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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2016

Combatting Synthetic Designer Opioids: A Conjugate Vaccine Ablates Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Class Drugs.

Paul T Bremer, Atsushi Kimishima, Joel E Schlosburg, Bin Zhou, Karen C Collins, Kim D Janda

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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85citing papers in PubMed
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

85 citing papers in PubMed, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul T BremerDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Atsushi KimishimaDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Joel E SchlosburgDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Bin ZhouDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Karen C CollinsDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Kim D JandaDepartments of Chemistry and Immunology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, Worm Institute for Research and Medicine (WIRM), The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N Torrey Pines Rd BCC-582, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. kdjanda@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Approaches to Counteract the Harmful Effects of Synthetic Opioid Designer DrugsR21DA039634 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI JANDA, KIM · 2015 to 2016
$522k
Treatment of Opiate Dependence through Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide HydrolaseK99DA037344 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI SCHLOSBURG, JOEL EVAN · 2014 to 2015
$284k
Chemical Strategies for Developing Improved Vaccines against PhenethylaminesF31DA037709 · NIDA · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BREMER, PAUL T · 2014 to 2015
$60k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA037709NIDA NIH HHS F31DA037709NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA037344NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA039634NIDA NIH HHS R21DA039634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fentanyl is an addictive prescription opioid that is over 80 times more potent than morphine. The synthetic nature of fentanyl has enabled the creation of dangerous "designer drug" analogues that escape toxicology screening, yet display comparable potency to the parent drug. Alarmingly, a large number of fatalities have been linked to overdose of fentanyl derivatives. Herein, we report an effective immunotherapy for reducing the psychoactive effects of fentanyl class drugs. A single conjugate vaccine was created that elicited high levels of antibodies with cross-reactivity for a wide panel of fentanyl analogues. Moreover, vaccinated mice gained significant protection from lethal fentanyl doses. Lastly, a surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based technique was established enabling drug-specificity profiling of antibodies derived directly from serum. Our newly developed fentanyl vaccine and analytical methods may assist in the battle against synthetic opioid abuse.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsAntidotesDesigner DrugsFentanylMiceTissue DistributionVaccinesAnalgesics, OpioidAntidotesDesigner DrugsFentanylVaccinesantibodybiosensorsconjugate vaccinesfentanylsimmunology

Identifiers

PMID26879590
PMCPMC4860013
OpenAlexW2287629567

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