PMID- 29701957 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191211 LR - 20191217 IS - 1948-7193 (Electronic) IS - 1948-7193 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 9 DP - 2018 Sep 19 TI - A Novel M(1) PAM VU0486846 Exerts Efficacy in Cognition Models without Displaying Agonist Activity or Cholinergic Toxicity. PG - 2274-2285 LID - 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00131 [doi] AB - Selective activation of the M(1) subtype of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, via positive allosteric modulation (PAM), is an exciting strategy to improve cognition in schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease patients. However, highly potent M(1) ago-PAMs, such as MK-7622, PF-06764427, and PF-06827443, can engender excessive activation of M(1), leading to agonist actions in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) that impair cognitive function, induce behavioral convulsions, and result in other classic cholinergic adverse events (AEs). Here, we report a fundamentally new and highly selective M(1) PAM, VU0486846. VU0486846 possesses only weak agonist activity in M(1)-expressing cell lines with high receptor reserve and is devoid of agonist actions in the PFC, unlike previously reported ago-PAMs MK-7622, PF-06764427, and PF-06827443. Moreover, VU0486846 shows no interaction with antagonist binding at the orthosteric acetylcholine (ACh) site (e.g., neither bitopic nor displaying negative cooperativity with [(3)H]-NMS binding at the orthosteric site), no seizure liability at high brain exposures, and no cholinergic AEs. However, as opposed to ago-PAMs, VU0486846 produces robust efficacy in the novel object recognition model of cognitive function. Importantly, we show for the first time that an M(1) PAM can reverse the cognitive deficits induced by atypical antipsychotics, such as risperidone. These findings further strengthen the argument that compounds with modest in vitro M(1) PAM activity (EC(50) > 100 nM) and pure-PAM activity in native tissues display robust procognitive efficacy without AEs mediated by excessive activation of M(1). Overall, the combination of compound assessment with recombinant in vitro assays (mindful of receptor reserve), native tissue systems (PFC), and phenotypic screens (behavioral convulsions) is essential to fully understand and evaluate lead compounds and enhance success in clinical development. FAU - Rook, Jerri M AU - Rook JM FAU - Bertron, Jeanette L AU - Bertron JL FAU - Cho, Hyekyung P AU - Cho HP FAU - Garcia-Barrantes, Pedro M AU - Garcia-Barrantes PM FAU - Moran, Sean P AU - Moran SP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7672-242X FAU - Maksymetz, James T AU - Maksymetz JT FAU - Nance, Kellie D AU - Nance KD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4396-9124 FAU - Dickerson, Jonathan W AU - Dickerson JW FAU - Remke, Daniel H AU - Remke DH FAU - Chang, Sichen AU - Chang S FAU - Harp, Joel M AU - Harp JM FAU - Blobaum, Anna L AU - Blobaum AL FAU - Niswender, Colleen M AU - Niswender CM FAU - Jones, Carrie K AU - Jones CK FAU - Stauffer, Shaun R AU - Stauffer SR FAU - Conn, P Jeffrey AU - Conn PJ FAU - Lindsley, Craig W AU - Lindsley CW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0168-1445 LA - eng GR - U19 MH106839/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG051626/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 HD083211/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - F31 MH114368/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH082867/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180508 PL - United States TA - ACS Chem Neurosci JT - ACS chemical neuroscience JID - 101525337 RN - 0 (Antipsychotic Agents) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (VU0486846) RN - L6UH7ZF8HC (Risperidone) SB - IM MH - Allosteric Regulation MH - Animals MH - Antipsychotic Agents/toxicity MH - CHO Cells MH - Cognition/*drug effects MH - Cognitive Dysfunction/chemically induced/physiopathology MH - Conditioning, Psychological/*drug effects MH - Cricetulus MH - Exploratory Behavior/*drug effects MH - Fear MH - Mice MH - Morpholines/*pharmacology/toxicity MH - Prefrontal Cortex/*drug effects MH - Pyrazoles/*pharmacology/toxicity MH - Rats MH - Risperidone/toxicity MH - Seizures/chemically induced PMC - PMC6146057 MID - NIHMS969828 OTO - NOTNLM OT - M1 OT - ago-PAM OT - agonist OT - cognition OT - muscarinic acetylcholine receptor OT - positive allosteric modulator OT - schizophrenia EDAT- 2018/04/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/18 06:00 PMCR- 2019/09/19 CRDT- 2018/04/28 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/09/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00131 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 Sep 19;9(9):2274-2285. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00131. Epub 2018 May 8.