α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone message and inhibitory sequences: Comparative structure-activity studies on melanocytes

Tomi K. Sawyer; Douglas J. Staples; Ana M.L. Castrucci; Mac E. Hadley; Fahad A. Al-Obeidi; Wayne L. Cody; Victor J. Hruby

doi:10.1016/0196-9781(90)90092-J

α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone message and inhibitory sequences: Comparative structure-activity studies on melanocytes

Tomi K. Sawyer
, Douglas J. Staples
, Ana M.L. Castrucci
, Mac E. Hadley
, Fahad A. Al-Obeidi
, Wayne L. Cody
, Victor J. Hruby

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We investigated the structure-activity relationships of α-MSH (α-melanocyte stimulating hormone) fragment derivatives of the generic formulae Ac-α-MSH(x-13)-NH₂ and Ac-α-MSH(6-x)-NH₂. The minimal C-terminal sequences required for melanotropic activity were 8-13 and 7-13, respectively, in the frog and lizard skin bioassays. The Arg⁸-Trp⁹ sequence appears to be a fundamental component of the minimal message sequences found to date such as α-MSH(6-9), α-MSH(8-13) and α-MSH(7-13). We discovered that Ac-α-MSH(7-10)-NH₂ was a weak and selective α-MSH antagonist on the lizard skin bioassay. Analysis of α-MSH(7-10) analogues of the generic formula Ac-Xaa-Arg-Trp-Yaa-NH₂ led to Ac-[D-Trp⁷,D-Phe¹⁰]α-MSH(7-10)-NH₂, a moderately potent, specific and competitive inhibitor of α-MSH in both the frog and the lizard skin bioassays.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	351-357
Number of pages	7
Journal	Peptides
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0196-9781(90)90092-J
State	Published - 1990
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Melanocytes
Message sequences
Structure-activity
α-MSH
α-MSH inhibitors
α-Melanotropin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
Physiology
Endocrinology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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