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The optical antipodes of N-allyl-N-normetazocine (2; SKF 10047, NANM) were the original compounds used for the classification of the sigma receptor as distinct from other receptors such as the PCP (NMDA), opioid, and dopamine receptors. Later studies showed that (+)-N-(dimethylallyl)-N-normetazocine [(+)-4, (+)-pentazocine] was more potent and selective for the sigma receptor. In order to gain additional structure-activity relationship information, several N-substituted N-normetazocine analogs were prepared and evaluated for their sigma-1 ([3H]-(+)-3-PPP or [3H]-(+)-pentazocine), PCP ([3H]TCP), and mu opioid ([3H]DAMGO) receptor binding affinities. (+)-N-Benzyl-N-normetazocine [(+)-10)] possessed subnanomolar affinities for the sigma site, Ki = 0.67. The analog (+)-10 showed greater than 14,000- and 2400-fold selectivity, respectively, for the sigma receptor relative to the PCP and mu opioid receptors. The N-substituted N-normetazocines were enantioselective for the sigma site. The (+)-N-benzyl analog, (+)-10, showed a 55-fold selectivity relative to (-)-10. Analysis of the data also revealed that (+)-normetazocine [(+)-1] [Ki = 30 nM] possessed the highest affinity for the PCP receptor. However, (+)-metazocine [(+)-5] (Ki = 41 nM) was the most selective compound for the PCP receptor relative to the sigma (51-fold) and mu opioid (greater than 200-fold) sites.
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PMID:Enantiomeric N-substituted N-normetazocines: a comparative study of affinities at sigma, PCP, and mu opioid receptors. 132 87

The psychotomimetic effects of certain cycloalkyls and benzomorphans that interact with sigma receptors has led to the hypothesis that these sites may be important in the etiology of schizophrenia. DuP 734 [1-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4-(2'-(4''-fluoro-phenyl)-2'-oxoethyl) piperidine HBr] is a novel sigma receptor ligand. The receptor binding specificity and neuroanatomical distribution of [3H]DuP 734-labeled sigma receptors in guinea pig brain were examined using quantitative autoradiography. [3H]DuP 734 binding (10 microM haloperidol displaceable) to slide-mounted sections of guinea pig brain was saturable and of high affinity (Ki = 3.9 nM). Competition studies, under conditions identical to those used to visualize the receptor, yielded the following rank order of potency: DuP 734 > haloperidol > (+)-pentazocine > (-)-butaclamol > DTG > (+)-SKF 10,047 > (+)-3-PPP > (-)-pentazocine > (+)-butaclamol > U50,488H > (-)-SKF 10,047 > cinanserin > PCP >> MK801, sulpiride. High densities of [3H]DuP 734 binding sites displaceable by haloperidol were present in the limbic system, in particular the dorsal and ventral bands of Broca as well as the ventral pallidum. Within the hippocampus, the pyramidal layers were sparsely labeled, while higher densities of binding sites were evident in the dentate gyrus. The frontal cortex, the mammillary complex of the hypothalamus, the central gray and red nucleus of the midbrain, the pontine reticular nucleus, the Purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum and dorsal and ventral horns, as well as the central gray matter of the spinal cord, all showed enrichments of [3H]DuP 734 binding sites. Lower levels of binding were present in the other regions of the cerebral cortex including parietal, pyriform, occipital, cingulate cortex, as well as the basal ganglia, and negligible specific binding was present in the white matter tracts. The kinetic and pharmacological characteristics and distribution of [3H]DuP 734 binding sites in brain are similar to those previously reported for sigma receptors.
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PMID:Autoradiographic identification and characterization of sigma receptors in guinea pig brain using [3H]1(cyclopropylmethyl)-4-(2'-(4''-fluorophenyl)-2'-oxoethyl) piperidine ([3H]DuP 734), a novel sigma receptor ligand. 148 5

