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Choi TLS, Lau MY, Wong JKY, Wan TSM, Ho ENM. Identification of the dermorphin tetrapeptide [Dmt 1 ]-DALDA in a seized unlabelled vial and its first detection in horse urine: A case report. Drug Test Anal 2024; 16:268-276. [PMID: 37408356 DOI: 10.1002/dta.3536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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- Timmy L S Choi
- Racing Laboratory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China
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- Racing Laboratory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China
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- Racing Laboratory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China
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- Racing Laboratory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China
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- Racing Laboratory, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Sha Tin Racecourse, Hong Kong, China
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Han Z, Jin G, Tang J, Wang H, Guo D, Zhang J. Analgesic tolerance and cross-tolerance to the bifunctional opioid/neuropeptide FF receptors agonist EN-9 and μ-opioid receptor ligands at the supraspinal level in mice. Neuropeptides 2023; 97:102309. [PMID: 36410163 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2022.102309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The chimeric peptide EN-9 was reported as a κ-opioid/neuropeptide FF receptors bifunctional agonist that modulated chronic pain with no tolerance. Many lines of evidence have shown that the effect of the κ-opioid receptor is mediated by not only its specific activation but also downstream events participation, especially interaction with the μ-opioid receptor pathway in antinociception and tolerance on most occasions. The present study investigated the acute and chronic cross-tolerance of EN-9 with μ-opioid receptor agonist EM-2, DAMGO, and morphine after intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v) injection in the mouse tail-flick test. In the acute tolerance test, EN-9 showed symmetrical acute cross-tolerance to DAMGO but no cross-tolerance to EM2. In the chronic tolerance test, EN-9 had no tolerance after eight days of repeated administration. However, EN-9 illustrated complete cross-tolerance to morphine and symmetrical cross-tolerance to EM2. In addition, inhibition of NPFF receptor could induce the tolerance development of EN-9. These findings indicated that supraspinal EN-9-induced antinociception contains additional components, which are mediated by the downstream μ-opioid receptor pathway both in acute and chronic treatment, whereas the subtypes of μ-opioid receptor or NPFF system pathway involved in antinociceptive effects induced by EN-9 are complex. Identifying the receptor mechanism could help design preferable bifunctional opioid compounds.
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- Zhenglan Han
- Institute of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China
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- Nanchong Key Laboratory of Metabolic Drugs and Biological Products, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China
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- Nanchong Key Laboratory of Metabolic Drugs and Biological Products, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China
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- Institute of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China
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- Institute of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China
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- Institute of Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, 55 Dongshun Road, Nanchong 637100, PR China.
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Xu J, Shamul JG, Kwizera EA, He X. Recent Advancements in Mitochondria-Targeted Nanoparticle Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12050743. [PMID: 35269231 PMCID: PMC8911864 DOI: 10.3390/nano12050743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Mitochondria are critical subcellular organelles that produce most of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as the energy source for most eukaryotic cells. Moreover, recent findings show that mitochondria are not only the "powerhouse" inside cells, but also excellent targets for inducing cell death via apoptosis that is mitochondria-centered. For several decades, cancer nanotherapeutics have been designed to specifically target mitochondria with several targeting moieties, and cause mitochondrial dysfunction via photodynamic, photothermal, or/and chemo therapies. These strategies have been shown to augment the killing of cancer cells in a tumor while reducing damage to its surrounding healthy tissues. Furthermore, mitochondria-targeting nanotechnologies have been demonstrated to be highly efficacious compared to non-mitochondria-targeting platforms both in vitro and in vivo for cancer therapies. Moreover, mitochondria-targeting nanotechnologies have been intelligently designed and tailored to the hypoxic and slightly acidic tumor microenvironment for improved cancer therapies. Collectively, mitochondria-targeting may be a promising strategy for the engineering of nanoparticles for drug delivery to combat cancer.
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- Jiangsheng Xu
- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; (J.X.); (J.G.S.); (E.A.K.)
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; (J.X.); (J.G.S.); (E.A.K.)
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; (J.X.); (J.G.S.); (E.A.K.)
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; (J.X.); (J.G.S.); (E.A.K.)
