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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 61-67Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(03)00141-6
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PEPT1; peptide transport; intestine; Caco-2; Pichia pastoris; Xenopus laevis oocytes
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This study was initiated to examine systematically the effect of side chain modifications at dipeptides on their transport via PEPT1. We synthesized a series of Xaa(R)-Ala and Ala-Xaa(R) dipeptides with the functional groups of the side chains modified by structurally different blocking groups R. Recognition and transport of these derivatives by PEPT1 was measured in Caco-2 cells, in transgenic Pichia pastoris cells and in Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing PEPT1. The dipeptide derivatives displayed K-i values between 0.002 and 4 mM. Electrophysiological analyses showed that the Ala-Xaa(R) derivatives were transported by PEPT1. In contrast, most Xaa(R)-Ala derivatives-although recognized-did not show significant transport rates. Substitution of a terminal phenyl residue in the side chain blocking group by a p-nitrophenyl residue enhanced the affinity of several dipeptide derivatives for interaction with PEPT I. However, none of these compounds showed electrogenic transport in oocytes. With a K-i value of 0.002 mM, Lys[Z(NO2)]-Val displayed the highest affinity to PEPT1 ever reported. We conclude that the transport of side chain modified dipeptides into enterocytes depends (a) on the position of the modified trifunctional amino acid in the dipeptide, (b) the distance between its alpha-carbon and the side chain blocking group and (c) the hydrophobic character of the side chain modification. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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