Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 909-921Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.11.032
Keywords
1,3-Diazepinium chlorides; Diazepam; Pharmacophore receptor model; Hippocratic screen
Funding
- NIMH NIH HHS [N01MH32004] Funding Source: Medline
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Seven new 1,3-diazepinium chlorides exhibiting some structural similarities to the 1,4-benzodiazepines were synthesized. In a Hippocratic screen using mice, three of these salts, 3-methoxy-6-oxo-7,13-dihydro-6H-benzofuro[2,3-e]pyrido[1,2-a][1,3]diazepin-12-ium chloride (8a), 3-methoxy-9-methyl-6-oxo-7,13-dihydro-6H-benzofuro[2,3-e]pyrido[1,2-a][1,3]diazepin-12-ium chloride (8c) and 3-methoxy-11-methyl-6-oxo-7,13-dihydro-6H-benzofuro[2,3-e]pyrido[1,2-a][1,3]diazepin-12-ium chloride (8e) were examined for their effect on the central nervous system, and their activities compared to that of diazepam. On their own, salts 8a, 8c and 8e solicited no sedative effects on the behaviour of the animals. However, they elicited significant effects in combination with diazepam on diazepam-induced activities such as decreased motor activity, ataxia and loss of righting reflex. Compounds 8a and 8c were fitted into the pharmacophore/receptor model developed by Cook et al. with interaction at the L-1, H-1 and A(2) sites indicating that they are potential inverse agonists of the Bz receptor. The compounds displayed some affinity for the alpha 1 isoform of the GABA(A)/BzR (L-Di interaction) but are non-selective for alpha 5 (no L-2 interaction). Results of binding affinity studies showed that compound 8a is mildly selective for the alpha 1 receptor although not very potent (K-i = 746.5 nM). The significant potentiation of diazepam-induced ataxia and decreased motor activity by compounds 8a and 8c in the Hippocratic screen may be associated with alpha 1 selectivity. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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