Reduced Antinociception of Opioids in Rats and Mice by Vaccination with Immunogens Containing Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Haptens
摘要:
Prescription opioids abuse and associated deaths are an emerging concern in the USA. Vaccination against prescription opioids may provide an alternative to pharmacotherapy. An oxycodone hapten containing a tetraglycine linker at the C6 position (60XY(Gly)(4)OH) conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) has shown early proof-of-efficacy in rodents as a candidate immunogen (60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH) for the treatment of oxycodone abuse. In this study, oxycodone-based and hydrocodone-based haptens were conjugated to KLH to generate immunogens that would recognize both oxycodone and hydrocodone. Vaccination with 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH increased drug binding in serum, reduced drug distribution to brain, and blunted analgesia for both oxycodone and hydrocodone. An analogous C6-linked hydrocodone vaccine blocked hydrocodone effects but less so than 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH. C8-Linked hydrocodone immunogens had only limited efficacy. Amide conjugation showed higher haptenation ratios and greater efficacy than thioether conjugation to maleimide activated KLH (mKLH). The 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH vaccine may be used for treatment of prescription opioid abuse.
Reduced Antinociception of Opioids in Rats and Mice by Vaccination with Immunogens Containing Oxycodone and Hydrocodone Haptens
作者:Marco Pravetoni、Morgan Le Naour、Ashli M. Tucker、Theresa M. Harmon、Tara M. Hawley、Philip S. Portoghese、Paul R. Pentel
DOI:10.1021/jm3013745
日期:2013.2.14
Prescription opioids abuse and associated deaths are an emerging concern in the USA. Vaccination against prescription opioids may provide an alternative to pharmacotherapy. An oxycodone hapten containing a tetraglycine linker at the C6 position (60XY(Gly)(4)OH) conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) has shown early proof-of-efficacy in rodents as a candidate immunogen (60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH) for the treatment of oxycodone abuse. In this study, oxycodone-based and hydrocodone-based haptens were conjugated to KLH to generate immunogens that would recognize both oxycodone and hydrocodone. Vaccination with 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH increased drug binding in serum, reduced drug distribution to brain, and blunted analgesia for both oxycodone and hydrocodone. An analogous C6-linked hydrocodone vaccine blocked hydrocodone effects but less so than 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH. C8-Linked hydrocodone immunogens had only limited efficacy. Amide conjugation showed higher haptenation ratios and greater efficacy than thioether conjugation to maleimide activated KLH (mKLH). The 60XY(Gly)(4)-KLH vaccine may be used for treatment of prescription opioid abuse.