Complementary three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship modeling of binding affinity and functional potency: a study on alpha4ß2 nicotinic ligands

Paolo Tosco, Philip K Ahring, Tino Dyhring, Dan Peters, Kasper Harpsøe, Tommy Liljefors, Thomas Balle

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    Abstract

    Complementary 3D-QSAR modeling of binding affinity and functional potency is proposed as a tool to pinpoint the molecular features of the ligands, and the corresponding amino acids in the receptor, responsible for high affinity binding vs those driving agonist behavior and receptor activation. This approach proved successful on a series of nicotinic alpha(4)beta(2) ligands, whose partial/full agonist profile could be linked to the size of the scaffold as well as to the nature of the substituents.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Volume52
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)2311-2316
    ISSN0022-2623
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

    Keywords

    • Former Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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