Further Optimization and Evaluation of Bioavailable, Mixed-Efficacy μ-Opioid Receptor (MOR) Agonists/δ-Opioid Receptor (DOR) Antagonists: Balancing MOR and DOR Affinities
作者:Aubrie A. Harland、Larisa Yeomans、Nicholas W. Griggs、Jessica P. Anand、Irina D. Pogozheva、Emily M. Jutkiewicz、John R. Traynor、Henry I. Mosberg
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01270
日期:2015.11.25
In a previously described peptidomimetic series, we reported the development of bifunctional ?-opioid receptor (MOR) agonist and delta-opioid receptor (DOR) antagonist ligands with a lead compound that produced antinociception for 1 h after intraperitoneal administration in mice. In this paper, we expand on our original series by presenting two modifications, both of which were designed with the following objectives: (1) probing bioavailability and improving metabolic stability, (2) balancing affinities between MOR and DOR while reducing affinity and efficacy at the kappa-opioid receptor (KOR), and (3) improving in vivo efficacy. Here, we establish that, through N-acetylation of our original peptidomimetic series, we are able to improve DOR affinity and increase selectivity relative to KOR while maintaining the desired MOR agonist/DOR antagonist profile. From initial in vivo studies, one compound (14a) was found to produce dose-dependent antinociception after peripheral administration with an improved duration of action of longer than 3 h.