PMID- 29298820 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190528 LR - 20210315 IS - 1521-0103 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3565 (Linking) VI - 364 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Mar TI - HBT1, a Novel AMPA Receptor Potentiator with Lower Agonistic Effect, Avoided Bell-Shaped Response in In Vitro BDNF Production. PG - 377-389 LID - 10.1124/jpet.117.245050 [doi] AB - alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor (AMPA-R) potentiators with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-induction potential could be promising as therapeutic drugs for neuropsychiatric and neurologic disorders. However, AMPA-R potentiators such as LY451646 have risks of narrow bell-shaped responses in pharmacological effects, including in vivo BDNF induction. Interestingly, LY451646 and LY451395, other AMPA-R potentiators, showed agonistic effects and exhibited bell-shaped responses in the BDNF production in primary neurons. We hypothesized that the agonistic property is related to the bell-shaped response and endeavored to discover novel AMPA-R potentiators with lower agonistic effects. LY451395 showed an agonistic effect in primary neurons, but not in a cell line expressing AMPA-Rs, in Ca(2+) influx assays; thus, we used a Ca(2+) influx assay in primary neurons and, from a chemical library, discovered two AMPA-R potentiators with lower agonistic effects: 2-(((5-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)acetyl)amino)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxamide (HBT1) and (3S)-1-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-N-((1R)-2-(dimethylamino)-1-phenylethyl)-3-isobutyl-2-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxamide (OXP1). In a patch-clamp study using primary neurons, HBT1 showed little agonistic effect, whereas both LY451395 and OXP1 showed remarkable agonistic effects. HBT1, but not OXP1, did not show remarkable bell-shaped response in BDNF production in primary neurons. HBT1 bound to the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of AMPA-R in a glutamate-dependent manner. The mode of HBT1 and LY451395 binding to a pocket in the LBD of AMPA-R differed: HBT1, but not LY451395, formed hydrogen bonds with S518 in the LBD. OXP1 may bind to a cryptic binding pocket on AMPA-R. Lower agonistic profile of HBT1 may associate with its lower risks of bell-shaped responses in BDNF production in primary neurons. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. FAU - Kunugi, Akiyoshi AU - Kunugi A AD - Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Tajima, Yasukazu AU - Tajima Y AD - Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Kuno, Haruhiko AU - Kuno H AD - Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Sogabe, Satoshi AU - Sogabe S AD - Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Kimura, Haruhide AU - Kimura H AD - Research, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan haruhide.kimura@takeda.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180103 PL - United States TA - J Pharmacol Exp Ther JT - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics JID - 0376362 RN - 0 (AMPA receptor potentiator HBT1) RN - 0 (Biphenyl Compounds) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (LY 404187) RN - 0 (N-((2-(4'-(2-(methylsulfonyl)amino)ethyl)(1,1'-biphenyl)-4-yl)propyl)-2-propanesulfonamide) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Thiophenes) RN - 073790YQ2G (benzothiophene) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*biosynthesis MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism MH - Pyrazoles/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, AMPA/*agonists MH - Sulfonamides/pharmacology MH - Thiophenes/*pharmacology EDAT- 2018/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/29 06:00 CRDT- 2018/01/05 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - jpet.117.245050 [pii] AID - 10.1124/jpet.117.245050 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2018 Mar;364(3):377-389. doi: 10.1124/jpet.117.245050. Epub 2018 Jan 3.