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Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N-substituted nipecotic acid derivatives with tricyclic cage structures in the lipophilic domain as GABA uptake inhibitors. Med Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-020-02647-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AbstractA new class of GABA reuptake inhibitors with sterically demanding, highly rigid tricyclic cage structures as the lipophilic domain was synthesized and investigated in regard to their biological activity at the murine GABA transporters (mGAT1–mGAT4). The construction of these compounds, consisting of nipecotic acid, a symmetric tricyclic amine, and a plain hydrocarbon linker connecting the two subunits via their amino nitrogens, was accomplished via reductive amination of a nipecotic acid derivative with an N-alkyl substituent displaying a terminal aldehyde function with tricyclic secondary amines. The target compounds varied with regard to spacer length, the bridge size of one of the bridges, and the substituents of the tricyclic skeleton to study the impact of these changes on their potency. Among the tested compounds nipecotic acid ethyl ester derivates with phenyl residues attached to the cage subunit showed reasonable inhibitory potency and subtype selectivity in favor of mGAT3 and mGAT4, respectively.
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Böck MC, Höfner G, Wanner KT. N-Substituted Nipecotic Acids as (S)-SNAP-5114 Analogues with Modified Lipophilic Domains. ChemMedChem 2020; 15:756-771. [PMID: 32187815 PMCID: PMC7317212 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201900719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Potential mGAT4 inhibitors derived from the lead substance (S)-SNAP-5114 have been synthesized and characterized for their inhibitory potency. Variations from the parent compound included the substitution of one of its aromatic 4-methoxy and 4-methoxyphenyl groups, respectively, with a more polar moiety, including a carboxylic acid, alcohol, nitrile, carboxamide, sulfonamide, aldehyde or ketone function, or amino acid partial structures. Furthermore, it was investigated how the substitution of more than one of the aromatic 4-methoxy groups affects the potency and selectivity of the resulting compounds. Among the synthesized test substances (S)-1-{2-[(4-formylphenyl)bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-methoxy]ethyl}piperidine-3-carboxylic acid, that features a carbaldehyde function in place of one of the aromatic 4-methoxy moieties of (S)-SNAP-5114, was found to have a pIC50 value of 5.89±0.07, hence constituting a slightly more potent mGAT4 inhibitor than the parent substance while showing comparable subtype selectivity.
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- Michael C. Böck
- Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug ResearchLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenButenandtstraße 5–1381377MunichGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug ResearchLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenButenandtstraße 5–1381377MunichGermany
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- Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug ResearchLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenButenandtstraße 5–1381377MunichGermany
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Application of the concept of oxime library screening by mass spectrometry (MS) binding assays to pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives as potential inhibitors of γ-aminobutyric acid transporter 1 (GAT1). Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:2753-2763. [PMID: 31097402 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the present study, the concept of oxime library screening by MS Binding Assays was successfully extended to N-substituted lipophilic pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives in the pursuit of varying the amino acid motif in order to identify new inhibitors for GAT1 and to broaden structure-activity-relationships for this target, the most abundant GABA transporter in the central nervous system. For the screening, 28 different oxime sub-libraries were employed that were generated by simple condensation reaction of an excess of pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives carrying a hydroxylamine functionality with various sub-libraries each assembled of eight aldehydes with broadly varying chemical structures and functionalities. The compounds responsible for the activity of an oxime sub-library were identified by deconvolution experiments performed by employing single oximes. Binding affinities of the oxime hits were confirmed in full-scale competitive MS Binding Assays. Thereby, oxime derivatives with a 1,1'-biphenyl moiety were found as the first inhibitors of mGAT1 comprising a pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid motif with affinities in the submicromolar range.
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Kern F, Wanner KT. Screening oxime libraries by means of mass spectrometry (MS) binding assays: Identification of new highly potent inhibitors to optimized inhibitors γ-aminobutyric acid transporter 1. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:1232-1245. [PMID: 30777661 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Generation and screening of oxime libraries by competitive MS Binding Assays represents a powerful tool for the identification of new compounds, with affinity to mGAT1, the most abundant plasma membrane bound GABA transporter in the CNS. By screening a guvacine derived oxime library, new potent inhibitors of mGAT1 had been revealed. In the present study, oxime libraries generated by reaction of a large excess of a rac-nipecotic acid derivative displaying a hydroxylamine functionality in which various aldehydes under suitable conditions, were examined for new potent inhibitors of mGAT1. The pKi values obtained of the best hits were compared with those of related compounds displaying a guvacine instead of a nipecotic acid subunit as hydrophilic moiety. Amongst the new compounds one of the most affine ligands of mGAT1 known so far (pKi = 8.55 ± 0.04) was found.
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- Felix Kern
- Department Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Butenandtstr. 7, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department Pharmacy - Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, Butenandtstr. 7, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Tóth K, Höfner G, Wanner KT. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N-substituted nipecotic acid derivatives with a trans-alkene spacer as potent GABA uptake inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:5944-5961. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tóth K, Höfner G, Wanner KT. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N-substituted nipecotic acid derivatives with an alkyne spacer as GABA uptake inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2018; 26:3668-3687. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2018.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We delineate perspectives for the design and discovery of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) with fewer side effects by focusing on astroglial modulation of spatiotemporal seizure dynamics. It is now recognized that the major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), can be released through the reversal of astroglial GABA transporters. Synaptic spillover and subsequent glutamate (Glu) uptake in neighboring astrocytes evoke replacement of extracellular Glu for GABA, driving neurons away from the seizure threshold. Attenuation of synaptic signaling by this negative feedback through the interplay of Glu and GABA transporters of adjacent astroglia can result in shortened seizures. By contrast, long-range activation of astroglia through gap junctions may promote recurrent seizures on the model of pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy. From their first detection to our current understanding, we identify various targets that shape both short- and long-range neuro-astroglia coupling, as these are manifest in epilepsy phenomena and in the associated research promotions of AED.
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- Julianna Kardos
- Functional Pharmacology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Functional Pharmacology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Functional Pharmacology Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
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Steffan T, Renukappa-Gutke T, Höfner G, Wanner KT. Design, synthesis and SAR studies of GABA uptake inhibitors derived from 2-substituted pyrrolidine-2-yl-acetic acids. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:1284-306. [PMID: 25698617 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In this paper, we disclose the design and synthesis of a series of 2-substituted pyrrolidine-2-yl-acetic acid as core structures and the N-arylalkyl derivatives thereof as potential GABA transport inhibitors. The 2-position in the side chain of pyrrolidine-2-yl-acetic acid derivatives was substituted with alkyl, hydroxy and amino groups to modulate the activity and selectivity to mGAT1 and mGAT4 proteins. SAR studies of the compounds performed for the four mouse GABA transporter proteins (mGAT1-mGAT4) implied significant potencies and subtype selectivities for 2-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidine-2-yl-acetic acid derivatives. The racemate rac-(u)-13c exhibited the highest potency (pIC50 5.67) at and selectivity for mGAT1 in GABA uptake assays. In fact, the potency of rac-(u)-13c at hGAT-1 (pIC50 6.14) was even higher than its potency at mGAT1. These uptake results for rac-(u)-13c are in line with the binding affinities to the aforesaid proteins mGAT1 (pKi 6.99) and hGAT-1 (pKi 7.18) determined by MS Binding Assay based on NO711 as marker quantified by LC-ESI-MS-MS analysis. Interestingly, the 2-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidine-2-yl-acetic acid rac-(u)-13d containing 2-{[tris(4-methoxyphenyl)]methoxy} ethyl group at the nitrogen atom of the pyrrolidine ring showed high potency at mGAT4 and a comparatively better selectivity for this protein (>15 against mGAT3) than the well known mGAT4 uptake inhibitor (S)-SNAP-5114.
