The pharmacological activity of some new fluorescent small molecule histamine H2 receptor (H2-R) ligands, derived from aminopotentidine and squaramide, in the GTPase assay.
We characterized the pharmacological activity of some new fluorescent and nonfluorescent ligands derived from aminopotentidine and squaramide with respect to the interaction with human (h) and guinea pig (gp) H2R species isoforms on Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cell membranes expressing H2R-Gsalpha fusion proteins.


METHODS
The pharmacological studies were performed in a radioactivity-based GTPase assay. Non-linear curve ?tting was performed using the computer program Prism 4.0 (GraphPad-Prism).


RESULTS
Interestingly is that the aminopotentidine ligands labeled with S0536 dye showed a higher activity than the squaramide ligands labeled with the same fluorophor. Moreover, for some cases, the bulky fluorescent groups can even substantially increase ligand affinity.


CONCLUSIONS
The study of comparative antagonist activity of new H2R ligands derived from aminopotentidine and squaramide in the GTPase assay suggests that there is no common, lock' for all, keys' at the H2R.
Gr. T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi, School of Pharmacy, Departament of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy.
Georgiana
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Petrache
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Pavelescu
D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods*; D003503:Cyclobutanes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006146:Guanidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D010880:Piperidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000378:metabolism*
D003503:Cyclobutanes; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006146:Guanidines; D008024:Ligands; D010880:Piperidines; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; C103275:aminopotentidine; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; C030042:squaric acid