作者:Orazio Prezzavento、Agata Campisi、Simone Ronsisvalle、Giovanni Li Volti、Agostino Marrazzo、Vincenzo Bramanti、Giuseppe Cannavò、Luca Vanella、Alfredo Cagnotto、Tiziana Mennini、Riccardo Ientile、Giuseppe Ronsisvalle
DOI:10.1021/jm0611197
日期:2007.3.1
The aim of the present study was to investigate the biological profile of new substituted 1-phenyl-2-cyclopropylmethylamines. High affinity for both sigma subtypes was achieved when 4-phenylpiperidin-4-ol (4a-e) and 4-benzylpiperidine moieties were present (5a-e). (1R,2S/1S,2R)-2-[4-Hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidin-1-yl)methyl]-1-(4-methylphenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (4b) showed high affinity for the sigma(1) sites (K-i = 1.5 nM) and the most favorable sigma(1)/sigma(2) selectivity (K-i(sigma(2))/K-i(sigma(1)) = 33.9). Binding affinity studies showed that 4b binding on N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA), dopaminergic (D-1, D-2, D-3), muscarinic, histaminergic H-1, adrenergic (alpha(1), alpha(2)), serotoninergic (5-HT2A, 5-HT2C, 5-HT3, 5-HT4, 5-HT6), DA (DAT), and 5-HT (SERT) transporters was not significant. Interestingly, sigma ligands differently induced the expression of tissue transglutaminase (TG-2) in primary astroglial cell cultures. We suggest that 4b may act as a sigma(1)/sigma(2) agonist and that the sigma ligands may modulate TG-2 differently.