A Novel Somatostatin Mimic with Broad Somatotropin Release Inhibitory Factor Receptor Binding and Superior Therapeutic Potential
作者:Ian Lewis、Wilfried Bauer、Rainer Albert、Nagarajan Chandramouli、Janos Pless、Gisbert Weckbecker、Christian Bruns
DOI:10.1021/jm021093t
日期:2003.6.1
A rational drug design approach, capitalizing on structure-activity relationships and involving transposition of functional groups from somatotropin release inhibitory factor (SRIF) into a reduced size cyclohexapeptide template, has led to the discovery of SOM230 (25), a novel, stable cyclohexapeptide somatostatin mimic that exhibits unique high-affinity binding to human somatostatin receptors (subtypes sst1-sst5). SOM230 has potent, long-lasting inhibitory effects on growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 release and is a promising development candidate currently under evaluation in phase I clinical trials.