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. 2023 May;191:106771. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106771

Table 1.

Preclinical anti-seizure effects of Sig1R ligands.

Compound and affinity to Sig1R (nM) Additional targets < 10 µM (Ki, nM) Effective dose Administration route, time before the seizures Animals Seizure model References
Sig1R agonists
( ± )Alazocine
(( ± )SKF-10,047)
Ki= 1800–4700
Kappa opioid R (0.4)
Mu opioid R (1.2)
Delta opioid R (IC50 = 184)
NMDA (2554)
ED50 = 2.4–6.1 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
10–40 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Flurothyl (10%) [5]
10–40 mg/kg i.p., 20 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Amygdala-kindling [88]
0.1–10 mg/kg s.c., 20 min Male and female genetically sensitive Mongolian gerbils Sensory-evoked epileptic seizures [89]
5 and 20 mg/kg i.p., 15 min Female Sprague-Dawley rats MES (corneal) [90]
50 mg/kg i.p., 10 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Hyperbaric pressure-induced neurological syndrome [91]
ED50 = 50 nmol (i.c.v.);
ED50 = 24–69 µmol/kg (i.p.)
i.c.v., 15 min;
i.p., 15–45 min
Male and female DBA/2 mice Sound (109 dB) [92]
20 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice MES-T (auricular) [93]
20 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice PTZ (80 mg/kg, s.c.) [93]
20 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice Kainic acid (30 mg/kg, i.p.) [93]
(+)Alazocine
((+)SKF-10,047)
Ki= 45–153
NMDA (587)
Kappa opioid R (1600)
Mu opioid R (1900)
TMEM97 (IC50 = 4543)
1–30 mg/kg i.p., 10 min Male Swiss-Webster mice PTZ (125 mg/kg/ s.c.) [94]
ED50 = 7.1 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male CF-1 mice MES (corneal) [95]
ED50 = 17.4 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male Swiss-Webster mice NMDLA (500 mg/kg, s.c.) [96], [97]
ED50 = 1.5 mg/kg s.c. Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [98]
ED50 = 28.2 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Swiss-Webster mice NMDLA (500 mg/kg, s.c.) [99]
0.3–5.6 mg/kg i.p., 15 min Male C57BL/6J mice (-)Cocaine (100 mg/kg, i.p.) [100]
ANAVEX1–41
(AE14)
Ki= 44
M1 (19)
M3 (50)
M4 (77)
M2 (114)
TMEM97 (3924)
19 mg/kg p.o. Mice PTZ [101]
45 mg/kg p.o. Mice MES [101]
Blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2–73, AE37)
IC50= 860
M1-M4 (IC50 = 3300–5200)
Na+ channel (5100)
NMDA (8000)
30 and 100 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Swiss male mice MES [102], [103]
30 and 100 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Swiss male mice PTZ (130 mg/kg, i.p.) [102], [103]
15, 30 and 60 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Swiss male mice Semicarbazide [102]
Caramiphen
Ki= 16–26
M1 (1.2)
M2 (32)
nAchR (IC50 = 300)
DAT (5180–5250)
ED50 = 5.7–14.0 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
IC50 = 46 µM in vitro Male Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
ED50 = 14 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [105]
100 mg/kg i.m. Guinea pigs Soman (2 x LD50) [106]
ED50 = 52 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NSA/CF1 mice MES (auricular) [107]
ED50 = 1.5 mg/kg i.m., 30 min Male Crl CDBR Vaf/Plus Sprague-Dawley rats Soman (180 µg/kg = 1.6 × LD50, s.c.) [108]
ED50 = 3.1 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [109]
ED50 = 7.8 mg/kg i.v., 10 min Shanghai mice Nicotine (1 mg/kg, i.v.) [110]
20 mg/kg i.m., 5, 10 and 20 min (after) Male Sprague-Dawley rats Sarin (108 mg/kg = 1.2 × LD50, i.m.) [111]
100 mg/kg i.m., 30 and 60 min (after) Male Sprague-Dawley rats Soman (154 µg/kg = 1.4 × LD50, s.c.) [112]
20 mg/kg i.m., 10 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Soman (132 μg/kg, s.c.) [113]
*Carbetapentane (Pentoxyverine)
Ki= 10–129
5HT3A (8–165)
M1 (76)
M2 (167)
Alpha1 (IC50 = 1550)
TMEM97 (56–1953)
DAT (3090)
ED50 = 10.2–38.2 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
IC50 = 38 µM in vitro Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
ED50 = 4.8 mg/kg s.c. Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [114]
ED50 = 48 µmol/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [105]
ED50 = 215.3 mg/kg (p.o.);
ED50 = 45 mg/kg (i.p.)
