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SUBMITTER: Karad SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5486982 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karad Somnath Narayan SN Pal Mohan M Crowley Rachel S RS Prisinzano Thomas E TE Altman Ryan A RA
ChemMedChem 20170405 8
We describe the design, synthesis, and opioid activity of fluoroalkene (Tyr<sup>1</sup> -ψ[(Z)CF=CH]-Gly<sup>2</sup> ) and trifluoroethylamine (Tyr<sup>1</sup> -ψ[(S)/(R)-CF<sub>3</sub> CH-NH]-Gly<sup>2</sup> ) analogues of the endogenous opioid neuropeptide, Leu-enkephalin. The fluoroalkene peptidomimetic exhibited low nanomolar functional activity (5.0±2 nm and 60±15 nm for δ- and μ-opioid receptors, respectively) with a μ/δ-selectivity ratio that mimics that of the natural peptide. However, t ...[more]