Papers by Joanne Mathiasen
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2011
Sydnocarb is a psychomotor stimulant structurally similar to D-amphetamine (D-AMPH) and is used i... more Sydnocarb is a psychomotor stimulant structurally similar to D-amphetamine (D-AMPH) and is used in Russia for the treatment of a variety of neuropsychiatric comorbidities. The nature of sydnocarb-induced facilitation of dopamine (DA) neurotransmission [DA release versus DA transporter (DAT) inhibition] is not clear. The present study characterized the pharmacological actions and behavioral effects of intraperitoneal sydnocarb in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Where relevant, comparisons were made with intraperitoneal D-AMPH. Unlike D-AMPH, which causes release of DA from rat synaptosomes (EC 50 ϭ 0.10 M; 95% confidence limits, 0.06-0.18), sydnocarb (up to 100 M) did not. Sydnocarb potently (K i ϭ 8.3 Ϯ 0.7 nM) blocked recombinant human DAT expressed in Chinese hamster ovary-K1 cells and less potently blocked the norepinephrine transporter (K i ϭ 10.1 Ϯ 1.5 M). Sydnocarb at 10 M did not bind to 64 other targets. In rats, 10 and 30 mg/kg sydnocarb showed a 2-fold longer half-life in plasma and brain and a 5-fold lower brain-to-plasma ratio compared with 0.3 and 1 mg/kg D-AMPH. In the Irwin assay, sydnocarb was well tolerated up to 30 mg/kg; D-AMPH-like stereotypic behaviors were evident at 100 mg/kg. Behavioral effects of 30 mg/kg sydnocarb and 0.3 mg/kg D-AMPH were comparable. In a sleep/wake assay, 10 mg/kg sydnocarb and 1 mg/kg D-AMPH increased wakefulness comparably; however, sydnocarb (up to 30 mg/kg) did not induce D-AMPH-like rebound hypersomnolence (RHS). Like D-AMPH, sydnocarb enhanced theta power, an electrophysiological measure of cognitive function. In conclusion, sydnocarb is a selective and potent DAT inhibitor that produces robust increases in the wake state without RHS, and with potential cognitive-enhancing properties.
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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Jun 2, 2011
Optimization of a novel series of pyridazin-3-one histamine H(3) receptor (H(3)R) antagonists/inv... more Optimization of a novel series of pyridazin-3-one histamine H(3) receptor (H(3)R) antagonists/inverse agonists identified 6-{4-[3-(R)-2-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)propoxy]phenyl}-2H-pyridazin-3-one (8a, CEP-26401; irdabisant) as a lead candidate for potential use in the treatment of attentional and cognitive disorders. 8a had high affinity for both human (K(i) = 2.0 nM) and rat (K(i) = 7.2 nM) H(3)Rs with greater than 1000-fold selectivity over the hH(1)R, hH(2)R, and hH(4)R histamine receptor subtypes and against an in vitro panel of 418 G-protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, transporters, and enzymes. 8a demonstrated ideal pharmaceutical properties for a CNS drug in regard to water solubility, permeability and lipophilicity and had low binding to human plasma proteins. It weakly inhibited recombinant cytochrome P450 isoforms and human ether-a-go-go-related gene. 8a metabolism was minimal in rat, mouse, dog, and human liver microsomes, and it had good interspecies pharmacokinetic properties. 8a dose-dependently inhibited H(3)R agonist-induced dipsogenia in the rat (ED(50) = 0.06 mg/kg po). On the basis of its pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and safety profiles, 8a was selected for preclinical development. The clinical portions of the single and multiple ascending dose studies assessing safety and pharmacokinetics have been completed allowing for the initiation of a phase IIa for proof of concept.
