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Development of New Photoswitchable Azobenzene Based γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Uptake Inhibitors with Distinctly Enhanced Potency upon Photoactivation

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Dine,  Julien
Dept. Stress Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Max Planck Society;

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Lutz, T., Wein, T., Hoefner, G., Pabel, J., Eder, M., Dine, J., et al. (2018). Development of New Photoswitchable Azobenzene Based γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Uptake Inhibitors with Distinctly Enhanced Potency upon Photoactivation. JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 61(14), 6211-6235. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00629.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-5DC7-5
Abstract
A series of nipecotic acid derivatives with new azo benzene based photoswitchable N-substituents was synthesized and characterized in their (E)- and (Z)-form for their functional inhibitory activity at gamma aminobutyric acid transporters subtype 1 (GAT1), the most common gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter subtype in the central nervous system (CNS). This led to the identification of the first photoswitchable ligands exhibiting a moderate uptake inhibition of GABA in their (E)- but distinctive higher inhibitory potency in their (Z)-form resulting from photoirradiation. For the most efficient photoactivatable nipecotic acid derivative displaying an N-but-3-yn-1-yl linker with a terminal diphenyldiazene unit, an inhibitory potency of 4.65 +/- 0.05 (pIC(50)) was found for its (E)-form. which increased by almost two log units up to 6.38 +/- 0.04 when irradiated. The effect of this photoswitchable mGATl inhibitor has also been evaluated and confirmed in patch-clamp recordings in acute hippocampal slices from mice.