Identification of a Potent Tryptophan-Based TRPM8 Antagonist With in Vivo Analgesic Activity
作者:Alessia Bertamino、Nunzio Iraci、Carmine Ostacolo、Paolo Ambrosino、Simona Musella、Veronica Di Sarno、Tania Ciaglia、Giacomo Pepe、Marina Sala、Maria Virginia Soldovieri、Ilaria Mosca、Sara Gonzalez-Rodriguez、Asia Fernandez-Carvajal、Antonio Ferrer-Montiel、Ettore Novellino、Maurizio Taglialatela、Pietro Campiglia、Isabel Gomez-Monterrey
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00545
日期:2018.7.26
TRPM8 has been implicated in nociception and pain and is currently regarded as an attractive target for the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pain syndromes. A series of analogues of N,N'-dibenzyl tryptamine 1, a potent TRPM8 antagonist, was prepared and screened using a fluorescence-based in vitro assay based on menthol-evoked calcium influx in TRPM8 stably transfected HEK293 cells. The tryptophan derivative 14 was identified as a potent (IC50 0.2 +/- 0.2 nM) and selective TRPM8 antagonist. In vivo, 14 showed significant target coverage in both an lcilin-induced WDS (at 1-30 mg/kg s.c.) and oxaliplatin-induced cold allodynia (at 0.1 - 1 mu g s.c.) mice models. Molecular modeling studies identified the putative binding mode of these antagonists, suggesting that they could influence an interaction network between the SI-4 transmembrane segments and the TRP domains of the channel subunits. The tryptophan moiety provides a new pharmacophoric scaffold for the design of highly potent modulators of TRPM8-mediated pain.