title: Reduced flexibility analogs of analgesic and cognition enhancing alpha-tropanyl esters.
abstract: A series of semirigid analogs of compounds 1 and 2, two potent analgesics and cognition enhancers, have been synthesized and tested for antinociceptive activity (hot plate test) and for muscarinic affinity (binding in rat cerebral cortex). They were found to be in general less potent than the reference compounds; only one of them (22) shows a good affinity for the muscarinic receptor and an antinociceptive efficacy comparable with those of the reference compounds. At a dose of 30 mg/kg 22 is also able to reverse the amnesic effect of dicyclomine. Since the analgesic effect of these compounds is affected by the 5-HT4 antagonist SDZ 205557, the possible role of this receptor is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartolini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dei
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghelardini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gualtieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matucci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scapecchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Teodori
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014326:Tropanes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists; D014326:Tropanes