title: Quinlobelane: a water-soluble lobelane analogue and inhibitor of VMAT2.
abstract: Replacing the phenyl groups in the structure of the VMAT2 inhibitor, lobelane with either pyridyl, quinolyl or indolyl groups affords novel analogues with improved water solubility. The synthetic methodologies reported herein also underscore the paucity of hydrogenation methods that offer selectivity in the synthesis of the different classes of heteroaromatic lobelane analogues. The quinolyl group was the only replacement for the phenyl group in lobelane that retained VMAT2 inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA.
authors.forename: Ashish P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Vartak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gabriela Deaciuc
authors.forename: Linda P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dwoskin
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Crooks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004298:Dopamine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D006865:Hydrogenation; D006873:Hydroquinones; D029746:Lobelia; D008120:Lobeline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D008694:Methamphetamine; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D006873:Hydroquinones; C493452:SLC18A2 protein, human; D050493:Vesicular Monoamine Transport Proteins; C540157:lobelane; D008694:Methamphetamine; D008120:Lobeline; D004298:Dopamine