In Vitro and in Vivo Activity of Cyclopeptide Dmt-C[D-Lys-Phe-Asp]NH2,Amu T Opioid Receptor Agonist Biased Toward Β-Arrestin
Peptides 105 (2018) 51–57 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Peptides journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/peptides In vitro and in vivo activity of cyclopeptide Dmt-c[D-Lys-Phe-Asp]NH2,amu T opioid receptor agonist biased toward β-arrestin Katarzyna Gach-Janczaka,1, Justyna Piekielna-Ciesielskaa,1, Anna Adamska-Bartłomiejczyka, Karol Wtoreka, Federica Ferrarib, Girolamo Calo’b, Agata Szymaszkiewiczc, ⁎ Joanna Piasecka-Zelgad, Anna Janeckaa, a Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Medical University, Lodz, Poland b Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology and Italian Institute of Neuroscience, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy c Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland d Institute of Occupational Medicine, Research Laboratory for Medicine and Veterinary Products in the GMP Head of Research Laboratory for Medicine and Veterinary Products, Lodz, Poland ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: Morphine and related drugs, which are the most effective analgesics for the relief of severe pain, act through Cyclic opioid peptides activating opioid receptors. The endogenous ligands of these receptors are opioid peptides which cannot be used Binding assay as antinociceptive agents due to their low bioactivity and stability in biological fluids. The major goal of opioid Calcium mobilization assay research is to understand the mechanism of action of opioid receptor agonists in order to improve therapeutic Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer utility of opioids. Analgesic effects of morphine are mediated mostly through activation of the mu opioid re- assay ceptor. However, in the search for safer and more effective drug candidates, analogs with mixed opioid receptor Hot-plate test fi ff Whole gastrointestinal transit test pro le gained a lot of interest.
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