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Lee YS. Peptidomimetics and Their Applications for Opioid Peptide Drug Discovery. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12091241. [PMID: 36139079 PMCID: PMC9496382 DOI: 10.3390/biom12091241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Despite various advantages, opioid peptides have been limited in their therapeutic uses due to the main drawbacks in metabolic stability, blood-brain barrier permeability, and bioavailability. Therefore, extensive studies have focused on overcoming the problems and optimizing the therapeutic potential. Currently, numerous peptide-based drugs are being marketed thanks to new synthetic strategies for optimizing metabolism and alternative routes of administration. This tutorial review briefly introduces the history and role of natural opioid peptides and highlights the key findings on their structure-activity relationships for the opioid receptors. It discusses details on opioid peptidomimetics applied to develop therapeutic candidates for the treatment of pain from the pharmacological and structural points of view. The main focus is the current status of various mimetic tools and the successful applications summarized in tables and figures.
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- Yeon Sun Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Hruby VJ, Cai M. Design of peptide and peptidomimetic ligands with novel pharmacological activity profiles. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2013; 53:557-80. [PMID: 23294313 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010510-100456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peptide hormones and neurotransmitters are of central importance in most aspects of intercellular communication and are involved in virtually all degenerative diseases. In this review, we discuss physicochemical approaches to the design of novel peptide and peptidomimetic agonists, antagonists, inverse agonists, and related compounds that have unique biological activity profiles, reduced toxic side effects, and, if desired, the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. Designing ligands for specific biological and medical needs is emphasized, as is the close collaboration of chemists and biologists to maximize the chances for success. Special emphasis is placed on the use of conformational (ϕ-ψ space) and topographical (χ space) considerations in design.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Hruby VJ. Adventures in peptides and science with students! The joys of research. Biopolymers 2013; 100:127-31. [PMID: 23616095 PMCID: PMC3967710 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Working with students at the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels has brought me great joy and satisfaction. Each student is a unique human being, so each provides an important opportunity for learning, creativity and accomplishment in research and scholarship. In this reflection, several examples of this scientific process are discussed in the context of solving scientific problems which led to novel and critical scientific insights.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721
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Lalatsa A, Schätzlein AG, Uchegbu* IF. Nanostructures Overcoming the Blood-Brain Barrier: Physiological Considerations and Mechanistic Issues. NANOSTRUCTURED BIOMATERIALS FOR OVERCOMING BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849735292-00329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Wu Z, Hruby VJ. Backbone alignment modeling of the structure-activity relationships of opioid ligands. J Chem Inf Model 2011; 51:1151-64. [PMID: 21488692 DOI: 10.1021/ci2000852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Opioid studies are an important area of modern medicinal chemistry research. In this study we have provided innovative considerations to some long-standing problems in opioid studies, specifically the opioid pharmacophore and the potential binding modes of opioid ligands. Based on a new peptide backbone-alignment concept that we have developed along with this study, we discuss a wide variety of opioid ligands with respect to their structure-activity relationships.
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- Zhijun Wu
- ABC Resources , Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536, United States
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Nonpeptidic Delta (δ) Opioid Agonists and Antagonists of the Diarylmethylpiperazine Class: What Have We Learned? Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2010; 299:121-40. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2010_83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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From a scientific perspective, efforts to understand biology including what constitutes health and disease has become a chemical problem. However, chemists and biologists "see" the problems of understanding biology from different perspectives, and this has retarded progress in solving the problems especially as they relate to health and disease. This suggests that close collaboration between chemists and biologists is not only necessary but essential for progress in both the biology and chemistry that will provide solutions to the global questions of biology. This perspective has directed my scientific efforts for the past 45 years, and in this overview I provide my perspective of how the applications of synthetic chemistry, structural design, and numerous other chemical principles have intersected in my collaborations with biologists to provide new tools, new science, and new insights that were only made possible and fruitful by these collaborations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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DeLorbe JE, Clements JH, Teresk MG, Benfield AP, Plake HR, Millspaugh LE, Martin SF. Thermodynamic and Structural Effects of Conformational Constraints in Protein−Ligand Interactions. Entropic Paradoxy Associated with Ligand Preorganization. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:16758-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ja904698q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- John E. DeLorbe
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, and The Texas Institute of Drug and Diagnostic Development, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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Yamaguchi R, Fujita KI, Kida Y. Synthesis of Piperazine Derivatives by Cp*Ir Complex-Catalyzed N-Alkylative Reactions of Ethanolamines. HETEROCYCLES 2009. [DOI: 10.3987/com-08-s(f)77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Udugamasooriya DG, Spaller MR. Conformational constraint in protein ligand design and the inconsistency of binding entropy. Biopolymers 2008; 89:653-67. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.20983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Webb TR, Venegas RE, Wang J, Deschenes A. Generation of New Synthetic Scaffolds Using Framework Libraries Selected and Refined via Medicinal Chemist Synthetic Expertise. J Chem Inf Model 2008; 48:882-8. [DOI: 10.1021/ci7001928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Thomas R. Webb
- ChemBridge Research Labs., Inc., ChemBridge Corporation, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, California 92127, and Chemical Computing Group, Suite 910-1010 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R7
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- ChemBridge Research Labs., Inc., ChemBridge Corporation, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, California 92127, and Chemical Computing Group, Suite 910-1010 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R7
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- ChemBridge Research Labs., Inc., ChemBridge Corporation, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, California 92127, and Chemical Computing Group, Suite 910-1010 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R7
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- ChemBridge Research Labs., Inc., ChemBridge Corporation, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, California 92127, and Chemical Computing Group, Suite 910-1010 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R7
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Bandyopadhyay D, Agrafiotis DK. A self-organizing algorithm for molecular alignment and pharmacophore development. J Comput Chem 2008; 29:965-82. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Blakeney JS, Reid RC, Le GT, Fairlie DP. Nonpeptidic Ligands for Peptide-Activated G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Chem Rev 2007; 107:2960-3041. [PMID: 17622179 DOI: 10.1021/cr050984g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jade S Blakeney
- Centre for Drug Design and Development, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Webb TR, Jiang L, Sviridov S, Venegas RE, Vlaskina AV, McGrath D, Tucker J, Wang J, Deschenes A, Li R. Application of a novel design paradigm to generate general nonpeptide combinatorial templates mimicking beta-turns: synthesis of ligands for melanocortin receptors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 9:704-10. [PMID: 17429950 DOI: 10.1021/cc0601581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report the further application of a novel approach to template and ligand design by the synthesis of agonists of the melanocortin receptor. This design method uses the conserved structural data from the three-dimensional conformations of beta-turn peptides to design rigid nonpeptide templates that mimic the orientation of the main chain C-alpha atoms in a peptide beta-turn. We report details on a new synthesis of derivatives of template 1 that are useful for the synthesis of exploratory libraries. The utility of this technique is further exemplified by several iterative rounds of high-throughput synthesis and screening, which result in new partially optimized nonpeptide agonists for several melanocortin receptors.