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- Tobias Steffan
- Department für Pharmazie-Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department für Pharmazie-Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department für Pharmazie-Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department für Pharmazie-Zentrum für Pharmaforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany.
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Stereochemistry affects sesquiterpene lactone bioactivity against an herbivorous grasshopper. CHEMOECOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00049-013-0144-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mortensen M, Ebert B, Wafford K, Smart TG. Distinct activities of GABA agonists at synaptic- and extrasynaptic-type GABAA receptors. J Physiol 2010; 588:1251-68. [PMID: 20176630 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.182444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The activation characteristics of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABA(A) receptors are important for shaping the profile of phasic and tonic inhibition in the central nervous system, which will critically impact on the activity of neuronal networks. Here, we study in isolation the activity of three agonists, GABA, muscimol and 4,5,6,7-tetrahydoisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3(2H)-one (THIP), to further understand the activation profiles of alpha 1 beta 3 gamma 2, alpha 4 beta 3 gamma 2 and alpha 4 beta 3 delta receptors that typify synaptic- and extrasynaptic-type receptors expressed in the hippocampus and thalamus. The agonists display an order of potency that is invariant between the three receptors, which is reliant mostly on the agonist dissociation constant. At delta subunit-containing extrasynaptic-type GABA(A) receptors, both THIP and muscimol additionally exhibited, to different degrees, superagonist behaviour. By comparing whole-cell and single channel currents induced by the agonists, we provide a molecular explanation for their different activation profiles. For THIP at high concentrations, the unusual superagonist behaviour on alpha 4 beta 3 delta receptors is a consequence of its ability to increase the duration of longer channel openings and their frequency, resulting in longer burst durations. By contrast, for muscimol, moderate superagonist behaviour was caused by reduced desensitisation of the extrasynaptic-type receptors. The ability to specifically increase the efficacy of receptor activation, by selected exogenous agonists over that obtained with the natural transmitter, may prove to be of therapeutic benefit under circumstances when synaptic inhibition is compromised or dysfunctional.
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- Martin Mortensen
- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Winkler M, Knall AC, Kulterer MR, Klempier N. Nitrilases Catalyze Key Step to Conformationally Constrained GABA Analogous γ-Amino Acids in High Optical Purity. J Org Chem 2007; 72:7423-6. [PMID: 17715966 DOI: 10.1021/jo070776j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Five- and six-membered carbocyclic gamma-amino acids were prepared in high enantiomeric purity by nitrilase-mediated transformation of hitherto unreported gamma-amino nitriles. The nitrilases investigated reveal a strong enantiopreference for cis-isomers (up to 99% ee), whereas trans-isomers were available in up to 86% ee. The biocatalytic enantioselective syntheses of cis-3-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid (3b), trans-3-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acids (4b, 6b, 8b) as well as trans-3-aminocylopentanecarboxylic acid (2b) are hereby reported for the first time.
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- Margit Winkler
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Abbot EL, Grenade DS, Kennedy DJ, Gatfield KM, Thwaites DT. Vigabatrin transport across the human intestinal epithelial (Caco-2) brush-border membrane is via the H+ -coupled amino-acid transporter hPAT1. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 147:298-306. [PMID: 16331283 PMCID: PMC1751303 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The aim of this investigation was to determine if the human proton-coupled amino-acid transporter 1 (hPAT1 or SLC36A1) is responsible for the intestinal uptake of the orally-administered antiepileptic agent 4-amino-5-hexanoic acid (vigabatrin). The Caco-2 cell line was used as a model of the human small intestinal epithelium. Competition experiments demonstrate that [3H]GABA uptake across the apical membrane was inhibited by vigabatrin and the GABA analogues trans-4-aminocrotonic acid (TACA) and guvacine, whereas 1-(aminomethyl)cyclohexaneacetic acid (gabapentin) had no affect. Experiments with 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF)-loaded Caco-2 cells demonstrate that apical exposure to vigabatrin and TACA induce comparable levels of intracellular acidification (due to H+/amino-acid symport) to that generated by GABA, suggesting that they are substrates for a H+ -coupled absorptive transporter such as hPAT1. In hPAT1 and mPAT1-expressing Xenopus laevis oocytes [3H]GABA uptake was inhibited by vigabatrin, TACA and guvacine, whereas gabapentin failed to inhibit [3H]GABA uptake. In Na+ -free conditions, vigabatrin and TACA evoked similar current responses (due to H+/amino-acid symport) in hPAT1-expressing oocytes under voltage-clamp conditions to that induced by GABA (whereas no current was observed in water-injected oocytes) consistent with the ability of these GABA analogues to inhibit [3H]GABA uptake. This study demonstrates that hPAT1 is the carrier responsible for the uptake of vigabatrin across the brush-border membrane of the small intestine and emphasises the therapeutic potential of hPAT1 as a delivery route for orally administered, clinically significant GABA-related compounds.
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- Emily L Abbot
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
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Van Dort ME, Gildersleeve DL, Wieland DM. Synthesis of [2-{(4-chlorophenyl) (4-[125I]iodophenyl)} methoxyethyl]-1-piperidine-3-carboxylic acid, [125I]CIPCA: A potential radiotracer for GABA uptake sites. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.2580361008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Frosini M, Ricci L, Saponara S, Palmi M, Valoti M, Sgaragli G. GABA-mediated effects of some taurine derivatives injected i.c.v. on rabbit rectal temperature and gross motor behavior. Amino Acids 2006; 30:233-42. [PMID: 16583317 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-005-0270-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Accepted: 11/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Some synthetic taurine analogues, namely ethanolamine-O-sulphate (EOS), N,N-dimethyltaurine (DMT), N,N,N-trimethyltaurine (TMT) and 2-aminoethylphosphonic acid (AEP) were shown to interact with rabbit brain GABA(A)- or GABA(B)-receptors, while (+/-)piperidine-3-sulfonic acid (PSA) inhibited the activity of rabbit brain 4-aminobutyrate transaminase. This suggests that they behave like direct/indirect GABA agonists or GABA antagonists and affect thermoregulation and gross motor behaviour (GMB) which are under GABA control. In the present study micromole (1.2-48) amounts of these compounds were i.c.v. injected in conscious, restrained rabbits while monitoring rectal temperature (RT), ear skin temperature (EST) and GMB. AEP, EOS, DMT and TMT induced a dose-related hyperthermia, ear vasoconstriction and excitation of GMB, while PSA induced a dose-related hypothermia, ear vasodilation and inhibition of GMB. EOS antagonized in a dose-related fashion hypothermia induced by 60 nmol THIP, a GABA(A) agonist, while AEP, DMT and TMT counteracted that induced by 8 nmol R(-)Baclofen, a GABA(B) agonist. In conclusion, EOS and AEP, DMT, TMT seem to act as GABA(A) and GABA(B) antagonists, respectively, while PSA behaves like an indirect GABA agonist, all affecting the central mechanisms which drive rabbit thermoregulation.
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- M Frosini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Farmacologia, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy.