p.o. and i.p., 30 min – 4 h Male CF-1 mice MES (corneal) [115]
- - Guinea pigs Soman (2 x LD50) [106]
ED50 = 10 mg/kg i.m., 30 min Male Crl CDBR Vaf/Plus Sprague-Dawley rats Soman (180 µg/kg = 1.6 × LD50, s.c.) [108]
* 12.5 and 25 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [116]
( ± )Cyclazocine
Ki= 36–47
Kappa opioid R (0.1–0.2)
Mu opioid R (0.2–0.3)
Delta opioid R (2.0)
NOP R (157–7500)
ED50 = 0.4–0.7 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
1–10 mg/kg i.p., 20 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Amygdala-kindling [88]
(+)Cyclazocine
Ki= 17
Kappa opioid R (0.1–0.2)
Mu opioid R (0.1–0.3)
Delta opioid R (1.1)
5 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Flurothyl (10%) [5]
Citalopram
Ki= 167–404
SERT (0.5–33.0)
5-HT2C (156–617)
H1 (283–371)
Alpha1 (711–1820)
Ca2+ channels (996–1588)
5-HT2B (1171)
M1 (1430)
Na+ channels (2409)
NET (2178–6190)
TMEM97 (5410)
K+ channels (IC50 = 2600–3981)
DAT (9270)
5-HT2A (9500)
30, 100 and 300 µM in vitro Zebrafish (Tg(fli1a:EGFP)y1) PTZ (40 mM) [117]
30, 100 and 300 µM in vitro Zebrafish (Tg(fli1a:EGFP)y1) Pilocarpine (20 mM) [117]
1 and 10 µM i.c. Male Wistar rats Pilocarpine (intra-hippocampal perfusion with 10 mM pilocarpine for 40 min) [118]
1 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NMRI mice PTZ (0.5%, i.v. infusion) [119], [120]
15 mg/kg i.p. for 4 days (after) Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (5 mg/kg, i.p. repeatedly) [121]
20 mg/kg i.p., 30–60 min Male and female C57BL/6J mice Amygdala-kindling [122]
*Dextrorphan
Ki= 118–481
SERT (401–484)
NET (340)
Mu oioid R (420)
NMDAR (486–906)
Kappa opioid R (5950)
1–250 µM in vitro Guinea pigs Mg2+-free model in neocortical brain slices [123]
ED50 = 3.5–5.6 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
IC50 = 1.5 µM in vitro Male Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
ED50 = 12 µmol/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [124]
ED50 = 102 µmol/kg i.p., approx. 30 min Male CF-1 mice NMDA (250 mg/kg, i.p.) [125]
ED50 = 35 nmol (i.c.v.);
ED50 = 19–37 µmol/kg (i.p.)
