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  2. 4-Aminoquinolines: novel nociceptin antagonists with analgesic activity

4-Aminoquinolines: novel nociceptin antagonists with analgesic activity

  • J Med Chem. 2000 Nov 30;43(24):4667-77. doi: 10.1021/jm0002073.
H Shinkai 1 T Ito T Iida Y Kitao H Yamada I Uchida
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  • 1 Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, JT Inc., 1-1 Murasaki-cho, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1125, Japan. hisashi.shinkai@ims.jti.co.jp
Abstract

Small-molecule nociceptin antagonists were synthesized to examine their therapeutic potential. After a 4-aminoquinoline derivative was found to bind with the human ORL(1) receptor, a series of 4-aminoquinolines and related compounds were synthesized and their binding was evaluated. Elucidation of structure-activity relationships eventually led to the optimum compounds. One of these compounds, N-(4-amino-2-methylquinolin-6-yl)-2-(4-ethylphenoxymethyl)benzamide hydrochloride (11) not only antagonized nociceptin-induced allodynia in mice but also showed analgesic effect in a hot plate test using mice and in a formalin test using rats. Its analgesic effect was not antagonized by the opioid antagonist naloxone. These results indicate that this nociceptin antagonist has the potential to become a novel type of analgesic that differs from mu-opioid agonists.

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