nifedipine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2514

Synonyms: Adalat® | BAY-A-1040 | Procardia®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
nifedipine is an approved drug (FDA (1981))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: One of the dihydropyridine class of drugs.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 6
Topological polar surface area 107.77
Molecular weight 346.12
XLogP 3.31
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES COC(=O)C1=C(C)NC(=C(C1c1ccccc1[N+](=O)[O-])C(=O)OC)C
Isomeric SMILES COC(=O)C1=C(C)NC(=C(C1c1ccccc1[N+](=O)[O-])C(=O)OC)C
InChI InChI=1S/C17H18N2O6/c1-9-13(16(20)24-3)15(14(10(2)18-9)17(21)25-4)11-7-5-6-8-12(11)19(22)23/h5-8,15,18H,1-4H3
InChI Key HYIMSNHJOBLJNT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Enzymes Catalysing Reactions with this Compound as a Substrate or Product
Enzyme EC number Reaction Reference
CYP3A4 3
Selectivity at ion channels
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
Kv1.2 Rn Channel blocker Pore blocker 4.7 pKd - 2
pKd 4.7 (Kd 1.8x10-5 M) [2]
Kv1.5 Hs Channel blocker - 4.1 pKd - 2
pKd 4.1 [2]
Cav1.2 Rn Gating inhibitor Antagonist 8.1 – 8.7 pIC50 - 7-8
pIC50 8.1 – 8.7 (IC50 8.9x10-9 – 2x10-9 M) 100-fold difference for nifedipine on rat smooth (pIC50 8.5) versus cardiac (pIC50 6.5) cells in vitro (Perez-Vizcaino et al. 1993). [7-8]
Voltage: -40.0 mV
Description: guinea pig, human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
Cav1.3 Hs Gating inhibitor Antagonist 7.7 pIC50 - 9
pIC50 7.7 (IC50 2.01x10-8 M) [9]
Description: Recombinant Cav1.3 calcium channel complexes expressed in tsA-cells
Cav1.1 Rn Gating inhibitor Antagonist 6.3 pIC50 - 5
pIC50 6.3 [5]
Voltage: -90.0 mV
Cav1.4 Hs Gating inhibitor Antagonist 6.0 pIC50 - 6
pIC50 6.0 [6]
Voltage: -100.0 mV
glycine receptor α1 subunit Hs Antagonist Antagonist 5.5 pIC50 -
pIC50 5.5 (IC50 3.3x10-6 M)
glycine receptor β subunit Hs Antagonist Antagonist 4.9 – 5.9 pIC50 -
pIC50 5.9 (IC50 1.2x10-6 M) when co-expressed with the α1 subunit
pIC50 4.9 (IC50 1.14x10-5 M) when co-expressed with the α3 subunit
Kv1.7 Mm Channel blocker - 4.9 pIC50 - 4
pIC50 4.9 [4]
glycine receptor α3 subunit Hs Antagonist Antagonist 4.5 pIC50 -
pIC50 4.5 (IC50 2.92x10-5 M)
Kv1.1 Mm Channel blocker - 4.0 pIC50 - 2
pIC50 4.0 [2]
Kv3.1 Mm Channel blocker - 3.9 pIC50 - 2
pIC50 3.9 [2]
TRPM3 Hs Activator - - - -
Selectivity at nuclear hormone receptors
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
Pregnane X receptor Hs Agonist Agonist - - - 1
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