3-Hydroxymorphinan

3-Hydroxymorphinan (3-HM), or morphinan-3-ol, is a psychoactive drug of the morphinan family.[1] It is the racemic counterpart to norlevorphanol.

3-Hydroxymorphinan
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Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability18%
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC16H21NO
Molar mass243.350 g·mol−1
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The dextrorotatory stereoisomer of the compound is an active metabolite of dextromethorphan, dextrorphan, and 3-methoxymorphinan,[2] and similarly to them has potent neuroprotective and neurotrophic effects on LTS- and MPTP-treated dopaminergic neurons of the nigrostriatal pathway,[3][4] but notably without producing any neuropsychotoxic side effects (e.g., dissociation or hallucinations) or having any anticonvulsant actions.[5][6] It does not seem to bind to the NMDA receptor,[6] and instead, its neuroprotective properties appear result from inhibition of glutamate release via the suppression of presynaptic voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry and protein kinase C activity.[7] In any case, as such, the compound has been investigated as a potential management of Parkinson's disease medication (antiparkinsonian agent). A prodrug, GCC1290K, has been developed on account of 3-HM's poor bioavailability (18%), and a New Drug Application has been approved for it by the United States Food and Drug Administration.[6] It is currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.[6] It does not have a Controlled Substances Act 1970 schedule, ACSCN, or annual aggregate manufacturing quota and may not necessarily be controlled, whilst norlevorphanol is; none of the dextrorotary derivatives of the dromoran and norlevorphanol sub-families of morphinan derivatives are controlled as they do not have opioid activity but the other racemic compounds are.[8]

3-HM's levorotatory stereoisomer, norlevorphanol, in contrast to (+)-3-HM, is an opioid analgesic.[9] It was never marketed as such however, probably due to a combination of the facts that norlevorphanol has low bioavailability and that its potency is diminished compared to its N-methylated analogue levorphanol.[10]

(+)-3-Hydroxymorphinan the Dextro isomer of 3-hydroxymorphinan. The Dextro form is metabolite of 3-methoxymorphinan which is metabolite of Dextromethorphan

References
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  3. Zhang W, Qin L, Wang T, et al. (March 2005). "3-hydroxymorphinan is neurotrophic to dopaminergic neurons and is also neuroprotective against LPS-induced neurotoxicity". The FASEB Journal. 19 (3): 395–7. doi:10.1096/fj.04-1586fje. PMID 15596482.
  4. Zhang W, Shin EJ, Wang T, et al. (December 2006). "3-Hydroxymorphinan, a metabolite of dextromethorphan, protects nigrostriatal pathway against MPTP-elicited damage both in vivo and in vitro" (PDF). The FASEB Journal. 20 (14): 2496–511. doi:10.1096/fj.06-6006com. PMID 17142799.
  5. Shin EJ, Lee PH, Kim HJ, Nabeshima T, Kim HC (January 2008). "Neuropsychotoxicity of abused drugs: potential of dextromethorphan and novel neuroprotective analogs of dextromethorphan with improved safety profiles in terms of abuse and neuroprotective effects". Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 106 (1): 22–7. doi:10.1254/jphs.fm0070177. PMID 18198471.
  6. Shin EJ, Bach JH, Lee SY, et al. (2011). "Neuropsychotoxic and neuroprotective potentials of dextromethorphan and its analogs". Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 116 (2): 137–48. doi:10.1254/jphs.11r02cr. PMID 21606622.
  7. Lin TY, Lu CW, Wang SJ (July 2009). "Inhibitory effect of glutamate release from rat cerebrocortical synaptosomes by dextromethorphan and its metabolite 3-hydroxymorphinan". Neurochemistry International. 54 (8): 526–34. doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2009.02.012. PMID 19428798.
  8. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/quotas/conv_factor/index.html
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