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Ferraz HMC, Pereira FLC, Gonçalo ERS, Santos LS, Eberlin MN. Unexpected Synthesis of Conformationally Restricted Analogues of γ-Amino Butyric Acid (GABA): Mechanism Elucidation by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. J Org Chem 2004; 70:110-4. [PMID: 15624912 DOI: 10.1021/jo048309e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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From previous results with lower homologues, dehydroiodination of the three alkenyl-beta-enamino esters 3a-c was expected to provide six-membered N-heterocyclic products. The reactions of 3a-c with triethylamine are found to lead, however, to the unexpected stereoselective synthesis of the trisubstituted cyclopentane derivatives 4a-c, as confirmed by IR and NMR spectroscopy. Cyclopentanes 4a-c bear two chiral centers and a gamma-amino ester moiety, and are therefore conformationally restricted analogues of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA), which is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. Use of electrospray ionization mass (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) allowed the key iminium ion intermediates 5a-c(+), as well as the protonated molecules of both the reactant and final products, [3a-c + H](+) and [4a-c + H](+), to be intercepted and structurally characterized. From these findings a mechanism for this unexpected but synthetically attractive and efficient stereoselective reaction is proposed.
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- Helena M C Ferraz
- Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo SP, 05508-900, Brazil.
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Mortensen M, Kristiansen U, Ebert B, Frølund B, Krogsgaard-Larsen P, Smart TG. Activation of single heteromeric GABA(A) receptor ion channels by full and partial agonists. J Physiol 2004; 557:389-413. [PMID: 14990676 PMCID: PMC1665090 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.054734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The linkage between agonist binding and the activation of a GABA(A) receptor ion channel is yet to be resolved. This aspect was examined on human recombinant alpha1beta2gamma2S GABA(A) receptors expressed in human embryonic kidney cells using the following series of receptor agonists: GABA, isoguvacine, 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-3-ol (THIP), isonipecotic acid, piperidine-4-sulphonic acid (P4S), imidazole-4-acetic acid (IAA), 5-(4-piperidyl)-3-isothiazolol (thio-4-PIOL) and 5-(4-piperidyl)-3-isoxazolol (4-PIOL). Whole-cell concentration-response curves enabled the agonists to be categorized into four classes based upon their maximum responses. Single channel analyses revealed that the channel conductance of 25-27 pS was unaffected by the agonists. However, two open states were resolved from the open period distributions with mean open times reduced 5-fold by the weakest partial agonists. Using saturating agonist concentrations, estimates of the channel shutting rate, alpha, ranged from 200 to 600 s(-1). The shut period distributions were described by three or four components and for the weakest partial agonists, the interburst shut periods increased whilst the mean burst durations and longest burst lengths were reduced relative to the full agonists. From the burst analyses, the opening rates for channel activation, beta, and the total dissociation rates, k(-1), for the agonists leaving the receptor were estimated. The agonist efficacies were larger for the full agonists (E approximately 7-9) compared to the weak partial agonists ( approximately 0.4-0.6). Overall, changes in agonist efficacy largely determined the different agonist profiles with contributions from the agonist affinities and the degree of receptor desensitization. From this we conclude that GABA(A) receptor activation does not occur in a switch-like manner since the agonist recognition sites are flexible, accommodating diverse agonist structures which differentially influence the opening and shutting rates of the ion channel.
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- Martin Mortensen
- Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Clark AJ, Patel D, Broadhurst MJ. Base-mediated reactions of N-alkyl-O-acyl hydroxamic acids: synthesis of 3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-4-isoxazole carboxylic ester derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.08.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Trapani G, Latrofa A, Franco M, Carrieri A, Cellamare S, Serra M, Sanna E, Biggio G, Liso G. Alpidem analogues containing a GABA or glycine moiety as new anticonvulsant agents. Eur J Pharm Sci 2003; 18:231-40. [PMID: 12659934 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-0987(03)00002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alpidem analogues containing a GABA (1-3) or glycine (4-6) moiety were synthesized and their interaction with the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex at central (CBR) and peripheral (PBR) level was evaluated. In particular, their ability to modulate the specific binding of [3H]-GABA to washed membrane preparations from the rat cerebral cortex, as well as their effects on human recombinant GABA(A) receptors in Xenopus laevis oocytes, were assessed. Results from these in vitro assays showed that the most active compounds were 1 and 4. Intraperitoneal administration of compound 1 at a dose of 150 mg/kg significantly antagonized pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats and the protective effects were evident for 90 min. However, compound 4 failed to interact with strychnine-sensitive Gly-binding sites. Consistent with these binding results, intraperitoneal administration of compound 4 at 150 mg/kg showed no effect against convulsions induced by strychnine, except for a prolonged time of the latency of convulsions. The results obtained suggest that compound 1 possesses interesting anticonvulsant activity and deserves further investigation as a novel lipophilic GABA derivative.
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- Giuseppe Trapani
- Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy.
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Gálvez-Ruano E, Iriepa I, Morreale A, Boyd DB. Superimposition-based protocol as a tool for determining bioactive conformations. II. Application to the GABA(A) receptor. J Mol Graph Model 2002; 20:183-97. [PMID: 11775004 DOI: 10.1016/s1093-3263(01)00116-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The natural templates (NT) superimposition method is used to determine the pharmacophoric requirements of the A subtype of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor. Bioactive conformations for antagonists and agonists are found by superimposing them on a relatively rigid alkaloid bicuculline, which itself is a competitive antagonist at this ligand-gated ion channel receptor. As has been usual in the application of this modeling method, consideration of available experimental data is the cornerstone for obtaining realistic models. The identification of two substructural fragments of bicuculline permitted classification of the ligands. Analysis of the antagonists and agonists with respect to the two substructural fragments revealed two bioactive conformations of the highly flexible GABA molecule, one of which is extended with the nonhydrogenic atoms roughly coplanar torsional angles of -37 and -179 degrees at N-C-C-C and C-C-C-C (carboxyl), respectively. The second bioactive compound is clearly non planar (torsional angles of -81 and -109 degrees at N-C-C-C and C-C-C-C (carboxyl), respectively).
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- E Gálvez-Ruano
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Demuro A, Palma E, Eusebi F, Miledi R. Inhibition of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by bicuculline. Neuropharmacology 2001; 41:854-61. [PMID: 11684149 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(01)00137-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A study was made on the effects of bicuculline, the classical gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor antagonist, on heteromeric mouse muscle alphabetagammadelta, heteromeric neuronal rat alpha2beta4 and alpha4beta2 and homomeric human alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Bicuculline reduced the ACh-induced currents in a rapid and reversible way, with IC50 values of 34+/-1.5 microM for mouse muscle alphabetagammadelta and 12.4+/-0.7 and 18+/-1 microM for rat neuronal alpha2beta4 and alpha4beta2 nAChRs, respectively. Therefore, the three types of heteromeric receptors are inhibited by bicuculline but the neuronal alpha2beta4 and alpha4beta2 receptors were more sensitive than the muscle alphabetagammadelta receptor. The Hill coefficients for ACh-current inhibition were close to one for all types of receptors, suggesting a single site of action for bicuculline inhibition of nAChRs. Bicuculline shifted the ACh-dose-current response curve to the right and the maximal current was reduced, a reduction that for the heteromeric receptors was not overcome by high concentrations of ACh. The effect of bicuculline was examined at different membrane potentials, and the ACh-current-membrane potential relationships obtained indicate that the inhibition by bicuculline is voltage-dependent for muscle alphabetagammadelta and neuronal alpha2beta4 and alpha4beta2 nAChRs. All these results are consistent with the notion that bicuculline blocks the heteromeric muscle and neuronal nAChRs in a non-competitive way. Studies were also made on the wild type (wt alpha7) and mutant leu-to-threo (L248T) homomeric human neuronal alpha7-nAChRs. In sharp contrast to the heteromeric ACh receptors examined, bicuculline blocked in a competitive way the homomeric wt alpha7-nAChRs, as evidenced by a parallel shift of the bicuculline dose-ACh-current inhibition on raising the ACh concentration. Moreover, similar to the effects of serotonin on wt and mutant alpha7 ACh receptors, the mutation converted bicuculline from an antagonist into a competitive agonist. All this suggests that bicuculline may serve as a lead molecule to design new anticholinergic substances.
