Johansen T N, Ebert B, Falch E, Krogsgaard-Larsen P
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Chirality. 1997;9(3):274-80. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(1997)9:3<274::AID-CHIR12>3.0.CO;2-K.
We have previously shown that whereas (RS)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-phenylisoxazol-4-yl)propionic acid (APPA) shows the characteristics of a partial agonist at (RS)-2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)propionic acid (AMPA) receptors, (S)-APPA is a full AMPA receptor agonist and (R)-APPA a weak competitive AMPA receptor antagonist. This observation led us to introduce the new pharmacological concept, functional partial agonism. Recently we have shown that the 2-pyridyl analogue of APPA, (RS)-2-amino-3-[3-hydroxy-5-(2-pyridyl)isoxazol-4-yl]propionic acid (2-Py-AMPA), is a potent and apparently full AMPA receptor agonist, and this compound has now been resolved into (+)- and (-)-2-Py-AMPA (ee > or = 99.0%) by chiral HPLC using a Chirobiotic T column. The absolute stereochemistry of the enantiomers of APPA has previously been established by X-ray analysis, and on the basis of comparative studies of the circular dichroism spectra of the enantiomers of APPA and 2-Py-AMPA, (+)- and (-)-2-Py-AMPA were assigned the (S)- and (R)-configuration, respectively. In a series of receptor binding studies, neither enantiomer of 2-Py-AMPA showed detectable affinity for kainic acid receptor sites or different sites at the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor complex. (+)-(S)-2-Py-AMPA was an effective inhibitor of [3H]AMPA binding (IC50 = 0.19 +/- 0.06 microM) and a potent AMPA receptor agonist in the rat cortical wedge preparation (EC50 = 4.5 +/- 0.3 microM) comparable with AMPA (IC50 = 0.040 +/- 0.01 microM; EC50 = 3.5 +/- 0.2 microM), but much more potent than (+)-(S)-APPA (IC50 = 5.5 +/- 2.2 microM; EC50 = 230 +/- 12 microM). Like (-)-(R)-APPA (IC50 > 100 microM), (-)-(R)-2-Py-AMPA (IC50 > 100 microM) did not significantly affect [3H]AMPA binding, and both compounds were weak AMPA receptor antagonists (Ki = 270 +/- 50 and 290 +/- 20 microM, respectively).
我们之前已经表明,(RS)-2-氨基-3-(3-羟基-5-苯基异恶唑-4-基)丙酸(APPA)在(RS)-2-氨基-3-(3-羟基-5-甲基异恶唑-4-基)丙酸(AMPA)受体上表现出部分激动剂的特性,而(S)-APPA是一种完全的AMPA受体激动剂,(R)-APPA是一种弱竞争性AMPA受体拮抗剂。这一观察结果促使我们引入了新的药理学概念——功能性部分激动作用。最近我们发现,APPA的2-吡啶基类似物,(RS)-2-氨基-3-[3-羟基-5-(2-吡啶基)异恶唑-4-基]丙酸(2-Py-AMPA),是一种强效且明显完全的AMPA受体激动剂,并且该化合物现已通过使用Chirobiotic T柱的手性高效液相色谱法拆分为(+)-和(-)-2-Py-AMPA(对映体过量≥99.0%)。APPA对映体的绝对立体化学先前已通过X射线分析确定,并且基于对APPA和2-Py-AMPA对映体圆二色光谱的比较研究,分别将(+)-和(-)-2-Py-AMPA指定为(S)-和(R)-构型。在一系列受体结合研究中,2-Py-AMPA的两种对映体对海人藻酸受体位点或N-甲基-D-天冬氨酸(NMDA)受体复合物的不同位点均未显示出可检测到的亲和力。(+)-(S)-2-Py-AMPA是[3H]AMPA结合的有效抑制剂(IC50 = 0.19±0.06微摩尔),并且在大鼠皮质楔形制剂中是一种强效的AMPA受体激动剂(EC50 = 4.5±0.3微摩尔),与AMPA相当(IC50 = 0.040±0.01微摩尔;EC50 = 3.5±0.2微摩尔),但比(+)-(S)-APPA(IC50 = 5.5±2.2微摩尔;EC50 = 230±12微摩尔)强效得多。与(-)-(R)-APPA(IC50>100微摩尔)一样,(-)-(R)-2-Py-AMPA(IC50>100微摩尔)对[3H]AMPA结合没有显著影响,并且这两种化合物均为弱AMPA受体拮抗剂(Ki分别为270±50和290±20微摩尔)。