maprotiline   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2402

Synonyms: maprotiline hydrochloride
Approved drug
maprotiline is an approved drug (FDA (1980))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Maprotiline is a tetracyclic antidepressants (TeCA).
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 1
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 4
Topological polar surface area 12.03
Molecular weight 277.18
XLogP 5.06
No. Lipinski's rules broken 1
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CNCCCC12CCC(c3c1cccc3)c1c2cccc1
Isomeric SMILES CNCCCC12CCC(c3c1cccc3)c1c2cccc1
InChI InChI=1S/C20H23N/c1-21-14-6-12-20-13-11-15(16-7-2-4-9-18(16)20)17-8-3-5-10-19(17)20/h2-5,7-10,15,21H,6,11-14H2,1H3
InChI Key QSLMDECMDJKHMQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Bioactivity Comments
Maproltiline is one of a number of drugs that are cationic amphiphilic in nature, for which anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity has been identified in drug repurposing screens. Tummino et al. (2021; bioRxiv preprint PMID: 33791693 target="_blank") suggest that this antiviral activity is most likely a result of the drug promoting phospholipidosis via disruption of lipid homeostasis.
Selectivity at ion channels
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
TRPM3 Hs Channel blocker - 5.8 pIC50 - 3
pIC50 5.8 [3]
Kir3.2 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 4.0 pIC50 - 2
pIC50 4.0 [2]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Kir3.4 Mm Channel blocker Antagonist 3.5 pIC50 - 2
pIC50 3.5 [2]
Voltage: -70.0 mV
Selectivity at transporters
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
NET Primary target of this compound Hs Inhibitor Inhibition 7.9 pKi - 1
pKi 7.9 (Ki 1.2x10-8 M) [1]