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5' Guanidinonaltrindole

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PubChem CID
  
6604846

ChemSpider
  
21259050

Formula
  
C27H29N5O3

IUPHAR/BPS
  
1669

ChEMBL
  
CHEMBL330427

Molar mass
  
471.55 g/mol

5'-Guanidinonaltrindole

Synonyms
  
5'-Guanidinonaltrindole, GNTI

5'-Guanidinonaltrindole (5'-GNTI) is an opioid antagonist used in scientific research which is highly selective for the κ opioid receptor. It is 5x more potent and 500 times more selective than the commonly used κ-opioid antagonist norbinaltorphimine. It has a slow onset and long duration of action, and produces antidepressant effects in animal studies. It also increases allodynia by interfering with the action of the κ-opioid peptide dynorphin.

In addition to activity at the KOR, 5'-GNTI has been found to act as a positive allosteric modulator of the α1A-adrenergic receptor (EC50 = 41 nM), and this may contribute to its "severe transient effects".

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5'-Guanidinonaltrindole Wikipedia