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Perez JJ. Exploiting Knowledge on Structure-Activity Relationships for Designing Peptidomimetics of Endogenous Peptides. Biomedicines 2021; 9:651. [PMID: 34200402 PMCID: PMC8229937 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9060651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Endogenous peptides are important mediators in cell communication, being consequently involved in many physiological processes. Their use as therapeutic agents is limited due to their poor pharmacokinetic profile. To circumvent this drawback, alternative diverse molecules based on the stereochemical features that confer their activity can be synthesized, using them as guidance; from peptide surrogates provided with a better pharmacokinetic profile, to small molecule peptidomimetics, through cyclic peptides. The design process requires a competent use of the structure-activity results available on individual peptides. Specifically, it requires synthesis and analysis of the activity of diverse analogs, biophysical information and computational work. In the present work, we show a general framework of the process and show its application to two specific examples: the design of selective AT1 antagonists of angiotensin and the design of selective B2 antagonists of bradykinin.
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- Juan J Perez
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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He C, Li H, Zhang J, Kang Y, Jia F, Dong S, Zhou L. Supraspinal inhibitory effects of chimeric peptide MCRT on gastrointestinal motility in mice. J Pharm Pharmacol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Objectives
Chimeric peptide MCRT, based on morphiceptin and PFRTic-NH2, was a bifunctional ligand of μ- and δ-opioid receptors (MOR-DOR) and produced potent analgesia in tail-withdrawal test. The study focused on the supraspinal effects of morphiceptin, PFRTic-NH2 and MCRT on gastrointestinal motility. Moreover, opioid receptor antagonists, naloxone (non-selective), cyprodime (MOR selective) and naltrindole (DOR selective) were utilized to explore the mechanisms.
Methods
Intracerebroventricular administration was achieved via the implanted cannula. Gastric emptying and intestinal transit were measured to evaluate gastrointestinal motility.
Key findings
(1) At supraspinal level, morphiceptin, PFRTic-NH2 and MCRT significantly decreased gastric emptying and intestinal transit; (2) MCRT at 1 nmol/mouse, far higher than its analgesic dose (ED50 = 29.8 pmol/mouse), failed to regulate the gastrointestinal motility; (3) MCRT-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction could be completely blocked by naloxone and naltrindole, but not affected by cyprodime.
Conclusions
(1) Morphiceptin and PFRTic-NH2 played important roles in the regulation of gastrointestinal motility; (2) MCRT possessed higher bioactivity of pain relief than gastrointestinal regulation, suggesting its promising analgesic property; (3) MCRT-induced motility disorders were sensitive to DOR but not to MOR blockade, indicating the pain-relieving specificity of speculated MOR subtype or splice variant or MOR-DOR heterodimer.
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- Chunbo He
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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- The Core Laboratory of the First Affiliated Hospital, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Diseases of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, China
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Unusual amino acids are fundamental building blocks of modern medicinal chemistry. The combination of readily functionalized amine and carboxyl groups attached to a chiral central core along with one or two potentially diverse side chains provides a unique three-dimensional structure with a high degree of functionality. This makes them invaluable as starting materials for syntheses of complex molecules, highly diverse elements for SAR campaigns, integral components of peptidomimetic drugs, and potential drugs on their own. This Perspective highlights the diversity of unnatural amino acid structures found in hit-to-lead and lead optimization campaigns and clinical stage and approved drugs, reflecting their increasingly important role in medicinal chemistry.
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- Mark A T Blaskovich
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Queensland Australia 4072
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Lupala CS, Gomez-Gutierrez P, Perez JJ. New insights into the stereochemical requirements of the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists binding. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2015; 30:85-101. [DOI: 10.1007/s10822-015-9890-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ermert P, Moehle K, Obrecht D. Macrocyclic Inhibitors of GPCR's, Integrins and Protein–Protein Interactions. MACROCYCLES IN DRUG DISCOVERY 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/9781782623113-00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This chapter summarizes some highlights of macrocyclic drug discovery in the area of GPCRs, integrins, and protein–protein interactions spanning roughly the last 30 years. Several examples demonstrate that incorporation of pharmacophores derived from natural peptide ligands into the context of a constrained macrocycle (“lock of the bioactive conformation”) has proven a powerful approach for the discovery of potent and selective macrocyclic drugs. In addition, it will be shown that macrocycles, due to their semi-rigid nature, can exhibit unique properties that can be beneficially exploited by medicinal chemists. Macrocycles can adapt their conformation during binding to a flexible protein target surface (“induced fit”), and due to their size, can interact with larger protein interfaces (“hot spots”). Also, macrocycles can display favorable ADME properties well beyond the rule of 5 in particular exhibiting favorable cell penetrating properties and oral bioavailability.
