Selective agonists at group II metabotropic glutamate receptors: synthesis, stereochemistry, and molecular pharmacology of (S)- and (R)-2-amino-4-(4-hydroxy[1,2,5]thiadiazol-3-yl)butyric acid

Rasmus P Clausen, Hans Bräuner-Osborne, Jeremy R Greenwood, Mette B Hermit, Tine B Stensbøl, Birgitte Nielsen, Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen

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    Abstract

    Homologation of analogues of the central excitatory neurotransmitter glutamic acid (Glu), in which the distal carboxy group has been bioisosterically replaced by acidic heterocyclic units, has previously provided subtype selective ligands for metabotropic Glu receptors (mGluRs). The (S)-form of the 1,2,5-thiadiazol-3-ol Glu analogue, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy[1,2,5]thiadiazol-3-yl)propionic acid (TDPA, 6), is an 2-amino-3-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)propionic acid (AMPA) receptor agonist, which in addition stereospecifically activates group I mGluRs. We have now synthesized the (S)- and (R)-forms of 2-amino-4-(4-hydroxy[1,2,5]thiadiazol-3-yl)butyric acid (homo-TDPA, 7) and shown that whereas neither enantiomer interacts with AMPA receptors, (S)- and (R)-7 appear to be selective and equipotent agonists at group II mGluRs as represented by the mGluR2 subtype. The activities of (S)- and (R)-7 are rationalized by conformational analysis, comparison with the potent and specific group II mGluR agonist (-)-LY379268 [(-)-12], and docking to a homology model of mGluR2.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Volume45
    Issue number19
    Pages (from-to)4240-5
    ISSN0022-2623
    Publication statusPublished - 12 Sept 2002

    Keywords

    • Amino Acids
    • Animals
    • Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
    • Binding Sites
    • Cerebral Cortex
    • Models, Molecular
    • Radioligand Assay
    • Rats
    • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
    • Stereoisomerism
    • Structure-Activity Relationship
    • Thiadiazoles

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