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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
3D-QSAR study of bis-azaaromatic quaternary ammonium analogs at the blood-brain barrier choline transporter
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 13, No. 13, Year 2005
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Previously, we have developed 3D-QSAR models of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) choline transporter, a transport system that may have utility as a vector for central nervous system drug delivery. In this study, we extended the model by evaluating five bis-azaaromatic quaternary ammonium compounds for their affinity for the choline binding site on the BBB-choline transporter. The compounds, and their affinities for the transporter, were then incorporated into our existing molecular model, in order to update our knowledge on the molecular recognition factors associated with interaction of ligands at the choline binding site. The current compounds are structurally related to previous substrates that we have evaluated, but offer additional three dimensional aspects compared to the series of compounds previously utilized to define the original models. The compounds showed good affinity for the BBB-choline transporter, exhibiting inhibition constants ranging from 10 to 68 μM, as determined by the in situ rat brain perfusion method. Comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity index analysis (CoMSIA) methods were used to build the new 3D QSAR models. When the new bis-azaaromatic quaternary ammonium compounds were included in the model, the best cross-validated CoMFA q2 was found to be 0.536 and the non-cross-validated r2 was 0.818. CoMSIA hydrophobic cross-validated q2 was 0.506 and the non-cross-validated r2 was 0.804. This new model was able to better predict BBB-choline transporter affinity of hemicholinium-3 (predicted 65 μM, actual 54 μM), when compared to an earlier model (predicted 316 μM). © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geldenhuys, Werner J.
United States, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
Lockman, Paul R.
United States, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
Nguyen, Tiffany H.
United States, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
van der Schyf, Cornelis J.
United States, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Crooks, Peter Anthony
United States, Lexington
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Dwoskin, Linda P.
United States, Lexington
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Allen, David D.
United States, Amarillo
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo
Statistics
Citations: 37
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.bmc.2005.04.020
ISSN:
09680896