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- Philipp Ermert
- Polyphor Ltd Hegenheimermattweg 125 CH-4123 Allschwil Switzerland
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- University of Zurich Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zurich Switzerland
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- Polyphor Ltd Hegenheimermattweg 125 CH-4123 Allschwil Switzerland
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Hill TA, Shepherd NE, Diness F, Fairlie DP. Constraining cyclic peptides to mimic protein structure motifs. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:13020-41. [PMID: 25287434 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201401058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Many proteins exert their biological activities through small exposed surface regions called epitopes that are folded peptides of well-defined three-dimensional structures. Short synthetic peptide sequences corresponding to these bioactive protein surfaces do not form thermodynamically stable protein-like structures in water. However, short peptides can be induced to fold into protein-like bioactive conformations (strands, helices, turns) by cyclization, in conjunction with the use of other molecular constraints, that helps to fine-tune three-dimensional structure. Such constrained cyclic peptides can have protein-like biological activities and potencies, enabling their uses as biological probes and leads to therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines. This Review highlights examples of cyclic peptides that mimic three-dimensional structures of strand, turn or helical segments of peptides and proteins, and identifies some additional restraints incorporated into natural product cyclic peptides and synthetic macrocyclic peptidomimetics that refine peptide structure and confer biological properties.
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- Timothy A Hill
- Division of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 (Australia)
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Hill TA, Shepherd NE, Diness F, Fairlie DP. Fixierung cyclischer Peptide: Mimetika von Proteinstrukturmotiven. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201401058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Kumar N, Venugopalan P, Kishore R. Crystallographically observed folded topology of an unsubstituted γ-aminobutyric acid incorporated in a model peptide: Importance of a CH···O interaction. Biopolymers 2010; 93:927-31. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ha SN, Hey PJ, Ransom RW, Bock MG, Su DS, Murphy KL, Chang R, Chen TB, Pettibone D, Hess JF. Identification of the Critical Residues of Bradykinin Receptor B1 for Interaction with the Kinins Guided by Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Molecular Modeling. Biochemistry 2006; 45:14355-61. [PMID: 17128974 DOI: 10.1021/bi060673f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report the critical residues for the interaction of the kinins with human bradykinin receptor 1 (B1) using site-directed mutagenesis in conjunction with molecular modeling of the binding modes of the kinins in the homology model of the B1 receptor. Mutation of Lys118 in transmembrane (TM) helix 3, Ala270 in TM6, and Leu294 in TM7 causes a significant decrease in the affinity for the peptide agonists des-Arg10kallidin (KD) and des-Arg9BK but not the peptide antagonist des-Arg10Leu9KD. In contrast, mutations in TM2, TM3, TM6, and TM7 cause a significant decrease in the affinity for both the peptide agonists and the antagonist. These data indicate that the B1 bradykinin binding pocket for agonists and antagonists is similar, but the manners in which they interact with the receptor do not completely overlap. Therefore, there is a potential to influence the receptor's ligand selectivity.
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- Sookhee N Ha
- Basic Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, New Jersey 07065, USA.
