Advances and challenges in the search for D2 and D3 dopamine receptor-selective compounds

AE Moritz, RB Free, DR Sibley - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
Compounds that target D2-like dopamine receptors (DRs) are currently used as therapeutics
for several neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia (antagonists) and …

A 3D QSAR Study on a Set of Dopamine D4 Receptor Antagonists

J Boström, M Böhm, K Gundertofte… - Journal of chemical …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The molecular alignments obtained from a previously reported pharmacophore model have
been employed in a three-dimensional quantitative structure− activity relationship (3D …

Analysis of the glutamate agonist LY404, 039 binding to nonstatic dopamine receptor D2 dimer structures and consensus docking

RE Salmas, P Seeman, B Aksoydan, I Erol… - ACS Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Dopamine receptor D2 (D2R) plays an important role in the human central nervous system
and is a focal target of antipsychotic agents. The D2HighR and D2LowR dimeric models …

The structural evolution of dopamine D3 receptor ligands: structure–activity relationships and selected neuropharmacological aspects

F Boeckler, P Gmeiner - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
“Evolution consists largely of molecular tinkering.”—Following the famous concept of the
molecular geneticist and medicine Nobel laureate François Jacob, in this review we …

Synthesis, in silico, and in vitro studies of novel dopamine D2 and D3 receptor ligands

M Elek, N Djokovic, A Frank, S Oljacic… - Archiv der …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter in the human brain and its altered concentrations
can lead to various neurological diseases. We studied the binding of novel compounds at …

Investigation of D1 Receptor–Agonist Interactions and D1/D2 Agonist Selectivity Using a Combination of Pharmacophore and Receptor Homology Modeling

M Malo, L Brive, K Luthman, P Svensson - ChemMedChem, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to use a combined structure and pharmacophore modeling
approach to extract information regarding dopamine D1 receptor agonism and D1/D2 …

Analogues of arylamide phenylpiperazine ligands to investigate the factors influencing D3 dopamine receptor bitropic binding and receptor subtype selectivity

HS Hayatshahi, K Xu, SA Griffin, M Taylor… - ACS Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We have previously reported on the ability of arylamide phenylpiperazines to bind
selectively to the D3 versus the D2 dopamine receptor subtype. For these studies, we used …

Potent haloperidol derivatives covalently binding to the dopamine D2 receptor

T Schwalbe, J Kaindl, H Hübner, P Gmeiner - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
The dopamine D 2 receptor (D 2 R) is a common drug target for the treatment of a variety of
neurological disorders including schizophrenia. Structure based design of subtype selective …

Structure-Guided Screening for Functionally Selective D2 Dopamine Receptor Ligands from a Virtual Chemical Library

B Mannel, M Jaiteh, A Zeifman, A Randakova… - ACS Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Functionally selective ligands stabilize conformations of G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) that induce a preference for signaling via a subset of the intracellular pathways …

Multiple fragment docking and linking in primary and secondary pockets of dopamine receptors

M Vass, É Ágai-Csongor, F Horti… - ACS medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A sequential docking methodology was applied to computationally predict starting points for
fragment linking using the human dopamine D3 receptor crystal structure and a human …