1-Acyl-5-methoxy-8-nitro-1,2-dihydroquinoline: a biologically useful photolabile precursor of carboxylic acids
1-Acyl-5-methoxy-8-nitro-1,2-dihydroquinoline: a biologically useful photolabile precursor of carboxylic acids
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DOI:
10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.12.081
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发表时间:
2010-03-31
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Arai, Tatsuo
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作者:
Obi, Naoko;Momotake, Atsuya;Arai, Tatsuo
The synthesis, photochemistry, and biological application of 1-acyl-5-methoxy-8-nitro-1,2-dihydroquinoline (MNDQ-caged carboxylic acid) are described. Optimization experiments were carried out on three acetyl derivatives (3a-c), and the most appropriate analogue for application to the caging of glutamate was determined to be 3c. Thus, a MNDQ-caged glutamate (MNDQ-Glu) was synthesized, and the photochemical release of glutamate by uncaging of MNDQ-Glu was confirmed by NMR, MS, and HPLC analysis. When MNDQ-Glu was tested with pyramidal neurons in hippocampal slices, whole-field UV illumination resulted in a large inward current due to the release Of L-glutamate. A short two-photon uncaging of MNDQ-Glu at single dendritic spines induced a transient current that exhibited similar kinetic properties to miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSC). (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.