Linopirdine
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Formula | C26H21N3O |
Molar mass | 391.474 g·mol−1 |
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Linopirdine is a putative cognition-enhancing drug with a novel mechanism of action. Linopirdine blocks the KCNQ2\3 heteromer M current with an IC50 of 2.4 micromolar[1] disinhibiting acetylcholine release, and increasing hippocampal CA3-schaffer collateral mediated glutamate release onto CA1 pyramidal neurons.[2] In a murine model linopirdine is able to nearly completely reverse the senescence-related decline in cortical c-FOS, an effect which is blocked by atropine and MK-801, suggesting Linopirdine can compensate for the age related decline in acetylcholine release.[3] Linopirdine also blocks homomeric KCNQ1 and KCNQ4 voltage gated potassium channels which contribute to vascular tone with substantially less selectivity than KCNQ2/3.[1]
Synthesis
The amide formation between diphenylamine (1) and oxalyl chloride [79-37-8] gives intermediate, CID:11594101 (2). Haworth type intramolecular cyclization of the acid chloride occurs on heating to afford 1-phenylisatin [723-89-7] (3). The reaction with 4-picoline (4) under PTC with a Quat. salt afforded the carbinol, CID:10358387 (5). Dehydration of the alcohol using acetic anhydride gives [33546-08-6] (6). The reduction of the olefin then afforded the indolone, CID:10470081 (7). The 3 position is now activated by the adjacent benzene ring on one side and the carbonyl group on the other. Alkylation with 4-picolylchloride [10445-91-7] (8) proceeds with hydroxide as the base to afford Linopirdine (9).
References
- ^ a b Schnee ME, Brown BS (August 1998). "Selectivity of linopirdine (DuP 996), a neurotransmitter release enhancer, in blocking voltage-dependent and calcium-activated potassium currents in hippocampal neurons". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 286 (2): 709–17. PMID 9694925.
- ^ Sun J, Kapur J (August 2012). "M-type potassium channels modulate Schaffer collateral-CA1 glutamatergic synaptic transmission". The Journal of Physiology. 590 (16): 3953–64. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2012.235820. PMC 3476642. PMID 22674722.
- ^ Dent GW, Rule BL, Zhan Y, Grzanna R (2001). "The acetylcholine release enhancer linopirdine induces Fos in neocortex of aged rats". Neurobiology of Aging. 22 (3): 485–94. doi:10.1016/s0197-4580(00)00252-9. PMID 11378256. S2CID 45164.
- ^ Bryant III WM, Huhn GF, Jensen JH, Pierce ME, Stammbach C (1993). "A Large Scale Preparation of the Cognitive Enhancer Linopirdine". Synthetic Communications. 23 (11): 1617–1625. doi:10.1080/00397919308011258.
- ^ Yadav, J. S.; Reddy, B. V. S. (2003). "Microwave-Assisted Rapid Synthesis of Neurotransmitter Release Enhancer Linopiridine and Its New Analogues". Synthetic Communications. 33 (18): 3115–3121. doi:10.1081/SCC-120023425.
- ^ Walter M. Bryant, III, George F. Huhn, U.S. patent 4,806,651 (1989 to E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company).
- ^ Richard A. Earl, Melvyn J. Myers, Victor J. Nickolson, U.S. patent 5,173,489 (1992 to The Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Co.).