Chris Cunningham

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

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Chris is a graduate student in the department.  He is working on the development of opioid analgesics with reduced levels of constipation.

Funding:
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (F31, DA 021049) Opioid analgesics with reduced constipation.  8/01/2006 - 7/31/2009.

Honors and Awards:
Travel Award, International Narcotics Research Conference, St. Paul, MN, July, 2006.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Departmental Merit Award, 2006 - 8.

Invited Lectures:
Opioids and P-glycoprotein Efflux Transporters.  First Annual South Texas Behavioral Pharmacology Lab Exchange.  University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA).  San Antonio, TXOctober 20, 2007.

Publications:
T.H. Begley; J.E. Biles; C. Cunningham; O. Piringer.  Migration of a UV stabilizer from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into food simulantsFood Addit. Contam., 2004, 21(10): 1007-14.

C.W. Cunningham; L.N. Thatcher; A. Coop.  Methylation of non-acidic alcohols of alkaloids with TMS-diazomethane: conversion of codeine to codeine-6-methyl ether.  Heterocycles, 2006, 68(4): 837-40.

S.L. Mercer; H.E. Hassan; C.W. Cunningham; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  Opioids and efflux transporters.  Part 1: P-Glycoprotein substrate activity of N-substituted analogs of meperidineBioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2007, 17(5): 1160-2.

C.W. Cunningham; S.L. Mercer; H.E. Hassan; J.R. Traynor; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  Opioids and efflux transporters.  Part 2: P-Glycoprotein substrate activity of 3- and 6-substituted morphine analogs.  J. Med. Chem., 2008, 51: 2316-20.

S.L. Mercer; C.W. Cunningham; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  Opioids and efflux transporters.  Part 3: P-Glycoprotein substrate activity of 3-hydroxyl addition to meperidine analogs.  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008 (provisionally accepted).

H.E. Hassan; S.L. Mercer; C.W. Cunningham; A. Coop; N.D. Eddington.  Evaluation of the P-glycoprotein affinity status of a series of novel and currently available morphine analogs: Comparative study with meperidine analogs to identify compounds with minimal P-gp interactions.  Int. J. Pharmaceutics, 2008 (provisionally accepted).

Reviews:
C.W. Cunningham; A. Coop.  Therapeutic uses of opioid antagonists.  Chemistry Today, 2006, 24(3): 54-7.

Posters:
C.W. Cunningham; L.N. Thatcher; H. Wu; A. Coop.  TMS-Diazomethane methylation of allylic alcohols.  University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD.  May, 2005.

C.W. Cunningham; L.N. Thatcher; A. Coop.  TMS-diazomethane as a methylating agent in the synthesis  of codeine-6-methyl ether. Abstracts of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Orlando, FL.  June, 2005.

H. Hassan; C.W. Cunningham; A. Coop; N.D. Eddington.  Effect of the ABC transport proteins on the uptake, transport and tolerance development to selected opioidsInternational Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Maui, HI.  October, 2005.

H. Hassan; C.W. Cunningham; A. Coop; N.D. Eddington.  Effect of potent and specific P-gp inhibitors on the transport of selected opioids across Caco-2 cells and MDCKII-MRP1.  American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nashville, TN.  November, 2005.

C.W. Cunningham; S.L. Mercer; H. Hassan; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  Effect of 3- and 6-substitution on P-gp substrate activity of morphine analogs.  University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD.  May, 2006.

S.L. Mercer; C.W. Cunningham; H. Hassan; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  The relative activity of meperidine analogs as P-glycoprotein substrates.  University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD.  May, 2006.

S.L. Mercer; C.W. Cunningham; H. Hassan; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  The relative activity of opioids as P-glycoprotein substrates.  Abstracts of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Scottsdale, AZ.  June, 2006.

C.W. Cunningham; H. Hassan; S.L. Mercer; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  Diminished P-gp substrate activity of 3- and 6-substituted morphine analogs.  International Narcotics Research Conference, St. Paul, MN.  July, 2006.

C.W. Cunningham; D. Bernard; H. Wu; C. Acharya; H. Wang; J-B. Wang; A. Coop, A.D. MacKerell Jr.  Validation of a quantitative conformationally sampled pharmacophore for δ opioid ligandsUniversity of Maryland School of Pharmacy Annual Research Day, Baltimore, MD.  May, 2007.

C.W. Cunningham; D. Bernard; H. Wu; M.D. Metcalf; C. Acharya; H. Wang; J-B. Wang; A.D. MacKerell Jr; A. Coop.  δ Opioid ligand efficacy prediction using a quantitative conformationally sampled pharmacophoreInternational Narcotics Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.  July, 2007.

S.L. Mercer; C.W. Cunningham; H.E. Hassan; N.D. Eddington; A. Coop.  The relative activity of meperidine analogs as P-glycoprotein substrates.  International Narcotics Research Conference, Berlin, Germany.  July, 2007.

 

 

 

 

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