Anxiolytic cyclopyrrolones zopiclone and suriclone bind to a novel site linked allosterically to benzodiazepine receptors
Trifiletti, R.R.; Snyder, S.H.
Molecular Pharmacology 26(3): 458-469
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-895X PMID: 6092896 Document Number: 232298
The interactions of zopiclone and suriclone, representatives of nonbenzodiazepine cyclopyrrolone anxiolytics, with central-type benzodiazepine receptors were characterized in rat and bovine brain. While zopiclone potently (IC50 suriclone labels a site on the benzodiazepine receptor complex allosteric to the recognition site for benzodiazepines. A model is proposed to describe the interaction between benzodiazepines and cyclopyrrolones.