A novel class of conformationally restricted heterocyclic muscarinic agonists.

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Sauerberg P, Larsen JJ, Falch E, Krogsgaard-Larsen P

A novel class of conformationally restricted heterocyclic muscarinic agonists.

J Med Chem. 1986 Jun;29(6):1004-9.

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Abstract

A series of conformationally restricted compounds containing the 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridin-3-ol (THPO) skeleton, including O-methyl-THPO (10a) and O,5-dimethyl-THPO (11a), were synthesized. The compounds were designed by bioisosteric replacement of the methyl ester groups of the muscarinic cholinergic agonists norarecoline and arecoline by the 3-methoxyisoxazole group, and their interactions with central and peripheral muscarinic receptors were tested in vitro. The compounds 10a, 11a, O-ethyl-THPO (10b), O-propargyl-THPO (10j), and O-ethyl-5-methyl-THPO (11b) were inhibitors of the binding of the muscarinic mustard [3H]PrBCM to rat brain membranes with an increasing order of potency. There was, however, a very low degree of correlation between these binding data and the effects of the compounds on peripheral (ileal) muscarinic receptors, where 11a, 10j, 11b, and 10a were agonists with a decreasing order of potency, whereas O-isopropyl-THPO (10e) showed antagonistic effects. The relatively low pKa values of the compounds (7.5-7.7 for compounds with secondary and 6.1-7.0 for compounds with tertiary amino groups) are likely to allow the compounds to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.

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Binding Properties

Drug	Target	Property	Measurement	pH	Temperature (°C)
Arecoline	Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3	EC 50 (nM)	100	N/A	N/A	Details
Carbamoylcholine	Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3	EC 50 (nM)	70	N/A	N/A	Details