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Design and synthesis of novel AT1 receptor ligands: biochemical and pharmacological characterization in search of biased agonists (biased agonists)

Grant number: 14/09893-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Effective date (Start): September 01, 2014
Effective date (End): August 31, 2018
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Pharmacology - Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology
Acordo de Cooperação: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
Principal Investigator:Claudio Miguel da Costa Neto
Grantee:Diego Ângelo Duarte
Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (FMRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:12/20148-0 - Development of new ligands/drugs with selective agonism action (biased agonism) for receptors of the renin-angiotensin and kallikrein-kinin systems: new properties and new biotechnological applications, AP.TEM
Associated scholarship(s):16/15914-6 - Assessing the microdomain localization-dependent role of GPCRs and effectors on signal transduction using Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET)-based biosensors, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral membrane proteins characterized by bearing seven transmembrane (TM) ±-helices, and for that they are also called 7TM receptors. This receptor superfamily mediates a large number of physiological processes and is target for approximately 40% of all drugs in the market. The angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor is the major player of the renin-angiotensin system and is classically activated by the octapeptide angiotensin II (AngII). Recent reports have described agonists for distinct GPCRs, including the AT1 receptor, that can selectively (or at least preferentially) activate signaling pathways either dependent of G Protein or of b-arrestin coupling, and were therefore termed biased agonism. The goal of this project is to develop and characterize new ligands/drugs with selective agonistic activity for AT1 receptor, which then showing to possess pharmacological and functional relevance will enable future biotechnological applications. The purpose of this project is to perform the rational design of analogs of AngII, solid-phase synthesis, and biochemical and pharmacological characterization as the activity profile for different signaling pathways. We believe that the design of novel biased agonists may lead to development of a new generation of drugs, selective for activating not only a receptor subtype but also a specific signaling pathway. (AU)

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Scientific publications
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DUARTE, DIEGO ANGELO; PARREIRAS-E-SILVA, LUCAS TABAJARA; DE OLIVEIRA, EDUARDO BRANDT; BOUVIER, MICHEL; DA COSTA-NETO, CLAUDIO MIGUEL. Molecular Insights into Tachyphylaxis Phenomenon in the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor. FASEB JOURNAL, v. 32, n. 1, p. 2-pg., . (14/09893-0, 12/20148-0)
DUARTE, DIEGO A.; PARREIRAS-E-SILVA, LUCAS T.; OLIVEIRA, EDUARDO B.; BOUVIER, MICHEL; COSTA-NETO, CLAUDIO M.. Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Tachyphylaxis Is Defined by Agonist Residence Time. Hypertension, v. 79, n. 1, p. 115-125, . (16/15914-6, 18/13655-9, 12/20148-0, 16/24120-3, 14/09893-0)
Academic Publications
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DUARTE, Diego Ângelo. Characterization of the molecular mechanisms involved in the binding and signaling of angiotensin II in the AT1 receptor. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) Ribeirão Preto.

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