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Bolte KN, Wealing JC, Revill AL. Arginine vasopressin potentiates inspiratory bursting in hypoglossal motoneurons of neonatal mice. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2023; 314:104087. [PMID: 37269889 PMCID: PMC10443434 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2023.104087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Vasopressin (AVP) acts as a neurotransmitter and its activity can potentiate respiratory activity. Hypoglossal (XII) motoneurons that innervate the tongue express V1a vasopressin receptors, which are excitatory. Therefore, we hypothesized that V1a receptor activation at XII motoneurons would potentiate inspiratory bursting. We developed this study to determine whether AVP can potentiate inspiratory bursting in rhythmic medullary slice preparations in neonatal (postnatal, P0-5) mice. Bath or local application of AVP potentiated inspiratory bursting compared to baseline XII inspiratory burst amplitude. Antagonizing V1a receptors revealed significant attenuation of the AVP-mediated potentiation of inspiratory bursting, while antagonism of oxytocin receptors (at which AVP has similar binding affinity) revealed a trend to attenuate AVP-mediated potentiation of inspiratory bursting. Finally, we discovered that the AVP-mediated potentiation of inspiratory bursting increases significantly with postnatal maturation from P0-5. Overall, these data support that AVP potentiates inspiratory bursting directly at XII motoneurons.
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- K N Bolte
- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States
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- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States
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- Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States; Department of Physiology, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, United States.
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Tian G, Jin WL, Qin C, Wang J. Convenient synthesis of N-alkyl-3,1-benzoxazin-2-ones from carbamate protected anthranil aldehydes and ketones via one-step alkylation/alkoxy rearrangement. Org Biomol Chem 2023; 21:5757-5761. [PMID: 37404025 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob00812f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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A practical and step-economical protocol was developed to prepare N-alkyl-3,1-benzoxazin-2-one derivatives from anthranil aldehydes and ketones via one-step alkylation/alkoxy rearrangement, where three new chemical bonds and one ring were constructed in a single step. Control studies revealed a stepwise mechanism and that the alkoxy rearrangement was an intermolecular process.
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- Guang Tian
- Department of Chemistry, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Polymer Science & Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Supernormal Material Physics & Chemistry, School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Polymer Science & Technology, MOE Key Laboratory of Supernormal Material Physics & Chemistry, School of Chemical & Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China.
- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Paparakis A, Turnell-Ritson RC, Sapsford JS, Ashley AE, Hulla M. Tin-catalyzed reductive coupling of amines with CO 2 and H 2. Catal Sci Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy01659a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tin-based FLPs catalyze reductive coupling reactions of amines with CO2 and H2. Water produced by the reaction is well tolerated and TONs up to 300 can be achieved.
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- Alexandros Paparakis
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 128 00, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, White City Campus, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, White City Campus, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague 128 00, Czech Republic
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- Timothy A Katte
- a School of Chemistry , University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
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- a School of Chemistry , University of Sydney , Sydney , Australia
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Cragg B, Ji G, Neugebauer V. Differential contributions of vasopressin V1A and oxytocin receptors in the amygdala to pain-related behaviors in rats. Mol Pain 2016; 12:12/0/1744806916676491. [PMID: 27837170 PMCID: PMC5117246 DOI: 10.1177/1744806916676491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Neuroplastic changes in the amygdala account for emotional-affective aspects of pain and involve neuropeptides such as calcitonin gene-related peptide and corticotropin-releasing factor. Another neuropeptide system, central arginine vasopressin, has been implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders, but its role in pain-related emotional expression and neuroplasticity remains to be determined. Here, we tested the hypothesis that arginine vasopressin in the amygdala contributes to pain-related emotional-affective responses, using stereotaxic applications of arginine vasopressin and antagonists for G-protein coupled vasopressin V1A and oxytocin receptors in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. In normal animals, arginine vasopressin increased audible and ultrasonic vocalizations and anxiety-like behavior (decreased open-arm preference in the elevated plus maze). The facilitatory effects were blocked by a selective V1A antagonist (SR 49059, Relcovaptan) but not by an oxytocin receptor antagonist (L-371,257). L-371,257 had some facilitatory effects on vocalizations. Arginine vasopressin had no effect in arthritic rats (kaolin/carrageenan knee joint pain model). SR 49059 inhibited vocalizations and anxiety-like behavior (elevated plus maze) in arthritic, but not normal, rats and conveyed anxiolytic properties to arginine vasopressin. Arginine vasopressin, SR 49059, and L-371,257 had no significant effects on spinal reflexes. We interpret the data to suggest that arginine vasopressin through V1A in the amygdala contributes to emotional-affective aspects of pain (arthritis model), whereas oxytocin receptors may mediate some inhibitory effects of the vasopressin system.
