Analogues of substance P containing an α-hydroxy, β-amino acid: synthesis and biological activity
作者:A Ewenson、R Laufer、M Chorev、Z Selinger、C Gilon
DOI:10.1016/0223-5234(91)90104-u
日期:1991.6
Several bestatin-like analogues of pGlu6-Phe7-Phe8-Gly9-Leu10-Met11-NH2, a C-terminal hexapeptide derived from substance P (SP), an endogenous mammalian neuropeptide, were prepared. In this sequence [pGlu6]SP(6-11), Phe7 or Phe8 were substituted by the amino acid. (R,S)-alpha-hydroxy, (S)-beta-amino, 4-phenylbutyfic acid (AHPA). Several key diastereomeric products were resolved by selective precipitation from the reaction mixture and the resolved components were characterized by chromatography. FAB-mass spectrometry and amino acid analysis. The inhibitory potency of these peptides on SP degradation in rat diencephalon preparations was assayed. It was found that one of the resolved diastereomeric analogues, [pGlu6, AHPA8]SP(6-11) (9a) was a potent inhibitor of SP degradation with an IC50 of 20-mu-M. The analogues prepared in this study were devoid of spasmogenic activity on the guinea-pig ileum assay.