Selective Agonists for Dopamine/Neurotensin Receptor Heterodimers
Selective Agonists for Dopamine/Neurotensin Receptor Heterodimers
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DOI:
10.1002/cmdc.201100499
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发表时间:
2012-03-05
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Gmeiner, Peter
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作者:
Koschatzky, Susanne;Gmeiner, Peter
The neuromodulatory peptide neurotensin has been described to functionally interact with dopaminergic pathways of the human brain. We employed radioligand binding studies to investigate the physical interaction between co-expressed dopamine D2L or D3 and neurotensin NTS1 or NTS2 receptors. Substantial cross-inhibitory effects of both receptor subtypes NTS1 and NTS2 on the agonist binding of D2L or D3 were detected in the presence of neurotensin. To identify ligand-specific modulation and subtype-dependent differences, the novel dopamine receptor agonists 5 and 6 bearing the 7-OH-DPAT pharmacophore were synthesized. Exceptional ligand specificity was observed for D3NTS2 co-expression, which gave a 20-fold decrease in affinity for biphenylcarboxamide 5 in the presence of neurotensin. Comparing the binding properties of dopaminergic compounds in the presence of neurotensin, dopamine receptor subtype-selective profiles of the cross-inhibitory effect of neurotensin were observed.