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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Three-Dimensional Structural Insights Have Revealed the Distinct Binding Interactions of Agonists, Partial Agonists, and Antagonists with the µ Opioid Receptor.

Zoe Li, Jie Liu, Fan Dong, Nancy Chang, Ruili Huang, Menghang Xia, Tucker A Patterson, Huixiao Hong

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zoe LiNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
Jie LiuNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
Fan DongNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
Nancy ChangCenter for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20903, USA.
Ruili HuangNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Menghang XiaNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Tucker A PattersonNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.
Huixiao HongNational Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8087-3968
National Center for Toxicological Research · USNational Institutes of Health · USUnited States Food and Drug Administration · US

Funding

Toxicology in the 21st Century Program (Tox21) - Systems ToxicologyZIATR000038 · NCATS · NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES · PI XIA, MENGHANG · 2015 to 2025
$5.7M
Toxicology in the 21st Century Program (Tox21) - Computational ToxicologyZIATR000040 · NCATS · NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES · PI HUANG, RUILI · 2016 to 2025
$3.5M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The United States is experiencing the most profound and devastating opioid crisis in history, with the number of deaths involving opioids, including prescription and illegal opioids, continuing to climb over the past two decades. This severe public health issue is difficult to combat as opioids remain a crucial treatment for pain, and at the same time, they are also highly addictive. Opioids act on the opioid receptor, which in turn activates its downstream signaling pathway that eventually leads to an analgesic effect. Among the four types of opioid receptors, the µ subtype is primarily responsible for the analgesic cascade. This review describes available 3D structures of the µ opioid receptor in the protein data bank and provides structural insights for the binding of agonists and antagonists to the receptor. Comparative analysis on the atomic details of the binding site in these structures was conducted and distinct binding interactions for agonists, partial agonists, and antagonists were observed. The findings in this article deepen our understanding of the ligand binding activity and shed some light on the development of novel opioid analgesics which may improve the risk benefit balance of existing opioids.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidReceptors, OpioidAnalgesicsBinding SitesHumansPainReceptors, Opioid, muAnalgesicsAnalgesics, OpioidReceptors, OpioidReceptors, Opioid, muagonistantagonistbindingstructureµ opioid receptor

Identifiers

PMID37108204
PMCPMC10138646
OpenAlexW4364379680

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