RTI-113
RTI(-4229)-113 (2β-carbophenoxy-3β-(4-chlorophenyl)tropane) is a stimulant drug which acts as a potent and fully selective dopamine reuptake inhibitor (DRI). It has been suggested as a possible substitute drug for the treatment of cocaine addiction. "RTI-113 has properties that make it an ideal medication for cocaine abusers, such as an equivalent efficacy, a higher potency, and a longer duration of action as compared to cocaine."[1] Replacing the methyl ester in RTI-31 with a phenyl ester makes the resultant RTI-113 fully DAT specific. RTI-113 is a particularly relevant phenyltropane cocaine analog that has been tested on squirrel monkeys.[2] RTI-113 has also been tested against cocaine in self-administration studies for DAT occupancy by PET on awake rhesus monkeys.[3] The efficacy of cocaine analogs to elicit self-administration is closely related to the rate at which they are administered.[4] Slower onset of action analogs are less likely to function as positive reinforcers than analogues that have a faster rate of onset.[4][5]
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Formula | C21H22ClNO2 |
Molar mass | 355.86 g·mol−1 |
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In order for a DRI such as cocaine to induce euphoria PET scans on primates reveal that the DAT occupancy needs to be >60%.[6] Limited reinforcement may be desirable because it can help with patient compliance. DAT occupancy was between 65-76% and 94-99% for doses of cocaine and RTI-113 that maintained maximum response rates, respectively.[3] Whereas cocaine is a fast acting rapidly metabolized DRI, RTI-113 has a longer duration span.[7]
Self-administration graphs are inverted U-shaped. More doses of cocaine need to be administered per session than for RTI-113 because cocaine doesn't last as long as RTI-113 does. It is easy to form the rash judgement that the NRI and SRI properties of cocaine are somehow having an additive effect on provoking self-administration of cocaine.[8]
Although NRIs are known to inhibit DA reuptake in the prefrontal cortex where DATs are low in number, the fact that desipramine is not reliably self-administered makes it unlikely that NRIs are contributing to the addictive character of cocaine.[9]
The 5-HT receptors are very complex to understand and can either mediate or inhibit DA release.
However, on the whole, it is understood that synaptic 5-HT counterbalances catecholamine release.
Thus, it can said with relative certainty that the DAT is responsible for the bulk of the reinforcing effects of cocaine and related stimulants.[10]
With regard to amphetamine, a recent paper disputes this claim, and makes the point that the role of NE is completely underrated.[11]
Another paper was also recently published, seeking to address the relevance of NE in cocaine pharmacology.[12]
Transporter Selectivity
MAT IC50 (and Ki) for simple phenyltropanes with 1R,2S,3S stereochemistry.[13] | ||||||
Compound | [3H]CFT | [3H]DA | [3H]Nisoxetine | [3H]NE | [3H]Paroxetine | [3H]5-HT |
Cocaine[14] | 89.1 | 275 cf. 241 | 3300 (1990) | 119 cf. 161 | 1050 (45) | 177 cf. 112 |
Troparil | 23 | 49.8 | 920 (550) | 37.2 | 1960 (178) | 173 |
WIN 35428 | 13.9 | 23.0 | 835 (503) | 38.6 | 692 (63) | 101 |
RTI-31 | 1.1 | 3.68 | 37 (22) | 5.86 | 44.5 (4.0) | 5.00 |
RTI-113[15] | 1.98 | 5.25 | 2,926 | 242 | 2,340 | 391 |
RTI-51 | 1.7 | ? | 37.4 (23) | ? | 10.6 (0.96) | ? |
RTI-55 | 1.3 | 1.96 | 36 (22) | 7.51 | 4.21 (0.38) | 1.74 |
RTI-32 | 1.7 | 7.02 | 60 (36) | 8.42 | 240 (23) | 19.4 |
Note: cocaine has a very strong Ki value for the 5-HT3 receptor.
Threo-methylphenidate is a weaker dopaminergic than troparil, even though it is a more potent noradrenergic.
Troparil is the only tropane in the above table having a [3H]NE figure that is smaller than the [3H]DA number.
References
- Kimmel, HL; Carroll; Kuhar (2001). "Locomotor stimulant effects of novel phenyltropanes in the mouse". Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 65 (1): 25–36. doi:10.1016/S0376-8716(01)00144-2. PMID 11714587.
- Howell, L. L.; Czoty, P. W.; Kuhar, M. J.; Carrol, F. I. (2000). "Comparative behavioral pharmacology of cocaine and the selective dopamine uptake inhibitor RTI-113 in the squirrel monkey". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 292 (2): 521–529. PMID 10640288.
- Wilcox, K.; Lindsey, K.; Votaw, J.; Goodman, M.; Martarello, L.; Carroll, F.; Howell, L. (2002). "Self-administration of cocaine and the cocaine analog RTI-113: relationship to dopamine transporter occupancy determined by PET neuroimaging in rhesus monkeys". Synapse. 43 (1): 78–85. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.555.2703. doi:10.1002/syn.10018. PMID 11746736. S2CID 26487942.
- Kimmel, Heather L.; Negus, S. Stevens; Wilcox, Kristin M.; Ewing, Sarah B.; Stehouwer, Jeffrey; Goodman, Mark M.; Votaw, John R.; Mello, Nancy K.; Carroll, F. Ivy; Howell, Leonard L. (2008). "Relationship between rate of drug uptake in brain and behavioral pharmacology of monoamine transporter inhibitors in rhesus monkeys". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 90 (3): 453–462. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2008.03.032. PMC 2453312. PMID 18468667.
- Wee, S.; Carroll, F.; Woolverton, W. (2006). "A reduced rate of in vivo dopamine transporter binding is associated with lower relative reinforcing efficacy of stimulants". Neuropsychopharmacology. 31 (2): 351–362. doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1300795. PMID 15957006.
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- Cook, C. D.; Carroll, F. I.; Beardsley, P. M. (2002). "RTI 113, a 3-phenyltropane analog, produces long-lasting cocaine-like discriminative stimulus effects in rats and squirrel monkeys". European Journal of Pharmacology. 442 (1–2): 93–98. doi:10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01501-7. PMID 12020686.
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