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Spatial Screening for the Identification of the Bioactive Conformation of Integrin Ligands. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/128_052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Bisetty K, Govender P, Kruger HG. Analysis of the conformational profile of trishomocubane amino acid dipeptide. Biopolymers 2006; 81:339-49. [PMID: 16345001 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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4-Amino-(D3)-trishomocubane-4-carboxylic acid is a constrained alpha-amino acid residue that exhibits promising conformational characteristics, i.e., helical and beta-turns. As part of the development of conformational guidelines for the design of peptides and protein surrogates, the conformational energy calculations on trishomocubane using molecular mechanics and ab initio methods are presented. The C(alpha) carbon of trishomocubane forms part of the cyclic structure, and consequently a peptidic environment was simulated with an acetyl group on its N-terminus and a methylamide group on its C-terminus. Ramachandran maps computed at the molecular mechanics level using the standard AMBER (parm94) force field libraries compared reasonably well with the corresponding maps computed at the Hartree Fock level, using the 6-31G* basis set. Trishomocubane peptide (Ac-Tris-NHMe) is characterized by four low energy conformers corresponding to the C7ax, C7eq, 3(10), and alpha(L) helical structures.
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- Krishna Bisetty
- Department of Chemistry, Durban Institute of Technology, Steve Biko Campus, P.O. Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
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Tyndall JDA, Pfeiffer B, Abbenante G, Fairlie DP. Over One Hundred Peptide-Activated G Protein-Coupled Receptors Recognize Ligands with Turn Structure. Chem Rev 2005; 105:793-826. [PMID: 15755077 DOI: 10.1021/cr040689g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Joel D A Tyndall
- Center for Drug Design and Development, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
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Schumann C, Seyfarth L, Greiner G, Paegelow I, Reissmann S. Synthesis and biological activities of new side chain and backbone cyclic bradykinin analogues. THE JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PEPTIDE SOCIETY 2002; 60:128-40. [PMID: 12102726 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2002.02986.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A series of conformationally constrained cyclic analogues of the peptide hormone bradykinin (BK, Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg) was synthesized to check different turned structures proposed for the bioactive conformation of BK agonists and antagonists. Cycles differing in the size and direction of the lactam bridge were performed at the C- and N-terminal sequences of the molecule. Glutamic acid and lysine were introduced into the native BK sequence at different positions for cyclization through their side chains. Backbone cyclic analogues were synthesized by incorporation of N-carboxy alkylated and N-amino alkylated amino acids into the peptide chain. Although the coupling of Fmoc-glycine to the N-alkylated phenylalanine derivatives was effected with DIC/HOAt in SPPS, the dipeptide building units with more bulky amino acids were pre-built in solution. For backbone cyclization at the C-terminus an alternative building unit with an acylated reduced peptide bond was preformed in solution. Both types of building units were handled in the SPPS in the same manner as amino acids. The agonistic and antagonistic activities of the cyclic BK analogues were determined in rat uterus (RUT) and guinea-pig ileum (GPI) assays. Additionally, the potentiation of the BK-induced effects was examined. Among the series of cyclic BK agonists only compound 3 with backbone cyclization between positions 2 and 5 shows a significant agonistic activity on RUT. To study the influence of intramolecular ring closure we used an antagonistic analogue with weak activity, [D-Phe7]-BK. Side chain as well as backbone cyclization in the N-terminus of [D-Phe7]-BK resulted in analogues with moderate antagonistic activity on RUT. Also, compound 18 in which a lactam bridge between positions 6 and 9 was achieved via an acylated reduced peptide bond has moderate antagonistic activity on RUT. These results support the hypothesis of turn structures in both parts of the molecule as a requirement for BK antagonism. Certain active and inactive agonists and antagonists are able to potentiate the bradykinin-induced contraction of guinea-pig ileum.
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- C Schumann
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Sheridan RP, Singh SB, Fluder EM, Kearsley SK. Protocols for bridging the peptide to nonpeptide gap in topological similarity searches. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCES 2001; 41:1395-406. [PMID: 11604041 DOI: 10.1021/ci0100144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Similarity searches based on chemical descriptors have proven extremely useful in aiding large-scale drug screening. Typically an investigator starts with a "probe", a drug-like molecule with an interesting biological activity, and searches a database to find similar compounds. In some projects, however, the only known actives are peptides, and the investigator needs to identify drug-like actives. 3D similarity methods are able to help in this endeavor but suffer from the necessity of having to specify the active conformation of the probe, something that is not always possible at the beginning of a project. Also, 3D methods are slow and are complicated by the need to generate low-energy conformations. In contrast, topological methods are relatively rapid and do not depend on conformation. However, unmodified topological similarity methods, given a peptide probe, will preferentially select other peptides from a database. In this paper we show some simple protocols that, if used with a standard topological similarity search method, are sufficient to select nonpeptide actives given a peptide probe. We demonstrate these protocols by using 10 peptide-like probes to select appropriate nonpeptide actives from the MDDR database.
