Discovery of a Novel Selective Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonist Using Crystal Structure-Based Virtual Screening
作者:Ana Negri、Marie-Laure Rives、Michael J. Caspers、Thomas E. Prisinzano、Jonathan A. Javitch、Marta Filizola
DOI:10.1021/ci400019t
日期:2013.3.25
Kappa-opioid (KOP) receptor agonists exhibit analgesic effects without activating reward pathways. In the search for nonaddictive opioid therapeutics and novel chemical tools to study physiological functions regulated by the KOP receptor, we screened in silico its recently released inactive crystal structure. A selective novel KOP receptor agonist emerged as a notable result and is proposed as a new
κ-阿片 (KOP) 受体激动剂表现出镇痛作用,而不会激活奖励途径。在寻找非成瘾性阿片类药物疗法和新型化学工具来研究受 KOP 受体调节的生理功能的过程中,我们在计算机上筛选了其最近发布的无活性晶体结构。一种选择性的新型 KOP 受体激动剂作为一个显着的结果出现,并被提议作为一种新的化学型,用于研究 KOP 受体在药物成瘾、抑郁和/或疼痛的病因学中。