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Correspondence:
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He K, Zhu F, Li H, Tang J, Zhang X. An Efficient and Highly Asymmetric Synthesis of (S)-2’,6’-Dimethyltyrosine. ORG PREP PROCED INT 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00304948.2020.1798729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Kailun He
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Zhejiang Apeloa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Lever JR, Fergason-Cantrell EA, Carmack TL, Watkinson LD, Gallazzi F. Design, synthesis and evaluation of 111In labeled DOTA-conjugated tetrapeptides having high affinity and selectivity for mu opioid receptors. Nucl Med Biol 2019; 70:53-66. [PMID: 30933866 DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Peripheral mu (μ) opioid receptors are implicated in pain, bowel dysfunction and the progression of certain cancers. In an effort to identify radioligands well suited for imaging these peripheral sites, we have prepared and evaluated four hydrophilic 111In labeled DOTA (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) conjugated μ tetrapeptides. METHODS Peptides were prepared by solid-phase techniques, using orthogonal strategies to achieve branching to DOTA, and then characterized by HPLC, mass spectroscopy and amino acid analysis. Scaffolds included novel peptide H-Dmt-D-Ala-Phe-Orn-NH2 (DAPO), where Dmt = 2',6'-dimethyltyrosine, and known peptide H-Dmt-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2 ([Dmt1]DALDA). Constructs had DOTA conjugation at the Orn4 or Lys4 side chains, or to the C-terminal through a hexanoic acid-lysine linker. Indium(III) complexation and 111In radiolabeling were accomplished by standard methods. Protein binding and Log D7.4 were determined. Binding and pharmacological profiles were obtained in vitro. Biodistribution and radiometabolite studies were conducted using male CD-1 mice. RESULTS All four indium(III)-DOTA conjugates derived from DAPO and [Dmt1]DALDA showed good selectivity and subnanomolar affinity for μ opioid receptors. One radioligand, H-Dmt-D-Ala-Phe-Orn(δ-[111In]In-DOTA)-NH2, showed 25% specific binding in vivo to μ sites in mouse gut. Notably, this was the least polar of the series, and also showed low sensitivity to modulation of binding by sodium ions. All radioligands showed high kidney uptake of radiometabolites. CONCLUSIONS Visualizing peripheral μ opioid receptors using 111In labeled DOTA-conjugated tetrapeptides appears feasible, but structural modifications to enhance specific binding and metabolic stability, as well as to reduce kidney uptake, will be required. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE This study shows in vivo labeling of peripheral μ opioid receptors by a tetrapeptide radioligand, and provides information that should prove useful in the design of peptide radioligands having optimal properties.
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- John R Lever
- Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA; Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA; Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Molecular Interaction Core, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Martin C, Dumitrascuta M, Mannes M, Lantero A, Bucher D, Walker K, Van Wanseele Y, Oyen E, Hernot S, Van Eeckhaut A, Madder A, Hoogenboom R, Spetea M, Ballet S. Biodegradable Amphipathic Peptide Hydrogels as Extended-Release System for Opioid Peptides. J Med Chem 2018; 61:9784-9789. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Charlotte Martin
- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels B-1050, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels B-1050, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Drug Information, Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels B-1050, Belgium
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- In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Drug Information, Center for Neurosciences (C4N), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Organic and Biomimetic Chemistry Research Group, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Supramolecular Chemistry Group, Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC), Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy and Center for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels B-1050, Belgium
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Filip A, Nagy EZA, Tork SD, Bánóczi G, Toşa MI, Irimie FD, Poppe L, Paizs C, Bencze LC. Tailored Mutants of Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase from Petroselinum crispum for the Synthesis of Bulky l- and d-Arylalanines. ChemCatChem 2018; 10:2627-2633. [PMID: 30069247 PMCID: PMC6055856 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 03/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Tailored mutants of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase from Petroselinum crispum (PcPAL) were created and tested in ammonia elimination from various sterically demanding, non-natural analogues of phenylalanine and in ammonia addition reactions into the corresponding (E)-arylacrylates. The wild-type PcPAL was inert or exhibited quite poor conversions in both reactions with all members of the substrate panel. Appropriate single mutations of residue F137 and the highly conserved residue I460 resulted in PcPAL variants that were active in ammonia elimination but still had a poor activity in ammonia addition onto bulky substrates. However, combined mutations that involve I460 besides the well-studied F137 led to mutants that exhibited activity in ammonia addition as well. The synergistic multiple mutations resulted in substantial substrate scope extension of PcPAL and opened up new biocatalytic routes for the synthesis of both enantiomers of valuable phenylalanine analogues, such as (4-methoxyphenyl)-, (napthalen-2-yl)-, ([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-, (4'-fluoro-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-, and (5-phenylthiophene-2-yl)alanines.
