A structural rationale for the design of water soluble peptide-derived neurokinin-1 antagonists.
J Recept Signal Transduct Res
; 17(6): 855-73, 1997 Nov.
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Molecular models of a pharmacophore for NK1 neurokinin antagonists and of ligand-receptor complexes for the human NK1 G protein-coupled receptor are presented. The models develop a structural rationale for the discovery of the recently described highly potent peptidomimetic NK1 antagonists S18523 and S19752 which were designed to be water soluble. Water solubility was conferred on these compounds by introduction of an anionic butyl-tetrazole substituent on the scaffold of dipeptide-derived NK1 antagonist analogues. The models provide convincing evidence that the anionic butyl-tetrazole moieties of S18523 and S19752 protrude outside the membrane-spanning domain of the receptor and do not interfere significantly with the core of the antagonist binding site. It is emphasized that this result could only be obtained through the combination of the two modelling approaches. The result suggest a general way to modify the transport properties of the peptidomimetic antagonists without altering the receptor-binding interaction, and it outlines the potential of including the combination of pharmacophore models and crude models of receptor-ligand complexes early in the drug design process.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Péptidos
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Diseño de Fármacos
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Antagonistas del Receptor de Neuroquinina-1
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Recept Signal Transduct Res
Asunto de la revista:
BIOQUIMICA
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FISIOLOGIA
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido