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Other names | 5-(Piperidin-4-yl)isothiazol-3-ol |
Drug class | GABAA receptor weak partial agonist or antagonist |
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Formula | C8H12N2OS |
Molar mass | 184.26 g·mol−1 |
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Thio-4-PIOL, also known as 5-(piperidin-4-yl)isothiazol-3-ol, is a GABAA receptor weak partial agonist or antagonist related to 4-PIOL. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The drug acts as a weak partial agonist or antagonist of the GABAA receptor, with varying efficacy depending on the receptor complex's specific subunit composition. [1] [4] It shows Emax values of up to approximately 30% at α5β3γ2S, α4β3δ, and α6β3δ GABAA receptors, 4 to 12% at α5β2γ2S, α4β2δ, and α6β2δ GABAA receptors, and 0 to 4% at α1β3γ2S, α1β2γ2S, α2β2γ2S, α2β3γ2S, α3β2γ2S, and α3β3γ2S GABAA receptors. [1] [4] Thio-4-PIOL shows greater efficacy at extrasynaptic GABAA receptors than at synaptic receptors. [5] [1] [4] It produces effects in animals including hypolocomotion and hyperlocomotion (dependent on dose), anxiogenic effects, pronociceptive effects, impaired spatial learning, and seizures. [4]
Thio-4-PIOL was first described in the scientific literature by 1997. [6] [7] The drug is unlikely to be a candidate for a therapeutic drug due to its undesirable effects, but may be useful in scientific research. [4] It is one of the only GABAA receptor agonists to have been comprehensively evaluated in terms of functional activities. [4]
As with THIP, 4-PIOL and its analogues show differences in activity at synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors with thio-4-PIOL showing partial agonist responses up to 30 % of GABA on extrasynaptic receptors with little partial agonist response (0-4 % of GABA) at synaptic receptors [48].