CB2 cannabinoid receptor agonist enantiomers HU-433 and HU-308: An inverse relationship between binding affinity and biological potency
| Autor: | Pietro Marini, Raphael Mechoulam, Reem Smoum, Aviva Breuer, Naama Mussai, Mukesh Chourasia, Malka Attar-Namdar, Saja Baraghithy, Natalya M. Kogan, Bitya Raphael, Roger G. Pertwee, Daniele Bolognini, Maria Grazia Cascio, Avital Shurki, Itai Bab |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Cannabinoid receptor medicine.drug_class Endogeny CHO Cells Receptor Cannabinoid CB2 Mice HU-308 Cricetulus Cricetinae medicine Cannabinoid receptor type 2 Animals Binding site Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Multidisciplinary Chemistry Cannabinoids Stereoisomerism Biological Sciences Endocannabinoid system Cell biology Mice Inbred C57BL Biochemistry lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112(28) |
| ISSN: | 1091-6490 |
| Popis: | Activation of the CB2 receptor is apparently an endogenous protective mechanism. Thus, it restrains inflammation and protects the skeleton against age-related bone loss. However, the endogenous cannabinoids, as well as Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main plant psychoactive constituent, activate both cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. HU-308 was among the first synthetic, selective CB2 agonists. HU-308 is antiosteoporotic and antiinflammatory. Here we show that the HU-308 enantiomer, designated HU-433, is 3-4 orders of magnitude more potent in osteoblast proliferation and osteoclast differentiation culture systems, as well as in mouse models, for the rescue of ovariectomy-induced bone loss and ear inflammation. HU-433 retains the HU-308 specificity for CB2, as shown by its failure to bind to the CB1 cannabinoid receptor, and has no activity in CB2-deficient cells and animals. Surprisingly, the CB2 binding affinity of HU-433 in terms of [(3)H]CP55,940 displacement and its effect on [(35)S]GTPγS accumulation is substantially lower compared with HU-308. A molecular-modeling analysis suggests that HU-433 and -308 have two different binding conformations within CB2, with one of them possibly responsible for the affinity difference, involving [(35)S]GTPγS and cAMP synthesis. Hence, different ligands may have different orientations relative to the same binding site. This situation questions the usefulness of universal radioligands for comparative binding studies. Moreover, orientation-targeted ligands have promising potential for the pharmacological activation of distinct processes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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