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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 48, 期 9, 页码 3328-3336出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm0490843
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01-DK57080] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [R01-ES09110] Funding Source: Medline
The melanocortin system is involved in the regulation of a diverse number of physiologically important pathways including pigmentation, feeding behaviour, weight and energy homeostasis, inflammation, and sexual function. All the endogenous melanocortin agonist ligands possess the conserved His-Phe-Arg-Trp tetrapeptide sequence that is postulated to be important for melanocortin receptor molecular recognition and stimulation. Previous studies by our laboratory resulted in the discovery that increasing alkyl chain length at the N-terminal capping region of the His-DPhe-Arg-Trp-NH2 tetrapeptide resulted in a 100-fold increased melanocortin receptor agonist potency. This study was undertaken to systematically evaluate the pharmacological effects of increasing N-capping alkyl chain length of the CH3(CH2),CO-His-(D)Phe-Arg-Trp-NH2 (n = 6-16) tetrapeptide template. Twelve analogues were synthesized and pharmacologically characterized at the mouse melanocortin receptors MC1R and MC3R-MC5R and human melanocytes known to express the MC1R. These peptides demonstrated melanocortin receptor selectivity profiles different from those of previously published tetrapeptides. The most notable results of enhanced ligand potency (20- to 200-fold) and receptor selectivity were observed at the MC1R. Tetrapeptides that possessed greater than nine alkyl groups were superior to alpha-MSH in terms of the stimulation of human melanocyte tyrosinase activity. Additionally, the n-pentadecanoyl derivative had a residual effect on tyrosinase activity that existed for at least 4 days after the peptide was removed from the human melanocyte culture medium. These data demonstrate the utility, potency, and residual effect of melanocortin tetrapeptides by adding N-terminal fatty acid moieties.
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