Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) are a dynamic class of new psychoactive substances (NPS), with novel chemotypes emerging each year. Following the putative detection of 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA in Australia in 2016, the scaffold-hopping SCRAs 5F-CUMYL-PICA,...

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Main Authors: Banister, S., Adams, A., Kevin, R., Macdonald, C., Glass, M., Boyd, R., Connor, M., McGregor, I., Havel, C., Bright, S., Vilamala, M., Lladanosa, C., Barratt, Monica, Gerona, R.
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Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71444
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author Banister, S.
Adams, A.
Kevin, R.
Macdonald, C.
Glass, M.
Boyd, R.
Connor, M.
McGregor, I.
Havel, C.
Bright, S.
Vilamala, M.
Lladanosa, C.
Barratt, Monica
Gerona, R.
author_facet Banister, S.
Adams, A.
Kevin, R.
Macdonald, C.
Glass, M.
Boyd, R.
Connor, M.
McGregor, I.
Havel, C.
Bright, S.
Vilamala, M.
Lladanosa, C.
Barratt, Monica
Gerona, R.
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description © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) are a dynamic class of new psychoactive substances (NPS), with novel chemotypes emerging each year. Following the putative detection of 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA in Australia in 2016, the scaffold-hopping SCRAs 5F-CUMYL-PICA, 5F-CUMYL-PINACA, and 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA were synthesized and characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), and liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight–MS (LC–QTOF–MS). Since little is known of the pharmacology of 7-azaindole SCRAs like 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, the binding affinities and functional activities of all compounds at cannabinoid type 1 and type 2 receptors (CB1 and CB2, respectively) were assessed using tritiated radioligand competition experiments and fluorescence-based plate reader membrane potential assays. Despite CB1 binding affinities differing by over two orders of magnitude (Ki = 2.95–174 nM), all compounds were potent and efficacious CB1 agonists (EC50 = 0.43–4.7 nM), with consistent rank order for binding and functional activity (5F-CUMYL-PINACA >5F-CUMYL-PICA >5F-CUMYL-P7AICA). Additionally, 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA was found to exert potent cannabimimetic effects in mice, inducing hypothermia (6°C, 3 mg/kg) through a CB1-dependent mechanism.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-714442018-12-13T09:35:02Z Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA Banister, S. Adams, A. Kevin, R. Macdonald, C. Glass, M. Boyd, R. Connor, M. McGregor, I. Havel, C. Bright, S. Vilamala, M. Lladanosa, C. Barratt, Monica Gerona, R. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) are a dynamic class of new psychoactive substances (NPS), with novel chemotypes emerging each year. Following the putative detection of 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA in Australia in 2016, the scaffold-hopping SCRAs 5F-CUMYL-PICA, 5F-CUMYL-PINACA, and 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA were synthesized and characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), and liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight–MS (LC–QTOF–MS). Since little is known of the pharmacology of 7-azaindole SCRAs like 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, the binding affinities and functional activities of all compounds at cannabinoid type 1 and type 2 receptors (CB1 and CB2, respectively) were assessed using tritiated radioligand competition experiments and fluorescence-based plate reader membrane potential assays. Despite CB1 binding affinities differing by over two orders of magnitude (Ki = 2.95–174 nM), all compounds were potent and efficacious CB1 agonists (EC50 = 0.43–4.7 nM), with consistent rank order for binding and functional activity (5F-CUMYL-PINACA >5F-CUMYL-PICA >5F-CUMYL-P7AICA). Additionally, 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA was found to exert potent cannabimimetic effects in mice, inducing hypothermia (6°C, 3 mg/kg) through a CB1-dependent mechanism. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71444 10.1002/dta.2491 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle Banister, S.
Adams, A.
Kevin, R.
Macdonald, C.
Glass, M.
Boyd, R.
Connor, M.
McGregor, I.
Havel, C.
Bright, S.
Vilamala, M.
Lladanosa, C.
Barratt, Monica
Gerona, R.
Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title_full Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title_fullStr Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title_short Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA
title_sort synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5f-cumyl-p7aica, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5f-cumyl-pica and 5f-cumyl-pinaca
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71444