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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2025

Transforming Amino Acids into Serotonin 5-HT

Joseph O S Beckett, Ryan Buzdygon, Steven Nguyen, Allison A Clark, Serena S Schalk, Lena E H Svanholm, Trey J Brasher, Marc Bazin, Bruna Cuccurazzu, Adam L Halberstadt and 2 more

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Joseph O S BeckettDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Ryan BuzdygonHepatoChem Inc., 100 Cummings Center, Suite 360B Beverly, Massachusetts 01915, United States.
Steven NguyenHepatoChem Inc., 100 Cummings Center, Suite 360B Beverly, Massachusetts 01915, United States.
Allison A ClarkDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Serena S SchalkDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Lena E H SvanholmDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Trey J BrasherDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States.
Marc BazinHepatoChem Inc., 100 Cummings Center, Suite 360B Beverly, Massachusetts 01915, United States.
Bruna CuccurazzuDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
Adam L HalberstadtDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States.
John D McCorvyDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7555-9413
Mark MascalDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7841-253X

Funding

Training Program in PharmacologyT32GM144303 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Donald M Bers, JOHANNES W HELL · 2022 to 2026
$2.1M
Structure-based Design of Selective Serotonin Biased Agonists as Chemical Probes for Psychedelic PotentialR01MH133849 · NIMH · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI John D McCorvy · 2023 to 2026
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144303NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH133849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A light-induced cyclization via a radical spin-center shift process that results in the direct functionalization of the indole ring at the C4-position is developed into a practical method for the synthesis of medicinally active, ring-constrained tryptamine analogs. Amino acids were coupled to tryptamine and irradiated with UV light to produce a library of lactams bridging the C3- and C4-positions of the indole nucleus. An extension to this method is introduced that employs α-acetoxy- and α-lactone-substituted tryptamides. Using optimized conditions and these easily accessed precursors, C3- to C4-bridged indoles can now be produced in good to excellent yields, free of the C2-regioisomers that are often seen using α-halo tryptamide substrates. Due to the structural similarities of the reduced lactams (azocinoindoles) with known psychoactive tryptamines, their functional activation at the serotonin 5-HT

Indexed as

Amino AcidsReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2ASerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor AgonistsHumansIndolesLigandsMolecular StructurePhotochemical ProcessesTryptaminesAmino AcidsIndolesLigandsReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2ASerotonin 5-HT2 Receptor AgoniststryptamineTryptamines

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PMID41400162
PMCPMC13185789

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