Abstract |
Chloral-derived beta-carbolines, which are structurally similar to the dopaminergic neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine ( MPTP, 5), are discussed to contribute to neuronal cell death in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. The cytotoxicity of 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline (TaClo, 4) to neuronal-like clonal pheochromocytoma PC12 cells was examined by the determination of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. After incubation for 48 h, 4 showed a strong dose-dependent cytotoxic activity towards PC12 cells with an ED50 value of 230 microM. In PC12 cells reductive dehalogenation of 4 was observed giving rise to the formation of 1-dichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline (6) as a main TaClo metabolite exhibiting a cytotoxic potential comparable to that of TaClo. An X-ray structure analysis, performed for the trifluoroacetyl derivative of 6, revealed the N-substituent of such a highly chlorinated agent to be dramatically pushed out of the beta-carboline ring 'plane' due to the high steric demand of the huge dichloromethyl group at C(1).
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Authors | Gerhard Bringmann, Doris Feineis, Miriam Münchbach, Ralf God, Karl Peters, Eva-Maria Peters, Rainald Mössner, Klaus-Peter Lesch |
Journal | Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences
(Z Naturforsch C J Biosci)
2006 Jul-Aug
Vol. 61
Issue 7-8
Pg. 601-10
ISSN: 0939-5075 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 16989324
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Carbolines
- 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
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Topics |
- Animals
- Carbolines
(chemistry, metabolism, toxicity)
- Cell Death
- Cell Survival
(drug effects)
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
(analysis)
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Conformation
- PC12 Cells
- Pheochromocytoma
- Rats
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