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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2020

Development of Conformationally Constrained α-RgIA Analogues as Stable Peptide Antagonists of Human α9α10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors.

Nan Zheng, Sean B Christensen, Alan Blakely, Cheryl Dowell, Landa Purushottam, J Michael McIntosh, Danny Hung-Chieh Chou

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nan ZhengDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
Sean B ChristensenSchool of Biological Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
Alan BlakelyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
Cheryl DowellSchool of Biological Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
Landa PurushottamDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
J Michael McIntoshSchool of Biological Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.
Danny Hung-Chieh ChouDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9110-614X
University of Utah · US

Funding

Novel nAChR-Targeted PeptidesR01GM103801 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MCINTOSH, J MICHAEL · 2012 to 2019
$2.4M
Development and Application of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Targeted Peptides for Biomedical ResearchR35GM136430 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MCINTOSH, J MICHAEL · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
STUDIES ON INSULIN RECEPTOR ISO FORMSR35GM125001 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI CHOU, DANNY HUNG-CHIEH · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103801NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM125001NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-opioid therapeutics for the treatment of neuropathic pain are urgently needed to address the ongoing opioid crisis. Peptides from cone snail venoms have served as invaluable molecules to target key pain-related receptors but can suffer from unfavorable physicochemical properties, which limit their therapeutic potential. In this work, we developed conformationally constrained α-RgIA analogues with high potency, receptor selectivity, and enhanced human serum stability to target the human α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The key lactam linkage introduced in α-RgIA fixed the favored globular conformation and suppressed disulfide scrambling. The NMR structure of the macrocyclic peptide overlays well with that of α-RgIA4, demonstrating that the cyclization does not perturb the overall conformation of backbone and key side-chain residues. Finally, a molecular docking model was used to rationalize the selective binding between a macrocyclic analogue and the α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. These conformationally constrained antagonists are therefore promising candidates for antinociceptive therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

AnimalsConotoxinsConus SnailDrug DesignHumansMacrocyclic CompoundsMolecular ConformationMolecular Docking SimulationNicotinic AntagonistsPeptides, CyclicProtein SubunitsReceptors, NicotinicXenopus laevisconotoxin alpha-RgIA, Conus regiusConotoxinsMacrocyclic CompoundsNicotinic AntagonistsPeptides, CyclicProtein SubunitsReceptors, Nicotinic

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PMID32597184
PMCPMC7942019
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