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6332195

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
In previous work we reported that [Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH (II) and Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-13-NH2 (III) were superpotent melanotropins. Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-10-NH2 (VI), which constitutes the cyclic analogue of the putative active site sequence -Met4-Glu5-His6-Phe7-Arg8-Trp9-Gly10- of alpha-MSH, was much less active. In the present investigation the contribution of the Lys11 and Pro12 residues of the C-terminal carboxamide tripeptide -Lys11-Pro12-Val13-NH2 to the potency of Cys4,Cys10 containing cyclic melanotropins was studied. Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-11-NH2 (V) was less potent than alpha-MSH in the frog and lizard skin bioassays and the mouse S-91 (Cloudman) melanoma adenylate cyclase assay but more potent than Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-10-NH2 in the three assays studied. Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-12-NH2 (IV) was considerably more potent than the cyclic 4-11 melanotropin and was, in fact, equipotent or even slightly more potent than [Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH and Ac-[Cys4,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-13-NH2 over the linear portion of the dose-response in all three bioassays. These results demonstrate that Lys11 and Pro12 but to a lesser extent Val13 of the C-terminal tripeptide sequence contributes to the potency of the cyclic melanotropins. The further substitution of a D-Phe7 for the L-Phe7 residue into the cyclic 4-12 analogue resulted in a highly potent compound Ac-[Cys4,D-Phe7,Cys10]-alpha-MSH4-12-NH2 (VII) that exhibited highly prolonged biological activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1186-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Cyclic melanotropins. 5. Importance of the C-terminal tripeptide (Lys-Pro-Val).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't