title: Synthesis and biological evaluation of tropane-like 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-(3-phenylpropyl)piperazine (GBR 12909) analogues.
abstract: We have prepared azabicyclo[3.2.1] derivatives (C-3-substituted tropanes) that bind with high affinity to the dopamine transporter and inhibit dopamine reuptake. Within the series, 3-[2-[bis-(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethylidene]-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane (8) was found to have the highest affinity and selectivity for the dopamine transporter. These azabicyclo[3.2.1] (bridged piperidine) series of compounds differ from the well-known benztropines by a 2-carbon spacer between C-3 and a diarylmethoxy moiety. Interestingly, these new compounds demonstrated a much lower affinity for the muscarinic-1 site, at least a 100-fold decrease compared to benztropine. Replacing N-methyl with N-phenylpropyl in two of the compounds resulted in a 3-10-fold increase in binding affinity for the dopamine transporter. However, those compounds lost selectivity for the dopamine transporter over the serotonin transporter. Replacement of the ether oxygen in the diarylmethoxy moiety with a nitrogen atom gave relatively inactive amines, indicating the important role which is played by the ether oxygen in transporter binding. Reduction of the C-3 double bond in 8 gave 3 alpha-substituted tropanes, as shown by X-ray crystallographic analyses of 11, 12, and 19. The 3 alpha-substituted tropanes had lower affinity and less selectivity than the comparable unsaturated ligands.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Building 8, Room B1-22, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0815, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Flippen-Anderson
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dersch
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010879:Piperazines / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014326:Tropanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C439963:3-(2-(bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy)ethylidene)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo(3.2.1)octane; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D014326:Tropanes; D012701:Serotonin; C043425:vanoxerine; D004298:Dopamine