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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2024

Deuteration as a General Strategy to Enhance Azobenzene-Based Photopharmacology.

Kilian Roßmann, Alberto J Gonzalez-Hernandez, Rahul Bhuyan, Caspar Schattenberg, Han Sun, Karl Börjesson, Joshua Levitz, Johannes Broichhagen

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Deuteration of Six-Membered N-Heteroarenes: Chemistry and Applications.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Kilian RoßmannLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4965-9669
Alberto J Gonzalez-HernandezDepartment of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2817-2475
Rahul BhuyanDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 413 90, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Caspar SchattenbergLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-1509-0445
Han SunLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1655-0838
Karl BörjessonDepartment of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, 413 90, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8533-201X
Joshua LevitzDepartment of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8169-6323
Johannes BroichhagenLeibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), 13125, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3084-6595

Funding

Regulation of prefrontal cortical circuit function and reward-seeking behavior by stress-induced dendritic spine remodelingR01MH118451 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Joshua Levitz, Conor M Liston · 2019 to 2026
$5.5M
Photopharmacological interrogation of presynaptic neuromodulation of cortico-amygdalar circuitsR01MH129693 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI Joshua Levitz · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
H2020 European Research Council 101042046Irma T. Hirschl and Monique Weill-Caulier AwardNational Institute of Health R01MH129693NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118451NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH129693Rohr Family Research Scholar Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemical photoswitches have become a widely used approach for the remote control of biological functions with spatiotemporal precision. Several molecular scaffolds have been implemented to improve photoswitch characteristics, ranging from the nature of the photoswitch itself (e.g. azobenzenes, dithienylethenes, hemithioindigo) to fine-tuning of aromatic units and substituents. Herein, we present deuterated azobenzene photoswitches as a general means of enhancing the performance of photopharmacological molecules. Deuteration can improve azobenzene performance in terms of light sensitivity (higher molar extinction coefficient), photoswitch efficiency (higher photoisomerization quantum yield), and photoswitch kinetics (faster macroscopic rate of photoisomerization) with minimal alteration to the underlying structure of the photopharmacological ligand. We report synthesized deuterated azobenzene-based ligands for the optimized optical control of ion channel and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) function in live cells, setting the stage for the straightforward, widespread adoption of this approach.

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Azo CompoundsDeuteriumHumansIon ChannelsLigandsLightMolecular StructurePhotochemical ProcessesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledazobenzeneAzo CompoundsDeuteriumIon ChannelsLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAzobenzeneDeuterationG Protein-Coupled ReceptorIon ChannelPhotopharmacology

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PMID38897926
PMCPMC12051094

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