Defining Structure–Functional Selectivity Relationships (SFSR) for a Class of Non-Catechol Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonists

ML Martini, J Liu, C Ray, X Yu, XP Huang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are capable of downstream signaling through distinct
noncanonical pathways such as β-arrestins in addition to the canonical G protein-dependent …

Structure–Functional Selectivity Relationship Studies of β-Arrestin-Biased Dopamine D2 Receptor Agonists

X Chen, MF Sassano, L Zheng, V Setola… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Functionally selective G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ligands, which differentially
modulate canonical and noncanonical signaling, are extremely useful for elucidating key …

Exploring Structural Determinants of Bias among D4 Subtype-Selective Dopamine Receptor Agonists

F Graßl, L Bock, A Huete-Huerta González… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high affinity dopamine D4 receptor ligand APH199 and derivatives thereof exhibit bias
toward the Gi signaling pathway over β-arrestin recruitment compared to quinpirole. Based …

Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of noncatechol G protein biased and unbiased dopamine D1 receptor agonists

P Wang, DE Felsing, H Chen, SR Raval… - ACS Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Noncatechol heterocycles have recently been discovered as potent and selective G protein
biased dopamine 1 receptor (D1R) agonists with superior pharmacokinetic properties. To …

Novel and Potent Dopamine D2 Receptor Go-Protein Biased Agonists

A Bonifazi, H Yano, AM Guerrero, V Kumar… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The discovery of functionally biased and physiologically beneficial ligands directed toward G-
protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) has provided the impetus to design dopamine D2 …

[HTML][HTML] Dopamine D2 Receptor Agonist Binding Kinetics—Role of a Conserved Serine Residue

R Ågren, TM Stepniewski, H Zeberg, J Selent… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The forward (kon) and reverse (koff) rate constants of drug–target interactions have
important implications for therapeutic efficacy. Hence, time-resolved assays capable of …

Discovery of G protein-biased D2 dopamine receptor partial agonists

X Chen, JD McCorvy, MG Fischer… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Biased ligands (also known as functionally selective ligands) of G protein-coupled receptors
are valuable tools for dissecting the roles of G protein-dependent and independent signaling …

Structure–Activity Relationships of Privileged Structures Lead to the Discovery of Novel Biased Ligands at the Dopamine D2 Receptor

M Szabo, C Klein Herenbrink… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Biased agonism at GPCRs highlights the potential for the discovery and design of pathway-
selective ligands and may confer therapeutic advantages to ligands targeting the dopamine …

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 …

Designing Functionally Selective Noncatechol Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonists with Potent In Vivo Antiparkinsonian Activity

ML Martini, C Ray, X Yu, J Liu… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dopamine receptors are important G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with therapeutic
opportunities for treating Parkinson's Disease (PD) motor and cognitive deficits. Biased D1 …