The invention relates to novel compounds which show high affinity for cocaine receptors in the brain, particularly dopamine and serotonin transporter sites. The compounds may be used as imaging or pharmaceutical agents, in the diagnosis and treatment of drug addiction, depression, anorexia and neurodegenerative diseases or in determining the doses of therapeutic agents that occupy significant numbers of receptors.
Methods for controlling invertebrate pests using cocaine receptor
申请人:Research Triangle Institute
公开号:US05935953A1
公开(公告)日:1999-08-10
The invention relates to a method of controlling an invertebrate pest, comprising contacting the pest with a pest-controlling amount of an agent having substantial inhibitory activity toward a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter as determined by radioactive octopamine reuptake inhibition assay is disclosed. Compositions comprising compounds capable of inhibiting the octopamine reuptake transporter include cocaine analogs. A process for inhibiting the feeding of an invertebrate pest comprising contacting said pest with a pest-controlling amount of an agent having substantial inhibitory activity toward a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter as determined by radioactive octopamine reuptake inhibition assay, with the proviso that said agent is not cocaine. A process for delaying the maturation of a juvenile invertebrate by contacting it with an inhibitory amount of a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter blocker is also disclosed. A radioactive phenylethanolamine reuptake inhibition assay for determining whether a given compound is an inhibitor of octopamine neuronal transport is also disclosed.
[EN] COCAINE RECEPTOR BINDING LIGANDS<br/>[FR] LIGANDS SE FIXANT SUR LES RECEPTEURS DE COCAINE
申请人:RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
公开号:WO1999061023A1
公开(公告)日:1999-12-02
(EN) The invention relates to novel compounds which show high affinity for cocaine receptors in the brain, particularly dopamine and serotonin transporter sites. The compounds may be used as imaging or pharmaceutical agents, in the diagnosis and treatment of drug addiction, depression, anorexia and neurodegenerative diseases.(FR) L'invention concerne de nouveaux composés présentant une forte affinité pour les récepteurs de la cocaïne dans le cerveau, en particulier pour les sites transporteurs de dopamine et de sérotonine. Ces composés peuvent être utilisés comme agents de visualisation ou comme agents pharmaceutiques pour le diagnostic et le traitement de la toxicomanie, de la dépression, de l'anorexie et des maladies neurodégénératives.
A class of binding ligands for cocaine receptors and other receptors in the brain. Specifically, a novel family of compounds shows high binding specificity and activity, and, in a radiolabeled form, can be used to bind to these receptors, for biochemical assays and imaging techniques. Such imaging is useful for determining effective doses of new drug candidates in human populations. In addition, the high specificity, slow onset and long duration of the action of these compounds at the receptors makes them particularly well suited for therapeutic uses, for example as substitute medication for psychostimulant abuse. Some of these compounds may be useful in treating Parkinson's Disease or depression, by virtue of their inhibitory properties at monoamine transporters.