BMS-986187 is a positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of the δ-opioid receptor (DOR) and the κ-opioid receptor (KOR).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

BMS-986187
Clinical data
Other namesBMS986187
Drug classOpioid receptor positive allosteric modulator
Identifiers
  • 3,3,6,6-tetramethyl-9-[4-[(2-methylphenyl)methoxy]phenyl]-4,5,7,9-tetrahydro-2H-xanthene-1,8-dione
CAS Number
PubChem CID
IUPHAR/BPS
ChemSpider
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC31H34O4
Molar mass470.609 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CC1=CC=CC=C1COC2=CC=C(C=C2)C3C4=C(CC(CC4=O)(C)C)OC5=C3C(=O)CC(C5)(C)C
  • InChI=1S/C31H34O4/c1-19-8-6-7-9-21(19)18-34-22-12-10-20(11-13-22)27-28-23(32)14-30(2,3)16-25(28)35-26-17-31(4,5)15-24(33)29(26)27/h6-13,27H,14-18H2,1-5H3
  • Key:UEKIYVKPQNKSDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

The drug is highly potent as a DOR PAM, with an EC50Tooltip half-maximal effective concentration of 30 nM.[2][6] It has been found to increase the affinity of the endogenous peptide DOR agonist leu-enkephalin for the receptor by 32-fold.[2] The drug has been found to act as a biased allosteric agonist of the DOR, activating G protein signaling (EC50 = 301 nM; Emax = 92%) but with little capacity to recruit β-arrestin (EC50 = 579 μM) (bias factor = 1787).[7][8][9] Although a PAM, BMS-986187 is able to activate the DOR even in the absence of an orthosteric agonist, and as such, has been referred to as an "ago-PAM".[2]

Subsequent to its discovery, BMS-987187 was found to act as a potent KOR PAM as well.[1][4] It is also a weak μ-opioid receptor (MOR) PAM (EC50 = 3,000 nM), but has 100-fold selectivity for potentiation of the DOR over the MOR.[2][4][6] BMS-986187 has about 20- to 30-fold higher affinity for the conserved allosteric site on the DOR and KOR relative to the corresponding site on the MOR.[1][4] It is not a PAM of the nociceptin receptor, which is less homologous to the other opioid receptors.[4]

The drug was first described by 2015 and was the first selective DOR PAM as well as the first selective KOR PAM to be discovered.[3][4][6] It was identified via high-throughput screening (HTS).[2] DOR PAMs like BMS-986187 might prove to be useful in the clinical treatment of certain gastrointestinal disorders.[10][11]

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