Current protocols in neuroscience, Oct 1, 2010
Neuropsychiatric disorders encompass a broad patient population in a variety of disease states ac... more Neuropsychiatric disorders encompass a broad patient population in a variety of disease states across all age groups and are often accompanied by deficits in short-term/working memory. However, most preclinical models that allow for an assessment of cognitive enhancement do not provide robust behavioral readouts with a level of throughput sufficient to support modern drug discovery efforts. The rat social recognition assay presented in this unit is one exception that has been increasingly employed to test new chemical entities for enhancing cognitive activity. The test is simple in design and takes advantage of the spontaneous behavior of rats to investigate conspecifics. The protocol in this unit is designed to evaluate the effects of a test substance on the short-term/working memory of adult male rats employing 30-min or 2-hr pretreatment times.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Apr 1, 2012
The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1984
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 1996
We have exposed primary dispersed hypothalamic cultures from 14-day-old fetal Sprague-Dawley rats... more We have exposed primary dispersed hypothalamic cultures from 14-day-old fetal Sprague-Dawley rats to substances known to either elevate adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) levels or increase vasopressin (VP) secretion. The levels of VP in the medium collected from the cultures were determined by radioimmunoassay, and the number of neurophysin (NP)-positive cells after immunohistochemistry was counted. cAMP-elevating agents, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (200 microM) and forskolin (25 microM), in combination (I-F) maintained NP synthesis and VP secretion in 19-day cultures. I-F replacement by K+ (28 mM), isoproterenol (10 microM), glutamate (10 microM), or bicuculline (10 microM) during the last week of culture resulted in maintenance of NP expression and transient stimulation of VP secretion, but these agents did not induce NP expression independently of I-F treatment. In contrast, exposure to the dopamine D1 agonist SKF-38393 (10 microM) significantly increased NP exp...
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 1996
Stimulation of vasopressin (VP) gene expression by adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (... more Stimulation of vasopressin (VP) gene expression by adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) has been observed in dispersed hypothalamic cultures, in VP-expressing cell lines, and in cells transfected with reporter genes regulated by the VP gene promoter. However, treatment of hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) explants with forskolin (25 microM), an activator of adenyl cyclase, and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX; 500 microM), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, resulted in a decrease in VP mRNA. Time course analysis revealed that IBMX and forskolin reduced the VP mRNA content to 50% of control explants after 8 and 12 h despite a dramatic stimulation of VP release. This effect was due to the activation of adenyl cyclase by forskolin, because neither IBMX alone nor the inactive analogue of forskolin, 1,9-dideoxyforskolin, decreased VP mRNA content. In contrast, 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate and the D1 dopamine receptor agonist, SKF-38393, increase...
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 1995
The role of synaptic input to the vasopressin neurons in hypertonicity-induced increase in vasopr... more The role of synaptic input to the vasopressin neurons in hypertonicity-induced increase in vasopressin mRNA content was evaluated. Synaptic connection with the anterior hypothalamus is required for hypertonicity to increase vasopressin release. However, the potential for other mechanisms to induce the increase in vasopressin mRNA content is suggested by the fact that hypertonicity induces depolarization of supraoptic neurons independently of synaptic input. Explants of the hypothalamoneurohypophysial system were used to study the effect of depolarization and hypertonicity in the presence and absence of nonspecific synaptic blockade by 15 mM MgSO4 or blockade of excitatory amino acid receptors with kynurenic acid. Vasopressin release and mRNA content were increased by depolarization with 40 mM KCl and by exposure to hypertonicity (P < 0.05). Basal and osmotically stimulated vasopressin release was decreased by MgSO4 and by kynurenic acid. Both agents prevented the hypertonicity-in...
The Journal of Physiology, 1995
The presence and properties of K+ channels activated by arachidonic acid were studied in neuronal... more The presence and properties of K+ channels activated by arachidonic acid were studied in neuronal cells cultured from the mesencephalic and hypothalamic areas of rat brain. 2. Arachidonic acid produced a concentration-dependent (5-50 #UM) and reversible activation of whole-cell currents. 3. In excised membrane patches, arachidonic acid applied to the cytoplasmic or extracellular side of the membrane caused opening of three types of channels whose current-voltage relationships were slightly outwardly rectifying, inwardly rectifying and linear, and whose single channel slope conductances at +60 mV were 143, 45 and 52 pS, respectively.
