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Synthesis of temperature-dependent elastin-like peptide-modified dendrimer for drug delivery
Kojima, Chie,Irie, Kotaro
, p. 714 - 721 (2013)
Dendrimers are synthetic macromolecules with a unique structure that are potential unimolecular drug carriers and potential scaffolds for peptides. Elastin is one of the main components of the extracellular matrix, as well as a temperature-sensitive biomacromolecule. Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly repeats, an elastin-like peptide, have been used for designing artificial elastin molecules. In this study, we have synthesized a novel type of temperature-dependent drug carrier by conjugating Ac-Val-Pro-Gly-Val-Gly to a dendrimer, named elastin-mimetic dendrimer. The elastin-mimetic dendrimer formed β-turn structure by heating. The elastin-mimetic dendrimer exhibited the inverse phase transition, depending on pH and NaCl concentration in addition to temperature. The elastin-mimetic dendrimer could encapsulate a model drug, rose bengal, even though the complex stability was similar to the dendrimer without elastin-like peptide. Therefore, the elastin-mimetic dendrimer is a potential drug carrier with temperature- and pH-dependent properties. (134 words)
Synthesis and evaluation of in Vivo anti-hypothermic effect of the N- And C-terminus modified thyrotropin-releasing hormone mimetic: [(4S,5S)-(5-methyl-2-oxooxazolidine-4-yl)-carbonyl]-[3-(thiazol-4-yl)-L-alanyl]-L-prolinamide
Kobayashi, Naotake,Sato, Norihito,Sugita, Katsuji,Kihara, Tsuyoshi,Koike, Katsumi,Sugawara, Tamio,Tada, Yukio,Yoshikawa, Takayoshi
, p. 314 - 324 (2021/04/30)
We explored orally effective thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) mimetics, which show high central nervous system effects in structure–activity relationship studies based on in vivo antagonistic activity on reserpine-induced hypothermia (anti-hypothermic effect) in mice starting from TRH. This led us to the TRH mimetic: [(4S,5S)-(5-methyl-2-oxooxazolidine-4-yl)carbonyl]-[3-(thiazol-4-yl)-L-alanyl]-L-prolinamide 1, which shows a higher anti-hypothermic effect compared with that of TRH after oral administration. We next attempted further chemical modification of the N- and C-terminus of 1 to find more orally effective TRH mimetics. As a result, we obtained several N- and C-terminus modified TRH mimetics which showed high anti-hypothermic effects.
Peptide bond isosteres: Ester or (E)-alkene in the backbone of the collagen triple helix
Jenkins, Cara L.,Vasbinder, Melissa M.,Miller, Scott J.,Raines, Ronald T.
, p. 2619 - 2622 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Collagen is the most abundant protein in animals. Interstrand N-H...O=C hydrogen bonds between backbone amide groups form a ladder in the middle of the collagen triple helix. Isosteric replacement of the hydrogen-bond-donatin