Synonyms: A-793394 | A793394 | NS-6740
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: NS6740 (A-582941) is described as a silent agonist (or metagonist) of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (CHRNA7; nAChR, a ligand-gated ion channel) [1]. This means that it binds to the receptor but has no intrinsic agonist activity (and may induce conformational change to a non-conducting state), but it does increase receptor sensitivity to positive allosteric modulators (PAMs). The α7 nAChR; is a promising drug target inflammatory diseases and neurological disorders (e.g. chronic and neuropathic) pain. NS6740 can be used to explore the most suitable mechanistic approach by which to achive clinical benefit from modulating the α7 nAChR [2].
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