Synthesis and Evaluation of a Set of Para-Substituted 4-Phenylpiperidines and 4-Phenylpiperazines as Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) Inhibitors

Autor: Susanna Waters, Nicholas Waters, Fredrik Pettersson, Peder Svensson, Clas Sonesson
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 55:3242-3249
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/jm201692d
Popis: A series of para-substituted 4-phenylpiperidines/piperazines have been synthesized and their affinity to recombinant rat cerebral cortex monoamine oxidases A (MAO A) and B (MAO B) determined. Para-substituents with low dipole moment increased the affinity to MAO A, whereas groups with high dipole moment yielded compounds with no or weak affinity. In contrast, the properties affecting MAO B affinity were the polarity and bulk of the para-substituent, with large hydrophobic substituents producing compounds with high MAO B affinity. In addition, these compounds were tested in freely moving rats and the effect on the post-mortem neurochemistry was measured. A linear correlation was demonstrated between the affinity for MAO A, but not MAO B, and the levels of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) in the striatum.
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