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- Bryce Cragg
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA .,Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Smith AL, Freeman SM, Stehouwer JS, Inoue K, Voll RJ, Young LJ, Goodman MM. Synthesis and evaluation of C-11, F-18 and I-125 small molecule radioligands for detecting oxytocin receptors. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:2721-38. [PMID: 22425346 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 01/28/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Compounds 1-4 were synthesized and investigated for selectivity and potency for the oxytocin receptor (OTR) to determine their viability as radioactive ligands. Binding assays determined 1-4 to have high binding affinity for both the human and rodent OTR and also have high selectivity for the human OTR over human vasopressin V1a receptors (V1aR). Inadequate selectivity for OTR over V1aR was found for rodent receptors in all four compounds. The radioactive (C-11, F-18, and I-125) derivatives of 1-4 were synthesized and investigated for use as autoradiography and positron emission tomography (PET) ligands. Receptor autoradiography performed with [(125)I]1 and [(125)I]2 on rodent brain slices provided the first small molecule radioligand images of the OTR and V1aR. Biodistribution studies determined [(125)I]1 and [(125)I]2 were adequate for in vivo peripheral investigations, but not for central investigations due to low uptake within the brain. A biodistribution study with [(18)F]3 suggested brain uptake occurred slowly over time. PET imaging studies with [(18)F]3 and [(11)C]4 using a rat model provided insufficient uptake in the brain over a 90 and 45 min scan times respectively to merit further investigations in non-human primates.
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- Aaron L Smith
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Griffante C, Green A, Curcuruto O, Haslam CP, Dickinson BA, Arban R. Selectivity of d[Cha4]AVP and SSR149415 at human vasopressin and oxytocin receptors: evidence that SSR149415 is a mixed vasopressin V1b/oxytocin receptor antagonist. Br J Pharmacol 2006; 146:744-51. [PMID: 16158071 PMCID: PMC1751202 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1 A possible role of arginine vasopressin (AVP) V(1b) receptor subtype in stress-related disorders has been recently highlighted by the discovery of the agonist [1-deamino-4-cyclohexylalanine] AVP (d[Cha(4)]AVP) and the antagonist SSR149415. Both compounds have been proposed to target specifically V(1b) receptors, since the reported affinities for the related V(1a), V(2) and oxytocin receptors are in the micromolar or submicromolar range. In the present study, we further investigated the binding affinities of d[Cha(4)]AVP and SSR149415 at recombinant human vasopressin V(1b) (hV(1b)) and oxytocin (hOT) receptors expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and functional properties of both compounds at hV(1b), hV(1a), hV(2) and hOT receptors. 2 d[Cha(4)]AVP bound to hV(1b) receptors and hOT receptors with pK(i) values of 9.68+/-0.06 and 7.68+/-0.09, respectively. SSR149415 showed pK(i) values of 9.34+/-0.06 at hV(1b) and 8.82+/-0.16 at hOT receptors. 3 d[Cha(4)]AVP stimulated [Ca(2+)](i) increase in hV(1b)-CHO cells with a pEC(50) value of 10.05+/-0.15. It showed pEC(50) values of 6.53+/-0.17 and 5.92+/-0.02 at hV(1a) and hV(2) receptors, respectively, and behaved as a weak antagonist at hOT receptors (pK(B)=6.31+/-0.12). SSR149415 inhibited the agonist-induced [Ca(2+)](i) increase with pK(B) values of 9.19+/-0.07 in hV(1b)-CHO and 8.72+/-0.15 in hOT-CHO cells. A functional pK(i) value of 7.23+/-0.10 was found for SSR1494151 at hV(1a) receptors, whereas it did not inhibit 20 nM AVP response at hV(2) receptors up to 3 microM. 4 Data obtained confirmed the high potency and selectivity of d[Cha(4)]AVP at hV(1b) receptors, but revealed that SSR149415, in addition to the high potency at hV(1b) receptors, displays a significant antagonism at hOT receptors.
