title: Histamine H2-receptor blocking activity of ranitidine and lamtidine analogues containing aminomethyl-substituted aliphatic systems.
abstract: The possibility that the aromatic component in the classical H2-antagonists might not be essential for histamine H2-receptor blockade has been investigated. In the ranitidine series the removal of the furan ring is accompanied by a drastic decrease in H2-blocking activity, but not by its disappearance (compound HB5:KB on guinea pig isolated atria 31.6 microM) whereas in the lamtidine analogues the substitution of the phenyl moiety with the more reduced pi-bonded CH3-C = N-area generates a compound whose activity is comparable to that of cimetidine (KB on atria 1.12 microM; ID50 in the lumen-perfused stomach of the anaesthetized rat 3.61 mumol/kg i.v.). The results also indicate that the diaminofurazan group confers high affinity at the histamine H2-receptor. It is concluded that the aromatic portion of H2-antagonists related to ranitidine and lamtidine is not a minimal requisite for activity when an appropriate polar group is used as an "urea equivalent" moiety.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy, Pharmacy School, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orsetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011896:Rana temporaria; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014230:Triazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D010880:Piperidines; D014230:Triazoles; D011899:Ranitidine; C038304:lamtidine