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- Thomas R Webb
- ChemBridge Research Labs, Inc., ChemBridge Corporation, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, California 92127, USA.
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Kane BE, Svensson B, Ferguson DM. Molecular recognition of opioid receptor ligands. AAPS JOURNAL 2006; 8:E126-37. [PMID: 16584119 PMCID: PMC2751431 DOI: 10.1208/aapsj080115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cloning of the opioid receptors and subsequent use of recombinant DNA technology have led to many new insights into ligand binding. Instead of focusing on the structural features that lead to increased affinity and selectivity, researchers are now able to focus on why these features are important. Site-directed mutagenesis and chimeric data have often been at the forefront in answering these questions. Herein, we survey pharmacophores of several opioid ligands in an effort to understand the structural requirements for ligand binding and selectivity. Models are presented and compared to illustrate key sites of recognition for both opiate and nonopiate ligands. The results indicate that different ligand classes may recognize different sites within the receptor, suggesting that multiple epitopes may exist for ligand binding and selectivity.
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- Brian E. Kane
- College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard St SE, 8-101 Weaver-Densford Hall, 55455 Minneapolis, MN
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard St SE, 8-101 Weaver-Densford Hall, 55455 Minneapolis, MN
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- College of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard St SE, 8-101 Weaver-Densford Hall, 55455 Minneapolis, MN
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Witt KA, Davis TP. CNS drug delivery: opioid peptides and the blood-brain barrier. AAPS JOURNAL 2006; 8:E76-88. [PMID: 16584136 PMCID: PMC2751425 DOI: 10.1208/aapsj080109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Peptides are key regulators in cellular and intercellular physiological responses and possess enormous promise for the treatment of pathological conditions. Opioid peptide activity within the central nervous system (CNS) is of particular interest for the treatment of pain owing to the elevated potency of peptides and the centrally mediated actions of pain processes. Despite this potential, peptides have seen limited use as clinically viable drugs for the treatment of pain. Reasons for the limited use are primarily based in the physiochemical and biochemical nature of peptides. Numerous approaches have been devised in an attempt to improve peptide drug delivery to the brain, with variable results. This review describes different approaches to peptide design/modification and provides examples of the value of these strategies to CNS delivery of peptide drugs. The various modes of modification of therapeutic peptides may be amalgamated, creating more efficacious "hybrid" peptides, with synergistic delivery to the CNS. The ongoing development of these strategies provides promise that peptide drugs may be useful for the treatment of pain and other neurologically-based disease states in the future.
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- Ken A. Witt
- />Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 200 University Park Drive, 62026 Edwardsville, IL. USA
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- />Department of Medical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, LSN 542, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, P.O. Box 245050, 85724 Tucson, Arizona
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Gu X, Ying J, Agnes RS, Navratilova E, Davis P, Stahl G, Porreca F, Yamamura HI, Hruby VJ. Novel design of bicyclic beta-turn dipeptides on solid-phase supports and synthesis of [3.3.0]-Bicyclo([2,3])-leu-enkephalin analogues. Org Lett 2005; 6:3285-8. [PMID: 15355033 DOI: 10.1021/ol0488183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[structure: see text] External bicyclic beta-turn dipeptide mimetics provide an excellent design approach that can offer a rich chiral ensemble of structures with different backbone conformations. We report herein a novel design of a convergent combinatorial synthetic methodology, which is illustrated by the solid-phase synthesis of a series of [3.3.0]-bicyclo([2,3])-Leu-enkephalin analogues. The reactions were optimized and the epimeric configurations were determined by 2D NMR spectroscopy. Biological assays show that these analogues have more potent delta binding affinity and bioactivity for delta vs micro opioid receptor, which may be related to the different conformations preferred by these analogues in our modeling studies.
