Synonyms: benztropine | benztropine mesylate | Cogentin®
benzatropine is an approved drug (FDA (1954))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Benzatropine (benztropine) is an anticholinergic drug. PubChem CID 1201549 represents an alternative isomer of this compound.
Benzatropine is reported as an inhibitor of the neutral amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19) [1], a recently identified molecular target for treatment of type 2 diabetes and related disorders [2]. Note that the mesylate salt was used in the experiments reported in [1]. B0AT1 has been identified as a potential ancillary protein for SARS-CoV-2 entry into host cells. Benzatropine was reported to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro [4]. ![]() Ligand Activity Visualisation ChartsThese are box plot that provide a unique visualisation, summarising all the activity data for a ligand taken from ChEMBL and GtoPdb across multiple targets and species. Click on a plot to see the median, interquartile range, low and high data points. A value of zero indicates that no data are available. A separate chart is created for each target, and where possible the algorithm tries to merge ChEMBL and GtoPdb targets by matching them on name and UniProt accession, for each available species. However, please note that inconsistency in naming of targets may lead to data for the same target being reported across multiple charts. ✖ |
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References |
1. Cheng Q, Shah N, Bröer A, Fairweather S, Jiang Y, Schmoll D, Corry B, Bröer S. (2017)
Identification of novel inhibitors of the amino acid transporter B0 AT1 (SLC6A19), a potential target to induce protein restriction and to treat type 2 diabetes. Br J Pharmacol, 174 (6): 468-482. [PMID:28176326] |
2. Jiang Y, Rose AJ, Sijmonsma TP, Bröer A, Pfenninger A, Herzig S, Schmoll D, Bröer S. (2015)
Mice lacking neutral amino acid transporter B(0)AT1 (Slc6a19) have elevated levels of FGF21 and GLP-1 and improved glycaemic control. Mol Metab, 4 (5): 406-17. [PMID:25973388] |
3. Newman AH, Kline RH, Allen AC, Izenwasser S, George C, Katz JL. (1995)
Novel 4'-substituted and 4',4"-disubstituted 3 alpha-(diphenylmethoxy)tropane analogs as potent and selective dopamine uptake inhibitors. J Med Chem, 38 (20): 3933-40. [PMID:7562926] |
4. Williams TL, Colzani MT, Macrae RGC, Robinson EL, Bloor S, Greenwood EJD, Zhan JR, Strachan G, Kuc RE, Nyimanu D et al.. (2021)
Human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte platform screens inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Commun Biol, 4 (1): 926. [PMID:34326460] |