Prucalopride (succinate)

Prucalopride succinate is an orally active, selective and specific 5-HT 4 receptor agonist (high affinity), with pKis of 8.6 and 8.1 for human 5-HT4a/4b receptors, respectively. Prucalopride succinate improves intestinal motility by promoting regeneration of the intestinal nervous system in rats. Prucalopride succinate also shows anticancer activity by blocking of the PI3K/AKT/mTor signaling pathway. Prucalopride succinate can be used in studies of chronic constipation, pseudo-intestinal obstruction and cancer[1][2][3][4].

[1]Briejer MR, et al. The in vitro pharmacological profile of prucalopride, a novel enterokinetic compound. Eur J Pharmacol. 2001 Jun 29;423(1):71-83.|[2]Johnson DE, et al. The 5-hydroxytryptamine4 receptor agonists prucalopride and PRX-03140 increase acetylcholine and histamine levels in the rat prefrontal cortex and the power of stimulated hippocampal θ oscillations. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012 Jun;341(3):681-91.|[3]Wang Y, et al. Prucalopride might improve intestinal motility by promoting the regeneration of the enteric nervous system in diabetic rats. Int J Mol Med. 2022 Jul;50(1):87.|[4]Chen M, et al. Prucalopride inhibits lung cancer cell proliferation, invasion, and migration through blocking of the PI3K/AKT/mTor signaling pathway. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2020 Feb;39(2):173-181.