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- Alina Filip
- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
- Department of Organic Chemistry and TechnologyBudapest University of Technology and EconomicsMűegyetem rkp. 31111BudapestHungary
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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- Biocatalysis and Biotransformation Research CentreFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringBabeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-NapocaArany János Str. 11400028Cluj-NapocaRomania
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Weltrowska G, Nguyen TMD, Chung NN, Wilkes BC, Schiller PW. Equipotent enantiomers of cyclic opioid peptides at μ opioid receptor. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2018; 111. [PMID: 30801053 DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Head-to-tail cyclized analogues of the μ opioid receptor (MOR) agonist tetrapeptides DALDA (H-Tyr-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2 and [Dmt1]DALDA (H-Dmt-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2; Dmt = 2',6'-dimethyltyrosine) and their enantiomers (mirror-image isomers) were synthesized and pharmacologically characterized in vitro. Three pairs of enantiomeric cyclic peptides with both mirror-image isomers having equipotent MOR binding affinities but different binding affinities at the δ and κ opioid receptors were identified. The cyclic peptide enantiomers c[-D-Arg-Phe-Lys-Tyr-] (1) and c[-Arg-D-Phe-D-Lys-D-Tyr-] (2) showed nearly identical MOR binding affinity (1 - 2 nM) and equipotent MOR antagonist activity. The results of a MOR docking study indicated a very similar binding mode of the two enantiomers with nearly complete spatial overlap of the peptide ring structures and side chain interactions with the same MOR residues. Compounds 1 and 2 represent the first pair of enantiomeric G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ligands having multiple chiral centers, with both optical antipodes showing equal, low nanomolar receptor binding affinity.
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- Grazyna Weltrowska
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Montreal Clinical Research Institute, 110 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Montreal Clinical Research Institute, 110 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Montreal Clinical Research Institute, 110 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Montreal Clinical Research Institute, 110 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Montreal Clinical Research Institute, 110 Pine Ave. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7.,Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Zielonka J, Sikora A, Hardy M, Ouari O, Vasquez-Vivar J, Cheng G, Lopez M, Kalyanaraman B. Mitochondria-Targeted Triphenylphosphonium-Based Compounds: Syntheses, Mechanisms of Action, and Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications. Chem Rev 2017; 117:10043-10120. [PMID: 28654243 PMCID: PMC5611849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 915] [Impact Index Per Article: 130.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Mitochondria are recognized as one of the most important targets for new drug design in cancer, cardiovascular, and neurological diseases. Currently, the most effective way to deliver drugs specifically to mitochondria is by covalent linking a lipophilic cation such as an alkyltriphenylphosphonium moiety to a pharmacophore of interest. Other delocalized lipophilic cations, such as rhodamine, natural and synthetic mitochondria-targeting peptides, and nanoparticle vehicles, have also been used for mitochondrial delivery of small molecules. Depending on the approach used, and the cell and mitochondrial membrane potentials, more than 1000-fold higher mitochondrial concentration can be achieved. Mitochondrial targeting has been developed to study mitochondrial physiology and dysfunction and the interaction between mitochondria and other subcellular organelles and for treatment of a variety of diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. In this Review, we discuss efforts to target small-molecule compounds to mitochondria for probing mitochondria function, as diagnostic tools and potential therapeutics. We describe the physicochemical basis for mitochondrial accumulation of lipophilic cations, synthetic chemistry strategies to target compounds to mitochondria, mitochondrial probes, and sensors, and examples of mitochondrial targeting of bioactive compounds. Finally, we review published attempts to apply mitochondria-targeted agents for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Jacek Zielonka
- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, ul. Wroblewskiego 15, 93-590 Lodz, Poland
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR, UMR 7273, 13013 Marseille, France