The sigma receptor is a neuronal substrate that binds several psychoactive compounds. These include cocaine, some steroids, dextromethorphan, phencyclidine (PCP), and benzomorphans such as pentazocine and N-allyl-normatezocine (SKF-10047). Many newer atypical antipsychotic drugs also bind to the sigma receptor. The sigma receptor, however, is not the PCP receptor. The sigma receptor exists in the central nervous system, endocrine, immune and certain peripheral tissues. Progesterone and certain steroids have been shown to represent endogenous ligands for the sigma receptor. The sigma receptor resides likely in the nonsynaptic region of the plasma membrane. The sigma receptor exists in two forms: high-affinity and low-affinity. The solubilized sigma receptor retains all of the pharmacological characteristics of a membrane-bound receptor. A major physiological role of the sigma receptor may involve the modulation of a tonic potassium channel.
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PMID:Sigma receptors. Putative links between nervous, endocrine and immune systems. 165 24

N-Alkyl-substituted derivatives of (+)- and (-)-cis-N-[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethyl]-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexylamin e have been synthesized in nine steps in a stereospecific manner starting from cyclohexene oxide. The key step in the reaction sequence involved catalytic hydrogenation of oxime 8 in the presence of PtO2 and AcOH to give the cis diamine (+/-)-7. Most of the compounds in this series exhibited very high affinity at sigma receptors when tested against [3H]-(+)-3-PPP, and in general it was observed that the 1R,2S enantiomers bound more potently to sigma receptors than their corresponding 1S,2R enantiomers. The most potent sigma ligand found in this class was the unsubstituted derivative (1R,2S)-(-)-4, which exhibited an affinity constant of 0.49 nM. This compound was also found to be very selective for sigma receptors. It exhibited little or no affinity for kappa opioid, PCP, and dopamine-D2 receptors. It was also demonstrated that the cis configuration as opposed to the trans configuration of (+)- and (-)-5 was necessary for a higher sigma receptor affinity.
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PMID:Synthesis and receptor binding of enantiomeric N-substituted cis-N-[2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethyl]-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexylamines as high-affinity sigma receptor ligands. 165 44

A series of compounds derived from phencyclidine (PCP) was examined in the sigma receptor and PCP receptor binding assays. The derivatives included compounds containing methylene, ethylene or carboxyl ethylene insertion between the cycloalkyl ring and the amine group of PCP. Various phenyl substitutions, cycloalkyl rings and amines of these derivatives were also examined. The methylene and ethylene insertions decreased the compounds' potencies at PCP receptors, whereas they increased the potencies at sigma receptors. The carboxyl ethylene insertion produced compounds with negligible potencies at PCP receptors while possessing high potencies for sigma receptors. One derivative (PRE-084; 2-(4-morpholino)ethyl 1-phenylcyclohexane-1-carboxylate hydrochloride) had an IC50 of 44 nM in the sigma receptor assay, an IC50 of more than 100,000 nM for PCP receptors and an IC50 higher than 10,000 nM in a variety of other receptor systems. In general, compounds with hydroxy-substituted phenyl groups tended to have decreased potency at sigma receptors, whereas methylphenyl and chlorophenyl substitutions increased potencies. Reduction of cycloalkyl ring size decreased potencies for sigma receptors and quaternized amine groups invariably lowered the compound's potencies. Conformational analysis indicated that PRE-084 fitted onto a pharmacophore model for the sigma ligands. The study describes a new, highly selective ligand for the sigma receptor. The results of this study also confirm distinctly different structural requirements for binding to sigma and PCP receptors and provide a new structural consideration for synthesizing sigma-selective compounds.
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PMID:Sigma compounds derived from phencyclidine: identification of PRE-084, a new, selective sigma ligand. 165 2

