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ArticleNature communications2026

Docking of virtual libraries identifies small-molecule agonists of neurotensin receptors with analgesic activity.

Nicolas Panel, Duy Duc Vo, Harald Hübner, Mattia Deluigi, Szymon Pach, Félix Bélair, Dorothee Weikert, Christoph Klenk, Mark Hilge, Niharika Shiva and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Nicolas Panel *Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8782-0586
Duy Duc Vo *Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. duc.duy.vo@kemi.uu.se.
Harald Hübner *Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7892-599X
Mattia DeluigiDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9132-2774
Szymon PachScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6109-7123
Félix BélairDepartment of Pharmacology-Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Dorothee WeikertDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2259-9002
Christoph KlenkDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5199-7144
Mark HilgeDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Niharika ShivaDepartment of Pharmacology, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7951-4598
Isabelle BrochuDepartment of Pharmacology-Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Jean-Michel LongpréDepartment of Pharmacology-Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3985-2318
Frida BällgrenDepartment of Pharmacy, SciLifeLab Drug Discovery and Development, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0007-4885-9120
Aljona SalehDepartment of Pharmacy, SciLifeLab Drug Discovery and Development, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0002-2121-043X
Huabin HuScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jon KaplaScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-3328-1921
Stefanie KampenScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Israel Cabeza de VacaScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6208-1091
Jan KihlbergDepartment of Chemistry-BMC, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4205-6040
Nina WettschureckDepartment of Pharmacology, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6858-1460
Philippe SarretDepartment of Pharmacology-Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute de Pharmacologie de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. philippe.sarret@usherbrooke.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7627-701X
Andreas PlückthunDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland. plueckthun@bioc.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-5306
Peter GmeinerDepartment of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. peter.gmeiner@fau.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4127-197X
Jens CarlssonScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. jens.carlsson@icm.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-4623-2977

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 715052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptide-activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play crucial roles in numerous diseases, but remain difficult therapeutic targets due to the challenges in developing small-molecule drugs. Here, we explore structure-based strategies to identify small-molecule agonists of neurotensin (NTS) receptors, which hold promise for developing non-opioid analgesics. Chemical libraries of drug-like molecules are first designed based on a receptor-peptide complex, and then 14.5 million compounds are computationally docked to the orthosteric binding site of the NTS

Indexed as

AnalgesicsReceptors, NeurotensinSmall Molecule LibrariesAnimalsBinding SitesHumansLigandsMiceMolecular Docking SimulationProtein BindingAnalgesicsLigandsneurotensin type 1 receptorReceptors, NeurotensinSmall Molecule Libraries

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PMID42486867
PMCPMC13392031

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