i.c.v., 15 min;
i.p., 15–45 min
Male and female DBA/2 mice Sound (109 dB) [92]
ED50 = 9.6 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male CF-1 mice MES (corneal) [95]
30 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Female SPF-Fu mice NMDA (1 nmol/µl, i.c.v.) [126]
ED50 = 1.9 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male ddY mice NMDA (2 nmol, i.c.v.) [127]
ED50 = 5.5 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male ddY mice AMPA (16 nmol, i.c.v.) [127]
ED50 = 2.2 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male ddY mice Kainic acid (4 nmol, i.c.v.) [127]
ED50 = 2.7 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male ddY mice BIC (2 nmol, i.c.v.) [127]
ED50 = 6.9 mg/kg i.v., 15 min Male ddY mice PTZ (20 µmol, i.c.v.) [127]
30 mg/kg i.p., 15 min Female Wistar rats Amygdala-kindling [128]
25 and 50 mg/kg - Rats NMDA [129]
ED50 = 31 mg/kg 30 min Female NMR mice MES (corneal) [130]
12.5 and 25 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [131]
* 10 µg/0.5 µl i.c.v. Male DBA/2 mice Kainic acid (0.07 µg/0.07 µl, i.c.v.) [132]
ED50 = 20 mg/kg i.p., 20 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES [133]
ED50 = 5 µg i.c.v., 15 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats NMDA (12.5 nM, i.c.v.) [134]
*Dextromethorphan
Ki= 10–652
SERT (1.4–40.0)
NET (240–6000)
nAChR (IC50 = 700–8900)
Alpha1 (830–3000)
Mu opioid R (1280)
Na+ channels (4800)
NMDAR (780–8945)
M1 (5070)
Kappa opioid R (7000)
100 µM in vitro Guinea pigs Mg2+-free model in neocortical brain slices [123]
ED50 = 11–15 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
ED50 = 6.2 mg/kg s.c. Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES (auricular) [114]
35 mg/kg i.p., 30–45 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Amygdala-kindling [135]
ED50 = 106 µmol/kg i.p., approx. 30 min Male CF-1 mice NMDA (250 mg/kg, i.p.) [125]
ED50 = 11.8 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male CF-1 mice MES (corneal) [95]
ED50 = 93.9 mg/kg (p.o.);
ED50 = 45.7 mg/kg (i.p.)
p.o. and i.p., 30 min – 4 h Male CF-1 mice MES (corneal) [115]
ED50 = 70 nmol (i.c.v.);
ED50 = 28–36 µmol/kg
i.c.v., 15 min;
i.p., 15–45 min
Male and female DBA/2 mice Sound (109 dB) [92]
10 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Female SPF-Fu mice NMDA (1 nmol/µl, i.c.v.) [126]
- - Guinea pigs Soman (2 x LD50) [106]
ED50 = 59 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Amygdala-kindling [136]
- - Mice NMDLA [137]
- - Mice PTZ [137]
- - Mice MES [137]
ED50 (clonus) = 161 µmol/kg i.p., 60 min Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound (109 dB) [138]
7.5–15 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Female Wistar rats Amygdala-kindling [128]
ED50 = 20 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male CD-1 mice NMDA (0.8 µg/mouse, i.c.v.) [139]
ED50 = 38.6 mg/kg 30 min Female NMR mice MES (corneal) [130]
12.5–75 mg/kg p.o., 15 min Rats Kainic acid [140]