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- Cristiana Griffante
- Psychiatry Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Group, Medicines Research Centre, Via Fieming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy
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- Screening and Compound Profiling, Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline Group, New Frontiers Science Park, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW
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- Computational, Analytical & Structural Sciences, Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline Group, Medicines Research Centre, 37135 Verona, Italy
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- Screening and Compound Profiling, Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline Group, New Frontiers Science Park, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW
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- Screening and Compound Profiling, Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline Group, New Frontiers Science Park, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW
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- Psychiatry Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Group, Medicines Research Centre, Via Fieming 4, 37135 Verona, Italy
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Allen MJ, Livermore DGH, Mordaunt JE. Oxytocin antagonists as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of preterm labour. PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2006; 44:331-73. [PMID: 16697900 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6468(05)44407-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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- Michael J Allen
- GlaxoSmithKline, New Frontiers Science Park (North), Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex, UK
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Stymiest JL, Mitchell BF, Wong S, Vederas JC. Synthesis of Oxytocin Analogues with Replacement of Sulfur by Carbon Gives Potent Antagonists with Increased Stability. J Org Chem 2005; 70:7799-809. [PMID: 16277299 DOI: 10.1021/jo050539l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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[Chemical reaction: See text] The neuropeptide oxytocin 1 controls mammary and uterine smooth muscle contraction. Atosiban 2, an oxytocin antagonist, is used for prevention of preterm labor and premature birth. However, the metabolic lifetimes of such peptide drugs are short because of in vivo degradation. Facile production of oxytocin analogues with varying ring sizes wherein sulfur is replaced by carbon (methylene or methine) could be achieved by standard solid-phase peptide synthesis using olefin-bearing amino acids followed by on-resin ring-closing metathesis (RCM). These were tested for agonistic and antagonistic uteronic activity using myometrial strips taken from nonpregnant female rats. Peptide 8 showed agonistic activity in vitro (EC50= 1.4 x 10(3) +/- 4.4 x 10(2) nM) as compared to 1 (EC50= 7.0 +/- 2.1 nM). Atosiban analogues 17 (pA2= 7.8 +/- 0.1) and 18 (pA2= 8.0 +/- 0.1) showed substantial activity compared to the parent oxytocin antagonist 2 (pA2= 9.9 +/- 0.3). Carba analogue 35 (pA2= 6.1 +/- 0.1) had an agonistic activity over 2 orders of magnitude less than its parent 3 (8.8 +/- 0.5). A comparison of biological stabilities of 1,6-carba analogues of both an agonist 8 and antagonist 18 versus parent peptides 1 and 2 was conducted. The half-lives of peptides 8 and 18 in rat placental tissue were shown (Table 2) to be greatly improved versus their parents oxytocin 1 and atosiban 2, respectively. These results suggest that peptides 8 and 18 and analogues thereof may be important leads into the development of a long-lasting, commercially available therapeutic for initiation of parturition and treatment of preterm labor.
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- Jake L Stymiest
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Jójárt B, Martinek TA, Márki A. The 3D Structure of the Binding Pocket of the Human Oxytocin Receptor for Benzoxazine Antagonists, Determined by Molecular Docking, Scoring Functions and 3D-QSAR Methods. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2005; 19:341-56. [PMID: 16184436 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-005-7137-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular docking and 3D-QSAR studies were performed to determine the binding mode for a series of benzoxazine oxytocin antagonists taken from the literature. Structural hypotheses were generated by docking the most active molecule to the rigid receptor by means of AutoDock 3.05. The cluster analysis yielded seven possible binding conformations. These structures were refined by using constrained simulated annealing, and the further ligands were aligned in the refined receptor by molecular docking. A good correlation was found between the estimated deltaG(bind) and the pKi values for complex F. The Connolly-surface analysis, CoMFA and CoMSIA models q2(CoMFA) = 0.653, q2(CoMSA) = 0.630 and r2(pred,CoMFA) = 0.852 , r2(pred,CoMSIA) = 0.815) confirmed the scoring function results. The structural features of the receptor-ligand complex and the CoMFA and CoMSIA fields are in closely connected. These results suggest that receptor-ligand complex F is the most likely binding hypothesis for the studied benzoxazine analogs.
