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:In developing probes for detecting beta-amyloid (Abeta) plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's disease (AD), we have synthesized 1-bromo-2,5-bis-(3-hydroxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy)styrylbenzene (5, BSB). Due to the presence of two double bonds, formation of four different isomers is possible. Four isomers, E,E-5, E,Z-5, Z,E-5, and Z,Z-5, were prepared. Surprisingly, all showed strong fluorescent labeling of Abeta plaques in the brain of postmortem brain sections of patients with confirmed AD. In vitro binding assay also showed that all four isomers of BSB (E,E-5, E,Z-5, Z,E-5, and Z,Z-5) displayed a similar high binding affinity inhibiting the binding of [(125)I]E,E-6, 1-iodo-2,5-bis-(3-hydroxycarbonyl-4-methoxy)styrylbenzene (IMSB) to Abeta(1-40) aggregates. The inhibition constants (K(i)) of E,E-5, E,Z-5, Z,E-5, and Z,Z-5 were 0.11 +/- 0.01, 0.19 +/- 0.03, 0.27 +/- 0.06, and 0.13 +/- 0.02 nM, respectively. Due to the fact that geometric stability of these styrylbenzenes is unknown, and the conversion of Z,Z-5 to E,E-5 may occur automatically in the binding or labeling assaying conditions, we have investigated the kinetics of conversion of Z,Z-5 to E,E-5 by NMR in D(2)O/NaOD at elevated temperatures (70, 95, and 115 degrees C). The activation energy was determined to be 14.15 kcal/mol. The results strongly suggest that the isomeric conversion at room temperature in aqueous buffer solution is unlikely. All of the styrylbenzene isomers clearly showed potential as useful tools for studying Abeta aggregates in the brain. The data suggest that, despite the rigidity of this series of styrylbenzenes, the binding sites on Abeta aggregates may have certain flexibility and the binding pockets could be adaptable for binding to other smaller ligands. Such information could be exploited to develop new ligands for detecting amyloid plaques in AD.
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Journal of medicinal chemistryauthors
Lee CW,Zhuang ZP,Kung MP,Plössl K,Skovronsky D,Gur T,Hou C,Trojanowski JQ,Lee VM,Kung HFdoi
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