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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
The neurotransmitter noradrenaline is removed from the extracellular space by neuronal and extraneuronal transport mechanisms. In the past, further functional and biochemical characterisation of the corticosterone-sensitive extraneuronal transporter was hampered by the lack of highly potent inhibitors. Here we describe a new class of selective and highly potent inhibitors of the extraneuronal noradrenaline transporter. Clonal Caki-1 cells possess the human type of extraneuronal noradrenaline carrier. The effect of various steroids and steroid-like compounds on initial rates of specific 3H-noradrenaline transport in Caki-1 cells was investigated. None of these steroids had an inhibitory potency higher than that of corticosterone which hitherto was generally accepted as the most potent inhibitor of the extraneuronal noradrenaline transport. On the other hand, a variety of quinoline and isoquinoline derivatives interacted with the extraneuronal noradrenaline transporter. Several cationic quinolines that belong to the chemical class of the cyanine dyes turned out to be very potent inhibitors of 3H-noradrenaline transport in Caki-1 cells. The isocyanines, 1,1'-diisopropyl-2,4'-cyanine (disprocynium24) and 1-methyl-1'-isopropyl-2,4'-cyanine as well as the pseudoisocyanines 1,1'-diethyl-2,2'-cyanine (decynium22) and 1-isopropyl-1'-ethyl-2,2'-cyanine (iprecynium22) were most potent with IC50's of 14, 62, 16, and 18 nmol/l, respectively. The inhibitory potency on extraneuronal noradrenaline transport of 1-methyl-1'-isopropyl-2,4'-cyanine was determined also in isolated organs, namely the isolated incubated rabbit aorta and the isolated perfused rat heart.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0028-1298
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
348
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
458-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Cyanine-related compounds: a novel class of potent inhibitors of extraneuronal noradrenaline transport.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article