Interaction of dopamine and acetylcholine with an amphiphilic resorcinarene receptor in aqueous micelle system

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Mar 1;15(5):1367-70. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.01.012.

Abstract

The molecular recognition of neurotransmitters, dopamine and acetylcholine with an amphiphilic resorcinarene receptor was investigated in an aqueous sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) micelle system by 1H NMR measurements. The interaction distances of these neurotransmitters from the hydrophilic cavity of the amphiphilic receptor were estimated based on the calculation of the ring current shift using the atomic coordinates obtained from molecular dynamics calculation.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / chemistry*
  • Calixarenes
  • Dopamine / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / standards
  • Micelles
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Reference Standards
  • Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Micelles
  • resorcinarene
  • Water
  • Calixarenes
  • Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
  • Phenylalanine
  • Acetylcholine
  • Dopamine