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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2023

Pharmacological Mechanism of the Non-hallucinogenic 5-HT

Michael J Cunningham, Hailey A Bock, Inis C Serrano, Benjamin Bechand, D J Vidyadhara, Emma M Bonniwell, David Lankri, Priscilla Duggan, Antonina L Nazarova, Andrew B Cao and 7 more

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Michael J CunninghamDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
Hailey A BockDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Inis C SerranoDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
Benjamin BechandDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
D J VidyadharaDepartment of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States.
Emma M BonniwellDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
David LankriDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
Priscilla DugganDepartment of Neuroscience, Barnard College, New York, New York 10027, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9728-282X
Antonina L NazarovaDepartment of Quantitative and Computational Biology, Department of Chemistry, Dornsife Center for New Technologies in Drug Discovery and Development, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.
Andrew B CaoDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Maggie M CalkinsDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Prashant KhirsariyaDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8570-1866
Christopher HwuDepartment of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.
Vsevolod KatritchDepartment of Quantitative and Computational Biology, Department of Chemistry, Dornsife Center for New Technologies in Drug Discovery and Development, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3883-4505
Sreeganga S ChandraDepartment of Neuroscience, Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, United States.
John D McCorvyDepartment of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, United States.
Dalibor SamesDepartment of Chemistry, and Zuckerman Institute of Mind, Brain, Behavior, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6911-2260
Columbia University · USMedical College of Wisconsin · USUniversity of Southern California · USYale University · USBarnard College · US

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of G protein-coupled Receptor Biased SignalingR35GM133421 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI John D McCorvy · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ariadne is a non-hallucinogenic analog in the phenylalkylamine chemical class of psychedelics that is closely related to an established synthetic hallucinogen, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-methyl-amphetamine (DOM), differing only by one methylene group in the α-position to the amine. Ariadne has been tested in humans including clinical trials at Bristol-Myers Company that indicate a lack of hallucinogenic effects and remarkable therapeutic effects, such as rapid remission of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenics, relaxation in catatonics, complete remission of symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), and improved cognition in geriatric subjects. Despite these provocative clinical results, the compound has been abandoned as a drug candidate and its molecular pharmacology remained unknown. Here, we report a detailed examination of the in vitro and in vivo pharmacology of Ariadne and its analogs, and propose a molecular hypothesis for the lack of hallucinogenic effects and the therapeutic potential of this compound class. We also provide a summary of previous clinical and preclinical results to contextualize the molecular signaling data. Our results show that Ariadne is a serotonin 5-HT

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PMID36521179
PMCPMC10147382
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