Negri, AnaRives, Marie-LaureCaspers, Michael J.Prisinzano, Thomas E.Javitch, Jonathan A.Filizola, Marta2017-05-162017-05-162013-03-25Negri, A., Rives, M.-L., Caspers, M. J., Prisinzano, T. E., Javitch, J. A., & Filizola, M. (2013). Discovery of a Novel Selective Kappa-Opioid Receptor Agonist Using Crystal Structure-Based Virtual Screening. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 53(3), 521–526. http://doi.org/10.1021/ci400019thttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/24227Kappa-opioid (KOP) receptor agonists exhibit analgesic effects without activating reward pathways. In the search for non-addictive opioid therapeutics and novel chemical tools to study physiological functions regulated by the KOP receptor, we screened in silico its recently released inactive crystal structure. A selective novel KOP receptor agonist emerged as a notable result, and is proposed as a new chemotype for the study of the KOP receptor in the etiology of drug addiction, depression, and/or pain.This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://doi.org/10.1021/ci400019t.Article10.1021/ci400019tPMC3702663openAccess