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The taming of capsaicin. Reversal of the vanilloid activity of N-acylvanillamines by aromatic iodination
Appendino, Giovanni,Daddario, Nives,Minassi, Alberto,Moriello, Aniello Schiano,De Petrocellis, Luciano,Di Marzo, Vincenzo
, p. 4663 - 4669 (2007/10/03)
Aromatic iodination ortho to the phenolic hydroxyl reverts the activity of the ultrapotent vanilloid agonist resiniferatoxin (RTX, 1a), generating the ultrapotent antagonist 5′-iodoRTX (1b). To better understand the role of iodine in this remarkable switch of activity, a systematic investigation on the halogenation of vanillamides, a class of compounds structurally simpler than resiniferonoids, was carried out. The results showed that (a) the antagonistic activity depends on the site of halogenation and is maximal at C-6′, (b) iodine is more efficient than chlorine and bromine at reverting the agonistic activity, and (c) iodine-carbon exchange decreases antagonist activity. Iodine-induced reversal of vanilloid activity was also observed in vanillamides more powerful than capsaicin, but a poor correlation was found between agonistic and antagonistic potencies, suggesting that differences exist in the way vanillamides and their 6′-iodo derivatives bind to TRPV1.″
