Synthesis and evaluation of new endomorphin analogues modified at the Pro2 residue

  • Domenica Torino
  • , Adriano Mollica
  • , Francesco Pinnen
  • , Gino Lucente
  • , Federica Feliciani
  • , Peg Davis
  • , Josephine Lai
  • , Shou Wu Ma
  • , Frank Porreca
  • , Victor J. Hruby

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Abstract

Six new endomorphin analogues, incorporating constrained amino acids in place of native proline have been synthesized. Residues of (S)-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (Aze), 3,4-dehydro-(S)-proline (Δ3Pro), azetidine-3-carboxylic acid (3Aze) and dehydro-alanine (ΔAla) have been used to prepare [Δ3Pro2]EM-2 (1), [Aze2]EM-1 (2), [Aze2]EM-2 (3), [3Aze2]EM-1 (4), [3Aze2]EM-2 (5) and [ΔAla2]EM-2 (6). Binding assays and functional bioactivities for μ- and δ-receptors are reported. The highest affinity, bioactivity and selectivity are shown by peptides 2 and 3 containing the Aze residue.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4115-4118
Number of pages4
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume19
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2009

Keywords

  • 3,4-Didehydro-(S)-proline
  • Azetidine carboxylic acids
  • Didehydro-alanine
  • Endomorphins
  • μ-Receptors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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