Journal
JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH
Volume 63, Issue 6, Pages 477-484Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.2004.00157.x
Keywords
guinea-pig ileum; (8-Naphthalen-1-yl-methyl-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triaza-spiro[4,5]dec-3-yl)-aceticacid methyl ester; nociceptin; orphanin FQ; nociceptin; orphanin FQ peptide and opioid receptors
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01HL71212] Funding Source: Medline
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Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) is the endogenous ligand for the G-protein coupled receptor referred to as N/OFQ peptide (NOP) receptor. NOP receptor activation by N/OFQ modulates several biological functions both at central and peripheral level. Structure activity relationship (SAR) studies demonstrated that the N/OFQ sequence can be divided into a N-terminal tetrapeptide 'message' crucial for receptor activation and a C-terminal 'address' important for receptor binding. On the basis of this message/address concept we synthesized some chimeric compounds in which we substituted the natural message domain with the nonselective nonpeptide NOP ligand (8-Naphthalen-1-yl-methyl-4-oxo-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triaza-spiro[4,5]dec-3-yl)-aceticacid methyl ester (NNC 63-0532) and used as address domain the peptide sequences Thr-NH2, N/OFQ(5-9)-NH2, N/OFQ(5-13)-NH2 and N/OFQ(5-17)-NH2. All the compounds were pharmacologically evaluated in the electrically stimulated guinea-pig ileum. NNC 63-0532 produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of the electrically induced twitches showing, in comparison with N/OFQ, lower potency and higher maximal effects. In addition, contrary to N/OFQ, the effects of NNC 63-0532 were insensitive to the NOP selective antagonist [Nphe(1), Arg(14), Lys(15)]N/OFQ-NH2 (UFP-101) while prevented by naloxone. Similar results were obtained with NNC 63-0532/Thr-NH2 and NNC 63-0532/N/OFQ(1-9)-NH2. On the contrary, the inhibitory effects of NNC 63-0532/N/OFQ(5-13)-NH2 and NNC 63-0532/N/OFQ(5-17)-NH2 were slightly antagonized by UFP-101 while naloxone prevented the effects of the high but not of the low concentrations of the two ligands. These data indicate that it is possible to functionalize with the N/OFQ address sequence a nonpeptide NOP ligand for increasing its binding to the NOP receptor. Moreover, these results corroborate the idea that the 5-13 sequence represents the crucial core of the N/OFQ address domain.
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