作者:Lihu Yang、Greg Morriello、Yanping Pan、Ravi P. Nargund、Khaled Barakat、Kristine Prendergast、Kang Cheng、Wanda W.-S. Chan、Roy G. Smith、Arthur A. Patchett
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(98)00103-6
日期:1998.4
A series of C-terminus capped dipeptides and tripeptides was synthesized as growth hormone (GH) secretagogues. Among them, tripeptide Aib-D-Trp-D-homoPhe-OEt showed low nanomolar activity in the rat pituitary assay. Thus, we have demonstrated that the GH secretagogue activity of the hexa- hepta-GH releasing peptides can be mimicked at the tripeptide level. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.