Brain-penetrant, orally active, short-acting, high-affinity, potent and selective κ (kappa) opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist with in vitro and in vivo efficacy.
LY2444296 is a brain-penetrant, orally active, short-acting, high-affinity, potent and selective κ (kappa) opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist (human κ/μ/δ Ki = 0.565/35.8/211 nM against diprenorphine binding; GTP-γ-S binding IC50/agonist/subtype transfectant = 1.57 nM/300 nM U69593/κ, 21.3 nM/1 μM DAMGO/μ 293 nM/30 nM DPDPE/d). LY2444296 reverses κ agonist antinociceptive efficacy in vivo (ED50 = 0.24 mg/kg p.o. against 1 mg/kg U69593 sc. by rat formalin test), decreases immobility time (10 or 30 mg/kg sc.) and prevents enhanced alcohol consumption (5 mg/kg i.p.) among mice subjected to stress by forced swimming.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 54(23), 8000-8012 (2011-10-01)
Arylphenylpyrrolidinylmethylphenoxybenzamides were found to have high affinity and selectivity for κ opioid receptors. On the basis of receptor binding assays in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing cloned human opioid receptors, (S)-3-fluoro-4-(4-((2-(3-fluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl)phenoxy)benzamide (25) had a K(i) = 0.565 nM for
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 43(4), 739-750 (2017-09-01)
The κ-opioid receptor (KOP-r) system and its endogenous ligands, the dynorphins, are involved in the neurobiological regulation of addictive states, and of mood. There are limited data on the impact of selective KOP-r antagonism in humans on basic biobehavioral functions
The recruitment of the stress circuitry contributes to a shift from positive to negative reinforcement mechanisms sustaining long-term cocaine addiction. The kappa opioid receptor (KOPr) signaling is upregulated by stress and chronic cocaine exposure. While KOPr agonists induce anhedonia and
