Linopirdine

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Linopirdine
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers
  • 1-phenyl-3,3-bis(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one
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  • O=C2N(c1ccccc1C2(Cc3ccncc3)Cc4ccncc4)c5ccccc5
  • InChI=1S/C26H21N3O/c30-25-26(18-20-10-14-27-15-11-20,19-21-12-16-28-17-13-21)23-8-4-5-9-24(23)29(25)22-6-2-1-3-7-22/h1-17H,18-19H2 checkY
  • Key:YEJCDKJIEMIWRQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Linopirdine is a putative cognition-enhancing drug with a novel mechanism of action. Linopirdine blocks the KCNQ2\3 heteromer M current with an IC50 of 2.4 micromolar[1] disinhibiting acetylcholine release, and increasing hippocampal CA3-schaffer collateral mediated glutamate release onto CA1 pyramidal neurons.[2] In a murine model linopirdine is able to nearly completely reverse the senescence-related decline in cortical c-FOS, an effect which is blocked by atropine and MK-801, suggesting Linopirdine can compensate for the age related decline in acetylcholine release.[3] Linopirdine also blocks homomeric KCNQ1 and KCNQ4 voltage gated potassium channels which contribute to vascular tone with substantially less selectivity than KCNQ2/3.[1] Linopirdine also acts as a glycine receptor antagonist in concentrations typical for Kv7 studies in the brain.[4]

Synthesis

Linopirdine synthesis:[5] ~90%:[6] Patents ~90%:[7][8]

The amide formation between

indolone, CID:10470081
(7). The 3 position is now activated by the adjacent benzene ring on one side and the carbonyl group on the other. Alkylation with 4-picolylchloride [10445-91-7] (8) proceeds with hydroxide as the base to afford Linopirdine (9).

References

  1. ^
    PMID 9694925
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  2. PMID 22674722
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  3. S2CID 45164
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  4. S2CID 247231429
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  5. doi:10.1080/00397919308011258
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  6. S2CID 98146660
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  7. ^ US 4806651, Bryant III WM, Huhn GF, issued 1989, assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company 
  8. ^ US 5173489, Earl RA, Myers MJ, Nickolson VJ, issued 1992, assigned to The Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical Co.