NS-11394

NS-11394

Systematic (IUPAC) name
2-(3-[5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)benzimidazol-1-yl]phenyl)benzonitrile
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status	?
Identifiers
CAS number	951650-22-9 Y
ATC code	?
PubChem	CID 16747643
Chemical data
Formula	C23H19N3O
Mol. mass	353.416 g/mol
SMILES	eMolecules & PubChem
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NS-11394 is a drug which acts as a subtype-selective positive allosteric modulator at GABA_A receptors, with selectivity for the α₃ and α₅ subtypes.^[1][2] It has been researched as an analgesic for use in chronic or neuropathic pain.^[3]

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 [3'-[5-(1-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl)-benzoimidazol-1-yl]-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. 
2. ^ Mirza NR, Larsen JS, Mathiasen C, Jacobsen TA, Munro G, Erichsen HK, Nielsen AN, Troelsen KB, Nielsen EØ, Ahring PK (December 2008). "NS11394 [3'-[5-(1-hydroxy-1-methyl-ethyl)-benzoimidazol-1-yl]-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. 
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.