Difference between revisions of "RTI-177"

Latest revision as of 10:18, 20 September 2010

RTI-177 (2β-(3-phenylisoxazol-5-yl)-3β-(4-chlorophenyl)tropane, β-CPPIT) is a synthetic stimulant drug from the phenyltropane family, which acts as a DRI with micromolar affinity for the SERT.^[1] RTI-177 has an unusually long duration of action of 20 hours or more, substantially longer than the related compound RTI-336 from which it differs in molecular structure only by the absence of a p-methyl group.^[2]

"the nonselective monoamine transporter inhibitor RTI-126 and the DAT-selective inhibitors RTI-150 and RTI-336 both had a faster rate of onset (30 min) and a short duration of action (4h). In contrast, the nonselective monoamine transporter inhibitor RTI-112 had a slower rate of onset (30–60 min) and a longer duration of action (10h). The DAT-selective inhibitors RTI-171 and RTI-177 also had slower rates of onset (30–120 min), but RTI-171 had a short duration of action (2.5 h) while RTI-177 had a very long duration of action (20 h)."^[3]

File:HeteroCD.GIF

In the Lindsey paper, RTI-177 was wrongly considered to be a dual inihibitor of the NET, although this was later found out to be incorrect (despite being written in plain English).^{[weasel words]}

"In acute toxicity studies in male rats, 3β-(4-chlorophenyl)-2β-[3-(4’-methylphenyl)isoxazol-5-yl]tropane (RTI-336) possessed an LD50 of 180 mg/kg after oral administration, compared with 49 mg/kg for RTI-177 (unpublished results, Howell 2005; Table 9). These results suggested that RTI-336 was a better candidate than RTI-177 for further preclinical development."^[2]

Also the potency of the heterocyclic compounds is not as great as would be predicted based on in vitro test results.

References

1. ↑ [1] Lindsey, K.P., Wilcox, K.M., Votaw, J.R., Goodman, M.M., Plisson, C., Carroll, F.I., Rice, K.C., Howell, L.L. Effects of dopamine transporter inhibitors on cocaine self-administration in rhesus monkeys: relationship to transporter occupancy determined by positron emission tomography neuroimaging. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 309: 959-969, 2004.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} [2] Carroll FI, Howard JL, Howell LL, Fox BS, Kuhar MJ. Development of the dopamine transporter selective RTI-336 as a pharmacotherapy for cocaine abuse. AAPS J. 2006 Mar 24;8(1):E196-203.
3. ↑ [3] Kimmel HL, O'Connor JA, Carroll FI, Howell LL. Faster onset and dopamine transporter selectivity predict stimulant and reinforcing effects of cocaine analogs in squirrel monkeys. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2007 Jan;86(1):45-54.