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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- Translational Biomedical Research Group, Biotechnology Laboratories, Cardiovascular Foundation of Colombia, Carrera 5a No. 6-33, Floridablanca, Santander, Colombia, 681003
- Graduate Program of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Universidad del Valle, Calle 4B No. 36-00, Cali, Colombia, 760032
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- Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Free Radical Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, United States
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Wang X, Niu S, Xu L, Zhang C, Meng L, Zhang X, Ma D. Pd-Catalyzed Dimethylation of Tyrosine-Derived Picolinamide for Synthesis of (S)-N-Boc-2,6-dimethyltyrosine and Its Analogues. Org Lett 2016; 19:246-249. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xuning Wang
- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Lu, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Lu, Shenyang 110016, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Lu, Shenyang 110016, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Lu, Shanghai 200032, China
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Weltrowska G, Nguyen TMD, Chung NN, Wood J, Ma X, Guo J, Wilkes BC, Ge Y, Laferrière A, Coderre TJ, Schiller PW. A Cyclic Tetrapeptide ("Cyclodal") and Its Mirror-Image Isomer Are Both High-Affinity μ Opioid Receptor Antagonists. J Med Chem 2016; 59:9243-9254. [PMID: 27676089 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Head-to-tail cyclization of the μ opioid receptor (MOR) agonist [Dmt1]DALDA (H-Dmt-d-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2 (9; Dmt = 2',6'-dimethyltyrosine) resulted in a highly active, selective MOR antagonist, c[-d-Arg-Phe-Lys-Dmt-] (1) ("cyclodal"), with subnanomolar binding affinity. A docking study of cyclodal using the crystal structure of MOR in the inactive form showed a unique binding mode with the two basic residues of the ligand forming salt bridges with the Asp127 and Glu229 receptor residues. Cyclodal showed high plasma stability and was able to cross the blood-brain barrier to reverse morphine-induced, centrally mediated analgesia when given intravenously. Surprisingly, the mirror-image isomer (optical antipode) of cyclodal, c[-Arg-d-Phe-d-Lys-d-Dmt-] (2), also turned out to be a selective MOR antagonist with 1 nM binding affinity, and thus, these two compounds represent the first example of mirror image opioid receptor ligands with both optical antipodes having high binding affinity. Reduction of the Lys-Dmt peptide bond in cyclodal resulted in an analogue, c[-d-Arg-Phe-LysΨ[CH2NH]Dmt-] (8), with MOR agonist activity.
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- Grazyna Weltrowska
- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal , 110 Pine Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal , 110 Pine Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal , 110 Pine Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University , 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal , 110 Pine Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University , 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University , 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Anesthesia Research Unit, Department of Anesthesia, McGill University , 3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal , 110 Pine Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H2W 1R7, Canada.,Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Cai Y, Lu D, Chen Z, Ding Y, Chung NN, Li T, Schiller PW. [Dmt(1)]DALDA analogues modified with tyrosine analogues at position 1. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:3629-31. [PMID: 27301366 PMCID: PMC4955775 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Analogues of [Dmt(1)]DALDA (H-Dmt-d-Arg-Phe-Lys-NH2; Dmt=2',6'-dimethyltyrosine), a potent μ opioid agonist peptide with mitochondria-targeted antioxidant activity were prepared by replacing Dmt with various 2',6'-dialkylated Tyr analogues, including 2',4',6'-trimethyltyrosine (Tmt), 2'-ethyl-6'-methyltyrosine (Emt), 2'-isopropyl-6'-methyltyrosine (Imt) and 2',6'-diethyltyrosine (Det). All compounds were selective μ opioid agonists and the Tmt(1)-, Emt(1) and Det(1)-analogues showed subnanomolar μ opioid receptor binding affinities. The Tmt(1)- and Emt(1)-analogues showed improved antioxidant activity compared to the Dmt(1)-parent peptide in the DPPH radical-scavenging capacity assay, and thus are of interest as drug candidates for neuropathic pain treatment.
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- Yunxin Cai
- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211166, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211166, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211166, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Avenue, Nanjing 211166, China.
