Potential for Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonists to Engineer Nonaddictive Analgesics: A Narrative Review.
Potential for Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonists to Engineer Nonaddictive Analgesics: A Narrative Review.
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DOI:
10.1213/ane.0000000000005309
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发表时间:
2021-02-01
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5.7
通讯作者:
Siderovski DP
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作者:
Kaski SW;White AN;Gross JD;Siderovski DP
A serious adverse effect of prescription opioid analgesics is addiction, both to these analgesics and to illicit drugs like heroin that also activate the mu opioid receptor (MOR). Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths represent a current American health crisis, and the prescription of opioid analgesics has contributed significantly to this crisis. While prescription opioids are highly effective analgesics, there currently exists no facile way to use them for extended periods without the risk of addiction. If addiction caused by MOR-targeting analgesics could be blocked by blending in a new “anti-addiction” ingredient that does not diminish analgesia and does not introduce its own therapeutically limiting side effects, then continued clinical use of prescription opioids for treating pain could be maintained (or even enhanced) instead of curtailed. In this narrative review, we contextualize this hypothesis, first with a brief overview of the current American opioid addiction crisis. The neurobiology of two key receptors in OUD development, MOR and the kappa opioid receptor (KOR), is then discussed to highlight the neuroanatomical features and circuitry in which signal transduction from these receptors lie in opposition – creating opportunities for pharmacological intervention in curtailing the addictive potential of MOR agonism. Prior findings with mixed MOR/KOR agonists are considered, before exploring new potential avenues such as biased KOR agonists. New pre-clinical data are highlighted demonstrating that the G protein-biased KOR agonist nalfurafine reduces the rewarding properties of MOR-targeting analgesics and enhances MOR-targeting analgesic-induced anti-nociception. Finally, we discuss the recent discovery that a Regulator of G protein Signaling (namely, RGS12) is a key component of signaling bias at KOR, presenting another drug discovery target towards identifying a single agent, or adjuvant to be added to traditional opioid analgesics, that could reduce or eliminate the addictive potential of the latter drug.
DOI:
10.1177/0269881120944160
发表时间:
2020-12
期刊:
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)
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作者:
White AN;Gross JD;Kaski SW;Trexler KR;Wix KA;Wetsel WC;Kinsey SG;Siderovski DP;Setola V
通讯作者:
Setola V