Discovery and characterization of biased allosteric agonists of the chemokine receptor CXCR3

L Milanos, R Brox, T Frank, G Poklukar… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this work we report a design, synthesis, and detailed functional characterization of unique
strongly biased allosteric agonists of CXCR3 that contain tetrahydroisoquinoline …

Ligand‐Biased and Probe‐Dependent Modulation of Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 Signaling by Negative Allosteric Modulators

V Bernat, R Brox, MR Heinrich, YP Auberson… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, functional selectivity (or ligand bias) has evolved from being a peculiar
phenomenon to being recognized as an essential feature of synthetic ligands that target G …

Molecular mechanisms of biased and probe-dependent signaling at CXC-motif chemokine receptor CXCR3 induced by negative allosteric modulators

R Brox, L Milanos, N Saleh, P Baumeister… - Molecular …, 2018 - ASPET
Our recent explorations of allosteric modulators with improved properties resulted in the
identification of two biased negative allosteric modulators, BD103 (N-1-{[3-(4-ethoxyphenyl) …

Identification of a novel allosteric binding site in the CXCR2 chemokine receptor

P de Kruijf, HD Lim, L Roumen, VA Renjaän… - Molecular …, 2011 - ASPET
We have shown previously that different chemical classes of small-molecule antagonists of
the human chemokine CXCR2 receptor interact with distinct binding sites of the receptor …

Identification of two distinct sites for antagonist and biased agonist binding to the human chemokine receptor CXCR3

L Milanos, N Saleh, RC Kling, J Kaindl… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The chemokine receptor CXCR3 is a G protein‐coupled receptor that conveys extracellular
signals into cells by changing its conformation upon ligand binding. We previously …

Pharmacological characterization of [3H] VUF11211, a novel radiolabeled small-molecule inverse agonist for the chemokine receptor CXCR3

DJ Scholten, M Wijtmans, JR van Senten… - Molecular …, 2015 - ASPET
Chemokine receptor CXCR3 has attracted much attention, as it is thought to be associated
with a wide range of immune-related diseases. As such, several small molecules with …

Allosteric peptide regulators of chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CXCR7

A Ehrlich, P Ray, KE Luker, EJ Lolis… - Biochemical pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The chemokine CXCL12 and its shared seven-transmembrane receptors CXCR4 and
CXCR7 regulate diseases including cancer, atherosclerosis, autoimmunity, and HIV …

Structure–activity relationship and signaling of new chimeric CXCR4 agonists

CE Mona, É Besserer-Offroy, J Cabana… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The CXCR4 receptor binds with meaningful affinities only CXCL12 and synthetic
antagonists/inverse agonists. We recently described high affinity synthetic agonists for this …

Fluorescent Ligands Enable Target Engagement Studies for the Intracellular Allosteric Binding Site of the Chemokine Receptor CXCR2

ME Huber, S Wurnig, L Toy, C Weiler… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the structure-based development of fluorescent ligands targeting the
intracellular allosteric binding site (IABS) of CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2), a G …

Nonpeptidergic allosteric antagonists differentially bind to the CXCR2 chemokine receptor

P de Kruijf, J van Heteren, HD Lim, PGM Conti… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2009 - ASPET
The chemokine receptor CXCR2 is involved in different inflammatory diseases, like chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ulcerative colitis; …