![]() | |
Legal status | |
---|---|
Legal status |
|
Identifiers | |
| |
CAS Number | |
PubChem CID | |
IUPHAR/BPS | |
ChemSpider | |
UNII | |
ChEBI | |
ChEMBL | |
CompTox Dashboard (EPA) | |
Chemical and physical data | |
Formula | C27H26N2O3 |
Molar mass | 426.516 g·mol−1 |
3D model (JSmol) | |
| |
| |
![]() ![]() |
WIN 55,212-2 is a chemical described as an aminoalkylindole derivative, which produces effects similar to those of cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) but has an entirely different chemical structure. [3] [4] [5]
WIN 55,212-2 is a potent cannabinoid receptor agonist [6] that has been found to be a potent analgesic [7] in a rat model of neuropathic pain. [8] It activates p42 and p44 MAP kinase via receptor-mediated signaling. [9]
At 5 μM WIN 55,212-2 inhibits ATP production in sperm in a CB1 receptor-dependent fashion. [10]
WIN 55,212-2, along with HU-210 and JWH-133, may prevent the inflammation caused by amyloid beta proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease, in addition to preventing cognitive impairment and loss of neuronal markers. This anti-inflammatory action is induced through agonist action at cannabinoid receptors, which prevents microglial activation that elicits the inflammation.
WIN 55,212-2 is a full agonist at the CB1 cannabinoid receptor (Ki = 1.9 nM) and has much higher affinity than THC (Ki = 41 nM) for this receptor. [11] WIN 55,212-2 is also an agonist of the PPARα and PPARγ nuclear receptors. [12]
WIN 55,212-2 reduces voluntary wheel running in laboratory mice, but with effects that depend on both genetic background and sex. [13]
In the United States, all CB1 receptor agonists of the 3-(1-naphthoyl)indole class such as WIN 55,212-2 are Schedule I Controlled Substances. [14] WIN 55,212-2 is illegal in the UK. [15]
WIN 55,212-2 is also a CB2 receptor agonist and thereby, like other cannabinoid CB2 agonists, found to significantly improve cardiac recovery after ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) in the hearts of diabetic fatty rats, by restoring coronary perfusion pressure and heart rate to pre-ischaemic levels, by the restoration of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)/endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) cardiac equilibrium. [16] [17]