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Synthesis and in vitro toxicity of 4-MTA, its characteristic clandestine synthesis byproducts and related sulfur substituted α-alkylthioamphetamines
Cloonan, Suzanne M.,Keating, John J.,Corrigan, Desmond,O'Brien, John E.,Kavanagh, Pierce V.,Williams, D. Clive,Meegan, Mary J.
experimental part, p. 4009 - 4031 (2010/08/06)
4-Methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA) is recognised as a 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-like drug of abuse. Such amphetamine-type drugs often contain byproducts of uncontrolled, illegal clandestine synthetic processes. We report the isolation and stru
Synthesis and serotonin transporter activity of sulphur-substituted α-alkyl phenethylamines as a new class of anticancer agents
Cloonan, Suzanne M.,Keating, John J.,Butler, Stephen G.,Knox, Andrew J.S.,Jorgensen, Anne M.,Peters, Guenther H.,Rai, Dilip,Corrigan, Desmond,Lloyd, David G.,Williams, D. Clive,Meegan, Mary J.
scheme or table, p. 4862 - 4888 (2010/01/16)
The discovery that some serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT) ligands have the potential to act as pro-apoptotic agents in the treatment of cancer adds greatly to their diverse pharmacological application. 4-Methylthioamphetamine (MTA) is a selective ligand for SERT over other monoamine transporters. In this study, a novel library of structurally diverse 4-MTA analogues were synthesised with or without N-alkyl and/or C-α methyl or ethyl groups so that their potential SERT-dependent antiproliferative activity could be assessed. Many of the compounds displayed SERT-binding activity as well as cytotoxic activity. While there was no direct correlation between these two effects, a number of derivatives displayed anti-tumour effects in lymphoma, leukaemia and breast cancer cell lines, showing further potential to be developed as possible chemotherapeutic agents.
MAO inhibition by arylisopropylamines: The effect of oxygen substituents at the β-position
Osorio-Olivares, Mauricio,Rezende, Marcos Caroli,Sepulveda-Boza, Silvia,Cassels, Bruce K.,Fierro, Angelica
, p. 4055 - 4066 (2007/10/03)
Twenty-nine arylisopropylamines, substituted at the β-position of their side chain by an oxo, hydroxy, or methoxy group, were evaluated in vitro as MAO-A and MAO-B inhibitors. The oxo derivatives ('cathinones') were in general less active as MAO-A inhibitors than the corresponding arylisopropylamines, but exhibited an interesting MAO-B inhibiting activity, which was absent in the hydroxy, methoxy, and β-unsubstituted analogues. These results suggest that selective affinity for the two MAO isoforms in this family of compounds is modulated not only by the aryl substitution pattern but also by the side-chain substituents on the arylalkylamine scaffold.
