875:Pipecolic Acids; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D013777:Tetrazoles; C066685:LY 233053; C053672:selfotel; D016202:N-Methylaspartate