DuP 734 [1-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4-(2'(4''-fluorophenyl)-2'-oxoethyl)- piperidine HBr], a sigma and 5-hydroxytryptamine2 receptor antagonist: receptor-binding, electrophysiological and neuropharmacological profiles.
It has been suggested that sigma receptor antagonists may be useful as antipsychotic drugs and that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT2) receptor antagonists produce improvements of the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. [1-(Cyclopropylmethyl)-4-(2'-(4''-fluorophenyl)-2'- oxoethyl)-piperidine HBr] (DuP 734) is a novel compound with high affinity for the sigma (Ki = 10 nM) and 5-HT2 (Ki = 15 nM) receptors, but low affinity for dopamine receptors (Ki > 1000 nM) as well as 33 other receptors, ion channels and second messenger systems in vitro. DuP 734 did not inhibit the synaptosomal uptake of dopamine, 5-HT or norepinephrine. Oral administration of DuP 734 potently blocked 5-hydroxy-L-trytophan (5-HTP)-induced head twitch in the rat (ED50 = 6.5 mumol/kg), indicating 5-HT2 antagonist activity. Extracellular single-unit recording studies demonstrated that DuP 734 antagonized the effect of the selective sigma ligand (+)-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl-N-(1-propyl) piperidine [(+)-3-PPP] on dopamine neuronal activity in the substantia nigra of the rat with an ED90 of 3.6 mumol/kg i.v. The sigma receptor agonists (+)-SKF 10,047 and phencyclidine both elicited rotational behavior in rats with unilateral lesion of the substantia nigra. The rotational behavior induced by either (+)-SKF 10,047 or phencyclidine was dose-dependently antagonized by DuP 734 with oral ED50 of 8.7 and 19.6 mumol/kg, respectively. The 5-HT2 receptor antagonist ICI 169,369, even at high doses (up to 33 mumol/kg, s.c.), did not antagonize the rotational behavior induced by (+)-SKF 10,047.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Central Nervous System Diseases Research, Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware.
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D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D010620:Phenazocine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D017480:Receptors, sigma / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012399:Rotation; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D001679:Biogenic Amines; D010880:Piperidines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D017480:Receptors, sigma; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; C012134:SK&F 10047; C026539:preclamol; C078773:DuP 734; D010620:Phenazocine