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- R P Sheridan
- Department of Molecular Systems, RY50SW-100 Merck Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.
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Monteagudo ES, Calvani F, Catrambone F, Fincham CI, Madami A, Meini S, Terracciano R. New conformationally homogeneous beta-turn antagonists of the human B2 kinin receptor. J Pept Sci 2001; 7:270-83. [PMID: 11428548 DOI: 10.1002/psc.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We have designed and synthesized a conformationally homogeneous series of cyclic pentapeptides of the general structure c[Pro-aa(i)-D-Tic-Oic-aa(i + 3)] which adopt a type-II' beta-turn conformation believed important for high affinity antagonism of the bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor. We incorporated D-Tic and octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid (Oic) residues (present in known active antagonists) in a cyclic pentapeptide that would place the D-aa in the i + 1 position of the beta-turn and a proline as a bridge between the C- and N-termini sides of the turn. In positions i and i + 3 alkyl, aromatic, polar or charged amino acids could be introduced without dramatically changing the overall structure. Ten analogues were studied using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and evaluated for their binding affinity for the human B2 receptor. The NMR data in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) confirmed the structural homogeneity within the class and, on the basis of this, one representative member of the series was chosen for a detailed structure determination using NMR data in sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) micelles and molecular dynamics calculations. Despite the structural similarity, the binding affinity of the ten analogues was strongly influenced by the nature of the side-chains in positions i and i + 3, with the doubly charged analogue 49 (pKi = 6.2) proving best. This compound may serve as the starting point for the discovery of new non-peptide bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists.
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- E S Monteagudo
- Department of Chemistry, Menarini Ricerche S.p.A., Pomezia, Roma, Italy.
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Miskolzie M, Yamamoto H, York EJ, Stewart JM, Kotovych G. An NMR conformational analysis of cyclic bradykinin mimics. Evidence for a beta-turn. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2000; 17:947-55. [PMID: 10949162 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2000.10506583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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A detailed NMR study is carried out in acetonitrile/water solutions on three novel cyclic bradykinin antagonist analogues, BKM-824, BKM-870, and BKM-872, to examine their solution structures, and to correlate the structures with bradykinin antagonist and anti-cancer activities. The solution structures of the cyclic peptides are correlated with the structural data for known linear bradykinin antagonists. The sequences are: BKM-824 c[Ava-Ig1-Ser-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Ava is 5-aminovaleric acid, Ig1 is alpha-(2-indanyl)glycine, F5F is pentafluorophenylalanine, and Oic is (2S,3aS,7aS)-octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid; BKM-870; c[DArg-Arg-Add-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Add is 12-aminododecanoic acid; and BKM-872; c[DArg-Arg-Eac-Ser-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Eac is 6-aminocaproic acid. BKM-824 was the only peptide within this series that possessed a discernable solution structure. The NMR data indicate the presence of a type I beta-turn between residues F5F4 and Ava1, a C-terminal-like end. Molecular dynamics calculations show that a type I beta-turn from DF5F4 to Ava1 does exist although the turn was somewhat distorted. This result differs from the structures seen in linear bradykinin antagonists, which usually possess a type II'beta-turn at the C-terminal end and the presence of a defined turn is correlated with bradykinin antagonist activity. There is no solution structure for BKM-870 and BKM-872 but a correlation between the primary sequence Arg(terminal)-DArg1-Arg2-long chain aliphatic amino acid and anti-cancer activity is evident.
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- M Miskolzie
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Gomez-Catalan J, Perez JJ, Jimenez AI, Cativiela C. Study of the conformational profile of selected unnatural amino acid residues derived from L-phenylalanine. J Pept Sci 1999; 5:251-62. [PMID: 10463780 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199906)5:6<251::aid-psc190>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The present work reports the results of a conformational study performed on seven unnatural amino acid residues and on its natural precursor, investigated by means of computational methods at the molecular mechanics level. Amino acid residues selected for the present study are derivatives of L-phenylalanine substituted at the alpha and/or beta carbons. This series is composed of different linear analogs, including alpha-methyl, beta-methyl and beta-phenyl substituted with different stereochemistry. Analysis of the Ramachandran maps of the corresponding dipeptides in vacuo reveals their conformational preferences, to be used as guidance for the synthesis of constrained peptide analogs with desired conformational propensities. The available conformational space for every dipeptide is also analysed.
