| Literature DB >> 18296055 |
Matthew A Parker1, Deborah M Kurrasch, David E Nichols.
Abstract
The lipophilicity of a set of 5-HT(2A) ligands was determined using immobilized-artificial-membrane chromatography, a method that generates values well correlated with octanol-water partition coefficients. For agonists, a highly significant linear correlation was observed between binding affinity and lipophilicity. For ligands exhibiting partial agonist or antagonist properties, the lipophilicity was consistently higher than would be expected for an agonist of comparable affinity. The results suggest a possible method for distinguishing agonists from antagonists in high-throughput screening when a direct assay for functional activity is either unavailable or impractical.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18296055 PMCID: PMC2442558 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.02.033
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem ISSN: 0968-0896 Impact factor: 3.641