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- A Demuro
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4550, USA
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Andersen KE, Lau J, Lundt BF, Petersen H, Huusfeldt PO, Suzdak PD, Swedberg MD. Synthesis of novel GABA uptake inhibitors. Part 6: preparation and evaluation of N-Omega asymmetrically substituted nipecotic acid derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem 2001; 9:2773-85. [PMID: 11597457 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00148-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In a previous series of potent GABA uptake inhibitors published from this laboratory, we noticed that asymmetry in the substitution pattern of the bis-aromatic moiety in known GABA uptake inhibitors such as 4 [1-(4,4-diphenyl-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid] and 5 [(R)-1-(4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid] was beneficial for high affinity. This led us to investigate asymmetric analogues of known symmetric GABA uptake inhibitors in which one of the aryl groups has been exchanged with an alkyl, alkylene or cycloalkylene moiety as well as other modifications in the lipophilic part. The in vitro values for inhibition of [(3)H]-GABA uptake in rat synaptosomes was determined for each compound, and it was found that several of the novel compounds inhibit GABA uptake as potently as their known symmetrical reference analogues. Several of the novel compounds were also evaluated for their ability to inhibit clonic seizures induced by a 15 mg/kg (ip) dose of methyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (DMCM) in vivo. Some of the compounds, for example 18 [(R)-1-(2-(((1,2-bis(2-fluorophenyl)ethylidene)amino)oxy)ethyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid], show a high in vivo potency and protective index comparable with that of our recently launched anticonvulsant product, 5 [(R)-1-(4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid], and may therefore serve as second-generation drug candidates.
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- K E Andersen
- Health Care Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, DK 2760, Måløv, Denmark.
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Andersen KE, Sørensen JL, Lau J, Lundt BF, Petersen H, Huusfeldt PO, Suzdak PD, Swedberg MD. Synthesis of novel gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitors. 5.(1) Preparation and structure-activity studies of tricyclic analogues of known GABA uptake inhibitors. J Med Chem 2001; 44:2152-63. [PMID: 11405652 DOI: 10.1021/jm990513k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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On the basis of the SAR of a series of known gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitors, including 4 (SKF 89976), new tricyclic analogues have been prepared. These novel compounds are derivatives of nipecotic acid, guvacine, and homo-beta-proline, substituted at the nitrogen of these amino acids by various lipophilic moieties such as (10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepin-5-yl)alkoxyalkyl or (10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene)alkoxyalkyl. The in vitro values for inhibition of [(3)H]-GABA uptake in rat synaptosomes was determined for each compound in this new series, and it was found that several of the novel compounds showed a high potency comparable with that of the reference compounds 4, 5 (tiagabine), and 6 (CI-966). Several of the novel compounds were also evaluated for their ability in vivo to inhibit clonic seizures induced by a 15 mg/kg (ip) dose of methyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (DMCM). One compound, (R)-1-(2-(2-(10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepin-5-yl)ethoxy)ethyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid (23), was selected for further biological investigations and showed a protective index comparable to or slightly better than that of the recently launched anticonvulsant product 5 ((R)-1-(4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid).
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- K E Andersen
- Health Care Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, DK 2760 Måløv, Denmark.
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Cleton A, Altorf BA, Voskuyl RA, Danhof M. Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling of tiagabine CNS effects upon chronic treatment in rats: lack of change in concentration-EEG effect relationship. Eur J Pharm Sci 2000; 12:141-50. [PMID: 11102742 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-0987(00)00179-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The pharmacodynamics of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor (R)-N-(4,4-di-(methylthien-2-yl)but-3-enyl) nipecotic acid (tiagabine) was quantified in rats following chronic (14 days) administration by an integrated pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling approach. The increase in beta activity (11.5-30 Hz) of the EEG as derived by fast Fourier transformation analysis was used as pharmacodynamic endpoint. Two groups of male Wistar rats were treated for 14 days with either tiagabine at a steady-state concentration of 198+/-10 ng ml(-1) or placebo. Chronic treatment with tiagabine resulted in an increase of the EEG effect parameter by 38+/-2 microV. In the PK/PD experiment the time course of the EEG effect was determined in conjunction with the decline of drug concentrations after an i.v. bolus administration of 10 mg kg(-1). The pharmacokinetics of tiagabine was most adequately described by a bi-exponential function. No influence of chronic treatment on the pharmacokinetics was observed. Hysteresis between plasma concentration and EEG effect was accounted for by incorporation of an 'effect-compartment' in the model. The observed relationship between tiagabine concentrations and EEG effect was non-linear and described on the basis of the Hill equation. Between the treatment groups no differences in the pharmacodynamic parameters were observed. The population means for the different pharmacodynamic parameters were: maximum EEG effect 82 microV, EC(50) 486 ng ml(-1), Hill factor 2.0 and k(e0) 0.060 min(-1). In the in vitro [(3)H]GABA uptake assay no changes in affinity or functionality for the GABA uptake transporter were observed, consistent with the absence of adaptation. It is concluded that chronic treatment with tiagabine in an effective dose range for 14 days does not produce functional adaptation to tiagabine-induced GABA-ergic inhibition in vivo.
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- A Cleton
- Division of Pharmacology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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The binding of [3H]tiagabine ((RS-1-(4,4-(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3-butenyl)-3-piperidine carboxylic acid) to homogenates of frozen post-mortem human brain has been characterized. Inhibition experiments with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), GABA uptake inhibitors, ligands active at postsynaptic GABA receptors and receptors for other neurotransmitters, suggest that [3H]tiagabine binds with high affinity to GABA uptake sites. Inhibition and kinetic experiments suggests that 70%-80% of the binding is to a high affinity site. Saturation experiments showed that the binding was saturable. Bmax was 3.4 pmol/mg protein and Kd 16 nM in frontal cortex. The dissociation constants (Kd) measured in kinetic and equilibrium experiments were in the same range (16-56 nM). The regional distribution was studied in nine brain regions and the binding was heterogenous, with the highest binding in frontal cortex and parietal cortex and the lowest binding in nucleus caudatus and putamen. This is, to our knowledge, the first study on [3H]tiagabine binding in human tissue. It is concluded that [3H]tiagabine binding can be used as a specific marker for the GABA transporter GAT-1 in homogenates of human brain.
