Methylated Analogues of Methyl (R)-4-(3,4-Dichlorophenylacetyl)- 3-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate (GR-89,696) as Highly Potent κ-Receptor Agonists:  Stereoselective Synthesis, Opioid-Receptor Affinity, Receptor Selectivity, and Functional Studies

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The very polar pyridylmethyl derivative 5a (log D7.4 = 1.1) represents a potent and selective full κ-opioid receptor agonist (Ki = 0.13 nM, EC50 = 33 nM), which reduced the release of Ca2+-ions into the cytoplasm in human keratinocytes.


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pp. 1153-1158 ◽  
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Gregory O. Hjelmstad ◽  
Howard L. Fields

Microinjection of κ-opioid receptor agonists into the nucleus accumbens produces conditioned place aversion. While attention has focused primarily on the inhibition of dopamine release by κ-receptor agonists as the synaptic mechanism underlying this effect, recent anatomical studies have raised the possibility that regulation of noncatecholaminergic transmission also contribute. We have investigated the effects of κ-receptor activation on fast excitatory synaptic transmission in an in vitro slice preparation using whole cell voltage-clamp or extracellular field recordings in the shell region of the nucleus accumbens. The κ-receptor agonist U69593 produces a pronounced, dose-dependent inhibition of glutamatergic excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) that can be reversed by 100 nM nor-BNI. Furthermore, U69593 causes an increase in the paired-pulse ratio as well as a decrease in the frequency of spontaneous miniature events, suggesting a presynaptic site of action. Despite anatomical evidence for κ-receptor localization on dendritic spines of nucleus accumbens neurons, no electrophysiological evidence of a postsynaptic effect was found. This presynaptic inhibition of excitatory synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell provides a novel mechanism that may contribute to the κ-receptor–mediated aversion observed in intact animals.


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