The two-modes-of-binding model for partial agonism and the design of partial agonists

Sid Topiol, Roman Osman, Jerome M. Schulman

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Abstract

A model of drug action is developed for a drug which can bind in two modes to a given receptor: an agonist mode which elicits a response and an antagonist mode which does not. It is shown that this combination of agonist and antagonist binding, which is tantamount to self-antagonism, can lead to agonist, partial agonist or antagonist behavior. The proposed two-modes-of-binding model has applications to the design of partial agonists. Finally, partial agonism arising from two modes of binding is indistinguishable from partial agonism occurring by two-state model mechanisms using experimental equilibrium studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)249-252
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
Volume101
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 1984
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Drug design
  • Drug-receptor models
  • Partial agonism

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