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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-27
pubmed:abstractText
(RS)-5-(Aminomethyl)-2-isoxazolin-3-ol (dihydromuscimol, DHM) is a potent 4-aminobutyric acid (GABA) agonist, the inhibitory effects of which on neurons are sensitive to the antagonist bicuculline methochloride (BMC), and it also interacts with the GABA uptake system in vitro. (S)-(+)-DHM (4) and (R)-(-)-DHM (5) were obtained in optically pure forms via resolution of tert-butyloxycarbonyl-protected DHM (1) using cinchonidine as the only resolving agent. The optical purity and absolute stereochemistry of 4 and 5 were established by chemical correlation to the (S)-(+) enantiomer of 3-hydroxy-4-aminobutyric acid (GABOB). While 4 was a specific and potent BMC-sensitive GABA agonist in vivo and in vitro, possibly the most potent GABA agonist so far described, the inhibition of GABA uptake by DHM proved to reside exclusively in the (R)-(-) enantiomer (5). The affinity of 5 for BMC-sensitive GABA receptor sites in vitro was some 50 times lower than that of 4. Compounds 4 and 5 can be considered semirigid isosteres of the conformationally flexible GABA analogues (S)-(+)- and (R)-(-)-GABOB, respectively, which show a very low degree of enantioselectivity with respect to GABA synaptic mechanisms. This correlation between the degree of enantioselectivity and conformational mobility of chiral GABA analogues might be of importance for the design of new drugs with specific actions at synapses at which GABA is the transmitter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo(5,4-c)py..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/4-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bicuculline, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diazepam, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoxazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscimol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxazolidinones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Piperidines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, GABA-A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bicuculline methochloride, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/piperidine-4-sulfonic acid
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1612-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Bicuculline, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Cats, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Chemical Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Diazepam, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Isoxazoles, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Molecular Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Muscimol, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Oxazolidinones, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Piperidines, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Receptors, GABA-A, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Stereoisomerism, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-Synaptic Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:2999396-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
GABA agonists. Resolution, absolute stereochemistry, and enantioselectivity of (S)-(+)- and (R)-(-)-dihydromuscimol.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't