Structural insights accelerate the discovery of opioid alternatives

T Che, BL Roth - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Opioid receptors are peptide GPCRs whose binding sites display a more complex interaction
interface than those of receptors for small molecules. … the discovery of novel chemotypes

Identification of a novel delta opioid receptor agonist chemotype with potential negative allosteric modulator capabilities

YJ Meqbil, H Su, RJ Cassell, KL Mores, AM Gutridge… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… selective for δOR over the µ- and κ-opioid receptors (µOR … in the presence of small molecule
agonists and the implementation … with the purpose of finding molecules that underrecruit β-…

A systematic review on the kappa opioid receptor and its ligands: New directions for the treatment of pain, anxiety, depression, and drug abuse

MIH Khan, BJ Sawyer, NS Akins, HV Le - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
antagonists have shown efficacy in the treatment of anxiety and depression. This review
summarizes the history, design strategy, discovery, … opioid receptors are expressed throughout

Kappa opioid receptor ligands and pharmacology: Diphenethylamines, a class of structurally distinct, selective kappa opioid ligands

M Spetea, H Schmidhammer - The Kappa Opioid Receptor, 2021 - Springer
… Diverse discovery strategies of KOR ligands targeting natural, … scaffolds, as small molecules
or peptides, with short or long-… knowledge into the discovery of novel bioactive molecules. …

Research and development of κ opioid receptor agonists and δ opioid receptor agonists

H Nagase, A Saitoh - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
… former chemotypes can be respectively subdivided into those … the possibility of discovering
DOP agonists that maintain their … opioid receptor antagonist) but not by CTOP (selective MOP …

Opportunities and challenges for in silico drug discovery at delta opioid receptors

YJ Meqbil, RM van Rijn - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
… µ opioid receptor (µOR), which is activated by small molecules … This approach has yielded
many novel chemotypes across several … of the small molecule agonist DPI-287 and antagonist

Analgesic opioid ligand discovery based on nonmorphinan scaffolds derived from natural sources

MT Smith, D Kong, A Kuo, MZ Imam… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
… analgesia and opioid-related adverse effects through the … used opioid analgesics belong
to one of six main chemotypes, … by acting as agonists at one or more opioid receptor types, …

Discovery of Potent Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists Derived from Akuammicine

MR Hennessy, SM Creed, AM Gutridge, ES Rhoda… - 2024 - chemrxiv.org
Discovery of Small Molecule Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonist and Antagonist Chemotypes
through a HTS and Hit Refinement Strategy. ACS Chem Neurosci 2012, 3, 221–236. (18) …

Identification of 1, 3, 8-Triazaspiro [4.5] Decane-2, 4-Dione Derivatives as a Novel δ Opioid Receptor-Selective Agonist Chemotype

YJ Meqbil, J Aguilar, AT Blaine, L Chen… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2024 - ASPET
Through a small-scale high-throughput screening assay, this … in the Schrödinger small
molecule drug discovery platform (… DPI-287 (PDB: 6PT3) and the antagonist-bound (PDB: 4N6H) X…

In vitro, in vivo and in silico characterization of a novel kappa-opioid receptor antagonist

K Puls, AL Olivé-Marti, S Pach, B Pinter, F Erli… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
… This new chemotype bears the potential for favorable … 3D query pharmacophores to discover
novel ligands at the MOR. … A and various small molecules KOR antagonists (Table 4). In …