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Costantini VJA, Corsi M, Dünstl G, Bettelini L, Zonzini L, Gerrard P. The NK1 receptor antagonist aprepitant attenuates NK1 agonist-induced scratching behaviour in the gerbil after intra-dermal, topical or oral administration. Exp Dermatol 2015; 24:312-4. [DOI: 10.1111/exd.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Center of Drug Design & Discovery; Aptuit s.r.l.; Verona Italy
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- Front End Innovation; LEO Pharma A/S; Ballerup Denmark
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- Center of Drug Design & Discovery; Aptuit s.r.l.; Verona Italy
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- Center of Drug Design & Discovery; Aptuit s.r.l.; Verona Italy
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Micheli F, Cavanni P, Andreotti D, Arban R, Benedetti R, Bertani B, Bettati M, Bettelini L, Bonanomi G, Braggio S, Carletti R, Checchia A, Corsi M, Fazzolari E, Fontana S, Marchioro C, Merlo-Pich E, Negri M, Oliosi B, Ratti E, Read KD, Roscic M, Sartori I, Spada S, Tedesco G, Tarsi L, Terreni S, Visentini F, Zocchi A, Zonzini L, Di Fabio R. 6-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-1-[(Methyloxy)methyl]-3-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane: A New Potent and Selective Triple Reuptake Inhibitor. J Med Chem 2010; 53:4989-5001. [DOI: 10.1021/jm100481d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K
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- GlaxoSmithKline Research Centre Zagreb Ltd., Prilaz Baruna Filipovica 29, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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Micheli F, Cavanni P, Arban R, Benedetti R, Bertani B, Bettati M, Bettelini L, Bonanomi G, Braggio S, Checchia A, Davalli S, Di Fabio R, Fazzolari E, Fontana S, Marchioro C, Minick D, Negri M, Oliosi B, Read KD, Sartori I, Tedesco G, Tarsi L, Terreni S, Visentini F, Zocchi A, Zonzini L. 1-(Aryl)-6-[alkoxyalkyl]-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes and 6-(Aryl)-6-[alkoxyalkyl]-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes: A New Series of Potent and Selective Triple Reuptake Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2010; 53:2534-51. [DOI: 10.1021/jm901818u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Molecular Discovery Research
- Molecular Discovery Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Five Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, U.K
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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- Neurosciences Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery
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Dawson LA, Hughes ZA, Starr KR, Storey JD, Bettelini L, Bacchi F, Arban R, Poffe A, Melotto S, Hagan JJ, Price GW. Characterisation of the selective 5-HT1B receptor antagonist SB-616234-A (1-[6-(cis-3,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)-2,3-dihydro-5-methoxyindol-1-yl]-1-[2′-methyl-4′-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)biphenyl-4-yl]methanone hydrochloride): In vivo neurochemical and behavioural evidence of anxiolytic/antidepressant activity. Neuropharmacology 2006; 50:975-83. [PMID: 16581092 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 01/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The 5-HT1B receptor has attracted significant interest as a potential target for the development of therapeutics for the treatment of affective disorders such as anxiety and depression. Here we present the in vivo characterisation of a novel, selective and orally bioavailable 5-HT1B receptor antagonist, SB-616234-A (1-[6-(cis-3,5-dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)-2,3-dihydro-5-methoxyindol-1-yl]-1-[2'-methyl-4'-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)biphenyl-4-yl]methanone hydrochloride). SB-616234-A reversed the 5-HT1/7 receptor agonist, SKF-99101H-induced hypothermia in guinea pigs in a dose related manner with an ED50 of 2.4 mg/kg p.o. Using in vivo microdialysis in freely moving guinea pigs, SB-616234-A (3-30 mg/kg p.o.) caused a dose-related increase in extracellular 5-HT in the dentate gyrus. Evaluation of antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like effects of this 5-HT1B receptor antagonist was performed in a variety of models and species. SB-616234-A produced a decrease in immobility time in the mouse forced swim test; an effect suggestive of antidepressant activity. Furthermore, SB-616234-A produced dose-related anxiolytic effects in both rat and guinea pig maternal separation-induced vocalisation models with an ED50 of 1.0 and 3.3 mg/kg i.p., respectively (vs fluoxetine treatment ED50 = 2.2 mg/kg i.p. in both species). Also a significant reduction in posturing behaviours was observed in the human threat test in marmosets; an effect indicative of anxiolytic activity. In summary, SB-616234-A is a novel, potent and orally bioavailable 5-HT1B receptor antagonist which exhibits a neurochemical and behavioural profile that is consistent with both anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like activity in a variety of species. Taken together these data suggest that SB-616234-A may have therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of affective disorders.