Membrane preparations of rat hearts displayed specific binding activity for the prototypic sigma (sigma) receptor ligand, 1,3-di(2-[5-3H]tolyl) guanidine [( 3H]DTG), but not for the phencyclidine (PCP) receptor ligand, [3H]MK-801. Scatchard plot analysis of [3H]DTG binding revealed the presence of one high affinity saturable binding site with a KD of 8.7 nM and a Bmax of 100 pmol/g protein. The drug specificity profile of the receptor correlated with that of the sigma receptor with the following order of potency: DTG greater than haloperidol greater than (-)-pentazocine greater than (-)-butaclamol greater than (+)-butaclamol greater than (-) SKF-10047 greater than (+)pentazocine greater than PCP greater than TCP greater than MK-801 greater than (+)SKF-10047. [3H]DTG binding was sensitive to the Ca2+ channel blocker, verapamil (Ki 202 nM) but not to the K+ channel blocker, 4-aminopyridine. The reverse stereoselectivity of [3H]DTG binding for (-)-SKF-10047 and (-)-pentazocine (Ki of 1289 and 140 nM as compared with 17,582 and 2190 nM for (+)-SKF-10047 and (+)-pentazocine, respectively) indicated that the heart contains sigma receptors with characteristics of the sigma 2 subtype.
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PMID:Interaction of 1,3-di(2-[5-3H]tolyl) guanidine with sigma 2 binding sites in rat heart membrane preparations. 166 96

It is no longer tenable to attribute all the antipsychotic action of antipsychotic drugs to dopamine (DA) D2 receptor blockade and subsequent development of depolarization inactivation of the mesolimbic or mesocortical DA neurons. The chief evidence for this position is that clozapine (CLOZ) does not differ from typical antipsychotic drugs in these regards but is more effective than typical neuroleptic drugs. The mechanism of action of atypical antipsychotic drugs related to CLOZ may involve reduction of dopaminergic activity in the mesolimbic system by a variety of mechanisms, including D1 and D2 receptor blockade. Relatively higher affinity for the serotonin (5HT)2 receptor than for the D2 receptor may also be important to the action of CLOZ-like compounds. Enhanced DA release in the mesocortical system may be relevant to the effectiveness of these agents in treating negative symptoms. Several other classes of new agents alter the dopaminergic system by means of alternative mechanisms. Partial DA agonists may modulate DA neurotransmission more adequately than pure antagonists by producing a mix of direct agonist and antagonistic effects. DA autoreceptor agonists and 5HT3 antagonists appear to act by diminishing the release of DA from some, but not all, DA neurons. Substituted benzamides are "pure" D2 antagonists with some in vivo selectivity for limbic D2 over striatal D2 receptors. Highly selective D1 antagonists have been proposed to produce equivalent antipsychotic activity and fewer extrapyramidal symptoms than D2 antagonists. Antagonists of the recently identified D3 receptors are being sought. Excessive stimulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of the glutamate receptor, leading to neurotoxicity or diminished activation of this receptor, is the target of novel approaches to treating schizophrenia. Phencyclidine (PCP) antagonists that would activate the NMDA receptor and sigma receptor antagonists are of interest as antipsychotic agents. Therapeutic strategies for treating schizophrenia, schizophrenia-related disorders, and other psychoses will likely be genuinely diverse in the next decade.
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PMID:The mechanism of action of novel antipsychotic drugs. 167 53