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- I S Eriksson
- Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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Cleton A, de Greef HJMM, Edelbroek PM, Voskuyl RA, Danhof M. Stereoselective central nervous system effects of the R- and S-isomers of the GABA uptake blocker N-(4, 4-di-(3-methylthien-2-yl)but-3-enyl) nipecotic acid in the rat. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 128:1651-8. [PMID: 10588919 PMCID: PMC1571804 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The 'effect compartment' model was applied to characterize the pharmacodynamics of the R- and S-isomers of tiagabine in conscious rats in vivo using increase in the beta activity of the EEG as a pharmacodynamic endpoint. 2. No pharmacokinetic differences in plasma were observed between R- and S-tiagabine. The values for clearance and volume of distribution at steady-state were 103+/-10 versus 90+/-6 ml min(-1) kg(-1) and 1.8+/-0.2 versus 1.6+/-0.2 l kg(-1) for the R- and S-isomer, respectively. In contrast, plasma protein binding showed a statistically significant difference with values of the free fraction of 5.7+/-0.5 and 11.4+/-0.6%. In addition the rate constant for transport to the effect compartment was also different with values of 0.027 versus 0.067 min(-1). 3. For both isomers the relationship between concentration and EEG effect was non-linear and successfully characterized on basis of the Hill equation. A statistically significant difference in the value of EC(50) of 328+/-11 versus 604+/-18 ng ml(-1) was observed for R- and S-tiagabine respectively. The values of the other pharmacodynamic parameters were identical. 4. It is concluded that the differences in in vivo pharmacodynamics of R- and S-tiagabine can be explained by stereoselective differences in both the affinity to the GABA-uptake transporter and the degree of non-specific protein binding in plasma and at the effect site.
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- A Cleton
- Division of Pharmacology, Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Achterweg 5, 2103 SW Heemstede, The Netherlands
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- Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Achterweg 5, 2103 SW Heemstede, The Netherlands
- Department of Physiology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9604, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pharmacology, Leiden Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9503, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Andersen KE, Sørensen JL, Huusfeldt PO, Knutsen LJ, Lau J, Lundt BF, Petersen H, Suzdak PD, Swedberg MD. Synthesis of novel GABA uptake inhibitors. 4. Bioisosteric transformation and successive optimization of known GABA uptake inhibitors leading to a series of potent anticonvulsant drug candidates. J Med Chem 1999; 42:4281-91. [PMID: 10543872 DOI: 10.1021/jm980492e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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By bioisosteric transformations and successive optimization of known GABA uptake inhibitors, several series of novel GABA uptake inhibitors have been prepared by different synthetic approaches. These compounds are derivatives of nipecotic acid and guvacine, substituted at the nitrogen of these amino acids by various lipophilic moieties such as diarylaminoalkoxyalkyl or diarylalkoxyalkyl. The in vitro values for inhibition of [(3)H]GABA uptake in rat synaptosomes was determined for each compound, and it was found that the most potent compound from this series, (R)-1-(2-(3,3-diphenyl-1-propyloxy)ethyl)-3-piperidinecarboxyli c acid hydrochloride (29), is so far the most potent parent compound inhibiting GABA uptake into synaptosomes. Structure-activity results confirm our earlier observations, that an electronegative center in the chain connecting the amino acid and diaryl moiety is very critical in order to obtain high in vitro potency. Several of the novel compounds were also evaluated for their ability in vivo to inhibit clonic seizures induced by a 15 mg/kg (ip) dose of methyl 6, 7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (DMCM). Some of the compounds tested show a high in vivo potency comparable with that of the recently launched anticonvulsant product 6 ((R)-1-(4, 4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid).
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- K E Andersen
- Health Care Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, DK 2760 Måløv, Denmark.
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Gillespie C, Van Der Beek E, Mintz E, Mickley N, Jasnow A, Huhman K, Albers H. GABAergic regulation of light-induced c-Fos immunoreactivity within the suprachiasmatic nucleus. J Comp Neurol 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990906)411:4<683::aid-cne12>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Richter K, Hess A, Scheich H. Functional mapping of transsynaptic effects of local manipulation of inhibition in gerbil auditory cortex. Brain Res 1999; 831:184-99. [PMID: 10411998 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01440-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cortical networks are under the tonic influence of inhibition which is mainly mediated by GABA. The state of inhibition of small neuronal populations in the auditory cortex (AC) field AI of gerbils was altered by local microinjection of GABA, of the GABA(A)-receptor agonist 4-piperidine-sulfonic acid (P4S) and the GABA(A)-receptor antagonists bicuculline methiodide (BMI) and SR-95531. In order to elucidate direct and transsynaptic effects of the alterations of inhibition produced by these substances we used the 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-[(14)C(U)] glucose (FDG) mapping method. The injection of GABA (10 mM) caused no significant changes in FDG labeling but P4S caused a marked decrease of local FDG uptake in a small region surrounding the injection site but in no other region. The injection of the GABA(A)-receptor antagonists caused massive increases of FDG uptake within the entire ipsilateral AC, whereas the contralateral AC was not significantly affected in spite of prominent callosal connections. However, disinhibited excitatory output from the ipsilateral AC is suggested by a strong increase in FDG labeling of the corticothalamic fiber tract and ipsilateral structures like medial geniculate nucleus, caudal striatum, and lateral amygdaloid nucleus and a structure at the caudoventral margin of the thalamic reticular nucleus, presumably the subgeniculate nucleus, a structure with hitherto unknown connections and function. No alteration of FDG uptake could be detected in the inferior colliculus, another main descending target structure of the AC. In summary, the effects resulting from microinjection of GABA(A)-receptor antagonists reflect a differential influence of the AC on its anatomically connected target regions. The findings demonstrate the potential of the method of focal application of neuroactive substances in combination with the FDG technique for mapping their transsynaptic influences which are hard to derive from anatomical tracing studies alone.
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- K Richter
- Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestrasse 6, P.O. Box 1860, D-39008, Magdeburg, Germany
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We reviewed the clinical safety of tiagabine HCl (TGB), a selective CNS GABA uptake inhibitor, in nearly 3100 patients from 53 separate clinical trials. TGB was found to have no clinically important effect upon hepatic metabolic processes, serum concentrations of concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), laboratory values, or important interactions with any common non-AEDs. Adverse effects were usually mild and involved the nervous system. TGB is safe and well-tolerated as add-on therapy for the treatment of partial seizures.
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- I E Leppik
- University of Minnesota, MINCEP Epilepsy Care, Minneapolis 55416-1227, USA
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Carruthers NI, Spitler JM, Wong SC, Blythin DJ, Chen X, Shue HJ, She HS, Lee JF, Rizzo C, Ting PC, West RE. Synthesis of a series of sulfinic acid analogs of GABA and evaluation of their GABAB receptor affinities. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1998; 8:3059-64. [PMID: 9873676 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00565-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A series of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) 1 analogs was prepared in which the carboxylic acid group of GABA was replaced with a sulfinic acid group and their affinity for the GABAB receptor investigated.
