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Berríos-Cárcamo P, Quintanilla ME, Herrera-Marschitz M, Vasiliou V, Zapata-Torres G, Rivera-Meza M. Racemic Salsolinol and its Enantiomers Act as Agonists of the μ-Opioid Receptor by Activating the Gi Protein-Adenylate Cyclase Pathway. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 10:253. [PMID: 28167903 PMCID: PMC5253357 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background: Several studies have shown that the ethanol-derived metabolite salsolinol (SAL) can activate the mesolimbic system, suggesting that SAL is the active molecule mediating the rewarding effects of ethanol. In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that SAL exerts its action on neuron excitability through a mechanism involving opioid neurotransmission. However, there is no direct pharmacologic evidence showing that SAL activates opioid receptors. Methods: The ability of racemic (R/S)-SAL, and its stereoisomers (R)-SAL and (S)-SAL, to activate the μ-opioid receptor was tested in cell-based (light-emitting) receptor assays. To further characterizing the interaction of SAL stereoisomers with the μ-opioid receptor, a molecular docking study was performed using the crystal structure of the μ-opioid receptor. Results: This study shows that SAL activates the μ-opioid receptor by the classical G protein-adenylate cyclase pathway with an half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) of 2 × 10−5 M. The agonist action of SAL was fully blocked by the μ-opioid antagonist naltrexone. The EC50 for the purified stereoisomers (R)-SAL and (S)-SAL were 6 × 10−4 M and 9 × 10−6 M respectively. It was found that the action of racemic SAL on the μ-opioid receptor did not promote the recruitment of β-arrestin. Molecular docking studies showed that the interaction of (R)- and (S)-SAL with the μ-opioid receptor is similar to that predicted for the agonist morphine. Conclusions: It is shown that (R)-SAL and (S)-SAL are agonists of the μ-opioid receptor. (S)-SAL is a more potent agonist than the (R)-SAL stereoisomer. In silico analysis predicts a morphine-like interaction between (R)- and (S)-SAL with the μ-opioid receptor. These results suggest that an opioid action of SAL or its enantiomers is involved in the rewarding effects of ethanol.
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- Pablo Berríos-Cárcamo
- Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of ChileSantiago, Chile; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public HealthNew Haven, CT, USA
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- Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Pharmacological and Toxicological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile Santiago, Chile
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Quintanilla ME, Rivera-Meza M, Berríos-Cárcamo P, Cassels BK, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y. (R)-Salsolinol, a product of ethanol metabolism, stereospecifically induces behavioral sensitization and leads to excessive alcohol intake. Addict Biol 2016; 21:1063-1071. [PMID: 26032572 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ethanol is oxidized in the brain to acetaldehyde, which can condense with dopamine to generate (R/S)-salsolinol [(RS)-SAL]. Racemic salsolinol [(RS)-SAL] is self-infused by rats into the posterior ventral tegmental area (VTA) at significantly lower concentrations than those of acetaldehyde, suggesting that (RS)-SAL is a most active product of ethanol metabolism. Early studies showed that repeated intraperitoneal or intra-VTA administration of (RS)-SAL (10 mg/kg) induced conditioned place preference, led to locomotor sensitization and increased voluntary ethanol consumption. In the present study, we separated the (R)- and (S)-enantiomers from a commercial (RS)-SAL using a high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection system fitted with a β-cyclodextrin-modified column. We injected (R)-SAL or (S)-SAL (30 pmol/1.0 μl) into the VTA of naïve UChB rats bred as alcohol drinkers to study whether one or both SAL enantiomers are responsible for the motivated behavioral effects, sensitization and increase in voluntary ethanol intake. The present results show that repeated administration of (R)-SAL leads to (1) conditioned place preference; (2) locomotor sensitization; and (3) marked increases in binge-like ethanol intake. Conversely, (S)-SAL did not influence any of these parameters. Overall, data indicate that (R)-SAL stereospecifically induces motivational effects, behavioral sensitization and increases ethanol intake.
