316172-63-1Relevant articles and documents
Syntheses of optically pure β-hydroxyaspartate derivatives as glutamate transporter blockers
Shimamoto, Keiko,Shigeri, Yasushi,Yasuda-Kamatani, Yoshimi,Lebrun, Bruno,Yumoto, Noboru,Nakajima, Terumi
, p. 2407 - 2410 (2007/10/03)
DL-threo-β-Benzyloxyaspartate (DL-TBOA) is a non-transportable blocker of the glutamate transporters that serves as an indispensable tool for the investigation of the physiological roles of the transporters. To examine the precise interaction between a blocker and the transporters, we synthesized the optically pure isomers (L- and D-TBOA) and its erythro-isomers. L-TBOA is the most potent blocker for the human excitatory amino acid transporters (EAAT1-3), while D-TBOA revealed a difference in the pharmacophores between EAAT1 and EAAT3. We also synthesized the substituent variants (methyl or naphthylmethyl derivatives) of L-TBOA. The results obtained here suggest that bulky substituents are crucial for non-transportable blockers. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.