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- N I Carruthers
- Department of Chemical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA
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Krogsgaard-Larsen P, Frølund BF, Falch E. Inhibitors of gamma-aminobutyric acid transport as experimental tools and therapeutic agents. Methods Enzymol 1998; 296:165-75. [PMID: 9779447 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(98)96013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- P Krogsgaard-Larsen
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Krogsgaard-Larsen P, Fr∅lund B, Kristiansen U, Frydenvang K, Ebert B. GABAA and GABAB receptor agonists, partial agonists, antagonists and modulators: design and therapeutic prospects. Eur J Pharm Sci 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0928-0987(97)10009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gillespie CF, Mintz EM, Marvel CL, Huhman KL, Albers HE. GABA(A) and GABA(B) agonists and antagonists alter the phase-shifting effects of light when microinjected into the suprachiasmatic region. Brain Res 1997; 759:181-9. [PMID: 9221935 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00235-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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GABAergic drugs have profound effects on the regulation of circadian rhythms. The present study evaluated the effects of microinjections of GABAergic drugs into the suprachiasmatic region in hamsters on phase shifts induced by light and by microinjection of a cocktail containing vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP). The phase-advancing effects of light at circadian time (CT) 19 were significantly reduced by microinjection of GABA(A) or GABA(B) agonists into the SCN, but were not altered by microinjection of GABA(A) or GABA(B) antagonists. Microinjection of a GABA(B) agonist also reduced the phase-delaying effects of light at CT 13.5-14 while a GABA(B) antagonist increased the phase delays caused by light. Neither GABA(B) drug altered the phase delays produced by microinjection of a peptide cocktail containing VIP, PHI, GRP. These data indicate that changes in GABA(A) or GABA(B) activity within the SCN can alter the phase-shifting effects of light on circadian rhythms and support a role for GABA in gating photic input to the circadian clock.
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- C F Gillespie
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30303, USA
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Kristiansen U, Lambert JD. Benzodiazepine and barbiturate ligands modulate responses of cultured hippocampal neurones to the GABAA receptor partial agonist, 4-PIOL. Neuropharmacology 1996; 35:1181-91. [PMID: 9014133 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(96)00070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have previously characterized 5-(4-piperidyl)isoxazol-3-ol (4-PIOL) as a non-desensitizing partial agonist at GABAA receptors and shown that the responses are mediated by short-duration channel openings consonant with single-ligand gated openings of the Cl- channels. We presently investigate whether responses of cultured rat hippocampal neurones to 4-PIOL are modulated by benzodiazepine (BDZ) and barbiturate receptor ligands. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings of maximal responses to 1 mM 4-PIOL were comparable in size to responses evoked by 10 microM of the full GABAA agonist, isoguvacine. The BDZ receptor inverse agonist, DMCM (1 microM) reduced responses to isoguvacine (to 65.7 +/- 11.0%) and 4-PIOL (to 69.3 +/- 3.5%) to a similar extent. The BDZ agonist, midazolam (0.1 microM) potentiated responses to both agonists, and resulted in responses with an early peak with later fading. Potentiation of the peak response to 4-PIOL (to 163 +/- 14%) was significantly less than for isoguvacine (215 +/- 11%). Pentobarbital (50 microM) caused a very marked, but variable, potentiation of the peak response to 4-PIOL (to 484 +/- 93%), which was significantly greater than the potentiation of the peak response to isoguvacine (to 304 +/- 46%), and induced fading. This suggests that a relatively larger number of the 4-PIOL-induced channel openings can be transformed to longer duration openings by pentobarbital. In conclusion, responses to 4-PIOL and isoguvacine are modulated by BDZ and barbiturate ligands in a qualitatively similar manner, but with a number of quantitative differences which cannot be readily explained by the kinetic model of Macdonald and Twyman (1992). Investigation of these responses at the single-channel level could provide further insight into the operation of the GABAA receptor-ionophore complex.
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- U Kristiansen
- Department of Biology, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Suzdak PD, Jansen JA. A review of the preclinical pharmacology of tiagabine: a potent and selective anticonvulsant GABA uptake inhibitor. Epilepsia 1995; 36:612-26. [PMID: 7555976 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb02576.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We review the neurochemical and behavioral profile of the selective gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor, (R)-N-(4,4-di-(3-methylthien-2-yl)but-3-enyl) nipecotic acid hydrochloride [tiagabine (TGB), previously termed NNC 05-0328, NO 05-0328, and NO-328], which is currently in phase III clinical trials for epilepsy. TGB is a potent, and specific GABA uptake inhibitor. TGB lacks significant affinity for other neurotransmitter receptor binding sites and/or uptake sites. In electrophysiological experiments in hippocampal slices in culture, TGB prolonged the inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSP) and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSC) in the CA1 and CA3 produced by the addition of exogenous GABA. In vivo microdialysis shows that TGB also increases extracellular GABA overflow in a dose-dependent manner. Together these biochemical data suggest that the in vitro and in vivo mechanism of action of TGB is to inhibit GABA uptake specifically, resulting in an increase in GABAergic mediated inhibition in the brain. TGB is a potent anticonvulsant agent against methyl-6,7-dimethyoxy-4-ethyl-B-carboline-3-carboxylate (DMCM)-induced clonic convulsions (mice), subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced tonic convulsions (mice and rats), sound-induced convulsions in DBA/2 mice and genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR), and electrically induced convulsions in kindled rats. TGB is partially efficacious, against subcutaneous PTZ-induced clonic convulsions, and photically induced myoclonus in Papio papio. TGB is weakly efficacious in the intravenous PTZ seizure threshold test and the maximal electroshock seizure (MES) test and produces only partial protection against bicuculline (BIC)-induced convulsions in rats. The overall biochemical and anticonvulsant profile of TGB suggests potential utility in the treatment of chronic seizure disorders such as generalized clonic-tonic epilepsy (GTCS), photomyoclonic seizures, myoclonic petit mal epilepsy, and complex partial epilepsy.
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- P D Suzdak
- Department of Neurobiology, Novo Nordisk, Malov, Denmark
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Carruthers NI, Spitler JM, Shing-Chun Wong, Blythin DJ, Xiao Chen, Ho-Jane Shue, Mittelman S. Synthesis and resolution of β-(aminomethyl)-4-chlorobenzeneethanesulfinic acid a potent gabaB receptor ligand. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0960-894x(95)00016-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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GABAB receptors are a distinct subclass of receptors for the major inhibitory transmitter 4-aminobutanoic acid (GABA) that mediate depression of synaptic transmission and contribute to the inhibition controlling neuronal excitability. The development of specific agonists and antagonists for these receptors has led to a better understanding of their physiology and pharmacology, highlighting their diverse coupling to different intracellular effectors through Gi/G(o) proteins. This review emphasises our current knowledge of the neurophysiology and neurochemistry of GABAB receptors, including their heterogeneity, as well as the therapeutic potential of drugs acting at these sites.
