Thirty-five tetrapeptide acyl-hydrazide analogs of enkephalin substituted at position 2 were synthesized. Substitution of D-Ala at position 2 of H-Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NHNH-CO-R (R=lower alkyl), by D-Met (O), D-Gln, D-Glu (NH-CH3) or D-Thr enhanced the analgesic potency, but substitution by D-Glu or Ser resulted in an analog with no antinociceptive activity. Among the analogs synthesized, the D-Met (O)-analog was the most potent and H-Tyr-D-Met (O)-Gly-Phe-NHNH-CO-CH2CH3 exhibited analgesic activtiy four times more potent than that of morphine in mice following subcutaneous injection. Structure-activity relations for position 2 of the enkephalin-like tetrapeptide are discussed.
合成了35种在第2位进行取代的
脑啡肽四肽酰基酰
肼类似物。在H-Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-NHNH-CO-R(R=低级烷基)的第2位上,用D-Met(O)、D-Gln、D-Glu(NH-
CH3)或D-Thr取代D-Ala,增强了镇痛效力,但用D-Glu或Ser取代则得到没有镇痛活性的类似物。在合成的类似物中,D-Met(O)-类似物效力最强,H-Tyr-D-Met(O)-Gly-Phe-NHNH-CO-CH2 在小鼠皮下注射后显示的镇痛活性是
吗啡的四倍。讨论了类似
脑啡肽四肽在第2位的结构-活性关系。