Autor: |
Pytka, Karolina, Głuch-Lutwin, Monika, Żmudzka, Elżbieta, Sałaciak, Kinga, Siwek, Agata, Niemczyk, Katarzyna, Walczak, Maria, Smolik, Magdalena, Olczyk, Adrian, Gałuszka, Adam, Śmieja, Jarosław, Filipek, Barbara, Sapa, Jacek, Kołaczkowski, Marcin, Pańczyk, Katarzyna, Waszkielewicz, Anna, Marona, Henryk |
Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Pharmacology; 10/16/2018, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 13p |
Abstrakt: |
Numerous studies have proven that both stimulation and blockade of 5-HT1A and the blockade of 5-HT7 receptors might cause the anxiolytic-like effects. Biased agonists selectively activate specific signaling pathways. Therefore, they might offer novel treatment strategies. In this study, we investigated the anxiolytic-like activity, as well as the possible mechanism of action of 1-[(2,5-dimethylphenoxy)propyl]-4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine hydrochloride (HBK-17). In our previous experiments, HBK-17 showed high affinity for 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 receptors and antidepressant-like properties. We performed the four plate test and the elevated plus maze test to determine anxiolytic-like activity. Toward a better understanding of the pharmacological properties of HBK-17 we used various functional assays to determine its intrinsic activity at 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT7, and D2 receptors and UHPLC-MS/MS method to evaluate its pharmacokinetic profile. We observed the anxiolytic-like activity of HBK-17 in both behavioral tests and the effect was reversed by the pretreatment with WAY-100635, which proves that 5-HT1A receptor activation was essential for the anxiolytic-like effect. Moreover, the compound moderately antagonized D2, weakly 5-HT7 and very weakly 5-HT2A receptors. We demonstrated that HBK-17 preferentially activated ß-arrestin signaling after binding to the 5-HT1A receptor. HBK-17 was rapidly absorbed after intraperitoneal administration and had a half-life of about 150 min. HBK-17 slightly penetrated the peripheral compartment and showed bioavailability of approximately 45%. The unique pharmacological profile of HBK-17 encourages further experiments to understand its mechanism of action fully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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