50 and 75 mg/kg p.o., 15 min Male Fischer rats Kainic acid (8 mg/kg, i.p.) [141]
10, 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p., 3 h Male Wistar rats Sound (100 dB) [142]
0.2 mg/kg i.p., 25 min Female mice Theophylline (300 mg/kg, i.p.) [143]
ED50 = 7.94 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Wistar rat pups Sound (122–125 dB) [144]
12.5 and 25 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [131]
12.5 and 25 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats BAY k-8644 (37.5 µg, i.c.v.) [131]
* 5 and 10 µg/0.5 µl i.c.v. Male DBA/2 mice Kainic acid (0.07 µg/0.07 µl, i.c.v.) [132]
ED50 = 25 mg/kg i.p., 20 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats MES [133]
12.5 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Mice BAY k-8644 (37.5 µg, i.c.v.) [145]
* 12 and 24 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [146]
25 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Fischer 344 rats Trimethyltin (8 mg/kg, i.p.) [147]
10, 30 and 100 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NMRI mice PTZ (i.v. infusion) [148]
25 and 50 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NMRI mice PTZ (i.v., 5 mg/ml at a rate of 0.5 ml/min) [149]
25 mg/kg s.c., from postnatal day 8–21 C57BL/6NJ background Grin2a knock-in mice Spontaneous seizures [150]
ED50 = 168 µg i.c.v., 15 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats NMDA (12.5 nM, i.c.v.) [134]
*Dimemorfan
Ki= 151
TMEM97 (4421) ED50 = 70 µmol/kg i.p., 30 min Male ICR mice MES (corneal) [151]
6.25 and 12.5 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Mice BAY k-8644 (37.5 µg, i.c.v.) [145]
* 12 and 24 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [146]
Ditolylguanidine
(DTG)
Ki= 15–208
TMEM97 (12–107)
M1 (744)
VAChT (1134)
ERG2 (2000)
M2 (2960)
Opioid R (3950)
NMDAR (6690)
EBP (6700)
ED50 = 4.7–18.4 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
IC50 = 15 µM in vitro Male Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
ED50 = 5.25 nM i.c. Rats BIC (i.c.) [152]
Donepezil
Ki= 15
AChE (2–38)
BchE (IC50 = 20–15240)
BACE1 (IC50 = 169–3200)
H3 (IC50 = 350)
K+ channels (IC50 = 1995)
BuChE (2140)
2.5 mg/kg p.o. for 3 weeks (after) Male Sprague-Dawley rats Pilocarpine (25 mg/kg, i.p.) [153]
5.6 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Male CF1 mice, C56Bl/6 J background male and female heterozygous Scn1a knockout (Scn1a+/-) mice MES (corneal) [154]
5.6 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Male and female C56Bl/6 J background heterozygous Scn1a knockout (Scn1a+/-) mice PTZ (100 mg/kg, i.p.) [154]
( ± )Fluoxetine
Ki= 191–240
SERT (0.3–270.0)
Alpha2 (6–5012)
DAT (11–6670)
5-HT2C (50–398)
5-HT2A (55–1820)
Na+channel (82–90)
NET (85–6670)
AchE (130)
M2 (512–2700)
Alpha1 (605–5260)
M1 (702–1030)
Ca2+ channels (736–1095)
M3 (762–3100)
5-HT6 (771–1770)
H1 (933–5400)
M5 (976–2070)
5-HT7 (1000)
Sig2R (1610)
5-HT1A (1820–8310)
M4 (2090)
K+ channels (5012)
