title: Drug design via pharmacophore identification. Dopaminergic activity of 3H-benz[e]indol-8-amines and their mode of interaction with the dopamine receptor.
abstract: The design and synthesis of a series of 3H-benz[e]indol-8-amines are described. Two of the compounds are potent, orally active dopaminergic agents as established by their ability to induce contralateral turning in rats with unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-induced lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway, to induce ambulation in rats rendered akinetic by bilateral injections of 6-hydroxydopamine into the anterolateral hypothalamus, and to antagonize reserpine-induced catalepsy in mice. The dopamine agonist activity of the 3H-benz[e]indol-8-amines establishes that a pyrrolo ring and a phenolic hydroxyl group can interact similarly with the dopamine receptor and provides evidence for the existence of a hydrogen-bond acceptor nucleus on the dopamine receptor macromolecule that is involved in the behavioral manifestations of dopamine agonists.
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000139:chemically induced; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects; D006892:Hydroxydopamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D009904:Optical Rotation; D016627:Oxidopamine; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D006892:Hydroxydopamines; D007211:Indoles; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D012110:Reserpine; D016627:Oxidopamine