Abstract
Conformation of bicyclic guanidines with kappa-opioid receptor activity derived in our laboratory from a positional scanning synthetic combinatorial library is presented in this work. We propose a common bioactive conformation and putative pharmacophoric features by means of 3D similarity methods. Our 'Y' shape molecular binding model explains structure-activity relationships and suggests that the guanidine functionality and a 4-methoxybenzyl group may be involved in key interactions with the receptor. Comparison of our model with known opiates suggest a similar binding mode showing that the bicyclic guanidines presented in this work are suitable scaffolds for further development of new opioid receptors ligands.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5932-5938 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the State of Florida, Executive Officer of the Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development. The authors are also grateful to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA019620) and to the Multiple Sclerosis National Research Institute for partial funding. The authors acknowledge OpenEye Scientific Software, INC. for providing ROCS, OMEGA and VIDA programs.
Keywords
- Mixture-based combinatorial libraries
- Molecular similarity
- Multi-fusion similarity maps
- Opioid receptor ligands
- Structure-activity relationships