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- J Gomez-Catalan
- Dept. de Toxicologia, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Tan PP, Chen JC, Li JY, Liang KW, Wong CH, Huang EY. Modulation of naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal syndromes in rats by neuropeptide FF analogs. Peptides 1999; 20:1211-7. [PMID: 10573293 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00125-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Neuropeptide FF (NPFF) has been reported to be an endogenous anti-opioid peptide that has significant effects on morphine tolerance and dependence. In the present study, we examined the chronic effects of NPFF and its synthetic analogs: the putative agonist, PFRFamide, and the putative antagonists, dansyl-PQRamide and PFR(Tic)amide on naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal syndromes in rats. After a 5-day co-administration with morphine [5 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.), twice per day (b.i.d.)] and the tested peptide [intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) or i.p., b.i.d.], naloxone (4 mg/kg, i.p.) was given systemically to evaluate the severity of the morphine withdrawal syndromes. Our results revealed that NPFF significantly potentiated the overall morphine withdrawal syndromes and, on the contrary, dansyl-PQRamide attenuated these syndromes. These results clearly indicate that modulation of the NPFF system in the mammalian central nervous system has significant effects on opiate dependence. In addition, morphine withdrawal syndromes could be practically applied as a valid parameter to functionally characterize the putative NPFF agonists and antagonists.
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- P P Tan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Filizola M, Llorens O, Cartení-Farina M, Perez JJ. New insights into the conformational requirements of B2 bradykinin antagonism. Bioorg Med Chem 1998; 6:1491-500. [PMID: 9801820 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(98)00084-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The conformational profiles of a selected group of a new series of small linear and cyclic penta- and hexapeptides, inspired on the C-terminal segment of second-generation bradykinin (BK) antagonists, were independently computed in order to assess the chemical and geometrical requirements necessary for BK antagonism. Specifically, four cyclic peptides: cyclo-(Gly-Thi-D-Tic-Oic-Arg), cyclo-(Gly-Ala-D-Tic-Oic-Arg), cyclo-(Abu-Ala-Ser-D-Tic-Oic-Arg), cyclo-(Abu-D-Phe-Ala-D-Tic-Oic-Arg), and a linear peptide: Thi-Ser-D-Tic-Oic-Arg were selected for the present study. The first three BK analogs are capable to antagonize kinin-induced rabbit jugular vein and rabbit aorta smooth muscle contraction, while last two show no detectable affinity for the BK B2 receptor. The conformational space of the five peptides was thoroughly explored using simulated annealing (SA) in an iterative fashion as sampling technique. The bioactive conformation was assessed by pairwise cross comparisons between each of the unique low energy conformations found for each of the different peptides studied within a 5 kcal/mol threshold in respect to the global minimum. The conformational profile of the highly potent BK antagonist HOE-140, computed in an independent study, was also used in conjunction with the bioactive form assessed in the present study, to propose a pharmacophore that includes the stereochemical requirements for B2 BK antagonism.
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- M Filizola
- Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Scienze Computazionali e Biotecnologiche (CRISCEB), Seconda Universitá degli Studi di Napoli, Italy
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Takeuchi Y, Marshall GR. Conformational Analysis of Reverse-Turn Constraints by N-Methylation and N-Hydroxylation of Amide Bonds in Peptides and Non-Peptide Mimetics. J Am Chem Soc 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ja970855k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yasuo Takeuchi
- Contribution from the Center for Molecular Design, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Contribution from the Center for Molecular Design, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Novel Molecular Approaches to Analgesia. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)61067-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Srivastava S, Phadke R, Kamath S, Coutinho E. Addition of Tyr at the N-terminal to bradykinin preserves its overall conformation. Eur J Med Chem 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0223-5234(97)83293-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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