Pharmacology of Indole and Indazole Synthetic Cannabinoid Designer Drugs AB-FUBINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, AB-PINACA, ADB-PINACA, 5F-AB-PINACA, 5F-ADB-PINACA, ADBICA, and 5F-ADBICA.
ACS Chem Neurosci, 2015/9/16;6(9):1546-59.
Banister SD, Moir M, Stuart J[1], Kevin RC, Wood KE, Longworth M, Wilkinson SM, Beinat C, Buchanan AS[2], Glass M[3], Connor M[1], McGregor IS, Kassiou M
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PMID: 26134475DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00112
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Abstract
Synthetic cannabinoid (SC) designer drugs based on indole and indazole scaffolds and featuring l-valinamide or l-tert-leucinamide side chains are encountered with increasing frequency by forensic researchers and law enforcement agencies and are associated with serious adverse health effects. However, many of these novel SCs are unprecedented in the scientific literature at the time of their discovery, and little is known of their pharmacology. Here, we report the synthesis and pharmacological characterization of AB-FUBINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, AB-PINACA, ADB-PINACA, 5F-AB-PINACA, 5F-ADB-PINACA, ADBICA, 5F-ADBICA, and several analogues. All synthesized SCs acted as high potency agonists of CB1 (EC50 = 0.24-21 nM) and CB2 (EC50 = 0.88-15 nM) receptors in a fluorometric assay of membrane potential, with 5F-ADB-PINACA showing the greatest potency at CB1 receptors. The cannabimimetic activities of AB-FUBINACA and AB-PINACA in vivo were evaluated in rats using biotelemetry. AB-FUBINACA and AB-PINACA dose-dependently induced hypothermia and bradycardia at doses of 0.3-3 mg/kg, and hypothermia was reversed by pretreatment with a CB1 (but not CB2) antagonist, indicating that these SCs are cannabimimetic in vivo, consistent with anecdotal reports of psychoactivity in humans.
Keywords: Cannabinoid; FUBINACA; JWH-018; PINACA; THC
MeSH terms
Animals; Body Temperature; Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists; Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists; Cell Line, Tumor; Cohort Studies; Designer Drugs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Heart Rate; Humans; Indazoles; Indoles; Male; Membrane Potentials; Mice; Molecular Structure; Rats, Wistar; Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB1; Receptor, Cannabinoid, CB2
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