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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 213, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113159
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; Dibenzodiazepinone derivative; Peptide; MR subtype selectivity; M2R selectivity; Basic amino acid; Induced-fit docking; M2R antagonist
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [GRK 1910]
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The family of human muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (MRs) lack subtype selective MR ligands due to high sequence homology among the five subtypes (M1R-M5R). A series of M2R ligands containing a dibenzodiazepinone pharmacophore linked to small basic peptides were synthesized, showing that the linker moiety and basic peptide structure play crucial roles in determining M2R affinity and selectivity. The most M2R selective compound exhibited picomolar M2R affinity with high selectivity ratios compared to other M2R preferring MR ligands.
The family of human muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (MRs) is characterized by a high sequence homology among the five subtypes (M1R-M5R), being the reason for a lack of subtype selective MR ligands. In continuation of our work on dualsteric dibenzodiazepinone-type M2R antagonists, a series of M2R ligands containing a dibenzodiazepinone pharmacophore linked to small basic peptides was synthesized (64 compounds). The linker moiety was varied with respect to length, number of basic nitrogens (0-2) and flexibility. Besides proteinogenic basic amino acids (Lys, Arg), shorter homologues of Lys and Arg, containing three and two methylene groups, respectively, as well as D-configured amino acids were incorporated. The type of linker had a marked impact on M2R affinity and also effected M2R selectivity. In contrast, the structure of the basic peptide rather determined M2R selectivity than M2R affinity. For example, the most M2R selective compound (UR-CG188, 89) with picomolar M2R affinity (pK(i) 9.60), exhibited a higher M2R selectivity (ratio of K-i M1R/M2R/M3R/M4R/M5R: 110:1:5200:55:2300) compared to the vast majority of reported M2R preferring MR ligands. For selected ligands, M2R antagonism was confirmed in a M2R miniG protein recruitment assay. (C) 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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