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- D I Kerr
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Suzdak PD. Lack of tolerance to the anticonvulsant effects of tiagabine following chronic (21 day) treatment. Epilepsy Res 1994; 19:205-13. [PMID: 7698096 DOI: 10.1016/0920-1211(94)90063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The anticonvulsant, and side effect, profile of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor (R)-N-(4,4-di-(3-methylthien-2-yl)but-3-enyl) nipecotic acid hydrochloride (tiagabine) was examined in mice following chronic (21 day) administration. Twenty-four hours following the discontinuation of the 21 days' treatment with twice daily administration of vehicle or tiagabine at 15 or 30 mg/kg p.o., an ED50 for tiagabine was determined for the anticonvulsant effect, the rotarod performance, the traction response and the inhibition of locomotor activity in the animals treated with vehicle only, and in the groups previously treated with 15 or 30 mg/kg p.o. of tiagabine. There was no significant decrease in the anticonvulsant efficacy of acutely administered tiagabine (ED50 for inhibition of methyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-2-carboxylate (DMCM)-induced seizures of 1.7 +/- 0.4, 1.9 +/- 0.3, and 2.0 +/- 0.50 mg/kg i.p., respectively). However, there was a significant decrease in the ability of acutely administered tiagabine to impair rotarod performance (ED50 of 5.9 +/- 1.2, 14 +/- 1.9 and 21 +/- 2.7 mg/kg i.p., respectively), inhibit a traction response (ED50 of 10 +/- 1.6, 23 +/- 3.0 and 34 +/- 4.6 mg/kg i.p., respectively), and to inhibit exploratory locomotor activity (ED50 of 13 +/- 23, 19 +/- 2.6 and 28 +/- 38 mg/kg i.p. respectively). Following the discontinuation of chronic tiagabine administration there was no change in pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) seizure threshold, animal weight or gross behavior, suggesting the lack of a behavioral withdrawal syndrome. The production of tolerance to the sedative and ataxic effects, but not the anticonvulsant effects, of tiagabine suggests that tiagabine may be a useful agent for the long-term treatment of epilepsy.
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- P D Suzdak
- Department of Receptor Neurochemistry, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark
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Tiagabine (TGB), a specific gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-uptake inhibitor, is a potential new antiepileptic drug with a novel mechanism of action. In animal models of epilepsy as well as in a placebo-controlled trial in patients with complex partial seizures, TGB showed significant anticonvulsant effects. TGB was well tolerated by most patients.
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- H Mengel
- Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark
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Suzdak PD, Foged C, Andersen KE. Quantitative autoradiographic characterization of the binding of [3H]tiagabine (NNC 05-328) to the GABA uptake carrier. Brain Res 1994; 647:231-41. [PMID: 7922499 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91322-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The kinetic properties and regional distribution of [3H]tiagabine ([3,4-3H]N-[4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-thienyl)but-3-en-1-yl]nipecotic acid) binding to the central GABA uptake carrier was examined in the rat brain using quantitative receptor autoradiography. In slide mounted sections of frontal cortex, the binding of [3H]tiagabine was saturable, reversible and sodium dependent. The kinetics of association and dissociation of [3H]tiagabine were monophasic, and Scatchard transformation of saturation isotherms resulted in a linear plot with a Kd = 58 +/- 7 nM and a Bmax = 58.9 +/- 0.9 pmol/mg protein. The autoradiographic distribution of [3H]tiagabine binding sites in rat brain was heterogeneously distributed. The highest density of [3H]tiagabine binding sites was present in the cerebral cortex, mammillary body, globus pallidus, substantia nigra pars reticulata, hippocampus, dorsal raphé, superior colliculus (outer layer), and cerebellum. The distribution of GABA uptake sites, as measured by [3H]tiagabine binding, in the rat brain is highly consistent with the organization of GABAergic terminals and cell bodies. The present investigation characterized the use of [3H]tiagabine as a novel radioligand for the GABA uptake carrier using quantitative receptor autoradiography. [3H]Tiagabine has several major advantages over the currently utilized radioligand for the GABA uptake carrier [3H]nipecotic acid, in that [3H]tiagabine has an increased affinity, specificity, and is not transported intracellularly via the GABA uptake carrier. These data suggest that [3H]tiagabine represents a novel and highly useful ligand for studying the GABA uptake carrier using quantitative receptor autoradiography.
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- P D Suzdak
- Department of Receptor Neurochemistry, Novo Nordisk A/S, Pharmaceuticals Research, Måløv, Denmark
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- K Kaila
- Department of Zoology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Kusama T, Spivak CE, Whiting P, Dawson VL, Schaeffer JC, Uhl GR. Pharmacology of GABA rho 1 and GABA alpha/beta receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes and COS cells. Br J Pharmacol 1993; 109:200-6. [PMID: 8388298 PMCID: PMC2175610 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1993.tb13554.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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1. The rho 1 protein, which we previously cloned from retina, assembles as a homooligomer that transduces the binding of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) into robust chloride currents. However, its insensitivity to bicuculline, pentobarbitone and benzodiazepines, all potent agents at typical GABAA receptors, suggested that it may react atypically to other GABA agonists and antagonists. 2. cDNAs for the rho 1 and the alpha 5 beta 1 receptors for GABA were expressed as homo- and heterooligomers, respectively, in Xenopus oocytes. The selectivities of the respective receptors for various agonists were investigated using concentration-response experiments in voltage clamped cells. 3. The most potent agonists at the rho 1 receptor were trans-4-aminocrotonic acid (TACA) > GABA > muscimol; at the alpha 5 beta 1 receptor the rank order was muscimol > GABA > 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazole[4,5-c]pyridine-3-ol (THIP). The most specific agonists were cis-(2-(aminomethyl)-cyclopropyl-carboxylic acid (CAMP) and THIP for the rho 1 and the alpha 5 beta 1 receptors, respectively. 4. Comparing GABA, TACA and cis-aminocrotonic acid (CACA) at rho 1 receptors expressed in COS cells gave results almost indistinguishable from those found at oocytes; the pharmacology of rho 1 seems independent of the expression system. 5. Agonists THIP, piperidine-4-sulphonic acid (P4S), and isoguvacine, whose C-C-C-N chains are constrained by rings into a folded conformation and were potent at the alpha 5 beta 1 receptor, were among the weakest at the rho 1 receptor. However CACA and CAMP, which align better with the extended than the folded conformation, were weakest at the alpha 5 beta 1 receptor but moderately potent at the pl receptor. These findings suggest that the rho l receptor recognizes agonists in the extended conformation, in contrast to GABAA receptors, which are believed to recognize agonists in the partially folded conformation.6. In contrast to the alpha 5 beta 1 receptor, gradations in maximum responses were apparent in the rho l receptor,suggesting various degrees of partial agonism. In particular, imidazole-4-acetic acid (I4AA), whose maximum response was only 3% of GABA's maximum, had an apparent Kd for activating the rho l receptor of 16 microM; but it had an apparent Kd for competitively blocking the receptor of 0.64 microM. This difference suggests that steric constraints in the activated (open channel) receptor are tighter than in the resting receptor.7. Hill coefficients approached 2 at the rho l receptor, but were closer to unity at the alpha 5 beta 1 receptor. Thus,the rho l receptor displayed higher cooperativity.8. Unlike typical GABAA receptors, the rho l receptor was insensitive to the competitive antagonists bicuculline, SR95531, securinine, and (+)-tubocurarine.
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- T Kusama
- Molecular Neurobiology, Addiction Research Center, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Suzdak PD, Frederiksen K, Andersen KE, Sørensen PO, Knutsen LJ, Nielsen EB. NNC-711, a novel potent and selective gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake inhibitor: pharmacological characterization. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 224:189-98. [PMID: 1468507 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90804-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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NNC-711 (1-(2-(((diphenylmethylene)amino)oxy)ethyl)-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-3- pyridinecarboxylic acid hydrochloride) is a novel, potent and selective gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor. NNC-711 inhibited synaptosomal (IC50 = 47 nM), neuronal (IC50 = 1238 nM) and glial (IC50 = 636 nM) GABA uptake in vitro NNC-711 lacked affinity for other neurotransmitter receptor binding sites, uptake sites and ion channels examined in vitro. In vivo, NNC-711 was a potent anticonvulsant compound against rodent seizures induced by methyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (DMCM) (ED50 (clonic) = 1.2 mg/kg i.p.), pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) (ED50 (tonic) = 0.72 mg/kg i.p., mouse; and ED50 (tonic) = 1.7 mg/kg, rat), or audiogenic (ED50 (clonic and tonic) = 0.23 mg/kg i.p.). At higher doses NNC-711 produced behavioral side effects characterized by inhibition of traction (ED50 = 23 mg/kg i.p.), rotarod (ED50 = 10 mg/kg i.p.) and exploratory locomotor activity (ED50 = 45 mg/kg i.p.) in the mouse. Following acute (3-h) in vivo pretreatment with NNC-711, behavioral tolerance developed to its motor impairing side effects (inhibition of traction, rotarod or exploratory locomotor activity) without corresponding tolerance to the anticonvulsant effects. These data suggest that NNC-711 will be useful for future in vitro and in vivo experiments to elucidate the role of the GABA uptake carrier in the central nervous system.
