1. New 1,5-benzodiazepine compounds: activity at native GABA(A) receptors.
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Gatta E, Cupello A, Di Braccio M, Grossi G, Ferruzzi R, Roma G, and Robello M
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- Animals, Benzodiazepines chemical synthesis, Benzodiazepines chemistry, Cells, Cultured, Cerebellum cytology, Drug Inverse Agonism, GABA Modulators chemical synthesis, GABA Modulators chemistry, GABA-A Receptor Agonists, GABA-A Receptor Antagonists, Neurons metabolism, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, Benzodiazepines pharmacology, Cerebellum metabolism, GABA Modulators pharmacology, Neurons drug effects, Receptors, GABA-A physiology
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Various new 1,5-benzodiazepine compounds were synthesized and tested for their biological activity in terms of effects on GABA(A) receptors of rat cerebellar granules in culture. Their effects were compared to those of a 1,4-benzodiazepine agonist, flunitrazepam and the already known 1,5-benzodiazepine antiepileptic clobazam. The effects were evaluated for the two different GABA(A) receptor populations present in these neurons, one mediating phasic inhibition and the other one mediating tonic inhibition. Many such compounds display a profile of inverse agonist to both GABA(A) receptor populations. One of them presents a profile of full agonist at the component mediating phasic inhibition. Interestingly, substitution of just one oxygen atom in that compound with sulphur in a specific position of a morpholine ring resulted in a remarkable change of activity from full agonist to a probable inverse agonist. This indicates such a position as a proton accepting one for the ligand within the benzodiazepine binding pocket of the relevant GABA(A) receptors. In addition, that position appears to be critical for the pharmacological activity., (Copyright 2010 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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