Pergolide

314.49

314.49

24MJ822NZ9

DTXSID2023438

N - Nervous system

44.3

4

Solid

1.1±0.1 g/cm3

207.5 °C

491.3±35.0 °C at 760 mmHg

250.9±25.9 °C

1.614

5.84e-04 g/L

177.9 Ų [M+H]+ [CCS Type: TW, Method: Major Mix IMS/Tof Calibration Kit (Waters)]

II

6.1

UN 1544 6.1/PG II

KE6344964

P201, P202, P264, P270, P281, P301+P310, P308+P313, P321, P330, P405, P501

H300

|Danger|H300 (100%): Fatal if swallowed [Danger Acute toxicity, oral]|P201, P202, P264, P270, P281, P301+P310, P308+P313, P321, P330, P405, and P501|The GHS information provided by 1 company from 1 notification to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Oral, rat LD50: 15 mg/kg. Symptoms of overdose include nausea, vomiting, convulsions, decreased blood pressure, and CNS stimulation.

Pergolide has been reported to cause serum aminotransferase elevations in a small proportion of patients, but these abnormalities are usually mild, asymptomatic and self-limiting even without dose adjustment. In addition, pergolide has been implicated in a small number of cases of clinically apparent, acute liver injury, but the frequency, severity, clinical characteristics and typical pattern of enzyme elevations have not been characterized. Thus, pergolide is may be a rare cause of clinically apparent liver injury.

90%

Indicated as adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in the management of the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease. It was withdrawn from the US and Canadian markets in 2007 due to an increased risk of cardiac valvulopathy.|FDA Label

Pergolide is an oral dopamine receptor agonist used predominantly in the therapy of Parkinson disease. Pergolide therapy is associated with low rate of transient serum enzyme elevations during treatment and has been implicated in rare cases of acute liver injury.

Antiparkinson Agents

Pergolide stimulates centrally-located dopaminergic receptors resulting in a number of pharmacologic effects. Five dopamine receptor types from two dopaminergic subfamilies have been identified. The dopaminergic D1 receptor subfamily consists of D₁ and D₅ subreceptors and are associated with dyskinesias. The dopaminergic D2 receptor subfamily consists of D₂, D₃ and D₄ subreceptors and has been associated with improvement of symptoms of movement disorders. Thus, agonist activity specific for D2 subfamily receptors, primarily D₂ and D₃ receptor subtypes, are the primary targets of dopaminergic antiparkinsonian agents. It is thought that postsynaptic D2 stimulation is primarily responsible for the antiparkinsonian effect of dopamine agonists, while presynaptic D2 stimulation confers neuroprotective effects. This semisynthetic ergot derivative exhibits potent agonist activity on dopamine D₂- and D₃-receptors. It also exhibits agonist activity on dopamine D₄, D₁, and D₅, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)_1A, 5-HT_1B, 5-HT_1D, 5-HT_2A, 5-HT_2B, 5-HT_2C, α_2A-, α_2B-, α_2C-, α_1A-, α_1B-, and α_1D-adrenergic receptors. Parkinsonian Syndrome manifests when approximately 80% of dopaminergic activity in the nigrostriatal pathway of the brain is lost. As this striatum is involved in modulating the intensity of coordinated muscle activity (e.g. movement, balance, walking), loss of activity may result in dystonia (acute muscle contraction), Parkinsonism (including symptoms of bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and flattened affect), akathesia (inner restlessness), tardive dyskinesia (involuntary muscle movements usually associated with long-term loss of dopaminergic activity), and neuroleptic malignant syndrome, which manifests when complete blockage of nigrostriatal dopamine occurs. High dopaminergic activity in the mesolimbic pathway of the brain causes hallucinations and delusions; these side effects of dopamine agonists are manifestations seen in patients with schizophrenia who have overractivity in this area of the brain. The hallucinogenic side effects of dopamine agonists may also be due to 5-HT_2A agonism. The tuberoinfundibular pathway of the brain originates in the hypothalamus and terminates in the pituitary gland. In this pathway, dopamine inhibits lactotrophs in anterior pituitary from secreting prolactin. Increased dopaminergic activity in the tuberoinfundibular pathway inhibits prolactin secretion. Pergolide also causes transient increases in somatotropin (growth hormone) secretion and decreases in luteinizing hormone (LH) concentrations.

Drugs that bind to and activate dopamine receptors. (See all compounds classified as Dopamine Agonists.)

Significant amount may be absorbed (evidence on bioavailability still lacking).|The major route of excretion is the kidney.

Extensively hepatic.

27 hours

The dopamine D₂ receptor is a 7-transmembrane G-protein coupled receptor associated with G_i proteins. In lactotrophs, stimulation of dopamine D₂ receptor causes inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, which decreases intracellular cAMP concentrations and blocks IP3-dependent release of Ca²⁺ from intracellular stores. Decreases in intracellular calcium levels may also be brought about via inhibition of calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels, rather than via inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. Additionally, receptor activation blocks phosphorylation of p42/p44 MAPK and decreases MAPK/ERK kinase phosphorylation. Inhibition of MAPK appears to be mediated by c-Raf and B-Raf-dependent inhibition of MAPK/ERK kinase. Dopamine-stimulated growth hormone release from the pituitary gland is mediated by a decrease in intracellular calcium influx through voltage-gated calcium channels rather than via adenylyl cyclase inhibition. Stimulation of dopamine D₂ receptors in the nigrostriatal pathway leads to improvements in coordinated muscle activity in those with movement disorders.

Celance

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