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Table 2. Binding affinities of compounds 12a–i, 13, and 16 to human 5-HT7 and rat 5-HT1A receptorsa
Compound
Ar (A)
5-HT7 % Inhib.
10À6 M/10À8 M
Ki
(nM)c
5-HT1A % Inhib.
10À6 M/10À8 M
Ki
(nM)c
12a
12b
12c
12d
12e
12f
12g
12h
12i
13
2,6-DiMeOPh
2-MePh
100/50
81/72
69/23
93/73
70/18
52/9
8.6
7.6
18/3
85/1
4826
443
2-MeOPh
2,6-DiMePh
Ph
8.4
48/12
33/6
18/2
531
6.2
2250
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
1470
ND
NDb
ND
ND
ND
ND
7.5
4-MeOPh
3,4-DiMeOPh
2-Thienyl
3-Thienyl
2-MePh
37/0
52/12
63/6
38/0
75/12
87/12
92/71
9/0
64/20
37/0
14/7
16
2,6-DiMeOPh
ND
a 5-HT7 receptors and radioligand used in binding assays: human cloned receptors in sf9 cells, [3H]LSD, according to Refs. 4 and 5. Binding
experiments on 5-HT1A receptors were realized according to Hall et al.’s procedure.32
b Not determined.
c The Ki-values are means of three experiments.
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