Potent bradykinin B1 receptor antagonists: 4-substituted phenyl cyclohexanes.

Selective bradykinin (BK) B(1) receptor antagonists have been shown to be antinociceptive in animal models and could be novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of pain and inflammation. Elucidation of the structure-activity relationships of the biphenyl moiety of the lead compound 1 provided a potent new structural class of BK B(1) receptor antagonists.

Identification of the critical residues of bradykinin receptor B1 for interaction with the kinins guided by site-directed mutagenesis and molecular modeling.

We report the critical residues for the interaction of the kinins with human bradykinin receptor 1 (B1) using site-directed mutagenesis in conjunction with molecular modeling of the binding modes of the kinins in the homology model of the B1 receptor. Mutation of Lys118 in transmembrane (TM) helix 3, Ala270 in TM6, and Leu294 in TM7 causes a significant decrease in the affinity for the peptide agonists des-Arg10kallidin (KD) and des-Arg9BK but not the peptide antagonist des-Arg10Leu9KD. In contrast, mutations in TM2, TM3, TM6, and TM7 cause a significant decrease in the affinity for both the peptide agonists and the antagonist.

Binding modes of dihydroquinoxalinones in a homology model of bradykinin receptor 1.

We report the first homology model of human bradykinin receptor B1 generated from the crystal structure of bovine rhodopsin as a template. Using an automated docking procedure, two B1 receptor antagonists of the dihydroquinoxalinone structural class were docked into the receptor model. Site-directed mutagenesis data of the amino acid residues in TM1, TM3, TM6, and TM7 were incorporated to place the compounds in the binding site of the homology model of the human B1 bradykinin receptor.

Development of an efficient and selective radioligand for bradykinin B1 receptor occupancy studies.

We have developed an efficient and selective radioligand, the [35S]-radiolabeled dihydroquinoxalinone derivative, 4, for an ex vivo receptor occupancy assay in transgenic rats over-expressing the human bradykinin B1 receptor.