title: In vitro pharmacology at human histamine H3 receptors and brain access of non-imidazole alkylpiperidine derivatives.
abstract: In this report, we describe the pharmacological profile of alkylpiperidine derivatives at human histamine H(3) receptors and their ability to access central histamine H(3) receptors in rodents. The three most attractive compounds exhibit high affinity and antagonistic potency (pK(i) ranging from 8.56 to 8.35) towards human histamine H(3) receptors stably expressed in SK-N-MC cells and, in contrast to thioperamide, they show slightly greater affinity for human than for rodent H(3) receptors. In ex vivo binding tests, they displayed a limited brain penetration since they displace [(3)H](R)-alpha-methylhistamine from rat cerebral cortex after intraperitoneal administration at doses four times higher than thioperamide. Among these compounds, derivative 5 tends to counteract partially scopolamine-induced amnesia in passive avoidance task. On the whole, these findings contribute to the identification of the requirements of increasingly drug-like non-imidazole H(3) antagonists.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche, Biologiche e Chimiche Applicate, Università di Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 27/a, 43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flammini
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Manenti
authors.forename: Vigilio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ballabeni
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morini
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Comini
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barocelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001665:Binding Sites; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles; D008297:Male; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010880:Piperidines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D010880:Piperidines; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3