Structure−Activity Relationship of (1-Aryl-2-piperazinylethyl)piperazines: Antagonists for the AGRP/Melanocortin Receptor Binding
作者:Premilla N. Arasasingham、Christopher Fotsch、Xiaohu Ouyang、Mark H. Norman、Michael G. Kelly、Kevin L. Stark、Bill Karbon、Clarence Hale、James W. Baumgartner、Martha Zambrano、Janet Cheetham、Nuria A. Tamayo
DOI:10.1021/jm0255522
日期:2003.1.1
Agouti-related protein (AGRP) is an endogenous antagonist of the melanocortin action.(1) In the hypothalamus, melanocortin peptide agonists act as satiety-inducing factors that mediate their action through the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) whereas AGRP is an opposing orexigenic agent. Novel inhibitors of the AGRP/MC4 binding based on (piperazinylethyl)piperazines were prepared, and their structure-activity relationship was established.