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- P D Suzdak
- Novo Nordisk A/S, Department of Receptor Neurochemistry, Måløv, Denmark
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- D I Kerr
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Adelaide, Australia
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Fink-Jensen A, Suzdak PD, Swedberg MD, Judge ME, Hansen L, Nielsen PG. The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor, tiagabine, increases extracellular brain levels of GABA in awake rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1992; 220:197-201. [PMID: 1425991 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(92)90748-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effect of systemic administration of the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake inhibitor, R(-)N-(4,4-di(3-methyl-thien-2-yl)-but-3-enyl) nipecotic acid, hydrochloride (tiagabine) (previously NO-328), on extracellular GABA levels in the globus pallidus, ventral pallidum and substantia nigra of awake Sprague-Dawley rats was investigated using in vivo microdialysis. Tiagabine was administered in doses of 11.5 or 21.0 mg/kg i.p. (ED50 and ED85 doses, respectively, for inhibiting pentylenetetrazole-induced tonic seizures). Tiagabine increased the extracellular concentrations of GABA in globus pallidus with peak values 310% of basal level (after 21 mg/kg) and 240% of basal level (after 11.5 mg/kg). A significant increase in extracellular GABA levels was also found in the ventral pallidum (280% increase after 11.5 mg/kg and 350% increase after 21 mg/kg) and in the substantia nigra where the ED85 dose of tiagabine (21 mg/kg) produced a peak value of 200% compared to the basal level. Thus, tiagabine acts as a GABA uptake inhibitor in vivo also.
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- A Fink-Jensen
- Novo Nordisk A/S, Pharmaceuticals Research, CNS, Måløv, Denmark
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Pasternack M, Bountra C, Voipio J, Kaila K. Influence of extracellular and intracellular pH on GABA-gated chloride conductance in crayfish muscle fibres. Neuroscience 1992; 47:921-9. [PMID: 1374543 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(92)90040-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The effect of intracellular and extracellular pH on GABA-gated Cl- conductance was studied using H(+)-selective microelectrodes and a three-microelectrode voltage clamp in crayfish leg opener muscle fibres in bicarbonate-free solutions. Experimental variation of intracellular pH in the range 6.4-8.0 did not affect the GABA-gated conductance. In contrast to this, the GABA-gated conductance was sensitive to changes in external pH. Raising the external pH from 7.4 to 8.4 decreased the GABA-gated peak conductance observed immediately following application of GABA by 30%, and a change from 7.4 to 6.4 produced an increase of 26%. The effect of extracellular pH on the GABA-gated peak conductance was approximately linear in the pH range 6.4-8.9. A slight decrease in the slope of the pH-conductance relationship was evident in the pH range 5.4-6.4. The desensitization of the GABA-gated conductance was also affected by external pH. At pH 6.9 the conductance produced by 1 mM GABA showed a desensitization of about 15%, and at pH 8.9 this value was 34%. Raising the external pH in the presence of GABA decreased the GABA-gated peak conductance and increased the fractional desensitization, while lowering the external pH produced opposite effects, and was capable of repriming the conductance from a desensitized state to the non-desensitized state. The above results show that the GABA-gated conductance is sensitive to changes in external pH in the physiological range, and suggest that pH-dependent changes in the postsynaptic efficacy of GABA-mediated inhibition may contribute to H+ modulation of neuronal excitability.
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- M Pasternack
- Department of Zoology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Kristiansen U, Hedegaard A, Herdeis C, Lund TM, Nielsen B, Hansen JJ, Falch E, Hjeds H, Krogsgaard-Larsen P. Hydroxylated analogues of 5-aminovaleric acid as 4-aminobutyric acidB receptor antagonists: stereostructure-activity relationships. J Neurochem 1992; 58:1150-9. [PMID: 1310720 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb09374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The (R) and (S) forms of 5-amino-2-hydroxyvaleric acid (2-OH-DAVA) and 5-amino-4-hydroxyvaleric acid (4-OH-DAVA) were designed as structural hybrids of the 4-aminobutyric acidB (GABAB) agonist (R)-(-)-4-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid [(R)-(-)-3-OH-GABA] and the GABAB antagonist 5-aminovaleric acid (DAVA). (S)-(-)-2-OH-DAVA and (R)-(-)-4-OH-DAVA showed a moderately potent affinity for GABAB receptor sites in rat brain and showed GABAB antagonist effects in a guinea pig ileum preparation. The respective enantiomers, (R)-(+)-2-OH-DAVA and (S)-(+)-4-OH-DAVA, were markedly weaker in both test systems. All four compounds were weak inhibitors of GABAA receptor binding in rat brain, and none of them significantly affected synaptosomal GABA uptake. Based on molecular modeling studies it has been demonstrated that low-energy conformations of (R)-(-)-3-OH-GABA, (S)-(-)-2-OH-DAVA, and (R)-(-)-4-OH-DAVA can be superimposed. These conformations may reflect the shapes adopted by these conformationally flexible compounds during their interaction with GABAB receptors. The present studies emphasize the similar, but distinct, constraints imposed on agonists and antagonists for GABAB receptors.
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- U Kristiansen
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen
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Suzdak PD, Swedberg MD, Andersen KE, Knutsen LJ, Braestrup C. In vivo labeling of the central GABA uptake carrier with 3H-Tiagabine. Life Sci 1992; 51:1857-68. [PMID: 1333027 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(92)90037-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The in vivo binding of 3H-Tiagabine to the central GABA uptake carrier in mouse brain was characterized. 3H-Tiagabine in vivo bound to a single class of binding sites with a Kd = 72.5 nM and a Bmax = 640 pmol/g tissue. 3H-Tiagabine binding in vivo was regionally distributed within the CNS, and showed a good correlation with 3H-Tiagabine binding in vitro. Pharmacological characterization of 3H-Tiagabine binding in vivo revealed a binding site exhibiting specificity for GABA uptake inhibitors. Experiments examining the in vivo receptor occupancy of the GABA uptake carrier for a series of GABA uptake inhibitors revealed that 20-30% of the GABA uptake sites were occupied at the ED50 for inhibiting DMCM-induced clonic convulsions, while a 50-62% receptor occupancy in vivo was needed to inhibit rotarod performance. These data suggest that 3H-Tiagabine in vivo binding may be a useful method for assessing GABA uptake inhibitor penetration into the CNS, and may be a useful tool for studying the physiological regulation of the GABA uptake carrier.
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- P D Suzdak
- Department of Receptor Neurochemistry, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark
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