Structure−Activity Relationships of Methoctramine-Related Polyamines as Muscular Nicotinic Receptor Noncompetitive Antagonists. 2. Role of Polymethylene Chain Lengths Separating Amine Functions and of Substituents on the Terminal Nitrogen Atoms
compounds, like prototype 1, were noncompetitive antagonists of nicotinic receptors while being competitive antagonists at M(2) and M(3) mAChRs. The biological profile of polyamines 4-7 revealed that increasing the number of amine functions and the chain length separating these nitrogenatoms led to a significant improvement in potency at nAChRs. Moreover, the role of the number and type of amine functions