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  • Prenylamine derivatives as blockers of the vesicular transporter for dopamine. A quantitative structure-activity study
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1997
    Co-Authors: A Vaccari, Pl Saba, Mp Caldirola, Greetje J. Bijloo, Hendrik Timmerman
    Abstract:

    Summary A new series of diphenylalkylamine congeners of Prenylamine have been assayed in binding experiments on rat striatal membrane preparations. The aim was to ascertain the influence of structural modifications and lipophilicity on their interaction with the [ 3 H]tyramine-labeled vesicular transporter for dopamine. Thirteen compounds potently inhibited the specific binding of [ 3 H]tyramine, with nanomolar K i , values in the range of those of established markers for the vesicular transporter of dopamine. Less lipophilic compounds displayed higher affinity for the energy-dependent amine transporter.

  • New Prenylamine-analogues: investigations of their influence on calcium-dependent biological systems
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1993
    Co-Authors: P Caldirola, P. Zandberg, Raimund Mannhold, Hendrik Timmerman
    Abstract:

    Abstract Chemically, Prenylamine belongs to the diphenylalkylamine class. Compounds of this class are calcium antagonists with a broad spectrum of activities due to their influence on both extracellular and intracellular sites. In the present study the calcium antagonistic profile of a recently developed new series of Prenylamine analogues has been investigated using different in vitro systems. The inhibiting concentrations for the most active compound are ≈ 1.5 μM; several derivatives are inactive up to a concentration of 10 μM. Structural modifications towards an increase of lipophilicity make these molecules interact (inhibition) with the intracellular calcium-binding protein calmodulin; for the series no correlation between calcium-blocking and calmodulin antagonistic effects has been found.

R. Pernice - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Basic mechanisms underlying Prenylamine-induced ‘torsade de pointes’: differences between Prenylamine and fendiline due to basic actions of the isomers
    Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2008
    Co-Authors: R. Bayer, J. Schwarzmaier, R. Pernice
    Abstract:

    The calcium antagonists Prenylamine and fendiline both bind with rather low affinity to the dihydropyridine (nifedipine) binding site. As calmodulin (CaM) antagonists, they both inhibit CaM-dependent enzymes and relax smooth muscle preparation in nearly the same concentration range. If compared with other calcium antagonists, their action on smooth muscle develops rather slowly and cannot be inhibited by the calcium agonist Bay k 8644. In contrast, basic pharmacology reveals major differences of the actions of Prenylamine and fendiline in heart muscle, indicating that, after all, the change in structure close to the asymmetric carbon strongly influences the molecular action of the compounds and their respective isomers. The negative inotropic effect of racemic Prenylamine is rather independent of stimulation rate, whereas fendiline preferably depresses contraction at high rate stimulation. The negative inotropic potencies are determined by the (-)-isomers, but only in the case of Prenylamine the isomeric ratio of 6 reveals a considerable stereoselectivity of action. In low concentrations and preferably at low rate stimulation, (+)-Prenylamine exerts a strong positive inotropic effect. At low rate stimulation, total duration of transmembrane action potential is prolonged by (+/-)- and (+)-Prenylamine, but discretely shortened by (+/-)- and (+)-fendiline. At high rate stimulation, it is shortened by (+/-)- and (-)-Prenylamine, but prolonged (only) at the very final repolarization level by (+/-)- and (-)-fendiline. The positive inotropic action of Prenylamine and the prolongation of action potential at low stimulation rate can be interpreted as a calcium agonistic side-effect due to the action of the (+)-isomer. It seems possible that, under the condition of low heart rate, Prenylamine (as reported for the calcium agonist Bay k 8644) increases the potential-dependent transmembrane calcium current. In addition, it is argued that during the long-lasting action potential, a reactivation of the calcium current induces early after-depolarizations. These effects are postulated to represent the main mechanisms triggering torsade de pointes during therapy with Prenylamine. Though fendiline, from a chemical point of view, rather resembles Prenylamine, its pharmacological profile is different. In particular, in regard to electrophysiology, torsade de pointes are not expected to be induced by fendiline.

Ging Kuo Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Prenylamine block of nav1 5 channel is mediated via a receptor distinct from that of local anesthetics
    Molecular Pharmacology, 2002
    Co-Authors: Mustafa G Mujtaba, Shoya Wang, Ging Kuo Wang
    Abstract:

    We have shown previously that Prenylamine, a calcium channel blocker, has potent local anesthetic activity in vivo and in vitro. We now characterize the tonic and use-dependent block of Prenylamine on wild-type human cardiac voltage-gated sodium channels (hNav1.5) transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney 293t cells under whole-cell voltage-clamp condition. We also determine whether Prenylamine and local anesthetics interact with a common binding site on the Nav1.5 channel by analyzing Prenylamine block on mutant hNav1.5 channels that have substitution mutations in amino acids at the putative local anesthetic binding sites. Prenylamine exhibits tonic block at both hyperpolarizing and depolarizing potentials on hNav1.5 channels with 50% inhibitory concentrations of 9.67 +/- 0.25 microM and 0.72 +/- 0.02 microM, respectively. Substitutions of the amino acids at the putative local anesthetic binding site (i.e., F1760, N1765, Y1767, and N406) with lysine had much lesser effects on Prenylamine block of the mutant hNav1.5 channels compared with local anesthetic block. The affinity of Prenylamine was reduced at most by 5.8-fold, whereas that of bupivacaine, a known local anesthetic, was reduced by as much as 68-fold compared with wild-type by the mutations at the local anesthetic receptor site. Furthermore, equilibrium results between Prenylamine-bupivacaine mixtures suggest two independent receptors. Thus, the data demonstrate that Prenylamine has both tonic and use-dependent block of hNav1.5 channels similar to that of local anesthetics, but the location of the Prenylamine binding site on hNav1.5 differs from that of the local anesthetic binding site.