Structure–Activity relationship of linear peptide Bu-His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-Gly-NH2 at the human melanocortin-1 and -4 receptors: histidine substitution
摘要:
Systematic substitution of His(6) residue using non-selective hMC4R pentapeptide agonist (Bu-His(6)-DPhe(7)-Arg(8)-Trp(9)-Gly(10)- NH2) as the template led to the identification of Bu-Atc(6)(2-aminotetraline-2-carboxylic acid)-DPhe(7)-Arg(8)-Trp(9)-Gly(10)-NH2 which showed moderate selectivity towards hMC4R over hMC1R. Further SAR studies resulted in the discovery of Penta-5-BrAtc(6)-DPhe(7)-Arg(8)-Trp(9)-Gly(10)-NH2 and Penta-5-Me(2)NMAtc(6)-DPhe(7)-Arg(8)-Trp(9)-Gly(10)-NH2 which are potent hMC4R agonists and are inactive in hMC1R, hMC3R and hMC5R agonist assays. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
A process for preparing a polyhydric alcohol according to the invention comprises subjecting a polyhydric alcohol compound having protected hydroxy group(s) to microwave irradiation in the presence of basic compound(s) or acid(s) having an acid dissociation exponent (pKa) of −8 to 3 at 25° C. to remove the protecting groups of the hydroxy group of the polyhydric alcohol compound. The invention can provide an industrially advantageous process for preparing polyhydric alcohols by readily removing protecting group(s) from protected hydroxy group(s) of polyhydric alcohol compounds.