NS-11394

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NS-11394
Identifiers
  • 2-(3-phenyl)benzonitrile
CAS Number
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H19N3O
Molar mass353.425 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • N#Cc2ccccc2-c(ccc3)cc3-n1cnc(c4)c1ccc4C(C)(C)O
  • InChI=1S/C23H19N3O/c1-23(2,27)18-10-11-22-21(13-18)25-15-26(22)19-8-5-7-16(12-19)20-9-4-3-6-17(20)14-24/h3-13,15,27H,1-2H3 ☒N
  • Key:HLKYSQGBIIIQJN-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
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NS-11394 is a drug which acts as a subtype-selective positive allosteric modulator at GABAA receptors, with selectivity for the α3 and α5 subtypes. It has been researched as an analgesic for use in chronic or neuropathic pain.

References

  1. ^ Munro G, Lopez-Garcia JA, Rivera-Arconada I, Erichsen HK, Nielsen EØ, Larsen JS, Ahring PK, Mirza NR (December 2008). "Comparison of the novel subtype-selective GABAA receptor-positive allosteric modulator NS11394 -biphenyl-2-carbonitrile] with diazepam, zolpidem, bretazenil, and gaboxadol in rat models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327 (3): 969–81. doi:10.1124/jpet.108.144568. PMID 18791060. S2CID 36490884.
  2. ^ Mirza NR, Larsen JS, Mathiasen C, Jacobsen TA, Munro G, Erichsen HK, Nielsen AN, Troelsen KB, Nielsen EØ, Ahring PK (December 2008). "NS11394 -biphenyl-2-carbonitrile], a unique subtype-selective GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulator: in vitro actions, pharmacokinetic properties and in vivo anxiolytic efficacy". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327 (3): 954–68. doi:10.1124/jpet.108.138859. PMID 18791063. S2CID 206499795.
  3. ^ Munro G, Ahring PK, Mirza NR (September 2009). "Developing analgesics by enhancing spinal inhibition after injury: GABAA receptor subtypes as novel targets". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 30 (9): 453–9. doi:10.1016/j.tips.2009.06.004. PMID 19729210.