Current Protocols in Neuroscience, 2010
Neuropsychiatric disorders encompass a broad patient population in a variety of disease states ac... more Neuropsychiatric disorders encompass a broad patient population in a variety of disease states across all age groups and are often accompanied by deficits in short‐term/working memory. However, most preclinical models that allow for an assessment of cognitive enhancement do not provide robust behavioral readouts with a level of throughput sufficient to support modern drug discovery efforts. The rat social recognition assay presented in this unit is one exception that has been increasingly employed to test new chemical entities for enhancing cognitive activity. The test is simple in design and takes advantage of the spontaneous behavior of rats to investigate conspecifics. The protocol in this unit is designed to evaluate the effects of a test substance on the short‐term/working memory of adult male rats employing 30‐min or 2‐hr pretreatment times. Curr. Protoc. Neurosci. 53:8.51.1‐8.51.15. © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pharmacology, 1986
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the putative cerebral vasodilator, mefe... more The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the putative cerebral vasodilator, mefenidil hydrochloride (MF), on cardiocirculatory dynamics and the total distribution of cardiac output in the conscious rat. The radioactive microsphere technique was used to measure regional blood flow and cardiac output before (control) and during intravenous infusion of either MF (2.5, 5.0, 10.0 mg/kg) or vehicle (VH; saline, 0.0204, 0.0408. 0.0816 ml/min, respectively). Neither MF nor VH were found to have significant effects on cerebral blood flow or vascular resistance in conscious rats. MF significantly increased cerebral blood flow and lowered cerebral vascular resistance compared to VH in anesthetized animals without having significant effects in other circulatory regions.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011
Optimization of a novel series of pyridazin-3-one histamine H(3) receptor (H(3)R) antagonists/inv... more Optimization of a novel series of pyridazin-3-one histamine H(3) receptor (H(3)R) antagonists/inverse agonists identified 6-{4-[3-(R)-2-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)propoxy]phenyl}-2H-pyridazin-3-one (8a, CEP-26401; irdabisant) as a lead candidate for potential use in the treatment of attentional and cognitive disorders. 8a had high affinity for both human (K(i) = 2.0 nM) and rat (K(i) = 7.2 nM) H(3)Rs with greater than 1000-fold selectivity over the hH(1)R, hH(2)R, and hH(4)R histamine receptor subtypes and against an in vitro panel of 418 G-protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, transporters, and enzymes. 8a demonstrated ideal pharmaceutical properties for a CNS drug in regard to water solubility, permeability and lipophilicity and had low binding to human plasma proteins. It weakly inhibited recombinant cytochrome P450 isoforms and human ether-a-go-go-related gene. 8a metabolism was minimal in rat, mouse, dog, and human liver microsomes, and it had good interspecies pharmacokinetic properties. 8a dose-dependently inhibited H(3)R agonist-induced dipsogenia in the rat (ED(50) = 0.06 mg/kg po). On the basis of its pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and safety profiles, 8a was selected for preclinical development. The clinical portions of the single and multiple ascending dose studies assessing safety and pharmacokinetics have been completed allowing for the initiation of a phase IIa for proof of concept.
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 1988
The purpose of this study was to characterize the cardiocirculatory effects of bepridil hydrochlo... more The purpose of this study was to characterize the cardiocirculatory effects of bepridil hydrochloride (BP) in the normal, conscious rat. Animals were instrumented under halothane anesthesia for right atrial, left ventricular, arterial, and venous pressure recordings. The radioactive-microsphere technique was used to measure regional blood flow and cardiac output before (control) and during intravenous (i.v.) infusion of either BP at three dosage levels (3.0, 6.0, 12.0 mg/kg) or vehicle (VH) at infusion rates matching those of the BP protocol (0.0408 ml/min). The predominant effects of BP (cumulative dose = 9.0 mg/kg i.v.) in the conscious rat were reduced coronary vascular resistance and heart rate. BP showed selectivity for the coronary circulation since systemic vascular resistance was not significantly reduced until a cumulative i.v. dosage of 21.0 mg/kg was administered. BP had few effects on other regions of the peripheral circulation. BP (21 mg/kg) reduced blood flow and increased vascular resistance in the arterial circulations of four of six skeletal muscles studied although opposite effects occurred in two of six muscles studied. BP had no significant effect on blood flow or vascular resistance in the other major arterial circulations. The results of this study show that BP is a selective coronary vasodilator that also reduces the primary indices of myocardial oxygen demand. These results suggest that the clinical therapeutic antianginal efficacy of BP occurs through a combined effect to increase myocardial oxygen supply and to reduce myocardial oxygen demand.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012
