Herkinorin

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Herkinorin
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  • methyl (2S,4aR,6aR,7R,9S,10aS,10bR)-9-benzoyloxy-2-(furan-3-yl)-6a,10b-dimethyl-4,10-dioxo-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10a-octahydro-1H-benzo[f]isochromene-7-carboxylate
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Formula C28H30O8
Molar mass 494.540 g·mol−1
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Herkinorin is an opioid analgesic that is an analogue of the natural product salvinorin A. It was discovered in 2005 during structure-activity relationship studies into neoclerodane diterpenes, the family of chemical compounds of which salvinorin A is a member. [1]

Unlike salvinorin A, which is a selective κ-opioid receptor agonist with no significant μ-opioid receptor affinity, herkinorin is predominantly a μ-opioid receptor agonist. Compared to salvinorin A, herkinorin has 47× lower affinity for κ-opioid receptors (Ki = 90 nM vs Ki = 1.9 nM), and at least 25× higher affinity for μ-opioid receptors (Ki = 12 nM vs Ki >1000 nM), where it acts as a full agonist (IC50 = 0.5 μM, Emax = 130% vs DAMGO). [2] [3] Herkinorin is a semi-synthetic compound, made from salvinorin B, which is most conveniently made from salvinorin A by deacetylation, since, while both salvinorin A and salvinorin B are found in the plant Salvia divinorum , salvinorin A is present in larger quantities. [4]

A study in primates showed it to act peripherally as both a μ- and κ-opioid receptor agonist, with a fast onset of action. The study did not find any evidence of central activity in primates and questions whether herkinorin's effects are due entirely to peripheral binding. [5] Unlike most μ-opioid receptor agonists, herkinorin does not promote the recruitment of β-arrestin 2 to the intracellular domain of the μ-opioid receptor, or induce receptor internalization. [6] This means that herkinorin may not produce tolerance and dependence in the same way as other opioids, although some development of tolerance through other mechanisms has been observed, [7] and some other analogues related to herkinorin can recruit β-arrestins. [8]

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  1. ↑ Harding WW, Tidgewell K, Byrd N, Cobb H, Dersch CM, Butelman ER, et al. (July 2005). "Neoclerodane diterpenes as a novel scaffold for mu opioid receptor ligands". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48 (15): 4765–71. doi:10.1021/jm048963m. PMID   16033256.
  2. ↑ Tidgewell K, Harding WW, Lozama A, Cobb H, Shah K, Kannan P, et al. (June 2006). "Synthesis of salvinorin A analogues as opioid receptor probes". Journal of Natural Products. 69 (6): 914–8. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.693.6345 . doi:10.1021/np060094b. PMID   16792410.
  3. ↑ Holden KG, Tidgewell K, Marquam A, Rothman RB, Navarro H, Prisinzano TE (November 2007). "Synthetic studies of neoclerodane diterpenes from Salvia divinorum: exploration of the 1-position". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17 (22): 6111–5. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.09.050. PMC   2111044 . PMID   17904842.
  4. ↑ Tidgewell K, Harding WW, Schmidt M, Holden KG, Murry DJ, Prisinzano TE (October 2004). "A facile method for the preparation of deuterium labeled salvinorin A: synthesis of [2,2,2-2H3]-salvinorin A". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14 (20): 5099–102. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.07.081. PMID   15380207.
  5. ↑ Butelman ER, Rus S, Simpson DS, Wolf A, Prisinzano TE, Kreek MJ (October 2008). "The effects of herkinorin, the first mu-selective ligand from a salvinorin A-derived scaffold, in a neuroendocrine biomarker assay in nonhuman primates". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327 (1): 154–60. doi:10.1124/jpet.108.140079. PMC   2614932 . PMID   18593955.
  6. ↑ Groer CE, Tidgewell K, Moyer RA, Harding WW, Rothman RB, Prisinzano TE, Bohn LM (February 2007). "An opioid agonist that does not induce mu-opioid receptor--arrestin interactions or receptor internalization". Molecular Pharmacology. 71 (2): 549–57. doi:10.1124/mol.106.028258. PMC   3926195 . PMID   17090705.
  7. ↑ Xu H, Partilla JS, Wang X, Rutherford JM, Tidgewell K, Prisinzano TE, et al. (March 2007). "A comparison of noninternalizing (herkinorin) and internalizing (DAMGO) mu-opioid agonists on cellular markers related to opioid tolerance and dependence". Synapse (Submitted manuscript). 61 (3): 166–75. doi:10.1002/syn.20356. PMID   17152090. S2CID   23678472.
  8. ↑ Tidgewell K, Groer CE, Harding WW, Lozama A, Schmidt M, Marquam A, et al. (April 2008). "Herkinorin analogues with differential beta-arrestin-2 interactions". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51 (8): 2421–31. doi:10.1021/jm701162g. PMC   2494883 . PMID   18380425.
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