Development of the First Ultra-Potent “Capsaicinoid” Agonist at Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 (TRPV1) Channels and Its Therapeutic Potential
作者:Giovanni Appendino、Luciano De Petrocellis、Marcello Trevisani、Alberto Minassi、Nives Daddario、Aniello Schiano Moriello、David Gazzieri、Alessia Ligresti、Barbara Campi、Gabriele Fontana、Christian Pinna、Pierangelo Geppetti、Vincenzo Di Marzo
DOI:10.1124/jpet.104.074864
日期:2005.2
Olvanil ( N -9- Z -octadecenoyl-vanillamide) is an agonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channels that lack the pungency of capsaicin and was developed as an oral analgesic. Vanillamides are unmatched in terms of structural simplicity, straightforward synthesis, and safety compared with the more powerful TRPV1 agonists, like the structurally complex phorboid compound resiniferatoxin. We have modified the fatty acyl chain of olvanil to obtain ultra-potent analogs. The insertion of a hydroxyl group at C-12 yielded a compound named rinvanil, after ricinoleic acid, significantly less potent than olvanil (EC50 = 6 versus 0.7 nM), but more versatile in terms of structural modifications because of the presence of an additional functional group. Acetylation and phenylacetylation of rinvanil re-established and dramatically enhanced, respectively, its potency at hTRPV1. With a two-digit picomolar EC50 (90 pM), phenylacetylrinvanil (PhAR, IDN5890) is the most potent vanillamide ever described with potency comparable with that of resiniferatoxin (EC50, 11 pM). Benzoyl- and phenylpropionylrinvanil were as potent and less potent than PhAR, respectively, whereas configurational inversion to ent -PhAR and cyclopropanation (but not hydrogenation or epoxidation) of the double bond were tolerated. Finally, iodination of the aromatic hydroxyl caused a dramatic switch in functional activity, generating compounds that behaved as TRPV1 antagonists rather than agonists. Since the potency of PhAR was maintained in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and, particularly, in the rat urinary bladder, this compound was investigated in an in vivo rat model of urinary incontinence and proved as effective as resiniferatoxin at reducing bladder detrusor overactivity.
Olvanil(N-9-Z-十八碳烯酰-香草酰胺)是一种瞬时受体电位香草素亚型1(TRPV1)通道的激动剂,不具备辣椒素的那种刺激性,开发用于口服镇痛。与结构复杂的树脂佛波酯类TRPV1激动剂(如resiniferatoxin)相比,香草酰胺因其结构简单、合成直接和安全性高等特点而独树一帜。我们对olvanil的脂肪酸酰基链进行了修饰,得到了超强活性的类似物。在C-12位插入一个羟基得到化合物rinvanil,其活性显著低于olvanil(EC50=6与0.7nM相比),但由于存在额外的官能团,使得结构修饰更加多样化。对rinvanil进行乙酰化和苯乙酰化后,其对人TRPV1的活性分别得到恢复和显著增强。苯乙酰基rinvanil(PhAR,IDN5890)的EC50为90皮摩尔,是迄今为止描述的最强效的香草酰胺,其活性与resiniferatoxin相当(EC50,11皮摩尔)。苯甲酰基-和苯丙酰基rinvanil的活性分别与PhAR相当和低于PhAR,而构型反转至ent-PhAR和双键的环丙烷化(而非氢化或环氧化)是可以接受的。最后,对芳香羟基进行碘化会导致功能活性发生剧烈转变,产生的化合物表现为TRPV1拮抗剂而非激动剂。由于PhAR在大鼠背根神经节神经元中的活性得以维持,特别是在大鼠膀胱中,该化合物在大鼠尿失禁体内模型中进行了研究,并证明其减少膀胱逼尿肌过度活动的效力与resiniferatoxin相当。