The present study examined the behavioural effects of sigma agonists and PCP-like non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonists in guinea-pigs. Subcutaneous (SC) injection of the putative sigma agonist (+)NANM (1 and 10 mg/kg SC) and (-)NANM (1 and 10 mg/kg SC) produced a behavioural response in guinea-pigs which was characterized by sedation and exophthalmos, with locomotor depression, flattened posture and flaccidity, whereas the sigma ligand pentazocine induced sedation but no flattened posture. Ketamine (20 mg/kg SC) and (+)dizocilpine (0.025, 0.1 and 1 mg/kg SC) produced similar effects to those of (+) and (-)NANM. However, the putative sigma receptor ligand DTG (1 and 10 mg/kg SC) had no observable effect on behaviours in guinea-pigs, similar to results for other species. The behavioural effects produced by (+) and (-)NANM were not reversed by injection 1 h later of naloxone hydrochloride (15 mg/kg SC), haloperidol (10 mg/kg SC) or DTG (10 and 30 mg/kg SC), but the effects of all drugs were reversed by the selective dopamine D-2 agonist quinpirole (3 mg/kg IP). Moreover, injection of naloxone (15 mg/kg SC), DTG (10 and 30 mg/kg SC) or haloperidol (1 and 10 mg/kg SC) 10 min before, did not reverse the behaviour induced by (+)NANM (10 mg/kg SC). These data indicate that sigma and PCP-like drugs have a similar gross behavioural effect in guinea-pigs, possibly mediated by non-competitive antagonism of the NMDA subtype of glutamate receptors. The results demonstrating behavioural depression were in contrast to the stimulatory effects of these drugs at similar doses in other rodent species.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Similar behavioural effects of sigma agonists and PCP-like non-competitive NMDA antagonists in guinea-pigs. 168 18

The sigma receptor ligands, (+)-pentazocine and (+)-SKF 10,047, were found to increase dopamine metabolism (DOPAC, HVA) and release (3-MT) in both the striatum and olfactory tubercle of the rat, in a dose-dependent manner, after central as well as peripheral administration. The effect of (+)-SKF 10,047 was stereospecific. The increase in dopamine metabolism was not blocked by naloxone pretreatment, excluding an action via opioid receptors. More interestingly, this modulation was blocked by pretreatment with the NMDA receptor antagonist, CPP. Neither sigma ligand exhibited any affinity for D1 or D2 dopamine receptors or for NMDA, PCP or NMDA-associated glycine receptors. Sigma receptors thus appear to modulate dopaminergic function in both A9 and A10 projections. This modulation appears to involve a functional interaction with NMDA receptors or an NMDA-utilizing synapse downstream to neurons modulated by sigma receptors.
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PMID:Sigma receptors modulate both A9 and A10 dopaminergic neurons in the rat brain: functional interaction with NMDA receptors. 196 39

Several putative affinity ligands, based on the structures of phencyclidine etoxadrol, 5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d] cycloheptene-5,10-imine (MK801) and 1,3-di-(2-methylphenyl)guanidine (DTG) were evaluated in vitro for their ability to produce a wash-resistant inhibition of phencyclidine and sigma receptor sites in homogenates of the brain of the guinea pig. All the phencyclidine-based ligands, including 1-[1-(3-isothiocyanatophenyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine (Metaphit) and (+/-)-N-(2-isothiocyanatoethyl) MK801 [(+/-)-MK801-NCS], produced a wash-resistant inhibition of binding sites for phencyclidine, labelled by [3H]-1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine ([3H]TCP) and sigma binding sites, labelled by [3H]DTG. The DTG-based ligands, 1-(4-isothiocyanato-2-methylphenyl)-3-(2-methylphenyl)guanidine (DIGIT) and 1-(4-[2-(2-isothiocyanatoethoxy)ethoxy]-2-methyl-phenyl)-3-(2- methylphenyl)guanidine (DIGIE), produced a wash-resistant inhibition of sigma sites, at concentrations as small as 1 microM and also inhibited binding sites for phencyclidine at larger concentrations (100 microM). Both 1-(3-isothiocyanatophenyl)-1-ethyl-4-(2-piperidyl)-1,3-dioxolane (ETOX-NCS) and 1-[1-(3-bromoacetyloxyphenyl)cyclohexyl]-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyri din e (Bromoacetyl-PCP) were the most potent and selective inhibitors of the binding of [3H]TCP, while DIGIT was the most selective inhibitor of the binding of [3H]DTG. Future studies will examine the selectivity of these agents in vivo after intracerebroventricular administration.
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PMID:Wash-resistant inhibition of phencyclidine- and haloperidol-sensitive sigma receptor sites in guinea pig brain by putative affinity ligands: determination of selectivity. 196 13


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