Abstract
The orexin 1 receptor (OX1R) antagonists carrying a morphinan skeleton such as YNT-707 (2) and YNT-1310 (3) showed potent and extremely high selective antagonistic activity against OX1R. In the course of our study of the essential structure of YNT-707 for high binding affinity against OX1R, we prepared derivatives of 2 without the D- and 4,5-epoxy rings to clarify the roles of these structural determinants toward OX1R antagonistic activity. The D- and 4,5-epoxy rings played important roles for the active orientation of the 17-sulfonamide and 6-amide side chains. Finally, we identified the simple structure required for selective OX1R antagonistic activity in the complex morphinan skeleton, which is expected to be a useful scaffold for further design of OX1R ligands.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2655-2658 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2019 |
Keywords
- Morphinan
- Nalfurafine
- Orexin
- Ring removal
- YNT-707
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry