Rhodamine-labeled 2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)tropane analogues as high-affinity fluorescent probes for the dopamine transporter

Joo Hwan Cha, Mu-Fa Zou, Erika M Adkins, Søren G F Rasmussen, Claus Juul Loland, Bernhard Schoenenberger, Ulrik Gether, Amy Hauck Newman

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Abstract

Novel fluorescent ligands were synthesized to identify a high-affinity probe that would enable visualization of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in living cells. Fluorescent tags were extended from the N- or 2-position of 2beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)tropane, using an ethylamino linker. The resulting 2-substituted (5) and N-substituted (9) rhodamine-labeled ligands provided the highest DAT binding affinities expressed in COS-7 cells (Ki= 27 and 18 nM, respectively) in the series. Visualization of the DAT with 5 and 9 was demonstrated by confocal fluorescence laser scanning microscopy in stably transfected HEK293 cells.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number24
Pages (from-to)7513-6
Number of pages4
ISSN0022-2623
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2005

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cercopithecus aethiops
  • Cocaine
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Rhodamines
  • Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tropanes

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