Download MendeleyStructural Biology-Guided Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Orthosteric Modulators.
Montgomery, M., Rendine, S., Zimmer, C.T., Elias, J., Schaetzer, J., Pitterna, T., Benfatti, F., Skaljac, M., Bigot, A.(2022) J Med Chem 65: 2297-2312
- PubMed: 34986308
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01767
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
7PD6, 7PDB, 7PDR, 7PE5, 7PE6 - PubMed Abstract:
The development of novel and safe insecticides remains an important need for a growing world population to protect crops and animal and human health. New chemotypes modulating the insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors have been recently brought to the agricultural market, yet with limited understanding of their molecular interactions at their target receptor. Herein, we disclose the first crystal structures of these insecticides, namely, sulfoxaflor, flupyradifurone, triflumezopyrim, flupyrimin, and the experimental compound, dicloromezotiaz, in a double-mutated acetylcholine-binding protein which mimics the insect-ion-channel orthosteric site. Enabled by these findings, we discovered novel pharmacophores with a related mode of action, and we describe herein their design, synthesis, and biological evaluation.
Organizational Affiliation:
Syngenta Crop Protection, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, RG42 6EY Bracknell, Berkshire, U.K.
