Deconstructing 14-phenylpropyloxymetopon: minimal requirements for binding to mu opioid receptors

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2012

This paper is the thirty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2012 that studied the behavioral effects of molecular, pharmacological and genetic manipulation of opioid peptides, opioid receptors, opioid agonists and opioid antagonists. The particular topics that continue to be covered include the molecular-biochemical effects and neurochemical localization studies of endogenous opioids and their receptors related to behavior (Section 2), and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia (Section 3); stress and social status (Section 4); tolerance and dependence (Section 5); learning and memory (Section 6); eating and drinking (Section 7); alcohol and drugs of abuse (Section 8); sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology (Section 9); mental illness and mood (Section 10); seizures and neurologic disorders (Section 11); electrical-related activity and neurophysiology (Section 12); general activity and locomotion (Section 13); gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions (Section 14); cardiovascular responses (Section 15); respiration and thermoregulation (Section 16); and immunological responses (Section 17).

Effect of ring-constrained phenylpropyloxyethylamines on sigma receptors

A series of ring-constrained phenylpropyloxyethylamines, partial opioid structure analogs and derivatives of a previously studied sigma (σ) receptor ligand, was synthesized and evaluated at σ and opioid receptors for receptor selectivity. The results of this study identified several compounds with nanomolar affinity at both σ receptor subtypes. Compounds 6 and 9 had the highest selectivity for both σ receptor subtypes, compared to μ opioid receptors. In addition, compounds 6 and 9 significantly reduced the convulsive effects of cocaine in mice, which would be consistent with antagonism of σ receptors.