5-HT2B (5030)
5-HT1D (4270)
5-HT1B (6170)
H3 (7300)
40 µM in vitro Male Sprague-Dawley rats Picrotoxin (i.c. in hippocampal slices) [155]
1 µM in vitro Wistar rat embryos High K+ (7 mM) in hippocampal and prefrontal cells [156]
100 µM in vitro Male Swiss mice Mg2+-free model in olfactory bulb slices [157]
100 µM in vitro Male Wistar rat pups Low Mg2+/high K+ in hippocampal slices [158]
100 µM in vitro Male Wistar rat pups 4-AP in hippocampal slices [158]
ED50 = 8.2–15.9 mg/kg
i.p., 4 h;
i.p., 28-day treatment, 4 h before the sound
Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound [159]
3.5 and 7.0 nmol i.c., 15 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats BIC (118 pmol, i.c.) [160]
20 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Male Sprague-Dawley rats BIC (118 pmol, i.c.) [161]
15 mg/kg i.p., 1 h Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound (115 dB) [162], [163]
10 mg/kg i.p., 1 week after 21-day pretreatment Male Wistar rats Electrical hippocampal stimulation [164]
20 mg/kg i.p. for five days (after) Male Sprague-Dawley rats Pilocarpine (320 mg/kg, i.p.) [165]
20 mg/kg i.p., 65 min Male CBA mice Picrotoxin (0.75 mg/ml at a rate of 1.1 ml/min, i.v.) [166]
20 mg/kg s.c., 60 min Male CFLP mice PTZ (130 mg/kg, s.c.) [167]
10 mg/kg/day 7 days El mice Handling-induced [168]
25 mg/kg i.p., 2 h Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound (100 dB) [169]
20 mg/kg i.p. Groggy (GRY/Idr) rats Absence-like seizures [170]
30 mg/kg/day i.p. for 17 weeks WAG/Rij rats Absence-like seizures [171]
10 mg/kg i.p. for 7 days (after) Male rats 4-AP (3 mg/kg, i.p.) [172]
5 and 10 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Wistar rats Penicillin (500 IU/2.5 µl, i.c.) [173]
10 mg/kg i.p., 30–60 min Male and female C57BL/6J mice Amygdala-kindling [122]
20 mg/kg p.o. Seizure-susceptible Wistar rats Sound (90–110 dB) [174]
10 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Wistar rats PTZ (45 mg/kg, i.p.) [175]
Fluvoxamine
Ki= 36
SERT (2–540)
DAT (2–9200)
NET (299–5000)
Alpha1 (1290–4800)
Alpha2 (1900)
K+ channels (IC50 = 3100)
Ca2+ channels (IC50 = 4900)
5-HT2C (5790–6700)
TMEM97 (8439)
20 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male mice PTZ-induced kindling (35 mg/kg, i.p.) [176]
Ifenprodil
(erythro diastereomer)
Ki= 2–125
TMEM97 (5–98)
EBP (1.0)
NMDAR (8–94)
Alpha1 (12–140)
5-HT1A (46)
5-HT2B (66–95)
DAT (363)
5-HT2A (421–510)
5-HT7 (513)
5-HT2C (748)
Alpha2 (1600–2300)
IC50 = 6.3 µM in vitro Male Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
3 µM in vitro Sprague-Dawley rats BIC (10 µM) in hippocampal slice cultures [177]
10 µM in vitro Human Mg2+-free model in slices from dysplastic human neocortex [178]
10 mg/kg i.v., 30 min Male To mice NMDLA (85 mg/ml at a rate of 0.14 ml/min, i.v.) [179]
ED50 = 61 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NSA/CF1 mice MES (auricular) [107]
60 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male NSA/CF1 mice NMDA (250 mg/kg, i.p.) [107]
ED50 = 40 mg/kg i.p. Male OF-1 mice Handling-induced and strychnine-
potentiated convulsions
[180]
ED50 (clonus) = 1.1 µmol/kg i.p., 60 min Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound (109 dB) [138]
50 pmol i.c. Male Wistar rats Putrescine (10–20 nmol, i.c.) [181]
20 mg/kg i.p., 30 min ddY mice PTZ (100 mg/kg, s.c.) [182]
100 µg i.c.v. Male Sprague-Dawley rats Amygdala-kindling [183]
30 mg/kg i.p. Male Sprague-Dawley rats Status epilepticus [184]
20, 40 and 60 mg/kg i.p., 60 min Male Wistar rats PTZ (100 mg/kg, s.c.) [185]
ED50 = 15.5 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Wistar rats Lindane (8 mg/kg, i.p.) [186]
20 mg/kg i.p. Male Wistar rats Electrical stimulation-induced cortical epileptic afterdischarges [187]
20 mg/kg i.p. for one-two weeks every 8 h during epileptogenesis C57BL/6J mice Kainic acid (20 mM, i.c.) [188]
Opipramol
Ki= 0.2–50.0
H1 (6)
EBP (13)
ERG2 (17)
TMEM97 (110)
5-HT2A (120)
D2 (120–300)
Alpha1 (200)
D1 (900)
H2 (4470)
Alpha2 (6100)
IC50 = 52 µM in vitro Male Wistar rats Mg2+-free model in hippocampal slices [104]
20 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Swiss mice PTZ (100 mg/kg, i.p.) [189]
( ± )Pentazocine
Ki= 15–135
Kappa opioid R (2–75)
Mu opioid R (3–7)
NMDAR (25–2820)
Delta opioid R (49)
TMEM97 (1500–1900)
D2 (3500)
ED50 = 7.9–11.6 µM in vitro Wistar rats NMDA (10–80 µM) in neocortical slices [87]
4, 8 and 16 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male NMRI mice MES (corneal) [190]
ED50 = 6 mg/kg s.c. Male NMRI mice PTZ (1% at a rate of 0.3 ml/min, i.v.) [190]
10–160 µg i.c.v. Male Sprague-Dawley rats Flurothyl [191]
ED50 = 63.3 mg/kg s.c., 30 min Male Swiss-Webster mice NMDLA (500 mg/kg, s.c.) [192]
10–50 mg/kg i.p. Mice MES [193]
Sig1R antagonists* *
*BD-1063
Ki= 6–9 nM
TMEM97 (210–318) * 3 nmol i.c.v. Male CD-1 mice NMDA (1 nmol, i.c.v.) [39]
* ( ± )Fenfluramine
(ZX008)
Ki= 266
SERT (108)
5-HT1A (327)
5-HT2B (400–5710)
NET (740–1990)
5-HT2C (1410–3183)
5-HT2A (3800–5460)
Na+ channels (4840)
500 µM in vitro Wistar rats Low Mg2+ model in brain slices [194]
50 μM in vitro, 24 h before recordings Mutant Scn1Lab-/- zebrafish larvae Spontaneous seizures [195]
* 25 µM in vitro Mutant Scn1Lab-/- zebrafish larvae Spontaneous seizures [196], [197]
20 mg/kg i.p., 45 min Male CD-1 mice MES-T [198]
* (+)Fenfluramine
IC50= 70
SERT (150–855)
NET (1286)
5-HT2C (362–6245)
5-HT2B (379–5099)
5-HT2A (2470–11107)
* 3 nmol i.c.v. Male CD-1 mice NMDA (300 pmol, i.c.v.) [199]
100 µM in vitro Mutant Scn1Lab-/- zebrafish larvae Spontaneous seizures [200]
*S1RA
(E-52862, MR-309)
Ki= 3–24 nM
5-HT2B (328)
TMEM97 (9300)
* 3 nmol i.c.v. Male CD-1 mice NMDA (300 pmol, i.c.v.) [199]
(S)Safinamide
(FCE 26743, NW 1015, PNU 151774, PNU 151774E)
IC50= 19
MAO-B (2–450)
TMEM97 (1590)
ED50 = 4.1 mg/kg (i.p.);
ED50 = 6.9 mg/kg (p.o.)
i.p.;
p.o.
Mice MES [201], [202]
ED50 = 8.0 mg/kg (i.p.);
ED50 = 11.8 mg/kg (p.o.)
i.p.;
p.o.
Rats MES [201], [202]
ED50 = 26.9 mg/kg p.o. Mice BIC [201]
ED50 = 60.6 mg/kg p.o. Mice Picrotoxin [201]
ED50 = 21.5 mg/kg p.o. Mice 3-MPA [201]
ED50 = 26.8 mg/kg p.o. Mice PTZ [201]
ED50 = 104.1 mg/kg p.o. Mice Strychnine [201]
10 and 30 mg/kg i.p., 15 min Male Wistar rats Kainic acid (10 mg/kg, i.p.) [203]
10 and 30 mg/kg i.p., 60 min Male Wistar rats Amygdala-kindling [204]
50 mg/kg (p.o.) p.o. Male cynomologus monkeys Electrically induced afterdischarges [205]
ED50 = 4.1 mg/kg i.p. Male Carworth Farms No. 1 mice MES [206]
ED50 = 12 mg/kg p.o. Sprague-Dawley rats MES [206]
Sertraline
(1S-cis isomer)
Ki= 29–57
SERT (0.1–3.4)
DAT (25–260)
Alpha1 (36–335)
Alpha2 (83–651)
NET (159–978)
M1 (310–430)
M5 (365)
M4 (367)
5-HT2C (567–2300)
5-HT2A (783–2200)
M2 (984)
Ca2+ channels (1305–2084)
5-HT2B (2160)
Na+ channels (2334)
MC5 (4313)
5-HT1A (3700)
H1 (5000–6600)
TMEM97 (5297)
K+ channels (6814)
15 and 30 mg/kg i.p., 8 h Genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPR-9 s) Sound (115 dB) [207]
25 mg/kg i.p., 4 h Male Wistar rats 4-AP (2.5 mg/kg, i.p.) [208], [209]
2.5 and 25 mg/kg i.p., 4 h Male Wistar rats PTZ (50 mg/kg, i.p.) [208]
Positive allosteric modulators of Sig1R
*E1R
(4 R,5S-methylphenylpiracetam)
N/A * 10 and 50 mg/kg i.p., 60 min Male Swiss-Webster mice PTZ (1% at a rate of 0.6 ml/min, i.v.) [210]
50 mg/kg i.p., 60 min Male Swiss-Webster mice BIC (0.01% at a rate of 0.6 ml/min, i.v.) [210]
75 mg/kg i.p., 30 min Male Swiss-Webster mice NE-100 (75 mg/kg, i.p.) [210]
*SKF-83959 D1 (1–8)
5-HT2A (266)
Alpha2 (295)
D3 (399)
D2 (920)
* 10, 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice MES-T [93]
* 20 and 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice PTZ (80 mg/kg, s.c.) [93]
* 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice Kainic acid (30 mg/kg, i.p.) [93]
*SOMCL-668 N/A * 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice MES-T [93]
* 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice PTZ (80 mg/kg, s.c.) [93]
* 40 mg/kg i.p., 40 min Male C57BL/6J mice Kainic acid (30 mg/kg, i.p.) [93]
Ropizine
(SC-13504)
N/A 4–8 mg/kg i.v. Papio papio baboons Photosensitive epilepsy [211]
3–6 mg/kg - Beagle dogs MES [212]
3, 30 and 300 mg/kg p.o., 30 min Male Sprague-Dawley rats Pre-kindled and partially kindled hippocampal seizures [213]

Affinities of compounds were obtained from databases PubChem and Binding Database (accessed from May 25, 2022 till June 28, 2022). Table demonstrates the binding affinities (Ki) to targets of compounds at concentrations below 10 µM (< 1 ×10-5). Bolded targets – equal or higher affinity than for Sig1R. N/A – not available. 3-MPA – 3-mercaptopropionic acid; 4-AP – 4-aminopyridine; AMPA – α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid; BIC – bicuculline; MES – maximal electroshock-induced seizures; MES-T – maximal electroshock seizure threshold; NMDA – N-methyl-D-aspartic acid; NMDLA – N-methyl-DL-aspartic acid; PIC – picrotoxin; PTZ – pentylenetetrazole; STRYC – strychnine. Targets: 5-HT1-7 – serotonin receptor subtypes; alpha-1 and alpha-2: adrenergic receptors; AchE – acethylcholine esterase; DAT – dopamine transporter; EBP – emopamil binding protein; ERG2 – C8 sterol isomerase; MAO-B – monoamine oxidase B; Mu, Kappa, Delta – opioid receptor subtypes; nAChRs – nicotinic actehylcholine receptors; Na+, K+ and Ca2+ - corresponding ion channels; NET – norepinephrine transporter; NMDAR – N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors; NOP R – nociceptin opioid peptide receptor; SERT – serotonin transporter; TMEM97 – transmembrane protein 97; VAChT – vesicular acethylcholine transporter. *Sig1R-dependent activity confirmed. * *Sig1R antagonists demonstrate anti-seizure activity against seizures induced by psychostimulants and drugs of abuse (for more details see Section 3.1.2.).