Suppressing aggressive behavior with analogs of allopregnanolone (epalon)
摘要:
3 alpha -Hydroxy-20-oxo-5 alpha -pregnan-21-yl hemisuccinate (8) was produced by partial acylation of 3 alpha ,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (14). 3 alpha -Fluoro-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (9) was prepared by treatment of 3 beta -hydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (11) with DAST and by solvolysis of tosylate 12 with tetrabutylammonium fluoride. A behavioral test on mice was performed using 3 alpha -hydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (1) and compounds 8 and 9. Compound 8 was found to be inactive, while the fluoro derivative 9 selectively reduced aggressive behavior in mice more than the corresponding 3 alpha -hydroxy compound 1; locomotion and other behavioral features were not affected. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
Methods, compositions, and compounds for allosteric modulation of the
申请人:University of Southern California
公开号:US05232917A1
公开(公告)日:1993-08-03
Method, compositions, and compounds for modulating brain excitability to alleviate stress, anxiety, insomnia and seizure activity using certain steroid derivatives that act at a newly identified site on the gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor-chloride ionophore (GR) complex.
3 alpha -Hydroxy-20-oxo-5 alpha -pregnan-21-yl hemisuccinate (8) was produced by partial acylation of 3 alpha ,21-dihydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (14). 3 alpha -Fluoro-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (9) was prepared by treatment of 3 beta -hydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (11) with DAST and by solvolysis of tosylate 12 with tetrabutylammonium fluoride. A behavioral test on mice was performed using 3 alpha -hydroxy-5 alpha -pregnan-20-one (1) and compounds 8 and 9. Compound 8 was found to be inactive, while the fluoro derivative 9 selectively reduced aggressive behavior in mice more than the corresponding 3 alpha -hydroxy compound 1; locomotion and other behavioral features were not affected. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.