Optimum Cross-linking Spacer Length of Dimeric Neurokinin B Analogs for Interaction with NK-1 Tachykinin Receptors.
作者:Hiroshi Matsumoto、Yasuyuki Shimohigashi、Yukio Takano、Kazuyasu Sakaguchi、Hiro-o Kamiya、Motonori Ohno
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.66.196
日期:——
A series of dimeric analogs of neurokinin B (NKB) COOH-terminal heptapeptide were synthesized in order to find an optimum length of cross-linking spacer for bivalent interaction with tachykinin receptors. Dimerization was carried out at the NH2-terminus of heptapeptide with succinyl bis[(Gly)n–OH], in which the number of glycine varies from 0 to 4. Dimers D–(Gly)n–NKB4—10, namely succinyl bis[(Gly)n–Asp–Ser–Phe–Val–Gly–Leu–Met–NH2] (n = 0—4), were almost inactive in the assay using rat vas deferens, indicating that they have no interaction with NK-2 receptor subtype. In contrast, these dimers were very active in guinea pig ileum (GPI) containing all of NK-1, 2, and 3 receptors. Relative activity was highest when the cross-linking spacer with oligoglycine of n = 2, and decreased sharply for dimers with shorter and longer chain lengths (n = 0 and 1; 3 and 4). In order to specify receptor subtype (NK-1 or NK-3) in GPI to which dimers bind, dimers were examined under the conditions that NK-1 receptors are desensitized by substance P methyl ester. All dimers exhibited drastically diminished contractile activity, indicating that dimers exclusively interact with NK-1. This was further confirmed by blocking the response of NK-3 receptors with atropine, which had no effect on the contractile activity of dimers. The results suggested that dimers interact bivalently with NK-1 receptors by bridging adjacent two binding sites.
为寻找与速激肽受体二价相互作用的最佳连接间隔长度,合成了一系列神经激肽B(NKB)羧基端七肽的二聚体类似物。通过琥珀酰双[甘氨酸(n)—OH]在七肽的氨基端进行二聚化,其中甘氨酸的数目从0到4变化。二聚体D–(甘氨酸)n–NKB4—10,即琥珀酰双[甘氨酸(n)–天冬氨酸–丝氨酸–苯丙氨酸–缬氨酸–甘氨酸–亮氨酸–蛋氨酸–NH2](n = 0—4),在利用大鼠输精管进行的实验中几乎无活性,表明它们与NK-2受体亚型无相互作用。相比之下,这些二聚体在含有所有NK-1、NK-2和NK-3受体的大鼠回肠(GPI)中非常活跃。当连接间隔为n = 2的寡甘氨酸时,相对活性最高,而链长更短和更长的二聚体(n = 0和1;3和4)活性显著降低。为了明确二聚体在GPI中结合的受体亚型(NK-1或NK-3),在NK-1受体被甲酯化的P物质脱敏的条件下检测了二聚体。所有二聚体的收缩活性都急剧降低,表明二聚体专门与NK-1受体相互作用。进一步通过利用阿托品阻断NK-3受体的反应,证实了这一点,阿托品对二聚体的收缩活性没有影响。结果表明,二聚体通过桥接相邻的两个结合位点与NK-1受体发生二价相互作用。