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The Steroid 17α-Acetoxy-6-dimethylaminomethyl-21-fluoro-3-ethoxy-pregna-3,5-dien-20-one (SC17599) Is a Selective μ-Opioid Agonist: Implications for the μ-Opioid Pharmacophore

Iain J. McFadyen, Hani Houshyar, Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen, James H. Woods and John R. Traynor
Molecular Pharmacology October 2000, 58 (4) 669-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.4.669
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The steroid SC17599 (17α-acetoxy-6-dimethylaminomethyl-21-fluoro-3-ethoxypregna-3,5-dien-20-one) has μ-opioid actions in vivo. The ability of SC17599 to interact with opioid receptors has been studied using radioligand and [35S]guanosine-5′-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTPγS) binding assays. SC17599 bound to μ-opioid receptors in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and to recombinant receptors expressed in rat C6 glioma cells and Chinese hamster ovary cells with good affinity and with greater than 100-fold selectivity for μ- over both δ- and κ-opioid receptors. Binding was much reduced when aspartate 147 in the wild-type μ-opioid receptor was replaced with asparagine. The affinity of SC17599 for the μ-opioid receptor was decreased in the presence of sodium ions, indicating agonist activity. SC17599 stimulated the binding of [35S]GTPγS in a naloxone-reversible manner with good potency and maximal effect equivalent to that of the μ-opioid agonists fentanyl and [d-Ala2,N-Me-Phe4,Gly5-ol]-enkephalin. In rat brain membranes, SC17599-mediated stimulation of [35S]GTPγS binding was reversed by the antagonist naltrexone. SC17599 lacks an aromatic ring andpara-hydroxyl substituent considered critical in the pharmacophore for μ-opioids. The structural relationship between SC17599 and more traditional opioid ligands was investigated through genetic algorithm-based modeling techniques for pharmacophore generation (GASP) and ligand-receptor docking (GOLD). The relatively planar and electron-rich A ring of the steroid compensated for the lack of aromaticity. Modeling of ligand-receptor docking showed that both morphine and SC17599 occupy the same binding pocket within the transmembrane helix bundle of the μ-opioid receptor and that the relationship between their binding modes largely mimicked the pharmacophore alignment.

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    • Received November 3, 1999.
    • Accepted July 27, 2000.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. J. R. Traynor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 1301 MSRB III, 1150 West Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0632. E-mail:jtraynor{at}umich.edu

  • This work was supported by National Institute of Health Grants DA03910 and DA00254. We also thank the EPSRC (UK) for the studentship award to I.J.M.

  • The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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Iain J. McFadyen, Hani Houshyar, Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen, James H. Woods and John R. Traynor
Molecular Pharmacology October 1, 2000, 58 (4) 669-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.4.669

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The Steroid 17α-Acetoxy-6-dimethylaminomethyl-21-fluoro-3-ethoxy-pregna-3,5-dien-20-one (SC17599) Is a Selective μ-Opioid Agonist: Implications for the μ-Opioid Pharmacophore

Iain J. McFadyen, Hani Houshyar, Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen, James H. Woods and John R. Traynor
Molecular Pharmacology October 1, 2000, 58 (4) 669-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.4.669
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