申请人:Texas Biotechnology Corporation
公开号:US05736509A1
公开(公告)日:1998-04-07
Cyclic peptides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof are provided. The cyclic peptides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof mimic surface features of the C-terminus of endothelin and thereby can be used modulate or alter the activity of the endothelin family of peptides. More particularly, cyclic pentapeptides, cyclic hexapeptides, cyclic heptapeptides and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives of the peptides that specifically inhibit the activity of endothelin are provided. Among the cyclic peptides are those that have the formula: cyclo(X.sup.1 -X.sup.2 -X.sup.3 -X.sup.4 -D-Trp): X.sup.1 is D-Tyr or D-Asp; X.sup.2 is Phe, Ala, Ac.sub.3 c or Pro; X.sup.3 is D-His, D-Ala, D-Val, Gly or .beta.-Ala; and X.sup.4 is His, Ala, .beta.-Ala, Aib, Gly, D-His-gly or Leu; cyclo(X.sup.1 -L-Phe-X.sup.3 -X.sup.4 -X.sup.5) in which X.sup.1 is D-Tyr, D-Asp or D-Glu, X.sup.3 is selected from among D-His, .beta.-Ala-D-His or gly-D-His; X.sup.4 is Ser, Gly or .beta.-Ala, and X.sup.5 is D-Trp or N-Me-D-Trp; cyclo(X.sup.1 -X.sup.2 -X.sup.3 -X.sup.4 -L-Trp) in which X.sup.1 is D-Ala, Aib, Gly, D-Val, D-Leu, D-lle, D-Nva, D-Nle, or D-Alle; X.sup.2 is D-Val, D-Leu, D-lle, D-Ala, D-Gln, Gly, Aib, D-Nva, D-Nle, or D-Alle; X.sup.3 is Pro, Gly, Aib, Val, Leu, L-Nva, L-Nle, L-Alle or L-Hyp and X.sup.4 is D-Asp, D-Glu, D-Ser, D-Thr, D-Tyr, D-Cys(O.sub.3 H) or D-Pen(O.sub.3 H); and cyclo(X.sup.1 -X.sup.2 -X.sup.3 -X.sup.4 -L-Trp) in which X.sup.1 is D-Leu, D-Val, D-lle, D-Ala, Gly, Aib, D-Nva, D-Nle or D-Alle; X.sup.2 is Val, lle, Leu, Ala, Gln, Gly, Aib, L-Nva, L-Nle or L-Alle; X.sup.3 is D-Pro, D-Hyp, D-Ala, D-Val, D-lle, Gly, Aib, D-Nva, D-Nle or D-Alle; and X.sup.4 is Asp, Glu, Tyr, Ser, Thr, L-Cys(O.sub.3 H) or L-Pen(O.sub.3 H). Pharmaceutical compositions containing the peptides and methods of modulating the activity of endothelin peptides are also provided.
本发明提供环肽及其药学上可接受的盐和酯。这些环肽及其药学上可接受的盐和酯模拟内皮素C-末端的表面特征,因此可用于调节或改变内皮素家族肽的活性。特别地,提供了环五肽、环六肽、环七肽和药学上可接受的肽衍
生物,它们特异性地抑制内皮素的活性。其中一些环肽具有以下公式:cyclo(X.sup.1-X.sup.2-X.sup.3-X.sup.4-D-Trp):X.sup.1为D-Tyr或D-Asp;X.sup.2为Phe、Ala、Ac.sub.3 c或Pro;X.sup.3为D-His、D-Ala、D-Val、Gly或.beta.-Ala;X.sup.4为His、Ala、.beta.-Ala、Aib、Gly、D-His-gly或Leu;cyclo(X.sup.1-L-Phe-X.sup.3-X.sup.4-X.sup.5),其中X.sup.1为D-Tyr、D-Asp或D-Glu,X.sup.3从D-His、.beta.-Ala-D-His或gly-D-His中选出;X.sup.4为Ser、Gly或.beta.-Ala,X.sup.5为D-Trp或N-Me-D-Trp;cyclo(X.sup.1-X.sup.2-X.sup.3-X.sup.4-L-Trp),其中X.sup.1为D-Ala、Aib、Gly、D-Val、D-Leu、D-lle、D-Nva、D-Nle或D-Alle;X.sup.2为D-Val、D-Leu、D-lle、D-Ala、D-Gln、Gly、Aib、D-Nva、D-Nle或D-Alle;X.sup.3为Pro、Gly、Aib、Val、Leu、L-Nva、L-Nle、L-Alle或L-Hyp,X.sup.4为D-Asp、D-Glu、D-Ser、D-Thr、D-Tyr、D-Cys(O.sub.3 H)或D-Pen(O.sub.3 H);和cyclo(X.sup.1-X.sup.2-X.sup.3-X.sup.4-L-Trp),其中X.sup.1为D-Leu、D-Val、D-lle、D-Ala、Gly、Aib、D-Nva、D-Nle或D-Alle;X.sup.2为Val、lle、Leu、Ala、Gln、Gly、Aib、L-Nva、L-Nle或L-Alle;X.sup.3为D-Pro、D-Hyp、D-Ala、D-Val、D-lle、Gly、Aib、D-Nva、D-Nle或D-Alle;X.sup.4为Asp、Glu、Tyr、Ser、Thr、L-Cys(O.sub.3 H)或L-Pen(O.sub.3 H)。还提供了含有这些肽的药物组合物以及调节内皮素肽活性的方法。