Buprenorphine-3-glucuronide
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| Formula | C35H49NO10 |
| Molar mass | 643.764 g/mol |
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Buprenorphine-3-glucuronide (B3G) is a major active metabolite of the opioid modulator buprenorphine.[1] It has affinity for the μ-opioid receptor (Ki = 4.9 (± 2.7) pM), δ-opioid receptor (Ki = 270 nM), and nociceptin receptor (Ki = 36 μM), but not for the κ-opioid receptor.[1] Whether B3G acts as an agonist or antagonist of each of the former three respective sites has yet to be determined.[2] In rats, at the doses assayed, B3G has been found to produce a small degree of antinociception, and similarly to buprenorphine in these assays, has not been found to produce sedation, reduce locomotion, or decrease respiratory rate.[1] Of all of the active metabolites of buprenorphine, B3G is thought to be the most similar to the parent drug.[1] Unlike norbuprenorphine, but similarly to buprenorphine (and norbuprenorphine-3-glucuronide), B3G is not a substrate for P-glycoprotein, and hence may cross the blood-brain-barrier significantly.[2]
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- 1 2 3 4 Brown SM, Holtzman M, Kim T, Kharasch ED (December 2011). "Buprenorphine metabolites, buprenorphine-3-glucuronide and norbuprenorphine-3-glucuronide, are biologically active". Anesthesiology. 115 (6): 1251–60. PMC 3560935
. PMID 22037640. doi:10.1097/ALN.0b013e318238fea0. - 1 2 Brown SM, Campbell SD, Crafford A, Regina KJ, Holtzman MJ, Kharasch ED (October 2012). "P-glycoprotein is a major determinant of norbuprenorphine brain exposure and antinociception". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 343 (1): 53–61. PMC 3464040 . PMID 22739506. doi:10.1124/jpet.112.193433.