BIIE-0246 is a drug used in scientific research which acts as a potent and selective antagonist for the Neuropeptide Y receptor Y2.[1] It was one of the first non-peptide Y2-selective antagonists developed, and remains among the most widely used tools for studying this receptor. It has been used to demonstrate a role for the Y2 subtype as a presynaptic autoreceptor limiting further neuropeptide Y release,[2][3] as well as modulating dopamine[4] and acetylcholine release.[5] It has also been shown to produce several behavioural effects in animals, including reducing alcohol consumption in addicted rats[6][7] and anxiolytic effects,[8] although while selective Y2 agonists are expected to be useful as anorectics,[9][10] BIIE-0246 did not appear to increase appetite when administered alone.[11]
^Doods H, Gaida W, Wieland HA, Dollinger H, Schnorrenberg G, Esser F, Engel W, Eberlein W, Rudolf K (November 1999). "BIIE0246: a selective and high affinity neuropeptide Y Y(2) receptor antagonist". European Journal of Pharmacology. 384 (2–3): R3–5. doi:10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00650-0. PMID10611450.
^King PJ, Williams G, Doods H, Widdowson PS (May 2000). "Effect of a selective neuropeptide Y Y(2) receptor antagonist, BIIE0246 on neuropeptide Y release". European Journal of Pharmacology. 396 (1): R1–3. doi:10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00230-2. PMID10822055.
^Malmström RE, Lundberg JO, Weitzberg E (March 2002). "Autoinhibitory function of the sympathetic prejunctional neuropeptide Y Y(2) receptor evidenced by BIIE0246". European Journal of Pharmacology. 439 (1–3): 113–9. doi:10.1016/S0014-2999(02)01371-7. PMID11937100.
^Adewale AS, Macarthur H, Westfall TC (May 2007). "Neuropeptide Y-induced enhancement of the evoked release of newly synthesized dopamine in rat striatum: mediation by Y2 receptors". Neuropharmacology. 52 (6): 1396–402. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.01.018. PMID17382974.
^Herring N, Lokale MN, Danson EJ, Heaton DA, Paterson DJ (March 2008). "Neuropeptide Y reduces acetylcholine release and vagal bradycardia via a Y2 receptor-mediated, protein kinase C-dependent pathway". Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 44 (3): 477–85. doi:10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.10.001. PMID17996892.
^Rimondini R, Thorsell A, Heilig M (February 2005). "Suppression of ethanol self-administration by the neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 receptor antagonist BIIE0246: evidence for sensitization in rats with a history of dependence". Neuroscience Letters. 375 (2): 129–33. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2004.10.084. PMID15670655.
^Bacchi F, Mathé AA, Jiménez P, Stasi L, Arban R, Gerrard P, Caberlotto L (December 2006). "Anxiolytic-like effect of the selective neuropeptide Y Y2 receptor antagonist BIIE0246 in the elevated plus-maze". Peptides. 27 (12): 3202–7. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2006.07.020. PMID16959374.
^Félétou M, Levens NR (October 2005). "Neuropeptide Y2 receptors as drug targets for the central regulation of body weight". Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs. 6 (10): 1002–11. PMID16259221.
^Scott V, Kimura N, Stark JA, Luckman SM (July 2005). "Intravenous peptide YY3-36 and Y2 receptor antagonism in the rat: effects on feeding behaviour". Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 17 (7): 452–7. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01330.x. PMID15946163.