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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2023

Structure-Activity Relationship Study of Cannabidiol-Based Analogs as Negative Allosteric Modulators of the μ-Opioid Receptor.

Taryn Bosquez-Berger, Jessica A Gudorf, Charles P Kuntz, Jacob A Desmond, Jonathan P Schlebach, Michael S VanNieuwenhze, Alex Straiker

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Pharmacological Profile of Plant-Derived Cannabinoids In Vitro.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2026
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  4. Is Fentanyl Rebound an Intrinsic Feature of Naloxone Reversal?Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. Advances in the structural understanding of opioid allostery.Trends in pharmacological sciences · 2025
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  9. CBD Versus CBDP: Comparing In Vitro Receptor-Binding Activities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taryn Bosquez-BergerGill Center for Biomolecular Science, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
Jessica A GudorfDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7492-1430
Charles P KuntzDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
Jacob A DesmondDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
Jonathan P SchlebachDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0955-7633
Michael S VanNieuwenhzeDepartment of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6093-5949
Alex StraikerGill Center for Biomolecular Science, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
Indiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

INTEGRATIVE PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH AT INDIANA UNIVERSITYT32DA024628 · NIDA · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Andrea Grace Hohmann, Kenneth Mackie · 2008 to 2026
$3.1M
Graduate Training Program in Quantitative and Chemical Biology at Indiana University BloomingtonT32GM131994 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI JARED C LEWIS · 2019 to 2026
$2.4M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA024628NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM131994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The US faces an unprecedented surge in fatal drug overdoses. Naloxone, the only antidote for opiate overdose, competes at the mu opioid receptor (μOR) orthosteric site. Naloxone struggles against fentanyl-class synthetic opioids that now cause ∼80% of deaths. Negative allosteric modulators (NAMs) targeting secondary sites may noncompetitively downregulate μOR activation. (-)-Cannabidiol ((-)-CBD) is a candidate μOR NAM. To explore its therapeutic potential, we evaluated the structure-activity relationships among CBD analogs to identify NAMs with increased potency. Using a cyclic AMP assay, we characterize reversal of μOR activation by 15 CBD analogs, several of which proved more potent than (-)-CBD. Comparative docking investigations suggest that potent compounds interact with a putative allosteric pocket to stabilize the inactive μOR conformation. Finally, these compounds enhance naloxone displacement of fentanyl from the orthosteric site. Our results suggest that CBD analogs offer considerable potential for the development of next-generation antidotes for opioid overdose.

Indexed as

CannabidiolAnalgesics, OpioidFentanylNaloxoneNarcotic AntagonistsReceptors, Opioid, muStructure-Activity RelationshipAnalgesics, OpioidCannabidiolFentanylNaloxoneNarcotic AntagonistsReceptors, Opioid, mu

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PMID37437224
PMCPMC11299522
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