Synthesis and Evaluation of Aryl-Naloxamide Opiate Analgesics Targeting Truncated Exon 11-Associated μ Opioid Receptor (MOR-1) Splice Variants
作者:Susruta Majumdar、Joan Subrath、Valerie Le Rouzic、Lisa Polikar、Maxim Burgman、Kuni Nagakura、Julie Ocampo、Nathan Haselton、Anna R. Pasternak、Steven Grinnell、Ying-Xian Pan、Gavril W. Pasternak
DOI:10.1021/jm300305c
日期:2012.7.26
3-Iodobenzoylnaltrexamide 1 (IBNtxA) is a potent analgesic acting through a novel receptor target that lack many side-effects of traditional opiates composed, in part, of exon 11-associated truncated six transmembrane domain MOR-1 (6TM/E11) splice variants. To better understand the SAR of this drug target, a number of 4,5-epoxymorphinan analogues were synthesized. Results show the importance of a free 3-phenolic group, a phenyl ring at the 6 position, an iodine at the 3'or 4' position of the phenyl ring, and an N-allyl or c-propylmethyl group to maintain high 6TM/E11 affinity and activity. 3 Iodobenzoylnaloxamide 15 (IBNalA) with a N-allyl group displayed lower 5 opioid receptor affinity than its naltrexamine analogue, was 10-fold more potent an analgesic than morphine, elicited no respiratory depression or physical dependence, and only limited inhibition of gastrointestinal transit. Thus, the arylnaloxarnide scaffold can generate a potent analgesic acting through the 6TM/E11 sites with advantageous side-effect profile and greater selectivity.