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- Lee A Dawson
- Psychiatry Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline, New Frontiers Science Park (North), 3rd Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW, UK.
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Zocchi A, Varnier G, Arban R, Griffante C, Zanetti L, Bettelini L, Marchi M, Gerrard PA, Corsi M. Effects of antidepressant drugs and GR 205171, an neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptor antagonist, on the response in the forced swim test and on monoamine extracellular levels in the frontal cortex of the mouse. Neurosci Lett 2003; 345:73-6. [PMID: 12821174 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00305-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We tested fluoxetine, bupropion and GR 205171, a selective neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist on forced swimming test (FST) response and on levels of monoamines in frontal cortex of CD1 mice by microdialysis techniques. All drugs decreased immobility time. Fluoxetine augmented all monoamines, bupropion enhanced catecholamines, and GR 205171 was totally ineffective. Results suggest that FST response may not be related to levels of monoamines in the mouse frontal cortex.
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- Alessandro Zocchi
- GlaxoSmithKline, Psychiatry Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, Via Fleming 4, 37100 Verona, Italy.
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Carignani C, Mugnaini M, Ratti E, Corsi M, Dal Forno G, Quartaroli M, Arban R, Bettelini L, Di Fabio R, Ugolini A, Trist D. GV 196771A, a New Glycine Site Antagonist of the NMDA Receptor with Potent Antihyperalgesic Activity. Pain 2003. [DOI: 10.1201/9780203911259.ch47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Quartaroli M, Fasdelli N, Bettelini L, Maraia G, Corsi M. GV196771A, an NMDA receptor/glycine site antagonist, attenuates mechanical allodynia in neuropathic rats and reduces tolerance induced by morphine in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2001; 430:219-27. [PMID: 11711034 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(01)01278-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor/glycine site antagonist, GV196771A (E-4,6-dichloro-3-(2-oxo-1-phenyl-pyrrolidin-3-ylidenemethyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylic acid sodium salt), on mechanical allodynia and on tolerance to the antinociceptive effects induced by morphine were evaluated. Its antiallodynic properties were studied in a model of chronic constriction injury applied to rat sciatic nerve. GV196771A (0.3-10 mg/kg, p.o.) dose-dependently inhibited established mechanical allodynia when tested 14 or 21 days after nerve ligation. In the formalin test in mice, GV196771A (10 or 20 mg/kg, p.o.), administered for 8 days together with morphine 10 mg/kg, i.p. inhibited morphine tolerance development in both early and late phases of the test. This finding reinforces the key role of the NMDA receptors in the plastic event, such as allodynia, which develops in some conditions of painful neuropathy. Moreover, the capability to strongly reduce morphine-induced tolerance suggests that GV196771A could be an alternative agent for the treatment of difficult pain states not only when given alone, but also in combination, in order to prolong the analgesic effects of the opiates.
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- M Quartaroli
- Department of Biology, GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A., Medicines Research Centre, Via Fleming 4, 37135, Verona, Italy.
