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Multiple N-methylation of MT-II backbone amide bonds leads to melanocortin receptor subtype hMC1R selectivity: pharmacological and conformational studies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20496895     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Multiple N-methylation is a novel technology to improve bioavailability of peptides and increase receptor subtype selectivity. This technique has been applied here to the superpotent but nonselective cyclic peptide MT-II. A library of all possible 31 backbone N-methylated derivatives has been synthesized and tested for binding and activation at melanocortin receptor subtypes 1, 3, 4, and 5. It turned out that selectivity is improved with every introduced N-methyl group, resulting in several N-methylated selective and potent agonists for the hMC1R. The most potent of these derivatives is N-methylated on four out of five amide bonds in the cyclic structure. Its solution structure indicates a strongly preferred backbone conformation that resembles other alpha-MSH analogs but possesses much less flexibility and in addition distinct differences in the spatial arrangement of individual amino acid side chains.
Authors:
Lucas Doedens; Florian Opperer; Minying Cai; Johannes G Beck; Matt Dedek; Erin Palmer; Victor J Hruby; Horst Kessler
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Chemical Society     Volume:  132     ISSN:  1520-5126     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Chem. Soc.     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-10     Completed Date:  2010-09-14     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503056     Medline TA:  J Am Chem Soc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  8115-28     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study and Center for Integrated Protein Science at the Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amides / chemistry*
Binding, Competitive
Cell Line
Drug Design*
Humans
Methylation
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Nitrogen / chemistry*
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry*,  metabolism*,  pharmacology
Protein Conformation
Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 / metabolism*
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism
Substrate Specificity
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DA06284/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; DK017420/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P01 DA006284-19/DA/NIDA NIH HHS; R01 DK017420-34/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amides; 0/Peptides, Cyclic; 0/Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1; 0/Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; 7727-37-9/Nitrogen
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