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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2018

Cyclic biphalin analogues with a novel linker lead to potent agonist activities at mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptors.

Michael Remesic, Giorgia Macedonio, Adriano Mollica, Frank Porreca, Victor Hruby, Yeon Sun Lee

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Solution Phase Peptide Synthesis: The Case of Biphalin.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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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.

Michael RemesicDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Giorgia MacedonioDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, 66100 Italy.
Adriano MollicaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Chieti-Pescara "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti, 66100 Italy.
Frank PorrecaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Victor HrubyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
Yeon Sun LeeDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. Electronic address: yeon@email.arizona.edu.
University of Arizona · USUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

THERAPEUTIC PROFILES OF OPIOID DELTA RECEPTORS--NEW MODALITIESP01DA006284 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI HRUBY, VICTOR J · 1989 to 2015
$14.8M
NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA006284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In an effort to improve biphalin's potency and efficacy at the µ-(MOR) and δ-opioid receptors (DOR), a series of cyclic biphalin analogues 1-5 with a cystamine or piperazine linker at the C-terminus were designed and synthesized by solution phase synthesis using Boc-chemistry. Interestingly, all of the analogues showed balanced opioid agonist activities at all opioid receptor subtypes due to enhanced κ-opioid receptor (KOR) activity. Our results indicate that C-terminal flexible linkers play an important role in KOR activity compared to that of the other cyclic biphalin analogues with a hydrazine linker. Among them, analogue 5 is a potent (Ki = 0.27, 0.46, and 0.87 nM; EC

Indexed as

Cell LineCyclizationEnkephalinsHumansKineticsProtein BindingReceptors, Opioid, deltaReceptors, Opioid, kappaReceptors, Opioid, mubiphalinEnkephalinsReceptors, Opioid, deltaReceptors, Opioid, kappaReceptors, Opioid, muBiphalinCyclic peptidesMOR/DOR/KOR agonistOpioid receptorsSynergistic analgesic effect

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PMID29858157
PMCPMC8802617
OpenAlexW2803189903

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