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  • Title: In vitro pharmacological characterization of novel isoxazolopyridone derivatives as allosteric metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 antagonists.
    Author: Suzuki G, Tsukamoto N, Fushiki H, Kawagishi A, Nakamura M, Kurihara H, Mitsuya M, Ohkubo M, Ohta H.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 2007 Oct; 323(1):147-56. PubMed ID: 17609420.
    Abstract:
    Novel isoxazolopyridone derivatives that are metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) 7 antagonists were discovered and pharmacologically characterized. 5-Methyl-3,6-diphenylisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridin-4(5H)-one (MDIP) was identified by random screening, and 6-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-methyl-3-pyridin-4-ylisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridin-4(5H)-one (MMPIP) was produced by chemical modification of MDIP. MDIP and MMPIP inhibited L-(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid (L-AP4)-induced intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells coexpressing rat mGluR7 with Galpha(15) (IC50 = 20 and 26 nM). The maximal response in agonist concentration-response curves was reduced in the presence of MMPIP, and its antagonism is reversible. MMPIP did not displace [3H](2S)-2-amino-2-[(1S,2S)-2-carboxycycloprop-1-yl]-3-(xanth-9-yl) propanoic acid (LY341495) bound to mGluR7. These results suggested that these isoxazolopyridone derivatives are allosteric antagonists. In CHO cells expressing rat mGluR7, MDIP and MMPIP inhibited l-AP4-induced inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation (IC50 = 99 and 220 nM). In CHO cells coexpressing human mGluR7 with Galpha(15), MDIP and MMPIP also inhibited the l-AP4-induced cAMP response. The maximal degree of inhibition by MMPIP was higher than that by MDIP in a cAMP assay. MMPIP was able to antagonize an allosteric agonist, the N,N'-dibenzhydryl-ethane-1,2-diamine dihydrochloride (AMN082)-induced inhibition of cAMP accumulation. In the absence of these agonists, MMPIP caused a further increase in forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels in CHO cells expressing mGluR7, whereas a competitive antagonist, LY341495, did not. This result indicates that MMPIP has an inverse agonistic activity. The intrinsic activity of MMPIP was pertussis toxin-sensitive and mGluR7-dependent. MMPIP at concentrations of at least 1 microM had no significant effect on mGluR1, mGluR2, mGluR3, mGluR4, mGluR5, and mGluR8. MMPIP is the first allosteric mGluR7-selective antagonist that could potentially be useful as a pharmacological tool for elucidating the roles of mGluR7 on central nervous system functions.
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