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The plasma-occupancy relationship of the novel GABAA receptor benzodiazepine site ligand, alpha5IA, is similar in rats and primates.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:alpha5IA (3-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)-6-[(1-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyloxy]-1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-a]phthalazine) is a triazolophthalazine with subnanomolar affinity for alpha1-, alpha2-, alpha3- and alpha5-containing GABA(A) receptors. Here we have evaluated the relationship between plasma alpha5IA concentrations and benzodiazepine binding site occupancy in rodents and primates (rhesus monkey). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:In awake rats, occupancy was measured at various times after oral dosing with alpha5IA (0.03-30 mgxkg(-1)) using an in vivo {[(3)H]flumazenil (8-fluoro 5,6-dihydro-5-methyl-6-oxo-4H-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester)} binding assay. In anaesthetized rhesus monkeys, occupancy was measured using {[(123)I]iomazenil (ethyl 5,6-dihydro-7-iodo-5-methyl-6-oxo-4H-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester)} gamma-scintigraphy and a bolus/infusion paradigm. In both rat and rhesus monkey, the plasma drug concentration corresponding to 50% occupancy (EC(50)) was calculated. KEY RESULTS:In rats, alpha5IA occupancy was dose- and time-dependent with maximum occupancy occurring within the first 2 h. However, rat plasma EC(50) was time-independent, ranging from 42 to 67 ngxmL(-1) over a 24 h time course with the average being 52 ngxmL(-1) (i.e. occupancy decreased as plasma drug concentrations fell). In rhesus monkeys, the EC(50) for alpha5IA displacing steady-state [(123)I]iomazenil binding was 57 ngxmL(-1). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS:Rat plasma EC(50) values did not vary as a function of time indicating that alpha5IA dissociates readily for the GABA(A) receptor in vivo. These data also suggest that despite the different assays used (terminal assays of [(3)H]flumazenil in vivo binding in rats and [(123)I]iomazenil gamma-scintigraphy in anaesthetized rhesus monkeys), these techniques produced similar plasma alpha5IA EC(50) values (52 and 57 ngxmL(-1) respectively) and that the plasma-occupancy relationship for alpha5IA translates across these two species.

journal_name

Br J Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of pharmacology

authors

Atack JR,Eng WS,Gibson RE,Ryan C,Francis B,Sohal B,Dawson GR,Hargreaves RJ,Burns HD

doi

10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00216.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-07-01 00:00:00

pages

796-803

issue

eissn

0007-1188

issn

1476-5381

pii

BPH216

journal_volume

157

pub_type

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The plasma-occupancy relationship of the novel GABAA receptor benzodiazepine site ligand, alpha5IA, is similar in rats and primates.