Synthesis, pharmacological evaluation and conformational investigation of endomorphin-2 hybrid analogues
BALBONI, GIANFRANCO;
2013-01-01
Abstract
This study reports on new pharmacologically active endomorphin-2 analogues, incorporating β 2-hPhe, β 3-hPhe and β 3-hTic unnatural amino acids in the place of the Phe 3-Phe4residues. Such α, β-hybrid analogues were designed to exploit the great potential of β-amino acids in generating conformational variation at the key positions 3 and 4, with the aim of evaluating the effect on the opioid binding affinity. Ligand-stimulated binding assays indicated that some analogues retained a significant affinity, especially for the δ receptor. 1H NMR and molecular modelling suggested the predominance of bent structures for all compounds. The molecular docking with the μ-opioid receptor model was also performed, highlighting a common binding mode for active compounds and helping to rationalize the observed structure-activity data.File | Size | Format | |
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