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Peptide Research, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Abstract
This paper is the thirty-seventh consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2014 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 (endogenous opioids and receptors), and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia (pain and analgesia); stress and social status (human studies); tolerance and dependence (opioid mediation of other analgesic responses); learning and memory (stress and social status); eating and drinking (stress-induced analgesia); alcohol and drugs of abuse (emotional responses in opioid-mediated behaviors); sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology (opioid involvement in stress response regulation); mental illness and mood (tolerance and dependence); seizures and neurologic disorders (learning and memory); electrical-related activity and neurophysiology (opiates and conditioned place preferences (CPP)); general activity and locomotion (eating and drinking); gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions (alcohol and drugs of abuse); cardiovascular responses (opiates and ethanol); respiration and thermoregulation (opiates and THC); and immunological responses (opiates and stimulants). This paper is the thirty-seventh consecutive installment of the annual review of research concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2014 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 (endogenous opioids and receptors), and the roles of these opioid peptides and receptors in pain and analgesia (pain and analgesia); stress and social status (human studies); tolerance and dependence (opioid mediation of other analgesic responses); learning and memory (stress and social status); eating and drinking (stress-induced analgesia); alcohol and drugs of abuse (emotional responses in opioid-mediated behaviors); sexual activity and hormones, pregnancy, development and endocrinology (opioid involvement in stress response regulation); mental illness and mood (tolerance and dependence); seizures and neurologic disorders (learning and memory); electrical-related activity and neurophysiology (opiates and conditioned place preferences (CPP)); general activity and locomotion (eating and drinking); gastrointestinal, renal and hepatic functions (alcohol and drugs of abuse); cardiovascular responses (opiates and ethanol); respiration and thermoregulation (opiates and THC); and immunological responses (opiates and stimulants).
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- Richard J Bodnar
- Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology Doctoral Sub-Program, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367, United States.
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Bender AM, Griggs NW, Gao C, Trask TJ, Traynor JR, Mosberg HI. Rapid Synthesis of Boc-2',6'-dimethyl-l-tyrosine and Derivatives and Incorporation into Opioid Peptidomimetics. ACS Med Chem Lett 2015; 6:1199-203. [PMID: 26713104 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The unnatural amino acid 2',6'-dimethyl-l-tyrosine has found widespread use in the development of synthetic opioid ligands. Opioids featuring this residue at the N-terminus often display superior potency at one or more of the opioid receptor types, but the availability of the compound is hampered by its cost and difficult synthesis. We report here a short, three-step synthesis of Boc-2',6'-dimethyl-l-tyrosine (3a) utilizing a microwave-assisted Negishi coupling for the key carbon-carbon bond forming step, and employ this chemistry for the expedient synthesis of other unnatural tyrosine derivatives. Three of these derivatives (3c, 3d, 3f) have not previously been examined as Tyr(1) replacements in opioid ligands. We describe the incorporation of these tyrosine derivatives in a series of opioid peptidomimetics employing our previously reported tetrahydroquinoline (THQ) scaffold, and the binding and relative efficacy of each of the analogues at the three opioid receptor subtypes: mu (MOR), delta (DOR), and kappa (KOR).
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- Aaron M. Bender
- Interdepartmental
Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Interdepartmental
Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Bender AM, Griggs NW, Anand JP, Traynor JR, Jutkiewicz EM, Mosberg HI. Asymmetric synthesis and in vitro and in vivo activity of tetrahydroquinolines featuring a diverse set of polar substitutions at the 6 position as mixed-efficacy μ opioid receptor/δ opioid receptor ligands. ACS Chem Neurosci 2015; 6:1428-35. [PMID: 25938166 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously reported a small series of mixed-efficacy μ opioid receptor (MOR) agonist/δ opioid receptor (DOR) antagonist peptidomimetics featuring a tetrahydroquinoline scaffold and showed the promise of this series as effective analgesics after intraperitoneal administration in mice. We report here an expanded structure-activity relationship study of the pendant region of these compounds and focus in particular on the incorporation of heteroatoms into this side chain. These analogues provide new insight into the binding requirements for this scaffold at MOR, DOR, and the κ opioid receptor (KOR), and several of them (10j, 10k, 10m, and 10n) significantly improve upon the overall MOR agonist/DOR antagonist profile of our previous compounds. In vivo data for 10j, 10k, 10m, and 10n are also reported and show the antinociceptive potency and duration of action of compounds 10j and 10m to be comparable to those of morphine.
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- Aaron M. Bender
- Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Interdepartmental Program in Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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