Piboserod

Piboserod
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-((1-Butyl-4-piperidyl)-methyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-(1,3)oxazino(3,2-a)indole-10-carboxamide
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status Clinical phase II
Routes Oral
Identifiers
CAS number 152811-62-6 Y
ATC code None
PubChem CID 177336
IUPHAR ligand 225
UNII 4UQ3S81B25 N
ChEMBL CHEMBL356359 N
Chemical data
Formula C22H31N3O2 
Mol. mass 369.50 g/mol
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Piboserod is a selective 5-HT4 receptor antagonist which was marketed and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) under the trade name Serlipet for the management of atrial fibrillation and irritable bowel syndrome. In 2007 the Norwegian company Bio-Medisinsk Innovasjon AS (BMI)[1] completed a clinical phase II study to investigate the effect of piboserod in patients with chronic heart failure.

Mechanism of action

In 2002 a research group at the University of Oslo discovered that muscles from the ventricle of failing hearts have increased responsiveness to serotonin.[2] They later demonstrated that the effect was due to an expression of functional 5-HT4 receptors in the failing muscle. On the basis of these findings, and in analogy with the success of betablockers in heart failure, the group made the hypothesis that 5-HT4 receptor antagonists could be useful to treat heart failure. Their hypothesis was tested in animal models of heart failure with positive results.[3]

References

  1. ^ Company web-page
  2. ^ Bratteli T. et al., Functional serotonin 5-HT4 receptors in porcine and human ventricular myocardium with increased 5-HT4 mRNA in heart failure. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol., 370:157-166, 2004
  3. ^ Birkeland JA. et al., Effects of treatment with a 5-HT4 receptor antagonist in heart failure. Br J Pharmacol. 2007 Jan;150(2):143-52. Epub 2006 Dec 11.