title: 6beta-Acetoxynortropane: a potent muscarinic agonist with apparent selectivity toward M2-receptors.
abstract: A series of tropane derivatives, related in structure to baogongteng A (1), an alkaloid from a Chinese herb, were synthesized. 6beta-Acetoxynortropane (5) had weak affinity (Ki 22 microM) for central (M1) muscarinic receptors in a [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate binding assay but had extremely high affinity (Ki 2.6 nM) and selectivity for M2-muscarinic receptors expressed in CHO cells. It had 13-fold lower affinity for M4-receptors, 260-fold lower affinity for M3-receptors, and 8200-fold lower affinity for M1-receptors expressed in CHO cells. The 6beta-carbomethoxy analogue (14) of baogongteng A had only weak affinity for M2-muscarinic receptors, as did 6beta-carbomethoxynortropane (13) and 6beta-acetoxytropane (4). In transfected CHO cells, 6beta-acetoxynortropane (5) was an agonist at M2-receptors, based on a GTP-elicited decrease in affinity, and a full agonist with an IC50 of 11 nM at M4-receptors, based on inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation, while being a full agonist at M1-receptors with an EC50 of 23 nM and a partial agonist at M3-receptors with an EC50 of 3.6 nM, based in both cases on stimulation of phosphoinositide breakdown. All of the 16 tropane derivatives had weak affinities for central alpha4beta2-nicotinic receptors with 6beta-carbomethoxynortropane (13) having the highest affinity, which was still 150-fold less than that of nicotine. 6beta-Acetoxynortropane (5) represents a potent muscarinic agonist with apparent selectivity toward M2-receptors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Badio
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Padgett
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009662:Nortropanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D043588:Receptor, Muscarinic M4; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D009662:Nortropanes; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D043587:Receptor, Muscarinic M3; D043588:Receptor, Muscarinic M4; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; C071344:6-acetoxynortropane; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate