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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Jun 14;23(15):4489–4500. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.012

Table 1.

Inhibition of [3H]MK-801 and [3H]ifenprodil binding to rat cortical membranes by pentamidine analogs with heteroatom variations in the bridge

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X YRY RP [3H]MK-801 [3H]ifenprodil

IC50 ± SD (n) (µM) Ratio IC50 ± SD (n)

No spm 30 µM spm No spm
Arcaine 4.60 ± 1.71 (4) 196 (2) 33.6 (2) 24.4 (2)
N12N 7.05 ± 2.38 (11) 245 ± 30 (5) 32.9 ± 6.3 (5) 960 (2)
N4T8N 0.52 ± 0.32 (46) 6.10 ± 1.43 (24) 15.1 ± 7.1 (24) 49.3 (2)
1 O CH2 2.68 ± 0.65 (9) 24.9 ± 5.7 (7) 9.1 ± 2.5 (7) 32.5 (2)
2 O O 3.41 ± 0.52 (4) 148 ± 22 (3) 40.6 ± 4.2 (3) 63.8 (2)
3 O O OMe 10.6 ± 3.9 (4) 343 ± 27 (3) 33.1 ± 11.7 (3) 43.7 (2)
4 O S 2.20 ± 0.32 (3) 29.1 (2) 12.3 (2) 19.2 (2)
5 S O 1.22 ± 0.23 (3) 23.8 ± 2.7 (3) 20.2 ± 6.1 (3) n.d.
6 O O 317 ± 20 (3) 785 (2) 2.59 (2) n.d.
7 NH CH2 3.10 ± 0.11 (3) 42.3 ± 1.9 (3) 13.7 ± 0.6 (3) 20.6 ± 5.4 (3)
8 NMe CH2 0.56 ± 0.08 (4) 5.62 ± 2.88 (4) 9.2 ± 3.5 (4) 16.6 (2)
9 NH CH2 OMe 2.88 (2) 20.7 (2) 7.2 (2) 4.54 ± 1.43 (3)
10 NH O 0.85 ± 0.23 (7) 38.5 ± 10.4 (6) 50.6 ± 19.7 (6) 11.4 ± 3.7 (3)
11 NMe O 0.76 ± 0.15 (4) 12.5 ± 1.8 (3) 15.2 ± 2.2 (3) 21.9 ± 5.2 (3)
12 O NH+Me 21.2 ± 5.1 (3) 143 (2) 7.65 (2) n.d.
13 O N-Bs 0.23 ± 0.06 (4) 2.13 ± 0.17 (3) 10.4 ± 1.56 (3) 1.47 ± 0.55 (3)
14 O NTs 0.24 ± 0.08 (5) 1.32 ± 0.23 (4) 6.28 ± 1.18 (4) 0.41 ± 0.13 (3)
15 O NTs OMe 3.77 ± 1.37 (4) 28.7 ± 4.4 (3) 8.11 ± 2.91 (3) 0.84 ± 0.48 (4)

Number of experiments (n) in parentheses; if n = 2, no SD is indicated (see Supporting information for single values); spm, spermine; n.d., not determined. The column ‘ratio’ lists the mean ratios IC50 (30 µM spm)/IC50 (no spm). N12N, diaminododecane; N4T8N, 5-(4-aminobutyl)-2-thiopheneoctanamine;41 Bs, benzenesulfonyl.