Medicine:LY-2365109

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LY-2365109 is a glycine reuptake inhibitor. It is able to inhibit the type 1 glycine transporter.[1] This inhibition increases extracellular levels of glycine. LY-2365109 has been shown to increase the seizure threshold in mice, meaning that this drug has potential as an anticonvulsant.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Jichun; Wu, Jin; Toyohara, Jun; Fujita, Yuko; Chen, Hongxian; Hashimoto, Kenji (2011). "Pharmacological characterization of [³HCHIBA-3007 binding to glycine transporter 1 in the rat brain"]. PLOS ONE 6 (6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021322. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 21731704. Bibcode: 2011PLoSO...621322Z. 
  2. ↑ Shen, Hai-Ying; van Vliet, Erwin A.; Bright, Kerry-Ann; Hanthorn, Marissa; Lytle, Nikki K.; Gorter, Jan; Aronica, Eleonora; Boison, Detlev (December 2015). "Glycine transporter 1 is a target for the treatment of epilepsy". Neuropharmacology 99: 554–565. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.08.031. ISSN 1873-7064. PMID 26302655.