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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Hint1 has recently emerged to be an important target of interest due to its involvement in the regulation of a broad range of CNS functions including opioid signaling, tolerance, neuropathic pain, and nicotine dependence. A series of inhibitors were rationally designed, synthesized, and tested for their inhibitory activity against hHint1 using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). The studies resulted in the development of the first small-molecule inhibitors of hHint1 with submicromolar binding affinities. A combination of thermodynamic and high-resolution X-ray crystallographic studies provides an insight into the biomolecular recognition of ligands by hHint1. These novel inhibitors have potential utility as molecular probes to better understand the role and function of hHint1 in the CNS.

Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Sulfamide and Sulfamate Nucleotidomimetic Inhibitors of hHint1.,Shah R, Strom A, Zhou A, Maize KM, Finzel BC, Wagner CR ACS Med Chem Lett. 2016 Jun 15;7(8):780-4. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00169., eCollection 2016 Aug 11. PMID:27563403^[1]

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