BW373U86 je selektivni agonistδ-opioidnogreceptora, sa aproksimativno 15x većim afinitetom za δ-opioidni nego za μ-opioidni receptor.[5] On se pokazao kao potentan analgetik[6] i antidepresant u životinjskim studijama,[7] koji inicira oslobađanje neuronskog faktora rasta BDNF,[8][9] ali je njegova upotrebljivost ograničena usled stvaranja konvulzija na visokim dozama,[10][11] mada su ti efekti umanjeni kad se dozira zajedno sa μ-opioidnim agonistima.[12] Još jedna prednost kombinovanja je da BW373U86 poništava respiratornu depresiju proizvedenu μ-opioidnim agonistima, bez vršenja uticaja na umanjenje bola.[13]
Jedno dodatno svojstvo BW373U86 je da zaštićuje ćelije mišića srca u ishemijskim uslovima (kiseonična deprivacija, kao što je to slučaj kod srčanog udara). Mehanizam za to je kompleksan i možda nije vezan sa delta agonistnim efektima.[14][15][16]
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↑Chang KJ, Rigdon GC, Howard JL, McNutt RW (November 1993). „A novel, potent and selective nonpeptidic delta opioid receptor agonist BW373U86”. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics267 (2): 852–7. PMID8246159.
↑Broom D. C., Nitsche JF, Pintar JE, Rice KC, Woods JH, Traynor JR (November 2002). „Comparison of Receptor Mechanisms and Efficacy Requirements for delta -Agonist-Induced Convulsive Activity and Antinociception in Mice”. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics303 (2): 723–729. DOI:10.1124/jpet.102.036525. PMID12388657.
↑Broom D, Jutkiewicz EM, Folk JE, Traynor JR, Rice KC, Woods JH (June 2002). „Nonpeptidic δ-opioid Receptor Agonists Reduce Immobility in the Forced Swim Assay in Rats”. Neuropsychopharmacology26 (6): 744–755. DOI:10.1016/S0893-133X(01)00413-4. PMID12007745.
↑Torregrossa Mary M, Isgor Ceylan, Folk John E, Rice Kenner C, Watson Stanley J, Woods James H (April 2004). „The δ-Opioid Receptor Agonist (+)BW373U86 Regulates BDNF mRNA Expression in Rats”. Neuropsychopharmacology29 (4): 649–659. DOI:10.1038/sj.npp.1300345. PMID14647482.
↑Comer SD, Hoenicke EM, Sable AI, McNutt RW, Chang KJ, De Costa BR, Mosberg HI, Woods JH (November 1993). „Convulsive effects of systemic administration of the delta opioid agonist BW373U86 in mice”. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics267 (2): 888–95. PMID8246164.
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↑Gross E. R., Hsu A. K., Gross G. J. (July 2007). „GSK3β inhibition and KATP channel opening mediate acute opioid-induced cardioprotection at reperfusion”. Basic Research in Cardiology102 (4): 341–349. DOI:10.1007/s00395-007-0651-6. PMID17450314.