Design and synthesis of novel δ opioid receptor agonists with an azatricyclodecane skeleton for improving blood-brain barrier penetration

Autor: Hiroshi Nagase, Shigeto Hirayama, Toshihiro Takahashi, Kohei Hayashida, Takashi Iwai, Yoshikazu Watanabe, Eriko Nakata, Saito Daisuke, Junichi Sakai, Takashi Kanda, Hideaki Fujii, Tomio Yamakawa
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry letters. 27(15)
ISSN: 1464-3405
Popis: We designed and synthesized novel δ opioid receptor (DOR) agonists 3a – i with an azatricyclodecane skeleton, which was a novel structural class of DOR agonists. Among them, 3b exhibited high values of binding affinity and potent agonistic activity for the DOR that were approximately equivalent to those of 2 which bore an oxazatricyclodecane skeleton. In vitro assays using the blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability test kit supported the idea that 3b achieved an excellent BBB permeability by converting an oxygen atom of 2 to a carbon atom (methylene group) in the core skeleton. As a result, 3b showed potent antinociceptive effects.
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