Designing bifunctional NOP receptor–mu opioid receptor ligands from NOP receptor-selective scaffolds. Part I.
作者:Nurulain T. Zaveri、Faming Jiang、Cris Olsen、Willma E. Polgar、Lawrence Toll
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.03.101
日期:2013.6
The nociceptin receptor (NOP) and its endogenous agonist, nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ), members of the opioid receptor and peptide families respectively, modulate the pharmacological effects of classical opioids, particularly opioid-induced reward and nociception. We hypothesized that compounds containing both NOP and opioid receptor activity in a single molecule may have useful pharmacological profiles as non-addicting analgesics or as drug abuse medications. We report here our forays into the structureactivity relationships for discovering 'bifunctional' NOP-mu opioid receptor (MOP) ligands, starting from our NOP-selective scaffolds. This initial SAR suggests pharmacophoric elements that may be modified to modulate/increase opioid affinity, while maintaining high affinity for the NOP receptor, to result in potent bifunctional small-molecule NOP/MOP ligands. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.