Design and Synthesis of the First Selective Agonists for the Rat Vasopressin V<sub>1b</sub> Receptor: Based on Modifications of Deamino-[Cys]arginine Vasopressin at Positions 4 and 8
作者:Ana Pena、Brigitte Murat、Miguel Trueba、Maria A. Ventura、Nga C. Wo、Hazel H. Szeto、Ling Ling Cheng、Stoytcho Stoev、Gilles Guillon、Maurice Manning
DOI:10.1021/jm060928n
日期:2007.2.1
The neurohypophyseal peptides arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) mediate a wide variety of peripheral and central physiological and behavioral effects by acting on four different G-protein coupled receptors, termed V-1a (vascular), V-1b (pituitary), V-2 (renal), and OT (uterine). We recently reported that d[Cha(4)]AVP (A), d[Leu(4)]AVP (B), d[Orn(4)]AVP (C), and d[Arg(4)]AVP (D) have high affinity and are selective agonists for the human V-1b receptor. However, peptides A-D were subsequently shown to be potent antidiuretic agonists in the rat and are, thus, not selective V-1b agonists in the rat. Peptides A-D served as leads for the studies reported here. They were modified at position 8 by Lys, ornithine (Orn), diaminobutyric acid (Dab), and diaminopropionic acid (Dap) to give d[Cha(4),Lys(8)]VP (1), d[Cha(4),Orn(8)]VP (2), d[Cha(4),Dab(8)]VP (3), d[Cha(4),Dap(8)]VP (4), d[Leu(4),Lys(8)]VP (5), d[Leu(4),Orn(8)]VP (6), d[Leu(4),Dab(8)]VP (7), d[Leu(4),Dap(8)]VP (8), d[Orn(4),Lys(8)]VP (9), d[Orn(4),Orn(8)]VP (10), d[Arg(4),Lys(8)]VP (11), d[Arg(4),Orn(8)]VP (12), and d[Arg(4),Dab(8)]VP (13). All peptides were synthesized by the Merrifield solid-phase method. Their binding and functional properties were evaluated in rat AVP V-1a, V-1b, and V-2 receptors and on the rat OT receptor expressed either in native tissues or in stably transfected cells. They were also examined in rat vasopressor, antidiuretic, and in in vitro (no Mg++) oxytocic assays. Functional studies performed on chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the different AVP/OT receptors confirm that d[Cha(4),Lys(8)]VP (1), d[Cha(4),Dab(8)]VP (3), d[Leu(4),Lys(8)]VP (5), and d[Leu(4),Dap(8)]VP (8) are the first selective agonists for the rat V-1b receptor. These selective V-1b agonists are promising new tools for studies of the role of the V-1b receptor in the rat.