9-Aminomethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene (AMDA) analogs as structural probes for steric tolerance in 5-HT2A and H1 receptor binding sites.

ABSTRACT: Synthesis, radioligand binding and molecular modeling studies of several 9-aminomethyl-9,10-dihydroanthracene (AMDA) analogs were carried out to determine the extent of the steric tolerance associated with expansion of the tricyclic ring system and amine substitution at 5-HT(2A) and H(1) receptors. A mixture of (7,12-dihydrotetraphene-12-yl)methanamine and (6,11-dihydrotetracene-11-yl)methanamine in a 75-25% ratio was found to have an apparent K(i) of 10nM at the 5-HT(2A) receptor. A substantial binding affinity for (7,12-dihydrotetraphene-3-methoxy-12-yl)methanamine at the 5-HT(2A) receptor (K(i)=21 nM) was also observed. Interestingly, this compound was found to have 100-fold selectivity for 5-HT(2A) over the H(1) receptor (K(i)=2500 nM). N-Phenylalkyl-AMDA derivatives, in which the leng

SUBMITTER: Shah JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3252747 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature