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Todorov P, Georgieva S, Peneva P, Nikolov S, Rangelov M, Todorova N, Pechlivanova D, Tchekalarova J. Synthesis, molecular docking, electrochemical and fluorimetric analysis of new caffeic and cinnamic acid-conjugated hemorphin derivatives designed as potential anticonvulsant and antinociceptive agents. Bioorg Chem 2024; 143:107063. [PMID: 38150935 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.107063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
Abstract
Based on the pharmacophore model of opioid receptors, our team recently synthesized a series of short-chain hemorphin peptide analogs containing non-natural amino acids. They demonstrated anticonvulsant and antinociceptive activity with low neurotoxicity. In the present study, a series of novel bioconjugates of N-modified hemorphin analogs containing second pharmacophore cinnamic acids (CA) or caffeic (KA) were synthesized by a traditional solid-phase Fmoc chemistry method for peptide synthesis. Electrochemical and fluorimetric analysis, in vivo anticonvulsant and antinociceptive activity in mice were conducted on the compounds. The three CA acid- (H4-CA, H5-CA, and H7-CA) and three KA acid- (H4-KA, H5-KA, and H7-KA) conjugated hemorphin derivatives exhibited potency at the highest doses of 2 µg/5 µl, administered by intracerebroventricular (icv) mode, against seizure spread in the maximal electroshock test (MES) in mice. The KA-conjugated H5-KA derivate, at the lowest dose, was the only compound that suppressed clonic seizures in the subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol (scPTZ) test. Except for the H5-CA, all tested CA acid- and KA acid-conjugated peptide derivates had the potency to increase the latency for clonic seizures in a dose-dependent mode. The activity against the psychomotor seizures in the 6-Hz test was detected only for the H4-CA (0.5 µg) and H4-KA (0.5 µg and 1 µg), respectively. All investigated peptides showed a more pronounced antinociceptive effect in the "intraplantar formalin" test compared to the "hot plate" test. Shorter chain analogs showed a better antinociceptive profile against tonic pain. The data suggest a DOR and KOR-mediated mechanism of action. According to the docking analysis, H7-CA showed a different antinociceptive profile than other investigated peptides. The novel peptide derivates did not exhibit neurotoxicity in the rotarod test. Our findings suggest that conjugated CA and KA morphine peptides can be used to develop novel morphine-related analogs with anticonvulsant and antinociceptive activity.
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- Petar Todorov
- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria; Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 1407 Sofia, Bulgaria; Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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The Opioid Interactions of the Antipsychotic Medications Risperidone and Amisulpride in Mice and Their Potential Use in the Treatment of Other Non-Psychotic Medical Conditions. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2020; 41:1077-1084. [PMID: 33184770 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-020-01001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pain is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. The opioid epidemic in the USA has highlighted the need for alternative treatments for pain. Following reports on the opioid interactions of various antipsychotic medications, we speculated that the involvement of the opioid system in some of the antipsychotics' mechanism of action may suggest their potential use in the treatment of pain. Risperidone is a neuroleptic with a potent dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT2 receptor-blocking activity as well as a high affinity for adrenergic and histamine H1 receptors. Amisulpride is a neuroleptic which selectively blocks dopamine D2 and D3 receptors. Both had a potent antinociceptive effect on ICR mice tested with a tail flick assay. That effect on both medications was antagonized by naloxone, indicating that at least some of the antinociceptive effects were mediated by an opioid mechanism of action. Further investigation found that β-Funaltrexamine hydrochloride (β-FNA), naloxonazine, and nor-Binaltorphimine dihydrochloride (nor-BNI) reversed the antinociceptive effect of both risperidone and amisulpride. Naltrindole at a dose that blocked [D-Pen2,D-Pen5]enkephalin (DPDPE, δ analgesia) blocked notably amisplride effect and only partially reversed that of risperidone. Risperidone induced an antinociceptive effect, implying involvement of μ and κ-opioid and δ-opioid mechanisms. Amisulpride-induced antinociception was mediated through selective involvement of all three opioid receptor subtypes. These findings emphasize the need for clinical trials to assess the possibility of extending the spectrum of medications available for the treatment of pain.
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Bartuzi D, Kaczor AA, Matosiuk D. Activation and Allosteric Modulation of Human μ Opioid Receptor in Molecular Dynamics. J Chem Inf Model 2015; 55:2421-34. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5b00280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Damian Bartuzi
- Department
of Synthesis and Chemical Technology of Pharmaceutical Substances
with Computer Modeling Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy with Division of Medical
Analytics, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki St., PL-20093 Lublin, Poland
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- Department
of Synthesis and Chemical Technology of Pharmaceutical Substances
with Computer Modeling Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy with Division of Medical
Analytics, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki St., PL-20093 Lublin, Poland
- School
of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department
of Synthesis and Chemical Technology of Pharmaceutical Substances
with Computer Modeling Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy with Division of Medical
Analytics, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki St., PL-20093 Lublin, Poland
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Dreier J, Ruggerone P. Interaction of antibacterial compounds with RND efflux pumps in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:660. [PMID: 26217310 PMCID: PMC4495556 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to intrinsic antibiotic resistance and the propensity of this pathogen to accumulate diverse resistance mechanisms. Hyperexpression of efflux pumps of the Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division (RND)-type multidrug efflux pumps (e.g., MexAB-OprM), chromosomally encoded by mexAB-oprM, mexCD-oprJ, mexEF-oprN, and mexXY (-oprA) is often detected in clinical isolates and contributes to worrying multi-drug resistance phenotypes. Not all antibiotics are affected to the same extent by the aforementioned RND efflux pumps. The impact of efflux on antibiotic activity varies not only between different classes of antibiotics but also between members of the same family of antibiotics. Subtle differences in physicochemical features of compound-pump and compound-solvent interactions largely determine how compounds are affected by efflux activity. The combination of different high-resolution techniques helps to gain insight into the functioning of these molecular machineries. This review discusses substrate recognition patterns based on experimental evidence and computer simulations with a focus on MexB, the pump subunit of the main RND transporter in P. aeruginosa.
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- Jürg Dreier
- Basilea Pharmaceutica International Ltd.,Basel, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari – Cittadella UniversitariaMonserrato, Italy
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AcrB drug-binding pocket substitution confers clinically relevant resistance and altered substrate specificity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:3511-6. [PMID: 25737552 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419939112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The incidence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections is increasing globally and the need to understand the underlying mechanisms is paramount to discover new therapeutics. The efflux pumps of Gram-negative bacteria have a broad substrate range and transport antibiotics out of the bacterium, conferring intrinsic multidrug resistance (MDR). The genomes of pre- and posttherapy MDR clinical isolates of Salmonella Typhimurium from a patient that failed antibacterial therapy and died were sequenced. In the posttherapy isolate we identified a novel G288D substitution in AcrB, the resistance-nodulation division transporter in the AcrAB-TolC tripartite MDR efflux pump system. Computational structural analysis suggested that G288D in AcrB heavily affects the structure, dynamics, and hydration properties of the distal binding pocket altering specificity for antibacterial drugs. Consistent with this hypothesis, recreation of the mutation in standard Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains showed that G288D AcrB altered substrate specificity, conferring decreased susceptibility to the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin by increased efflux. At the same time, the substitution increased susceptibility to other drugs by decreased efflux. Information about drug transport is vital for the discovery of new antibacterials; the finding that one amino acid change can cause resistance to some drugs, while conferring increased susceptibility to others, could provide a basis for new drug development and treatment strategies.
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Sindhu T, Srinivasan P. Exploring the binding properties of agonists interacting with human TGR5 using structural modeling, molecular docking and dynamics simulations. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra16617e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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TGR5, act as a potential pharmacological target in the treatment of type II diabetes. In the computational study, structural modeling and binding site prediction of TGR5 receptor was performed. Two well-known agonists of TGR5 used to investigate the mode and mechanism of binding.
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- Thangaraj Sindhu
- Molecular Biology Lab
- Department of Bioinformatics
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi-630004
- India
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- Molecular Biology Lab
- Department of Bioinformatics
- Alagappa University
- Karaikudi-630004
- India
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Leonis G, Avramopoulos A, Salmas RE, Durdagi S, Yurtsever M, Papadopoulos MG. Elucidation of Conformational States, Dynamics, and Mechanism of Binding in Human κ-Opioid Receptor Complexes. J Chem Inf Model 2014; 54:2294-308. [DOI: 10.1021/ci5002873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Georgios Leonis
- Institute
of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens, Attiki 11635, Greece
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- Institute
of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens, Attiki 11635, Greece
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- Department
of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Istanbul 34469, Turkey
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- Department
of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Istanbul 34349, Turkey
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- Department
of Chemistry, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Istanbul 34469, Turkey
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- Institute
of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Avenue, Athens, Attiki 11635, Greece
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