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- Balázs Jójárt
- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, University of Szeged, Eötvös u. 6, H-6720, Szeged, Hungary
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Kondo K. Recent discovery and development of non-peptide vasopressin V2receptor agonists. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2005. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.12.8.1249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Pitt GRW, Batt AR, Haigh RM, Penson AM, Robson PA, Rooker DP, Tartar AL, Trim JE, Yea CM, Roe MB. Non-peptide oxytocin agonists. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004; 14:4585-9. [PMID: 15357997 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2003] [Revised: 04/05/2004] [Accepted: 04/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A library of compounds targeted to the vasopressin/oxytocin family of receptors was screened for activity at a cloned human oxytocin receptor using a reporter gene assay. Potency and selectivity were optimised to afford compound 39, EC50 = 33 nM. This series of compounds represents the first disclosed, non-peptide, low molecular weight agonists of the hormone oxytocin (OT).
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- Gary R W Pitt
- Ferring Research Ltd, Chilworth Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NP, UK
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Akerlund M. Involvement of oxytocin and vasopressin in the pathophysiology of preterm labor and primary dysmenorrhea. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 139:359-65. [PMID: 12436949 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)39030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Important sources of oxytocin and vasopressin in the human, apart from the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the brain, may be the fetus during labor as well as the endometrium and decidua of the uterus itself. The release of oxytocin and vasopressin to plasma is under influence of ovarian steroids. The two hormones stimulate uterine contractions in pregnant and non-pregnant women via myometrial oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors. At the onset of human labor preterm or at term no clear rise in the maternal plasma concentration of oxytocin and/or vasopressin has been demonstrated, but there may be an increased pulse frequency of the release of oxytocin to plasma with the advance of labor. Vasopressin is more potent than oxytocin on isolated myometrium from women undergoing Cesarean section at term. The myometrial concentration of the two receptors is about equal. At the onset of labor preterm and at term there is a tendency to an increase in the density of oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptors, but there may be a heterogeneous expression of at least the former receptor between different myometrial cells. In advanced labor or after oxytocin treatment the receptors are markedly downregulated. The importance of oxytocin and vasopressin in mechanisms of preterm labor is confirmed by the therapeutic effect in the condition of the oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor blocking oxytocin analogue, atosiban. In women with primary dysmenorrhea the plasma concentration of vasopressin is elevated. The in vivo effect of vasopressin on uterine activity in non-pregnant women is about five times more pronounced than that of oxytocin, and it increases premenstrually. Correspondingly, the density of vasopressin V1a and oxytocin receptors vary to the same degree, and a premenstrual rise in the former receptor is seen. Atosiban and the non-peptide compound, SR 49059, which binds to the two receptors in a similar way as atosiban, are therapeutically effective in dysmenorrhea.
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- Mats Akerlund
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
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Lemaire W, O'Brien JA, Burno M, Chaudhary AG, Dean DC, Williams PD, Freidinger RM, Pettibone DJ, Williams DL. A nonpeptide oxytocin receptor antagonist radioligand highly selective for human receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 450:19-28. [PMID: 12176104 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02048-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A novel, potent nonpeptide oxytocin receptor antagonist (1-(1-(2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)-4-(1-methylsulfonyl-4-piperidinyloxy) phenylacetyl)-4-piperidinyl)-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolinone) has been identified that can be labeled to high specific activity with [35S]. In binding studies, this compound exhibits sub-nanomolar affinity and a high degree of selectivity (900-1800-fold) for human oxytocin receptors compared to human vasopressin receptors. This compound appears suitable for studying the pharmacology of oxytocin receptors in human and nonhuman primate tissues, for which there is currently a paucity of highly selective tools. It may also be useful as a nonlabeled competitor or as a radioligand in autoradiographic studies of oxytocin receptor localization in these tissues.
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- Wei Lemaire
- Department of Neuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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