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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
The unexpected observation of a hyperglycemic effect of some tricycle-based delta opioid receptor (DOR) agonists led to a series of studies to better understand the finding. Single administration of two novel tricyclic DOR agonists dose dependently elevated rat plasma glucose levels; 4-week toxicology studies confirmed the hyperglycemic finding and further revealed pancreatic ?-cell hypertrophy, including vacuole formation, as well as bone dysplasia and Harderian gland degeneration with regeneration. Similar diabetogenic effects were observed in dog. A review of the literature on the antiserotonergic and antihistaminergic drug cyproheptadine (CPH) and its metabolites revealed shared structural features as well as similar hyperglycemic effects to the present series of DOR agonists. To further evaluate these effects, we established an assay measuring insulin levels in the rat pancreatic ?-cell-derived RINm5F cell line, extensively used to study CPH and its metabolites. Like CPH, the initial DOR agonists studied reduced RINm5F cell insulin levels in a concentration-dependent manner. Importantly, compound DOR potency did not correlate with the insulin-reducing potency. Furthermore, the RINm5F cell insulin results correlated with the diabetogenic effect of the compounds in a 5-day mouse study. The RINm5F cell insulin assay enabled the identification of aryl-aryl-amine DOR agonists that lacked an insulin-reducing effect and did not elevate blood glucose in repeated dosing studies conducted over a suprapharmacologic dose range. Thus, not only did the RINm5F cell assay open a path for the further discovery of DOR agonists lacking diabetogenic potential but also it established a reliable, economical, and high-throughput screen for such potential, regardless of chemotype or target pharmacology. The present findings also suggest a mechanistic link between the toxicity observed here and that underlying Wolcott-Rallison Syndrome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1096-0929
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
493-504
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Cell Enlargement, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Cyproheptadine, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Epiphyses, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-High-Throughput Screening Assays, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Hyperglycemia, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Insulin-Secreting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Insulinoma, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Narcotic Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Osteochondrodysplasias, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Serotonin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:20616206-Vacuoles
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Diabetogenic effect of a series of tricyclic delta opioid agonists structurally related to cyproheptadine.
pubmed:affiliation
Drug Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477, USA. ecodd@its.jnj.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't