18226-08-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of GPR55 agonists
Fakhouri, Lara,Cook, Christopher D.,Al-Huniti, Mohammed H.,Console-Bram, Linda M.,Hurst, Dow P.,Spano, Michael B.S.,Nasrallah, Daniel J.,Caron, Marc G.,Barak, Larry S.,Reggio, Patricia H.,Abood, Mary E.,Croatt, Mitchell P.
, p. 4355 - 4367 (2017/07/22)
GPR55, a G protein-coupled receptor, is an attractive target to alleviate inflammatory and neuropathic pain and treat osteoporosis and cancer. Identifying a potent and selective ligand will aid to further establish the specific physiological roles and pharmacology of the receptor. Towards this goal, a targeted library of 22 compounds was synthesized in a modular fashion to obtain structure-activity relationship information. The general route consisted of coupling a variety of p-aminophenyl sulfonamides to isothiocyanates to form acylthioureas. For the synthesis of a known naphthyl ethyl alcohol motif, route modification led to a shorter and more efficient process. The 22 analogues were analyzed for their ability to serve as agonists at GPR55 and valuable information for both ends of the molecule was ascertained.
