Pyrazolo-triazolo-pyrimidine Scaffold as a Molecular Passepartout for the Pan-Recognition of Human Adenosine Receptors

Adenosine receptors are largely distributed in our organism and are promising therapeutic targets for the treatment of many pathologies. In this perspective, investigating the structural features of the ligands leading to affinity and/or selectivity is of great interest. In this work, we have focused on a small series of pyrazolo-triazolo-pyrimidine antagonists substituted in positions 2, 5, and N8, where bulky acyl moieties at the N5 position and small alkyl groups at the N8 position are associated with affinity and selectivity at the A3 adenosine receptor even if a good affinity toward the A2B adenosine receptor has also been observed. Conversely, a free amino function at the 5 position induces high affinity at the A2A and A1 receptors with selectivity vs. the A3 subtype. A molecular modeling study suggests that differences in affinity toward A1, A2A, and A3 receptors could be ascribed to two residues: one in the EL2, E168 in human A2A/E172 in human A1, that is occupied by the hydrophobic residue V169 in the human A3 receptor; and the other in TM6, occupied by H250/H251 in human A2A and A1 receptors and by a less bulky S247 in the A3 receptor. In the end, these findings could help to design new subtype-selective adenosine receptor ligands.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Biomolecules - 13(2023), 11 vom: 03. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salmaso, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Persico, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Da Ros, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
Spalluto, Giampiero [VerfasserIn]
Kachler, Sonja [VerfasserIn]
Klotz, Karl-Norbert [VerfasserIn]
Moro, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Federico, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adenosine receptor
Antagonists
GPCR
Journal Article
Molecular modeling
Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists
Pyrazolo[4,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine
Pyrimidines
Receptors, Purinergic P1

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 04.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biom13111610

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36493509X