Abstract
A series of α-substituted acetamide derivatives of previously reported 2-(3-fluoro-4-methylsulfonamidophenyl)propanamide leads (1, 2) were investigated for antagonism of hTRPV1 activation by capsaicin. Compound 34, which possesses an α-m-tolyl substituent, showed highly potent and selective antagonism of capsaicin with Ki(CAP) = 0.1 nM. It thus reflected a 3-fold improvement in potency over parent 1. Docking analysis using our homology model indicated that the high potency of 34 might be attributed to a specific hydrophobic interaction of the m-tolyl group with the receptor.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 22607 |
Pages (from-to) | 2326-2330 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Research Grants from Grunenthal in Germany, Grants from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) ( NRF-2014M3A9B5073755 ) and National Leading Research Lab ( NLRL ) program ( 2011-0028885 ) in South Korea, and in part by the Intramural Research Program of NIH , Center for Cancer Research, NCI (Project Z1A BC 005270) in USA.
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Keywords
- Analgesic
- Capsaicin
- Molecular modeling
- TRPV1 antagonist