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- Xuyuan Gu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Handl HL, Vagner J, Yamamura HI, Hruby VJ, Gillies RJ. Development of a lanthanide-based assay for detection of receptor-ligand interactions at the delta-opioid receptor. Anal Biochem 2005; 343:299-307. [PMID: 16004955 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2005] [Revised: 05/23/2005] [Accepted: 05/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A lanthanide-based assay for ligand-receptor interactions provides an attractive alternative to the traditional radiolabeled determinations in terms of sensitivity, throughput, and biohazards. We designed and tested five peptide ligands for the delta-opioid receptor that were modified with a europium (Eu)-containing chelate. These labeled ligands were tested for their binding affinities and compared with the unlabeled parental ligands. The Eu-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA)-[D-Pen(2),l-Cys(5)] enkephalin (DPLCE) ligand bound to Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells overexpressing the human delta-opioid receptor with affinity similar to the unlabeled ligand. This ligand was used in competitive binding assays with results comparable to those obtained using the traditional radiolabeled binding assays. These lanthanide-based assays provide superior results with higher throughput and eliminate the need for radioactive waste disposal; hence, they are appropriate for high-throughput screening of ligand libraries.
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- Heather L Handl
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Wei J, Shao X, Gong M, Zhu B, Cui Y, Gao Y, Wang R. Structure–activity relationships of novel endomorphin-2 analogues with N–O turns induced by α-aminoxy acids. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:2986-9. [PMID: 15984054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Endomorphin-2 (H-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH2, EM-2) is a putative endogenous mu-opioid receptor ligand. To study the structure-activity relationship against its receptor, we introduced N-O turns into EM-2 and got the analogues with potent affinities for mu-opioid receptor. Our results indicated that N-O turn structures at the Pro2-aminoxy-Phe3 position of EM-2 analogues played important roles for their affinities. These novel analogues with N-O turns provided a new approach to develop potent analgesics related to EM-2.
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- Jie Wei
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Dondio G, Ronzoni S, Petrillo P. Non-peptide δ opioid agonists and antagonists (Part II). Expert Opin Ther Pat 2005. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.9.4.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Varga EV, Navratilova E, Stropova D, Jambrosic J, Roeske WR, Yamamura HI. Agonist-specific regulation of the delta-opioid receptor. Life Sci 2005; 76:599-612. [PMID: 15567186 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2004] [Accepted: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Delta opioid receptor (DOR) agonists are attractive potential analgesics, since these compounds exhibit strong antinociceptive activity with relatively few side effects. In the past decade, several novel classes of delta-opioid agonists have been synthesized. Recent experimental data indicate that structurally distinct opioid agonists interact differently with the delta-opioid receptor. Consequently, individual agonist-bound DOR conformations may interact differently with intracellular proteins. In the present paper, after a brief review of the cellular processes that contribute to homologous desensitization of the DOR signaling, we shall focus on experimental data demonstrating that chemically different agonists differ in their ability to phosphorylate, internalize, and/or down-regulate the DOR. Homologous regulation of the opioid receptor signaling is thought to play an important role in the development of opioid tolerance. Therefore, agonist-specific differences in DOR regulation suggest that by further chemical modification, delta-selective opioid analgesics can be designed that exhibit a reduced propensity for analgesic tolerance.
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- Eva V Varga
- Department of Pharmacology, and the Sarver Heart Center, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
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Le HT, Lemaire IB, Gilbert AK, Jolicoeur F, Yang L, Leduc N, Lemaire S. Histogranin-Like Antinociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory Derivatives of o-Phenylenediamine and Benzimidazole. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 309:146-55. [PMID: 14718586 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.060772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Histogranin (HN)-like nonpeptides were designed and synthesized using benzimidazole (compound 1) and o-phenylenediamine (compounds 2-7) as scaffolds for the attachment of phenolic hydroxyl and basic guanidino pharmacophoric elements present in HN. The benzimidazole derivative N-5-guanidinopentanamide-(2R)-yl-2-(p-hydroxybenzyl)-5-carboxybenzimidazole (1) and the o-phenylenediamine derivative N-5-guanidinopentanamide-(2S)-yl-2-N-(p-hydroxyphenylacetyl) phenylenediamine (2) were more potent analgesics than HN in both the mouse writhing (5.5 and 3.5 as potent as HN, respectively) and tail-flick (11.8 and 8.0 as potent as HN, respectively) pain assays. Improvements in the potencies and times of action of compound 2 in the mouse writhing test were obtained by attaching carboxyl (6)or p-Cl-benzoyl (7) groups at position 4 of the (2R) o-phenylenediamine derivative (5). In rats, compounds 2 (80 nmol i.t.), 6 (36 nmol i.t.), and 7 (18 nmol i.t.) were effective in blocking both persistent inflammatory pain in the formalin test and hyperalgesia in the complete Freund adjuvant assay. Compounds 2, 6, and 7, but not compound 1 at 10 nmol (i.c.v.) also mimicked the HN (60 nmol i.c.v.) blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced convulsions in mice. Finally, in primary cultures of rat alveolar macrophages, HN and compounds 1, 2, 6, and 7 (10(-8) M) significantly blocked lipopolysaccharide-induced cyclooxygenase-2 induction and prostaglandin E(2) secretion. These studies indicate that both derivatives of benzimidazole and o-phenylenediamine mimic the in vivo antinociceptive and in vitro anti-inflammatory effects of HN, but the HN protection of mice against NMDA-induced convulsions is mimicked only by the o-phenylenediamine derivatives.
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- Hoang-Thanh Le
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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Chianelli D, Kim YC, Lvovskiy D, Webb TR. Application of a novel design paradigm to generate general nonpeptide combinatorial scaffolds mimicking beta turns: synthesis of ligands for somatostatin receptors. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:5059-68. [PMID: 14604669 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nonpeptide compounds that mimic bioactive peptides are desirable for a number of clinical indications. We report a new practical method for the design of scaffolds exhibiting drug-like properties that are suitable for the display of peptide pharmacophores. The synthesis of various synthons of 7'-hydroxy-2',3'-dihydro-1'H,2H,5H-spiro[imidazolidine-4,4'-quinoline]-2,5-dione (1) and methods for the introduction of several mimics of amino acid side-chains are described. This method is exemplified by derivatives that show agonist activity for the somatostatin type 2 receptor.
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- Dona Chianelli
- ChemBridge Research Labs., LLC, 16981 Via Tazon, San Diego, CA 92127, USA
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Hruby VJ. Peptide Science: Exploring the Use of Chemical Principles and Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Understanding Life Processes. J Med Chem 2003; 46:4215-31. [PMID: 13678399 DOI: 10.1021/jm0303103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 E. University, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Hruby V, Porreca F. Novel Mu, Delta, and Kappa Agonists Potential for Development of Novel Analgesic Agents. Pain 2003. [DOI: 10.1201/9780203911259.ch31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bissantz C, Bernard P, Hibert M, Rognan D. Protein-based virtual screening of chemical databases. II. Are homology models of G-Protein Coupled Receptors suitable targets? Proteins 2003; 50:5-25. [PMID: 12471595 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The aim of the current study is to investigate whether homology models of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) that are based on bovine rhodopsin are reliable enough to be used for virtual screening of chemical databases. Starting from the recently described 2.8 A-resolution X-ray structure of bovine rhodopsin, homology models of an "antagonist-bound" form of three human GPCRs (dopamine D3 receptor, muscarinic M1 receptor, vasopressin V1a receptor) were constructed. The homology models were used to screen three-dimensional databases using three different docking programs (Dock, FlexX, Gold) in combination with seven scoring functions (ChemScore, Dock, FlexX, Fresno, Gold, Pmf, Score). Rhodopsin-based homology models turned out to be suitable, indeed, for virtual screening since known antagonists seeded in the test databases could be distinguished from randomly chosen molecules. However, such models are not accurate enough for retrieving known agonists. To generate receptor models better suited for agonist screening, we developed a new knowledge- and pharmacophore-based modeling procedure that might partly simulate the conformational changes occurring in the active site during receptor activation. Receptor coordinates generated by this new procedure are now suitable for agonist screening. We thus propose two alternative strategies for the virtual screening of GPCR ligands, relying on a different set of receptor coordinates (antagonist-bound and agonist-bound states).
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
- Algorithms
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists
- Cattle
- Computational Biology/methods
- Computer Simulation
- Databases, Factual
- Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists
- Drug Delivery Systems
- Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Ligands
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptor, Muscarinic M1
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2/chemistry
- Receptors, Cell Surface/agonists
- Receptors, Cell Surface/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Cell Surface/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/agonists
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/chemistry
- Receptors, Dopamine D3
- Receptors, Muscarinic/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/agonists
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/chemistry
- Receptors, Vasopressin/chemistry
- Rhodopsin/chemistry
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- Caterina Bissantz
- Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie de la Communication Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 7081, 74 route du Rhin, B.P. 24, F-67401 Illkirch, France
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Opioid analgesics provide outstanding benefits for relief of severe pain. The mechanisms of the analgesia accompanied with some side effects have been investigated by many scientists to shed light on the complex biological processes at the molecular level. New opioid drugs and therapies with more desirable properties can be developed on the bases of accurate insight of the opioid ligand-receptor interaction and clear knowledge of the pharmacological behavior of opioid receptors and the associated proteins. Toward this goal, recent advances in selective opioid receptor agonists and antagonists including opioid ligand-receptor interactions are summarized in this review article.
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- Masakatsu Eguchi
- Pacific Northwest Research Institute, 720 Broadway, Seattle, Washington 98122, USA.
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The most ubiquitous mode for controlling and modulating cellular function, intercellular communication, immune response and information-transduction pathways is through peptide-protein non-covalent interactions. Hormones, neurotransmitters, antigens, cytokines and growth factors represent key classes of such peptide ligands. These ligands might either be processed fragments of larger precursor proteins or surface segments of larger proteins. Although there are numerous exceptions, such as insulin, oxytocin and calcitonin, most ligands are not used directly as drugs, and often the most useful ligands for therapy would be analogues that act as antagonists of the native ligands. A search for systematic structure-based or ligand-based approaches to designing such ligands has been an important concern. Today, a robust strategy has been developed for the design of peptides as drugs, drug candidates and biological tools. This strategy includes structural, conformational, dynamic and topographical considerations.
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- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Witt KA, Huber JD, Egleton RD, Davis TP. Pluronic p85 block copolymer enhances opioid peptide analgesia. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2002; 303:760-7. [PMID: 12388663 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.039545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Peptide-based drug development is a rapidly growing field within pharmaceutical research. Nevertheless, peptides have found limited clinical use due to several physiological and pathological factors. Pluronic block copolymers represent a growing technology with the potential to enhance efficacy of peptide therapeutics. This investigation assesses Pluronic P85 (P85) and its potential to enhance opioid peptide analgesia. Two opioid peptides, [D-Pen(2),D-Pen(5)]-enkephalin (DPDPE) and biphalin, were examined as to the benefits of P85 coadministration, above (1.0%) and below (0.01%) the critical micelle concentration, with morphine as a nonpeptide control. P85 was examined in vitro to assess blood-brain barrier uptake in association with P-glycoprotein effect, DPDPE and morphine being P-glycoprotein substrates. P85 coadministration with DPDPE and biphalin showed increased (p < 0.01) analgesia with both 0.01 and 1.0% P85. Morphine showed increased (p < 0.01) analgesia with 0.01% P85 only. This increase in analgesia is due to both an increase in peak effect, as well as a prolongation of effect. P85 increased cellular uptake of (125)I-DPDPE and [(3)H]morphine at 0.01% (p < 0.01) and 1.0% (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). Cyclosporin-A coadministration with (125)I-DPDPE and [(3)H]morphine increased cellular uptake (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). (125)I-DPDPE and [(3)H]morphine coadministered with 0.01% P85 and cyclosporin-A increased cellular uptake compared with control (p < 0.01) and compared with cyclosporin-A coadministration without P85 (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). This indicates that, in addition to P-gp inhibition, 0.01% P85 increased (125)I-DPDPE and [(3)H]morphine uptake. In our examination, we determined that P85 enhanced the analgesic profile of biphalin, DPDPE, and morphine, both above and below the critical micelle concentration.
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- Ken A Witt
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Eguchi M, Shen RYW, Shea JP, Lee MS, Kahn M. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of opioid analogues with non-peptidic beta-turn scaffold: enkephalin and endomorphin mimetics. J Med Chem 2002; 45:1395-8. [PMID: 11906279 DOI: 10.1021/jm0155897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have identified a mu-selective opioid receptor agonist without a cationic amino group in the molecule from libraries of bicyclic beta-turn peptidomimetics. The biologically active conformation of the lead is proposed to mimic an endomorphin type III 4 --> 1 beta-turn conformation.
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Hruby VJ, Qui W, Okayama T, Soloshonok VA. Design of nonpeptides from peptide ligands for peptide receptors. Methods Enzymol 2002; 343:91-123. [PMID: 11665597 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(02)43129-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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- Victor J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Chapter 16. Therapeutic applications of non-peptidic δ-opioid agonists graham. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(02)37017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Witt KA, Gillespie TJ, Huber JD, Egleton RD, Davis TP. Peptide drug modifications to enhance bioavailability and blood-brain barrier permeability. Peptides 2001; 22:2329-43. [PMID: 11786210 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(01)00537-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Peptides have the potential to be potent pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of many central nervous system derived maladies. Unfortunately peptides are generally water-soluble compounds that will not enter the central nervous system, via passive diffusion, due to the existence of the blood-brain barrier. Peptides can also undergo metabolic deactivation by peptidases, thus further reducing their therapeutic benefits. In targeting peptides to the central nervous system consideration must be focused both on increasing bioavailability and enhancing brain uptake. To date multiple strategies have been examined with this focus. However, each strategy comes with its own complications and considerations. In this review we assess the strengths and weaknesses of many of the methods currently being examined to enhance peptide entry into the central nervous system.
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- K A Witt
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Arizona, College of Medicine, LSN 542, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
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Söll RM, Dinger MC, Lundell I, Larhammer D, Beck-Sickinger AG. Novel analogues of neuropeptide Y with a preference for the Y1-receptor. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 268:2828-37. [PMID: 11358498 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02161.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most abundant neuropeptides in the mammalian brain and acts in humans via at least three receptor subtypes: Y1, Y2, and Y5. Whereas selective agonists and antagonists are known for the Y2- and Y5-receptors, the Y1-receptor still lacks a highly selective agonist. This work presents the first NPY-based analogues with Y1-receptor preference and agonistic properties. Furthermore, the importance of specific amino acids of NPY for binding to the Y-receptor subtypes is presented. Amongst the analogues tested, [Phe7,Pro34]pNPY (where pNPY is porcine neuropeptide Y) showed the most significant Y1-receptor preference (> 1 : 3000-fold), with subnanomolar affinity to the Y1-receptor, and Ki values of approximately 30 nM for the Y2- and Y5-subtype, respectively. Variations of position 6, especially [Arg6,Pro34]pNPY and variations within positions 20-23 of NPY were found to result in further analogues with significant Y1-receptor preference (1 : 400-1 : 2000). In contrast, cyclo S-S [Cys20,Cys24]pNPY was found to be a highly selective ligand at the Y2-receptor, binding only threefold less efficiently than NPY. Analogues containing variations of positions 31 and 32 showed highly reduced affinity to the Y1-receptor, while binding to the Y5-receptor was affected less. Inhibition of cAMP-accumulation of selected peptides with replacements within position 20-23 of NPY showed preserved agonistic properties. The NPY analogues tested give insights into ligand-receptor interaction of NPY at the Y1-, Y2- and Y5-receptor and contribute to our understanding of subtype selectivity. Furthermore, the Y1-receptor-preferring peptides are novel tools that will provide insight into the physiological role of the Y1-receptor.
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- R M Söll
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Hruby VJ. Design in topographical space of peptide and peptidomimetic ligands that affect behavior. A chemist's glimpse at the mind--body problem. Acc Chem Res 2001; 34:389-97. [PMID: 11352717 DOI: 10.1021/ar990063q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Efforts to determine the bioactive conformations of peptide ligands for membrane-bound proteins such as G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been particularly challenging due to the flexibility of the ligands and the lack of 3D structural information (X-ray, NMR, etc.) for integral membrane proteins. An approach to determining these conformations by conformational constraint of the backbone template (phi and psi angles) and by topographical constraint (chi(1), chi(2), etc. constraint) is outlined. Special attention is given to peptide neurotransmitter ligands that affect critical behaviors (feeding, sexual, addiction, pain, etc.). It is demonstrated that small changes in structure or a single torsional angle are sufficient to dramatically modify complex behaviors.
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- V J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Thomas JB, Herault XM, Rothman RB, Atkinson RN, Burgess JP, Mascarella SW, Dersch CM, Xu H, Flippen-Anderson JL, George CF, Carroll FI. Factors influencing agonist potency and selectivity for the opioid delta receptor are revealed in structure-activity relationship studies of the 4-[(N-substituted-4-piperidinyl)arylamino]-N,N-diethylbenzamides. J Med Chem 2001; 44:972-87. [PMID: 11300879 DOI: 10.1021/jm000427g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A study of the effect of transposition of the internal nitrogen atom for the adjacent benzylic carbon atom in delta-selective agonists such as BW373U86 (1) and SNC-80 (2) has been undertaken. It was shown that high-affinity, fully efficacious, and delta opioid receptor-selective compounds can be obtained from this transposition. In addition to the N,N-diethylamido group needed as the delta address, the structural features identified to promote delta receptor affinity in the set of compounds studied included a cis relative stereochemistry between the 3- and 4-substituents in the piperidine ring, a trans-crotyl or allyl substituent on the basic nitrogen, the lack of a 2-methyl group in the piperidine ring, and either no substitution or hydroxyl substitution in the aryl ring not substituted with the N,N-diethylamido group. Structural features found to be important for mu affinity include hydroxyl substitution in the aryl ring, the presence of a 2-methyl group in a cis relative relationship to the 4-amino group as well as N-substituents such as cyclopropylmethyl. It was also determined that mu receptor affinity could be increased while maintaining delta receptor affinity, especially when hydroxyl-substituted compounds are considered. Additionally, it was discovered that the somewhat lower mu/delta selectivities observed for the piperidine compounds relative to the piperazine-based ligands appear to arise as a consequence of the carbon-nitrogen transposition which imparts an overall lower delta and higher mu affinity to the piperidine-based ligands. This higher affinity for the mu receptor, apparently intrinsic to the piperidine-based compounds, suggests that ligands of this class will more easily be converted to mu/delta combination agonists compared to the piperazine ligands such as 1. This is particularly important since analogues of 1, which show both mu- and delta-type activity, are now recognized as important for their strong analgesia and cross-canceling of many of the side effects found in agonists operating exclusively from either the delta or mu opioid receptor.
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- J B Thomas
- Chemistry and Life Sciences, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Narayan P, Singh VK, Agarwal SS, Tandon R, Haq W, Raghubir R, Dhar MM. Immunomodulation by opioid peptidomimetic compound. Neuroimmunomodulation 2001; 9:134-40. [PMID: 11752886 DOI: 10.1159/000049017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE As a follow-up to our earlier studies on immunomodulation with opioid peptides, we synthesized and evaluated immunomodulatory activity of four peptidomimetic compounds, i.e. Tyr-NH-C(Me)(2)-CH(2)-O-Phe-NH(2 )(1), Tyr-NH-C(6)H(5)-(o)-CH(2)-CH(2)-O-Phe-NH(2) (2), Tyr-NH-CH(2)-CH(2)-O-Phe-NH(2) (3) and Tyr-NH-CH(D-Et)-CH(2)-O-Phe-NH(2) (4). METHODS These compounds were synthesized in solution phase and evaluated for their immunomodulatory properties in vitro by mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), proliferation of opioid receptor-expressing cells, production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and nitric oxide. RESULTS This study shows the immunosuppressive potential of synthetic peptidomimetic compound 3. This compound inhibited two-way MLR and suppressed the proliferation of the mu-opioid receptor expressing human embryonic kidney cells HEK 293 in vitro. Inhibition of MLR by compound 3 was reversed by naloxone (opioid receptor antagonist) and beta-funaltrexamine hydrochloride (mu-opioid receptor antagonist). The immunosuppressive effect of compound 3 was further demonstrated by inhibition of TNF-alpha and nitric oxide production in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated human PBMCs and mouse macrophage cells RAW 264.7, respectively. CONCLUSION These observations suggest that compound 3 inhibits MLR through mu-opioid receptor present on cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Humans
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/drug effects
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Naloxone/pharmacology
- Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives
- Naltrexone/pharmacology
- Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology
- Neuroimmunomodulation/drug effects
- Neuroimmunomodulation/physiology
- Nitric Oxide/immunology
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Opioid Peptides/immunology
- Opioid Peptides/metabolism
- Opioid Peptides/pharmacology
- Receptors, Opioid/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid, delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/drug effects
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/immunology
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/drug effects
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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- P Narayan
- Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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The discovery of endogenous opioid peptides 25 years ago opened up a new chapter in efforts to understand the origins and control of pain, its relationships to other biological functions, including inflammatory and other immune responses, and the relationships of opioid peptides and their receptors to a variety of undesirable or toxic side effects often associated with the nonpeptide opiates such as morphine including addiction, constipation, a variety of neural toxicities, tolerance, and respiratory depression. For these investigations the need for potent and highly receptor selective agonists and antagonists has been crucial since they in principle allow one to distinguish unequivocally the roles of the different opioid receptors (mu, delta, and kappa) in the various biological and pathological roles of the opioid peptides and their receptors. Conformational and topographical constraint of the linear natural endogenous opioid peptides has played a major role in developing peptide ligands with high selectivity for mu, delta, and kappa receptors, and in understanding the conformational, topographical, and stereoelectronic structural requirements of the opioid peptides for their interactions with opioid receptors. In turn, this had led to insights into the three-dimensional pharmacophore for opioid receptors. In this article we review and discuss some of the developments that have led to potent, selective, and stable peptide and peptidomimetic ligands that are highly potent and selective, and that have delta agonist, mu antagonist, and kappa agonist biological activities (other authors in this issue will discuss the development of other types of activities and selectivities). These have led to ligands that provide unique insight into opioid pharmacophores and the critical roles opioid ligands and receptor scan play in pain, addiction, and other human maladies.
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- V J Hruby
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Shenderovich MD, Liao S, Qian X, Hruby VJ. A three-dimensional model of the delta-opioid pharmacophore: comparative molecular modeling of peptide and nonpeptide ligands. Biopolymers 2000; 53:565-80. [PMID: 10766952 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(200006)53:7<565::aid-bip4>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A comparative molecular modeling study of delta-opioid ligands was performed under the assumption that potent peptide and nonpeptide agonists may have common three-dimensional (3D) arrangement of pharmacophore groups upon binding to the delta-receptor. Low-energy conformations of the agonists 7-spiroindanyloxymorphone (SIOM) and 2-methyl-4a-alpha-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,12, 12a-alpha-octahydro-quinolino[2,3,3-g]isoquinoline (TAN-67), and a partial agonist oxomorphindole (OMI) were determined by high-temperature molecular dynamics (MD). A good spatial overlap was found for the pharmacophore groups of SIOM, TAN-67, and OMI, including the basic nitrogen, phenol hydroxyl, and two aromatic ring. Based on this overlap we proposed a 3D pharmacophore model for nonpeptide delta-opioid agonists with a distance of 7.0 +/- 1.3 A between the two aromatic rings and of 8.2 +/- 1.0 A between the nitrogen and phenyl ring. The potent and highly delta-opioid receptor selective agonist [(2S,3R)-TMT(1)]DPDPE, which shares global backbone constraints of the 14-membered disulfide cycle and a strong preference for the trans rotamer of the TMT(1) side chain, was chosen as a peptide template of the delta-opioid pharmacophore. Extensive MD simulations at 300 K with the AMBER force field were performed for [(2S,3R)-TMT(1)]DPDPE and the less potent [(2S, 3S)-TMT(1)]DPDPE analogue. Multiple MD trajectories were collected for each peptide starting from the x-ray structures of DPDPE and [L-Ala(3)]DPDPE and from models proposed in the literature. Low-energy MD conformations were filtered by the nonpeptide pharmacophore query and then directly superimposed with SIOM, OMI, and TAN-67. Two conformers of [(2S,3R)-TMT(1)]DPDPE that showed the best overlap with the nonpeptide pharmacophore (rms deviation </= 1. 0 A for N,O atoms and centroids of two aromatic rings) were selected as possible delta-receptor binding conformations. These conformations have similar backbone structures, and trans rotamers of the TMT(1) side-chain group. They are reasonably close to the crystal structure of [L-Ala(3)]DPDPE, and differ significantly from the crystal structure of DPDPE. The conformer with a gauche(-) rotamer of Phe(4) is most consistent with structure-activity relationships of delta-opioid peptides. The proposed 3D models were used for rational design of new nonpeptide delta-receptor ligands.
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- M D Shenderovich
- Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Allen MP, Blake JF, Bryce DK, Haggan ME, Liras S, McLean S, Segelstein BE. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 3-amino-3-phenylpropionamide derivatives as novel mu opioid receptor ligands. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2000; 10:523-6. [PMID: 10741545 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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3-Amino-3-phenylpropionamide derivatives were produced as small molecule mimics of the cyclic octapeptide octreotide from readily available imine 1. The compounds exhibit high affinity for the mu opioid receptor.
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- M P Allen
- CNS Discovery, Central Research Division, Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT 06340, USA
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY), peptide YY (PYY) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) belong to the NPY hormone family and activate a class of receptors called the Y-receptors, and also belong to the large superfamily of the G-protein coupled receptors. Structure-affinity and structure-activity relationship studies of peptide analogs, combined with studies based on site-directed mutagenesis and anti-receptor antibodies, have given insight into the individual characterization of each receptor subtype relative to its interaction with the ligand, as well as to its biological function. A number of selective antagonists at the Y1-receptor are available whose structures resemble that of the C-terminus of NPY. Some of these compounds, like BIBP3226, BIBO3304 and GW1229, have recently been used for in vivo investigations of the NPY-induced increase in food intake. Y2-receptor selective agonists are the analog cyclo-(28/32)-Ac-[Lys28-Glu32]-(25-36)-pNPY and the TASP molecule containing two units of the NPY segment 21-36. Now the first antagonist with nanomolar affinity for the Y2-receptor is also known, BIIE0246. So far, the native peptide PP has been shown to be the most potent ligand at the Y4-receptor. However, by the design of PP/NPY chimera, some analogs have been found that bind not only to the Y4-, but also to the Y5-receptor with subnanomolar affinities, and are as potent as NPY at the Y1-receptor. For the characterization of the Y5-receptor in vitro and in vivo, a new class of highly selective agonists is now available. This consists of analogs of NPY and of PP/NPY chimera which all contain the motif Ala31-Aib32. This motif has been shown to induce a 3(10)-helical turn in the region 28-31 of NPY and is suggested to be the key motif for high Y5-receptor selectivity. The results of feeding experiments in rats treated with the first highly specific Y5-receptor agonists support the hypothesis that this receptor plays a role in the NPY-induced stimulation of food intake. In conclusion, the selective compounds for the different Y receptor subtypes known so far are promising tools for a better understanding of the physiological properties of the hormones of the NPY family and related receptors.
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- C Cabrele
- Department of Pharmacy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Alfaro-Lopez J, Okayama T, Hosohata K, Davis P, Porreca F, Yamamura HI, Hruby VJ. Exploring the structure-activity relationships of [1-(4-tert-butyl-3'-hydroxy)benzhydryl-4-benzylpiperazine] (SL-3111), a high-affinity and selective delta-opioid receptor nonpeptide agonist ligand. J Med Chem 1999; 42:5359-68. [PMID: 10639279 DOI: 10.1021/jm990337f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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SL-3111 [1-(4-tert-butyl-3'-hydroxy)benzhydryl-4-benzylpiperazine] is a de novo designed, high-affinity and selective nonpeptide peptidomimetic agonist of the delta-opioid receptor. In a previous report we had described the unique biological characteristics of this ligand and also a need for further structural evaluation.(6) To pursue this, we have introduced a completely different heterocyclic template (2 and 3), which, based on molecular modeling studies, may present the required structural features to properly orient the pharmacophore groups. We also have made more subtle changes to the original piperazine scaffold (5 and 11). The biological activities of these compounds revealed an important participation of the scaffold in the ligand-receptor interaction. To further explore functional diversity on the scaffold, we have maintained the original piperazine ring and introduced four different functionalities at position 2 of the heterocyclic ring (15a-d; a = CH(2)-O-CH(2)-Ph; b = Me; c = CH(2)Ph; d = CH(2)OH). The biological activities observed for these compounds showed a very interesting trend in terms of the steric effects of the groups introduced at this position. A decrease of almost 2000-fold in affinity and potency at the delta-receptor was observed for 15c compared with 15b. This difference may be explained if we postulate that the bioactive conformation of these peptidomimetics is close to the minimal energy conformations calculated in our study. On the basis of these findings we have realized the importance of this position to further explore and simplify the structure of future generations of peptidomimetic ligands.
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- J Alfaro-Lopez
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Thomas JB, Atkinson RN, Herault XM, Rothman RB, Mascarella SW, Dersch CM, Xu H, Horel RB, Carroll FI. Optically pure (-)-4-[(N-allyl-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl)phenyl-amino]-N,N-diethylbenzami de displays selective binding and full agonist activity for the delta opioid receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1999; 9:3347-50. [PMID: 10612597 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00613-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The optical isomers of 4-[(N-allyl-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl)phenylamino]-N,N-diethylbenzamide+ ++ (3) have been prepared and tested in both binding and functional assays. The data show that (-)-3 is responsible for the delta opioid activity demonstrated by the racemic material. This compound displays a binding affinity of 5.5 nM for the delta opioid receptor as well as a 470-fold delta versus mu selectivity. Importantly, (-)-3 is a full agonist at the delta receptor in comparison with SNC-80 (2). Taken together, the data suggest that (-)-3 behaves more like the prototypical delta agonists, BW373U86 or SNC-80, and less like the peptidomimetic compound SL-3111 (5).
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- J B Thomas
- Chemistry and Life Sciences, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Thomas JB, Herault XM, Rothman RB, Burgess JP, Mascarella SW, Xu H, Horel RB, Dersch CM, Carroll FI. (+/-)-4-[(N-allyl-cis-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl)phenylamino]-N,N-diethylbenzamide displays selective binding for the delta opioid receptor. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1999; 9:3053-6. [PMID: 10571174 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(99)00525-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Racemic 4-[(N-allyl-cis-3-methyl-4-piperidinyl)phenylamino]-N,N-diethylbenzam ide (3a) was synthesized and found to have good affinity and selectivity for the delta receptor. These compounds can be viewed as an analog of BW373U86 and SNC-80 where an internal piperazine nitrogen has been transposed with a benzylic carbon. Functionally, 3a behaves as an agonist at the delta receptor with no measurable stimulation of either the mu or kappa receptor subtypes and was found to be devoid of any measurable amount of antagonist activity for any opioid receptor. A comparison of 3a to SNC-80 and DPDPE in the [35S]GTPgammaS functional assay suggests that 3a may be more like the peptide DPDPE.
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- J B Thomas
- Chemistry and Life Sciences, Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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The first potent nonpeptidic ligands for somatostatin, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, glucagon and bradykinin receptors have been reported. Nonpeptidic clinical candidates have been identified or are currently under study for substance P, bradykinin, endothelin, growth hormone secretagogue, angiotensin, vasopressin, motilin and cholecystokinin. Design, screening, combinatorial chemistry and classical medicinal chemistry all played important roles in these advances.
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- R M Freidinger
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA.
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Coop A, Rothman RB, Dersch C, Partilla J, Porreca F, Davis P, Jacobson AE, Rice KC. delta Opioid affinity and selectivity of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyindolomorphinan analogues related to naltrindole. J Med Chem 1999; 42:1673-9. [PMID: 10229636 DOI: 10.1021/jm9807003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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To investigate the effect of the introduction of a 4-phenolic substituent on the delta opioid affinity and selectivity of the indolomorphinans, a range of 4-phenolic analogues of naltrindole were prepared and evaluated in in vitro assays. Although the majority of the ligands displayed poor affinity for all three opioid receptors (mu, kappa, delta), 17-cyclopropylmethyl-6, 7-didehydro-4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-6,7:2',3'-indolomorphinan (13) was an exception, displaying excellent delta binding selectivity (delta Ki = 7 nM, mu/delta = 1900, mu/kappa = 1130). GTP-gamma-S functional assays showed 13 to be a selective delta antagonist, albeit with lower potency than naltrindole. Although the reason for the unique profile of 13 could not be determined, these results validate our approach of introducing groups into the indolomorphinans that are known to reduce mu activity, to obtain increased delta selectivity.
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- A Coop
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Building 8, Room B1-23, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Hruby VJ, Slate CA. Amino acid mimetics and design of peptidomimetics for opioid and melanocortin receptors: General perspectives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-5113(99)80008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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