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- María Elena Quintanilla
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
- Millennium Institute BNI; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
- Millennium Institute BNI; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; University of Chile; Chile
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Grecsó N, Ilisz I, Gecse Z, Schönstein L, Fülöp F, Péter A. High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of amino alcohol analogues possessing 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline skeleton on polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases. Biomed Chromatogr 2014; 29:788-96. [DOI: 10.1002/bmc.3363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nóra Grecsó
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Dóm tér 7 Hungary
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Eötvös u. 6 Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Dóm tér 7 Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Dóm tér 7 Hungary
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Eötvös u. 6 Hungary
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Eötvös u. 6 Hungary
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Eötvös u. 6 Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry; University of Szeged; H-6720 Szeged Dóm tér 7 Hungary
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High-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of cationic 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline analogs on Cinchona alkaloid-based zwitterionic chiral stationary phases. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 407:961-72. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8247-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 09/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Elbashir AA, Aboul-Enein HY. Capillary Electrophoresis and Molecular Modeling as a Complementary Technique for Chiral Recognition Mechanism. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2013.803358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ohla S, Beyreiss R, Fritzsche S, Glaser P, Nagl S, Stockhausen K, Schneider C, Belder D. Monitoring On-Chip Pictet-Spengler Reactions by Integrated Analytical Separation and Label-Free Time-Resolved Fluorescence. Chemistry 2011; 18:1240-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201101768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Revised: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Enzymatic condensation of dopamine and acetaldehyde: a salsolinol synthase from rat brain. Biologia (Bratisl) 2011. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0134-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wu H, Yuan B, Liu YM. Chiral capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry of tetrahydroisoquinoline-derived neurotoxins: observation of complex stereoisomerism. J Chromatogr A 2011; 1218:3118-23. [PMID: 21470616 PMCID: PMC3088083 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that certain 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives (TIQs) are neurotoxins inducing Parkinsonism. Further, individual enantiomers of these toxins such as (R/S)-N-methylsalsolinol ((R/S)-NMSal) possess distinct neurotoxicological properties. In this work, a chiral capillary electrophoresis (CE) method with electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometric (ESI-MS/MS) detection was developed for the quantification of TIQ enantiomers. Enantioseparation was achieved with sulfated β-cyclodextrin (sulfated β-CD) as chiral selector. To avoid any potential contamination of MS ionization source by the non-volatile chiral selector, partial filling technique was deployed in the CE separation. TIQ derivatives, including (R/S)-6,7-dihydroxy-1-methy-TIQ (salsolinol, Sal), (R/S)-1-benzyl-TIQ (BTIQ), and (R/S)-NMSal, were base-line resolved with resolution values (R) ranging from 3 (for Sal) to 4.5 (for BTIQ), which were much better than those reported previously by HPLC methods. ESI-MS/MS detection of the resolved TIQ enantiomers was specific and sensitive (LOD=1.2 μM for Sal enantiomers). The proposed chiral CE-MS/MS method was used to study in vitro formation of (R/S)-NMSal. It was found that NMSal was formed from the incubation of epinine (a dopamine metabolite) with acetaldehyde (a metabolite of alcohol). More interestingly, four isomers of NMSal were separated and detected in the incubation solution. They were identified as (R)-e.e-NMSal, (R)-e.a-NMSal, (S)-e.e-NMSal, and (S)-e.a-NMSal. This was the first lab evidence that this Parkinsonian neurotoxin exists in multiple isomeric forms.
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- Hao Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39110, USA
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Huang MJ, Quan Z, Liu YM. Computational Modeling of Inclusion Complexes of β-Cyclodextrin with enantiomers of Salsolinol, N-Methyl-Salsolinol, and 1-Benzyl-Tetrahydroisoquinoline. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY 2009; 109:81-90. [PMID: 20046208 PMCID: PMC2613309 DOI: 10.1002/qua.21852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis with β-CD as a chiral selector has successfully separated the two enantiomers of salsolinol, N-methyl-salsolinol, and 1-benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline. The migration times of each enantiomer in capillary electrophoresis reflect the stability of their β-CD inclusion complexes. This paper reports a computational modeling study of the inclusion complexes of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with salsolinol, N-methyl-salsolinol, and 1-benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline by using PM3 (Parametric Method 3) semi-empirical molecular orbital calculations and the ONIOM hybrid method. Two types of the inclusion complexes, cis- and trans-orientations, are considered for each enantiomer of the guest molecules, salsolinol, N-methyl-salsolinol, and 1-benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline. In the cis-orientation, the nitrogen in the salsolinol, N-methyl-salsolinol, and 1-benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline points toward the secondary hydroxyls of the β-CD, while in the trans-orientation, the nitrogen in salsolinol, N-methyl-salsolinol, and 1-benzyl-tetrahydroisoquinoline points toward the primary hydroxyls of the β-CD. We found that the stabilization energies of these inclusion complexes from these PM3 and ONIOM different methods correlate very well with the migration order deduced from the study of capillary electrophoretic separation.
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- Ming-Ju Huang
- The Computational Center for Molecular Structure and Interactions, Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, P. O. Box 17910, 1400 J. R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217
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Tsunoda M. Recent advances in methods for the analysis of catecholamines and their metabolites. Anal Bioanal Chem 2006; 386:506-14. [PMID: 16924378 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0675-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Revised: 05/05/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Catecholamines, for example epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine, are widely distributed and are important neurotransmitters and hormones in mammalian species. Several methods have been developed for analysis of catecholamines and related compounds. Determination of catecholamines in biological fluids has enabled us to clarify the physiological role played by these amines. Catecholamine levels in plasma and/or urine are also useful for diagnosis of several diseases, for example hypertension, pheochromocytoma, and neuroblastoma. This review covers reports from 2000 to the present of methods for the analysis of catecholamines and their metabolites.
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- Makoto Tsunoda
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Van Eeckhaut A, Michotte Y. Chiral separations by capillary electrophoresis: Recent developments and applications. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2880-95. [PMID: 16688697 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This paper provides an overview of the different classes of chiral selectors that are used in CE. The main properties of every class are described, together with the mechanism of enantioseparation. Newly introduced selectors are also discussed. Pharmaceutical and biomedical applications published from January 2004 till March 2005 are summarized.
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- Ann Van Eeckhaut
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Drug Information, Pharmaceutical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Timothy J Ward
- Millsaps College, 1701 North State Street, Box 150306, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
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