期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 151, 期 -, 页码 815-823出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.04.021
关键词
alpha-MSH; Melanocortin peptide; Selectivity; hMC1 R; Tetra-peptide; Skin pigmentation
资金
- U.S. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health [DK017420, GM 108040, DA06284]
Melanoma skin cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the US En A great need exists for improved formulations and mechanisms to prevent and protect human skin from cancers and other skin damage caused by sunlight exposure. Current efforts to prevent UV damage to human skin, which in many cases leads to melanoma and other skin cancers. The primordial melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) is involved in regulating skin pigmentation and hair color, which is a natural prevention from UV damage. The endogenous melanocortin agonists induce pigmentation and share a core pharmacophore sequence His-Phe-Arg-Trp, and it was found that substitution of the Phe by D-Phe results in increasing melanocortin receptor potency. To improve the melanocortin 1 receptor (MCIR) selectivity a series of tetra peptides with the moiety of Ac-Xaa-Yaa-Nle-Trp-NH2, and structural modifications to reduce electrostatic ligand-receptor interactions have been designed and synthesized. It is discovered that the tetrapeptide Ac-His-D-Phe(4-CF3)-Nle-Trp-NH2 resulted in a potent and selective hMC1R agonist at the hMC1R (ECso: 10 nM). Lizard anolis carolinensis pigmentation study shows very high potency in vivo. NMR studies revealed a reversed beta turn structure which led to the potency and selectivity towards the hMC1R. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
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