Identification of N-[(5-{[(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonyl]amino}-3-(trifluoroacetyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetyl] -l-leucine (NTRC-824), a Neurotensin-like Nonpeptide Compound Selective for the Neurotensin Receptor Type 2
Thomas, J., Giddings, AM., Wiethe, RW., Olepu, S., Warner, KR., Sarret, P., Gendron, L., Longpre, JM., Zhang, Y., Runyon, S., & Gilmour, B. (2014). Identification of N-[(5-{[(4-Methylphenyl)sulfonyl]amino}-3-(trifluoroacetyl)-1H-indol-1-yl)acetyl] -l-leucine (NTRC-824), a Neurotensin-like Nonpeptide Compound Selective for the Neurotensin Receptor Type 2. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(17), 7472-7477. https://doi.org/10.1021/jm500857r
Compounds acting via the neurotensin receptor type 2 (NTS2) are known to be active in animal models of acute and chronic pain. To identify novel NTS2 selective analgesics, we searched for NTS2 selective nonpeptide compounds using a FLIPR assay and identified the title compound (NTRC-824, 5) that, to our knowledge, is the first nonpeptide that is selective for NTS2 versus NTS1 and behaves like the endogenous ligand neurotensin in the functional assay
