Synthetic and computer assisted analysis of the pharmacophore for agonists at benzodiazepine receptors
| Autor: | Hernando Diaz-Arauzo, Konrad F. Koehler, James M. Cook, Timothy J. Hagen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Molecular Agonist medicine.drug_class Stereochemistry Drug design General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Mice Structure-Activity Relationship X-Ray Diffraction medicine Animals Inverse agonist General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Binding site Receptor gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Benzodiazepine Binding Sites Chemistry GABAA receptor General Medicine Receptors GABA-A Combinatorial chemistry Drug Design Barbiturates Pharmacophore Carbolines |
| Zdroj: | Life Sciences. 49:207-216 |
| ISSN: | 0024-3205 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0024-3205(91)90005-v |
| Popis: | In order to employ rational drug design in the discovery of selective benzodiazepine receptor agonists and inverse agonists, pharmacophore/receptor models for both these activities must first be established. Recently, a pharmacophore for the inverse agonist site has been formulated employing the most recent receptor mapping techniques (22). The continuation of this approach to the pharmacophore for agonist ligands has permitted a definition of this site independently of the inverse agonist model. The agonist pharmacophore/receptor contains two hydrogen bond donating sites of interaction (H1 and H2) located about 6.5 A from each other, as well as three areas of lipophilic interaction (L1 – L3). The areas L1 and L2 are critical for agonist activity; moreover, some ligands also require an interaction in a third lipophilic area termed L3. This is in agreement with previous work (12-23). In addition, an area of negative steric interaction (S1) between the ligand and receptor-binding protein is defined. In regard to the pharmacophore, it was established that the alignment rule for agonist β-carbolines is different from that which elicits inverse agonist activity. Consideration of the pharmacophore has resulted in the synthesis of a new β-carboline 16 which elicits agonist activity. This ligand 16 not only satisfied the requirements of the pharmacophore, but more importantly it elicited both anticonvulsant and anxiolytic activity, but was devoid of the myorelaxant/ataxic properties associated with the benzodiazepines. |
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