Indole-2-carboxylates, novel antagonists of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-associated glycine recognition sites: In vivo characterization

Autor: Tadimeti S. Rao, Paul L. Wood, Alexis A. Cordi, Nancy M. Gray, Michael S. Dappen, M.R. Emmett, S. Iyengar, Joseph B. Monahan, Julie A. Cler, S.J. Mick
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Neuropharmacology. 32:139-147
ISSN: 0028-3908
Popis: Recent in vitro receptor binding studies have indicated that indole-2-carboxylates with halogen substitutions at the position 5 or 6 are potent competitive antagonists of the NMDA (N- methyl- D -aspartate ) -associated strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor (Gray N.M., Dappen M.S., Cheng B.K., Cordi A. A., Biesterfeldt J. P., Hood W. F. and Monahan J. B. (1992) J. med. Chem.34: 1283–1292; Hood W. F., Gray N. M., Dappen M. S., Watson G. B., Compton R. P., Cordi A. A., Lanthorn T. H. and Monahon J. B. (1992) J. Pharmac. exp. Ther.262: 654–660). In the present investigation, a series of indole-2-carboxylates and two putative antagonists of glycine receptor HA-966 (3-amino-1-hydroxypyrrolidin-2-one) and 7-chlorokynurenic acid were examined for their effects on cGMP responses, mediated by the NMDA receptor complex, in vivo. Both SC-49648 (6-chloro-2-carboxyindole-3-acetic acid, intracerebellar injection, i.c.b.) and HA-966 (i.c.b. or intraperitoneal, i.p.) antagonized increases in levels of cyclic GMP in the cerebellum of the mouse, induced by the intracerebellar administration of NMDA and D -serine, agonists of the NMDA and the NMDA-associated glycine recognition sites, respectively. The drugs SC-49648 and 7-chlorokynurenic acid (i.p.) did not affect cGMP responses, suggesting poor bioavailability in brain. Following direct intracerebellar injection, SC-49648 was eliminated with a half-life of 12 min from the brain. Following intraperitoneal administration, SC-50132, the 3-ethylester analog of SC-49648, was eliminated from the brain with a half-life of 35 min and was found to be metabolized to SC-49648, in vivo. Some lipophilic analogs of SC-49648, designed as its prodrugs, were minimally active as glycine antagonists, in vitro. Following intraperitoneal administration, some of the prodrugs were active at reversing both harmaline- and D -serine-induced increases in cerebellar levels of cGMP in the mouse, indicating biotransformation to and/or improved bioavailability over SC-49648. These studies indicate that indole-2-carboxylates, examined in the present investigation, represent novel, potent and parenterally available competitive glycine receptor antagonists.
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