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Quartaroli M, Carignani C, Dal Forno G, Mugnaini M, Ugolini A, Arban R, Bettelini L, Maraia G, Belardetti F, Reggiani A, Trist DG, Ratti E, Di Fabio R, Corsi M. Potent antihyperalgesic activity without tolerance produced by glycine site antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor GV196771A. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1999; 290:158-69. [PMID: 10381772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023] Open
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Central sensitization is a condition of enhanced excitability of spinal cord neurons that contributes to the exaggerated pain sensation associated with chronic tissue or nerve injury. N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are thought to play a key role in central sensitization. We have tested this hypothesis by characterizing in vitro and in vivo a novel antagonist of the NMDA receptor acting on its glycine site, GV196771A. GV196771A exhibited an elevated affinity for the NMDA glycine binding site in rat cerebral cortex membranes (pKi = 7.56). Moreover, GV196771A competitively and potently antagonized the activation of NMDA receptors produced by glycine in the presence of NMDA in primary cultures of cortical, spinal, and hippocampal neurons (pKB = 7.46, 8. 04, and 7.86, respectively). In isolated baby rat spinal cords, 10 microM GV196771A depressed wind-up, an electrical correlate of central sensitization. The antihyperalgesic properties of GV196771A were studied in a model of chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the rat sciatic nerve and in the mice formalin test. In the CCI model GV196771A (3 mg/kg twice a day p.o.), administered before and then for 10 days after nerve ligature, blocked the development of thermal hyperalgesia. Moreover, GV196771A (1-10 mg/kg p.o.) reversed the hyperalgesia when tested after the establishment of the CCI-induced hyperalgesia. In the formalin test GV196771A (0.1-10 mg/kg p.o.) dose-dependently reduced the duration of the licking time of the late phase. These antihyperalgesic properties were not accompanied by development of tolerance. These observations strengthen the view that NMDA receptors play a key role in the events underlying plastic phenomena, including hyperalgesia. Moreover, antagonists of the NMDA glycine site receptor could represent a new analgesic class, effective in conditions not sensitive to classical opioids.
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- M Quartaroli
- GlaxoWellcome S.p.A., Medicines Research Centre, Department of Pharmacology, Verona, Italy.
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Corsi M, Bettelini L, Fina P, Trist DG. Estimation of the relative potency of two glycine antagonists on NMDA-induced depolarizations in BRSC and ARCS. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1997; 812:187-8. [PMID: 9186738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48169.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- M Corsi
- Pharmacology Research Department, GlaxoWellcome S.p.A., Verona, Italy
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Toson G, Ceserani R, Corsi M, Bettelini L, De Ponti F, D'Angelo L, Crema A. Effects of a new 1,4-dihydropyridine, lacidipine, on gastrointestinal motility and other gastrointestinal functions. Pharmacology 1990; 41:246-55. [PMID: 2092328 DOI: 10.1159/000138727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lacidipine is a new 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium entry blocker endowed with slow onset of action and potent and long-lasting antihypertensive activity. This study investigated the effect of lacidipine on some gastrointestinal functions, mainly gastrointestinal motility, in rats and dogs. In fasting conscious dogs chronically fitted with electrodes and strain gauges along the small bowel, lacidipine (12 micrograms/kg i.v. bolus or 10 micrograms/kg/h for 3 h) did not modify the migrating motor complex pattern or intestinal spike activity. In the rat, lacidipine proved less active (ED 50 greater than 100 mg/kg p.o.) than nitrendipine (ED 50 = 31 mg/kg p.o.) in inhibiting gastric emptying of a liquid meal, whereas the opposite was true after a solid meal (ED 50 = 10.9 and 35.0 mg/kg p.o., respectively). Lacidipine inhibited fecal pellet output at lower doses (ED 50 = 14.8 mg/kg p.o.) than nitrendipine (ED 50 = 40.1 mg/kg p.o.). On histamine-induced gastric acid secretion, the effect of 100 micrograms/kg i.v. lacidipine was moderate (maximum inhibition 45%). The gastrointestinal effects displayed by lacidipine appear at doses at least 5 and 50 times as high as those affecting blood pressure after intravenous and oral administration, respectively. Thus, lacidipine is unlikely to cause noteworthy unwanted effects on the gastrointestinal tract.
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- G Toson
- Glaxo Research Laboratories, Verona, Italy
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Urciuoli M, Bettelini L, Oselini E, Pietra C, Toson G, Micheli D. Effect of some Ca++ entry blockers (CEBs) on vascular and non vascular preparations "in vitro". Pharmacol Res 1989; 21 Suppl 1:147-8. [PMID: 2633171 DOI: 10.1016/s1043-6618(89)80094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- M Urciuoli
- Glaxo Research Laboratories, Verona, Italy
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