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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 23, Pages 4370-4376Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm0001727
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The recently discovered growth hormone secretagogue, ghrelin, is a potent agonist at the human growth hormone secretagogue receptor la (hGHSR1a). To elucidate structural features of this peptide necessary for efficient binding to and activation of the receptor, several analogues of ghrelin with various aliphatic or aromatic groups in the side chain of residue 3, and several short peptides derived from ghrelin, were prepared and tested in a binding assay and in an assay measuring intracellular calcium elevation in HEK-293 cells expressing hGHSR1a. Bulky hydrophobic groups in the side chain of residue 3 turned out to be essential for maximum agonist activity. Also, short peptides encompassing the first 4 or 5 residues of ghrelin were found to functionally activate hGHSR1a about as efficiently as the full-length ghrelin. Thus the entire sequence of ghrelin is not necessary for activity: the Gly-Ser-Ser(n-octanoyl)-Phe segment appears to constitute the active core required for agonist; potency at hGHSR1a.
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