Synthesis and Structure Activity Relationship of Tetrahydroisoquinoline-Based Potentiators of GluN2C and GluN2D Containing N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptors

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• 作者：Rose M. Santangelo Freel ; Kevin K. Ogden ; Katie L. Strong ; Alpa Khatri ; Kathryn M. Chepiga ; Henrik S. Jensen ; Stephen F. Traynelis ; Dennis C. Liotta
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July 11, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：56
• 期：13
• 页码：5351-5381
• 全文大小：712K
• 年卷期：v.56,no.13(July 11, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-4804

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We describe here the synthesis and evaluation of a series of tetrahydroisoquinolines that show subunit-selective potentiation of NMDA receptors containing the GluN2C or GluN2D subunits. Bischler鈥揘apieralski conditions were employed in the key step for the conversion of acyclic amides to the corresponding tetrahydroisoquinoline-containing analogs. Compounds were evaluated using both two-electrode voltage clamp recordings from Xenopus laevis oocytes and imaging of mammalian BHK cells loaded with Ca²⁺-sensitive dyes. The most potent analogues had EC₅₀ values of 300 nM and showed over 2-fold potentiation of the response to maximally effective concentrations of glutamate and glycine but had no effect on responses from NMDA receptors containing the GluN2A or GluN2B subunits AMPA, kainate, and GABA or glycine receptors or a variety of other potential targets. These compounds represent a potent class of small molecule subunit-selective potentiators of NMDA receptors.