Aldrin and many other cyclodiene and polychlorocycloalkane insecticides interact with both the [35S]-tert-butylbicyclophosphorothionate ([35S]TBPS) binding site of the mammalian brain gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) gated chloride channel and several cyclodiene monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) at concentrations ranging from 0.06 to 8.7 microM. A survey of other classes of GABAA receptor antagonists (including picrotoxinin and several trioxabicyclooctanes) for possible interactions with the cyclodiene MAbs revealed only one potent inhibitor, the heteroadamantane tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS) [mouse intraperitoneal LD50 0.24 mg/kg; TBPS binding site IC50 0.5 microM as a competitive inhibitor (Scatchard analysis); cyclodiene MAb IC50 3 microM]. These findings prompted comparative studies on the structure-activity relationships of other sulfamides as they apply to both the ligand-nerve and ligand-MAb interactions. TETS is active on only one (MAb 8H11) of four cyclodiene MAbs. Several hetero(homo)adamantanes were synthesized and compared with TETS for neurotoxicity and recognition by the TETS-sensitive cyclodiene MAb. The toxicity to mice and/or houseflies decreases in the following order: TETS much greater than the heterotetracyclic compound hexamethylenetrisulfohexamine (HEXS) and two TETS analogues in which one sulfamide group is replaced with o-phenylenediamine or 1,1-dimethyl-1,2-diaminoethane much greater than seven other hetero(homo)adamantanes. The TETS-sensitive cyclodiene MAb recognizes HEXS (IC50 0.4 microM) and, to a lesser extent, two related sulfamides. However, the cross-reactivity noted for the cyclodiene insecticides and TETS relative to the GABA-gated chloride channel (inhibition of TBPS binding) and the cyclodiene MAb does not extend to several TETS analogues including HEXS.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
To find out whether the 1,4‐addition to 1,2:3,4‐diepoxides, which so far has been observed only once, is of a more general character, we investigated the reaction of a variety of O‐, C‐, N‐, and S‐nucleophiles with the model compound 1,2:3,4‐diepoxy‐2,3‐dimethylbutane (Scheme 4). In several cases, 1,4‐addition products could, indeed, be observed besides the expected 1,2‐adducts (Table).
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