1. Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of bicyclic triple reuptake inhibitor 3-aryl octahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrole analogues.
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Shao L, Hewitt MC, Malcolm SC, Wang F, Ma J, Campbell UC, Spicer NA, Engel SR, Hardy LW, Jiang ZD, Schreiber R, Spear KL, and Varney MA
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- Animals, Antidepressive Agents chemical synthesis, Antidepressive Agents pharmacology, Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Isoindoles chemical synthesis, Isoindoles pharmacology, Mice, Motor Activity drug effects, Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, Pyrroles pharmacology, Rats, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins drug effects, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors pharmacology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Pyrroles chemical synthesis, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors chemical synthesis
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The present work expands the chemical space known to offer potent inhibition of the serotonin transporter (SERT), norepinephrine transporter (NET), and dopamine transporter (DAT) and discloses novel bicyclic octahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrole and octahydro-1H-isoindole scaffolds as potent triple reuptake inhibitors (TRIs) for the potential treatment of depression. Optimized compounds 22a (SERT, NET, DAT, IC(50) = 20, 109, 430 nM), 23a (SERT, NET, DAT, IC(50) = 29, 85, 168 nM), and 26a (SERT, NET, DAT, IC(50) = 53, 150, 140 nM) were highly brain penetrant, active in vivo in the mouse tail suspension test at 10 and 30 mpk PO, and were not generally motor stimulants at doses ranging from 1 to 30 mpk PO. Moderate in vitro cytochrome P450 (CYP) and potassium ion channel Kv11.1 (hERG) inhibition were uncovered as potential liabilities for the chemical series.
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- 2011
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