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Multifaceted approach to determine the antagonist molecular mechanism and interaction of ibodutant ([1-(2-phenyl-1R-[[1-(tetrahydropyran-4-ylmethyl)-piperidin-4-ylmethyl]-carbamoyl]-ethylcarbamoyl)-cyclopentyl]-amide) at the human tachykinin NK2 receptor.

Abstract
Ibodutant (MEN15596, [1-(2-phenyl-1R-[[1-(tetrahydropyran-4-ylmethyl)-piperidin-4-ylmethyl]-carbamoyl]-ethylcarbamoyl)-cyclopentyl]-amide) is a tachykinin NK(2) receptor (NK(2)R) antagonist currently under phase II clinical trials for irritable bowel syndrome. This study focuses on the ibodutant pharmacodynamic profile at the human NK(2)R and compares it with two other antagonists, nepadutant (MEN11420, (cyclo-[[Asn(beta-D-GlcNAc)-Asp-Trp-Phe-Dpr-Leu]cyclo(2beta-5beta)]) and saredutant [SR48968, (S)-N-methyl-N[4-(4-acetylamino-4-phenylpiperidino)-2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)butyl]benzamide]. In functional experiments (phosphatidylinositol accumulation) in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the human NK(2)R, ibodutant potency measured toward concentration-response curves to neurokinin A as pK(B) was 10.6, and its antagonism mechanism was surmountable and competitive. In the same assay, antagonism equilibration and reversibility experiments of receptor blockade indicated that ibodutant quickly attains equilibrium and that reverts from receptor compartment in a slower manner. Kinetic properties of ibodutant were assessed through competitive binding kinetics experiments performed at [(3)H]nepadutant and [(3)H]saredutant binding sites. Determined K(on) and K(off) values indicated a fast association and slow dissociation rate of ibodutant at the different antagonist binding sites. Last, by radioligand binding experiments at some mutated human tachykinin NK(2)Rs, the amino acidic determinants crucial for the high affinity of ibodutant were identified at the transmembrane (TM) level: Cys167 in TM4; Ile202 and Tyr206 in TM5; Phe270, Tyr266, and Trp263 in TM6; and Tyr289 in TM7. These results indicated an extended antagonist binding pocket in the TM portion of the receptor, which is conceived crucial for TM3 and 6 arrangement and leads to G protein-coupled receptor activation. By combining this information and molecular modeling, the docking mode of ibodutant-human NK(2)R complex is proposed.
AuthorsStefania Meini, Francesca Bellucci, Claudio Catalani, Paola Cucchi, Alessandro Giolitti, Paolo Santicioli, Sandro Giuliani
JournalThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (J Pharmacol Exp Ther) Vol. 329 Issue 2 Pg. 486-95 (May 2009) ISSN: 1521-0103 [Electronic] United States
PMID19218528 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • 6-methylbenzo(b)thiophene-2-carboxylic acid (1-(2-phenyl-((1-(tetrahydropyran-4-ylmethyl)piperidin-4-ylmethyl)carbamoyl)ethylcarbamoyl)cyclophenyl)amide
  • Benzamides
  • Dipeptides
  • MEN 11420
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Piperidines
  • Receptors, Neurokinin-2
  • Thiophenes
  • SR 48968
  • Type C Phospholipases
Topics
  • Animals
  • Benzamides (pharmacology)
  • Binding, Competitive
  • Cell Line
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Dipeptides (pharmacology)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Models, Molecular
  • Peptides, Cyclic (pharmacology)
  • Phosphatidylinositols (metabolism)
  • Piperidines (pharmacology)
  • Protein Binding
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Receptors, Neurokinin-2 (antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, chemistry)
  • Thiophenes (pharmacology)
  • Type C Phospholipases (metabolism)

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