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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 3.

Inhibition of [3H]MK-801 and [3H]ifenprodil binding to rat cortical membranes by pentamidine analogs with aliphatic linkers of increasing length, and with aromatic linkers

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X Y n R Ar [3H]MK-801 [3H]ifenprodil

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

No spm 30 µM spm No spm
34 NH CH2 0 2.01 ± 0.76 (6) 50.7 ± 13.8 (5) 30.2 ± 10.4 (5) 0.76 ± 0.05 (3)
39 NH CH2 1 10.0 ± 2.3 (3) 148 (2) 17.0 (2) 77.7 (2)
41 NH CH2 2 4.55 ± 1.74 (3) 84.2 (2) 17.2 (2) n.d.
7 NH CH2 3 3.10 ± 0.11 (3) 42.3 ± 1.9 (3) 13.7 ± 0.6 (3) 20.6 ± 5.4 (3)
42 NH CH2 4 4.37 ± 0.32 (3) 23.9 (2) 5.26 (2) n.d.
43 NH CH2 5 4.67 ± 0.38 (3) 25.4 (2) 5.37 (2) n.d.
44 NH CH2 6 7.26 (2) 31.1 (2) 4.37 (2) n.d.
45 NH CO 3 230 ± 97 (4) 675 ± 131 (3) 2.81 ± 0.76 (3) 54.5, 65.6 (2)
46 NH CO 4 165 ± 68 (3) 437 (2) 3.46 (2) n.d.
47 NH CO 5 >1000 >1000 n.d. n.d.
48 NH CO 6 22.9 ± 6.7 (4) 170 ± 15 (3) 7.25 ± 1.95 (3) n.d.
49 NH CO 7 26.5 ± 2.6 (3) 111 ± 13 (3) 4.25 ± 0.94 (3) n.d.
50 NH CO 8 15.7 ± 2.2 (3) 62.6 ± 4.8 (3) 4.07 ± 0.96 (3) n.d.
51 NH CO 10 9.63 ± 1.45 (3) 27.7 ± 6.9 (3) 2.98 ± 0.58 (3) n.d.
52 CO NH 3 >1000 >1000 n.d. n.d.
53 CO NH 4 >1000 >1000 n.d. n.d.
54 CO NH 5 688 (2) >1000 n.d. n.d.
55 CO NH 6 266 (2) 1208 (2) 4.59 (2) n.d.
56 CH2 O H 1,2-Ph 2.19 ± 0.85 (5) 18.4 ± 3.2 (4) 10.1 ± 3.2 (4) 7.29 ± 2.85 (4)
57 O CH2 H 1,2-Ph 1.46 ± 0.60 (4) 5.54 ± 1.23 (3) 4.00 ± 0.93 (3) 1.42, 2.05 (2)
58 O CH2 H 1,3-Ph 0.79 ± 0.32 (4) 6.70 ± 0.89 (4) 9.04 ± 1.93 (4) 3.97 ± 1.59 (3)
59 O CH2 H 1,4-Ph 5.24 ± 1.12 (4) 25.7 ± 0.9 (3) 5.25 ± 1.29 (3) 10.8, 16.8 (2)
60 O CO H 1,4-Ph 10.8 ± 1.7 (3) 46.6 (2) 3.98 (2) 38.6, 27.0 (2)
61 NH CO H 1,3-Ph 42.3 ± 6.8 (4) 36.7 (2) 0.97 (2) n.d.
62 NH CO H 1,4-Ph 53.9 ± 2.4 (3) 52.9 (2) 0.96 (2) n.d.
63 NH CO H 2,5-Fur 152 ± 10 (3) 153 ± 7 (3) 1.01 ± 0.02 (3) n.d.
64 NH CO i-Pr 2,5-Fur 10.6 ± 1.3 (3) 174 ± 45 (3) 16.9 ± 6.0 (3) n.d.
65 NH CO H 2,6-Pyr 58.2 (2) 70.9 (2) 1.22 (2) >100
66 NH CO i-Pr 2,6-Pyr 6.94 ± 1.22 (3) 74.9 ± 13.5 (3) 10.8 ± 1.2 (3) 50.1, 49.4 (2)
67 CO NH H 2,6-Pyr 125 (2) 233 (2) 1.85 (2) n.d.

Definitions as in caption to Table 1;

Fur, furandiyl; Pyr, pyridinediyl.