作者:Tingyou Li、Yoshio Fujita、Kimitaka Shiotani、Anna Miyazaki、Yuko Tsuda、Akihiro Ambo、Yusuke Sasaki、Yunden Jinsmaa、Ewa Marczak、Sharon D. Bryant、Severo Salvadori、Lawrence H. Lazarus、Yoshio Okada
DOI:10.1021/jm050377l
日期:2005.12.1
A series of dimeric Dmt-Tic (2',6'-dimethyl-L-tyrosyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid) analogues (8-14, 18-22) were covalently linked through diaminoalkane and symmetric or asymmetric 3,6-diaminoalkyl-2(1H)-pyrazinone moieties. All the compounds exhibited high affinity for both 6-opioid receptors K(6) = 0.06-1.53 nM] andy-opioid receptors [K-i(mu) = 1.375.72 nM], resulting in moderate delta-receptor selectivity [K-i(mu)/K-i(delta) = 3-46]. Regardless of the type of linker between the Dmt-Tic pharmacophores, delta-opioid-mediated antagonism was extraordinarily high in all analogues (pA(2) = 10.42-11.28), while in vitro agonism (MVD and GPI bioassays) was essentially absent (ca. 3 to > 10 mu M). While an unmodified N-terminus (9, 13, 18) revealed weaku-opioid antagonism (pA(2) = 6.78-6.99), N,N'-dimethylation (21, 22), which negatively impacts on mu-opioid-associated agonism (Balboni et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2003, 11, 5435-5441), markedly enhanced mu-opioid antagonism (pA(2) = 8.34 and 7.71 for 21 and 22, respectively) without affecting 6-opioid activity. These data are the first evidence that a single dimeric opioid ligand containing the Dmt-Tic pharmacophore exhibits highly potent 6- andy-opioid antagonist activities.