title: The discovery of novel vasopressin V1b receptor ligands for pharmacological, functional and structural investigations.
abstract: Until recently, pharmacological studies dealing with vasopressin receptor isoforms were severely hampered by the lack of selective agonists or antagonists that recognize the pituitary V(1b) vasopressin receptor. By contrast, many selective vasopressin-related compounds are available for characterization of the vasopressor (V(1a)) or antidiuretic (V(2)) vasopressin receptor subtypes. Recently, SSR149415, a selective nonpeptide molecule, was discovered with nanomolar affinity for mammalian V(1b) receptors and good selectivity for the other vasopressin and oxytocin receptor isoforms. This molecule exhibits potent antagonist properties both in vitro and in vivo. We also designed synthetic peptides derived from [deaminocysteine(1),arginine(8)]vasopressin (dAVP), modified in position 4 by various amino acid residues. Some of these, d[cyclohexylalanine(4)]AVP or d[lysine(4)]AVP, have a high affinity and an excellent selectivity for the human V(1b) receptor subtype. However, they exhibit a mixed V(1b)/V(2) pharmacological profile for the rat vasopressin receptor isoforms. Whatever the species considered, these peptides behave as agonists both in bioassays performed in vitro and in vivo. The d[cyclohexylalanine(4)]AVP was tritiated and represents the first selective radiolabelled ligand available for studying the human V(1b) receptors. The discovery of these new selective V(1b) agonists and V(1b) antagonist allows an accurate pharmacological characterization of all the vasopressin receptor isoforms. As emphasized in this review, attention to the vasopressin and oxytocin receptor species differences is of critical importance in studies with all vasopressin and oxytocin ligands.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM U 469, CCIPE, Montpellier, France. Gilles.Guillon@ccipe.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derick
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pena
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stoev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seyer
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Morgat
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barberis
authors.forename: C Serradeil-Le
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Gal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagnon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008024:Ligands; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C456029:1-(5-chloro-1-((2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)sulfonyl)-3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-3-yl)-4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidinecarboxamide; D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D007211:Indoles; D008024:Ligands; D009479:Neuropeptides; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin