title: Effects of structural modifications of N-CPM-normorphine derivatives on agonist and antagonist activities in isolated organs.
abstract: The agonistic and antagonistic properties of N-cyclopropylmethyl (N-CPM) morphine derivatives were observed in mouse vas deferens (MVD), longitudinal muscle of guinea pig ileum (GPI) and rabbit vas deferens (LVD). In MVD the K(e) values of the titled compounds (N-CPM-morphine, N-CPM-isomorphine, N-CPM-dihydromorphine, N-CPM-dihydroisomorpPhine, N-CPM-dihydromorphone and naltrexone) were measured for mu-, kappa- and delta-receptors using normorphine, ethylketocyclazocine (EKC) and D-Pen2-D-Pen5-enkephaline (DPDPE) as selective agonists on the receptors, respectively. For mu-receptors of MVD the tested compounds showed similar affinity. For kappa-receptors the non-iso-6-OH derivatives possessed much less affinity than the iso-derivatives. Similar difference could be observed for delta-receptors. The agonistic activities of these compounds in MVD were observed to be between 0-20% of the inhibition of muscle contractions. In GPI the compounds except naltrexone possessed strong agonistic activities effectively antagonized by nor-binaltorphimine (nor-BNI) (K(e) of nor-BNI was 0.23 nM) suggesting that they were strong kappa-receptor agonists. We investigated these agents in LVD too, which contains kappa-receptors, but they did not produce any agonist potencies. It raises the possibility that the kappa-receptor subtypes of LVD and MVD are different from the kappa-receptor subtype of GPI or the vasa deferentia contain much fewer kappa-receptors than GPI and the intrinsic activities of these compounds are too small to reach the 50% inhibition of the contractions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riba
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosztafi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fürst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009022:Morphine Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D011817:Rabbits; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000819:agonists*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D009022:Morphine Derivatives; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu