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ArticleNeuropharmacology2017

Biased allosteric agonism and modulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5: Implications for optimizing preclinical neuroscience drug discovery.

Kathy Sengmany, Junaid Singh, Gregory D Stewart, P Jeffrey Conn, Arthur Christopoulos, Karen J Gregory

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Article in Neuropharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 52 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathy SengmanyDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: Kathy.sengmany@monash.edu.
Junaid SinghDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: junaidsingh1@gmail.com.
Gregory D StewartDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: greg.stewart@monash.edu.
P Jeffrey ConnVanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: jeff.conn@vanderbilt.edu.
Arthur ChristopoulosDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: arthur.christopoulos@monash.edu.
Karen J GregoryDrug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: karen.gregory@monash.edu.
Monash University · AUVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

REGULATION OF SIGNALING BY MGLUR5R01MH062646 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI P Jeffrey Conn, COLLEEN M NISWENDER · 2001 to 2026
$10.9M
Research Project: Sensory and Multisensory Contributions to AutismU54HD083211 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DYKENS, ELISABETH MAY · 2015 to 2019
$7.1M
Functions of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor SubtypesR37NS031373 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CONN, P JEFFREY · 2014 to 2020
$3.5M
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083211NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062646NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS031373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allosteric modulators, that exhibit no intrinsic agonist activity, offer the advantage of spatial and temporal fine-tuning of endogenous agonist activity, allowing the potential for increased selectivity, reduced adverse effects and improved clinical outcomes. Some allosteric ligands can differentially activate and/or modulate distinct signaling pathways arising from the same receptor, phenomena referred to as 'biased agonism' and 'biased modulation'. Emerging evidence for CNS disorders with glutamatergic dysfunction suggests the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGlu

Indexed as

Allosteric RegulationAnimalsCalcium SignalingDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalExcitatory Amino Acid AgonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Excitatory Amino Acid AgonistsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsGRM5 protein, humanReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Biased agonismCDPPB (PubChem CID: 11245456)DHPG (PubChem CID: 108001)DPFE (PubChem CID: 16663278)Glutamate (L-glutamic acid PubChem CID: 33032)Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5Positive allosteric modulatorStimulus biasVU0360172 (PubChem CID: 53318624)VU0403602 (PubChem CID: 53384878)VU0405398 (PubChem CID: 70789303)VU0424465 (PubChem CID: 53384864)VU29 (PubChem CID: 11610682)

Identifiers

PMID27392634
PMCPMC5217481
OpenAlexW2464433465

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