Serotoninergic neurotransmission has been implicated in modulation of learning and memory. It has... more Serotoninergic neurotransmission has been implicated in modulation of learning and memory. It has been demonstrated that 5-hydroxytryptamine(6) (5-HT(6)) receptor antagonists show beneficial effect on cognition in several animal models. Based on a pharmacophore model reported in the literature, we have designed and successfully identified a 7-benzenesulfonyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-benzo[4,5]furo[2,3-c]pyridine (3a) scaffold as a novel class of 5-HT(6) receptor antagonists. Despite good activity against 5-HT(6) receptor, 3a exhibited poor liver microsome stability in mouse, rat and dog. It was demonstrated that the saturation of the double bond of the tetrahydropyridine ring of 3a enhanced metabolic stability. However the resulting compound, 4a (7-phenylsulfonyl-1,2,3,4,4a,9a-hexahydro-benzo[4,5]furo[2,3-c] pyridine-HCl salt) exhibited ∼30-fold loss in potency along with introduction of two chiral centers. In our optimization process for this series, we found that substituents at the 2 or 3 positions on the distal aryl group are important for enhancing activity against 5-HT(6). Separation of enantiomers and subsequent optimization and SAR with bis substituted phenyl sulfone provided potent 5-HT(6) antagonists with improved PK profiles in rat. A potent, selective 5-HT(6)R antagonist (15k) was identified from this study which showed good oral bioavailability (F=39%) in rat with brain penetration (B/P=2.76) and in vivo activity in a rat social recognition test.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012
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Peptides, 1988
enkephalin ([~H]DAGO) was used to examine mu-opioid receptor number and mu-ligand binding in brai... more enkephalin ([~H]DAGO) was used to examine mu-opioid receptor number and mu-ligand binding in brain synaptic membranes (P2 fraction) from C57BL/6J-bga/bg J (beige-J) mice, a strain with combined deficiencies in immunological function (resembling Chediak-Higashi syndrome) and analgesic response to mu-opioid agonists such as morphine and DAGO. As controls, white mice, beige-J littermates (normally responsive to mu-opioid agonists), and a known mu-deficient strain (CXBK) were also examined. Neither the KD (0.47 to 0.49 nM) nor the Bma x (153 to 168 fmol/mg protein) determined for beige-J mice was significantly different from values determined for littermates or white mice. In contrast, the Bma x of CXBK mice (66 fmol/mg protein) was clearly less than that of the other strains. The analgesic defect of beige-J mice, therefore, is not likely due to an insufficient number of mu-opioid receptors, as it presumably is in CXBK mice. Carbachol (200/xg/ml), which partly corrects the analgesic defect of beige-J mice, had no effect on [SH]DAGO binding either acutely in vitro or chronically ex vivo after administration to beige-J mice for three weeks. Hence, the analgesic defect of beige-J mice appears to be due to some defect in the mu-opioid receptor-effector coupling mechanism or to some endogenous substance that inhibits binding of mu-opioid ligands to otherwise functional receptors.
Neuroendocrinology, 2008
We have explored temporal changes in the magnitude of dopamine (DA) interaction (DA tone) at the ... more We have explored temporal changes in the magnitude of dopamine (DA) interaction (DA tone) at the anterior pituitary lactotrophs related to both the nocturnal and diurnal prolactin (PRL) surges on day 8 of pregnancy, by utilizing a competitive DA D2 antagonist, domperidone (DOM). After withdrawal of blood from pregnant rats on day 7 in order to demonstrate the presence of a PRL surge, experimental rats received DOM (100 micrograms/kg i.v. or i.a.) at various times on day 8. Blood samples were taken immediately before and following injection of DOM at 5, 15, 30 and 60 min. The peak PRL response to DOM occurred 15 min after injection. Comparisons were made between circulating PRL levels immediately prior to and at several times following DOM administration for the various times of the day, and represented as incremental increases in PRL following DOM. During times on day 8 when PRL levels were normally low (24:00, 06:00, 12:00 and 16:00 h), pregnant rats exhibited a substantial PRL response to DOM. However, during the nocturnal PRL surge (02:00, 04:00 h) the peak PRL response to DOM was significantly lower. In sharp contrast, the PRL response to DOM administered during the diurnal PRL surge (18:00 h) was significantly higher than all other times of the day tested. In a dose-response study in which 10, 100 and 1,000 micrograms/kg DOM was administered at the two critical times when the response to DOM differed greatly, 02:00 and 18:00 h, there was a significantly reduced PRL response to DOM at 02:00 h compared to 18:00 h.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 1992
We investigated the effect of central serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine, 5‐HT) administration on hyp... more We investigated the effect of central serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine, 5‐HT) administration on hypothalamic tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons and related changes in neuronal activity to circulating prolactin (PRL) levels. Ovariectomized rats were treated with either vehicle or 5‐HT through a lateral ventricular cannula in one of two dose paradigms: 1) a bolus of 20 μg, with tissues taken at 30 min, or 2) the same bolus immediately followed by 20 μg/30 min via a syringe pump for 120 min, and tissues taken at 120 min. Blood samples were taken throughout experiments and plasma PRL determined by radioimmunoassay. Under both paradigms, NSD 1015, a dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) decarboxylase inhibitor (25 mg/kg intraarterially) was injected 10 min before decapitation and brain excision followed by stalk‐median eminence dissection. The rate of DOPA accumulation, determined by measuring DOPA levels in the stalk‐median eminence by high‐performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical ...
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2011
CEP-26401 [irdabisant; 6-{4-[3-((R)-2-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)propoxy]-phenyl}-2H-pyridazin-3-one ... more CEP-26401 [irdabisant; 6-{4-[3-((R)-2-methyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)propoxy]-phenyl}-2H-pyridazin-3-one HCl] is a novel, potent histamine H 3 receptor (H 3 R) antagonist/inverse agonist with drug-like properties. High affinity of CEP-26401 for H 3 R was demonstrated in radioligand binding displacement assays in rat brain membranes (K i ϭ 2.7 Ϯ 0.3 nM) and recombinant rat and human H 3 R-expressing systems (K i ϭ 7.2 Ϯ 0.4 and 2.0 Ϯ 1.0 nM, respectively). CEP-26401 displayed potent antagonist and inverse agonist activities in [ 35 S]guanosine 5Ј-O-(␥-thio)triphosphate binding assays. After oral dosing of CEP-26401, occupancy of H 3 R was estimated by the inhibition of ex vivo binding in rat cortical slices (OCC 50 ϭ 0.1 Ϯ 0.003 mg/kg), and antagonism of the H 3 R agonist R-␣-methylhistamine-induced drinking response in the rat dipsogenia model was demonstrated in a similar dose range (ED 50 ϭ 0.06 mg/kg). CEP-26401 improved performance in the rat social recognition model of short-term memory at doses of 0.01 to 0.1 mg/kg p.o. and was wake-promoting at 3 to 30 mg/kg p.o. In DBA/2NCrl mice, CEP-26401 at 10 and 30 mg/kg i.p. increased prepulse inhibition (PPI), whereas the antipsychotic risperidone was effective at 0.3 and 1 mg/kg i.p. Coadministration of CEP-26401 and risperidone at subefficacious doses (3 and 0.1 mg/kg i.p., respectively) increased PPI. These results demonstrate potent behavioral effects of CEP-26401 in rodent models and suggest that this novel H 3 R antagonist may have therapeutic utility in the treatment of cognitive and attentional disorders. CEP-26401 may also have therapeutic utility in treating schizophrenia or as adjunctive therapy to approved antipsychotics.
Current Protocols in Pharmacology, 2018
The modified Irwin procedure or functional observational battery (FOB) can be used to achieve sev... more The modified Irwin procedure or functional observational battery (FOB) can be used to achieve several goals. New chemical entities (NCEs) can be behaviorally screened for nervous system effects at a variety of doses to identify potential therapeutic uses and in the selection of appropriate doses for subsequent assays. NCEs can also be evaluated in the behavioral battery and compared with reference standards to assess liabilities in a new compound class, with an estimated therapeutic index being suggested by the doses used in comparison to therapeutic doses. For the assessment of neurotoxicology, the FOB is often used. The differences between the two assays are subtle. The procedures used are essentially the same, but when considering neurotoxicology, the FOB is often conducted using GLP guidelines, with more animals being used per group, and doses that are low enough to determine a no effect level and high enough to induce marked nervous system behaviors. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons...
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