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Synthesis of temperature-dependent elastin-like peptide-modified dendrimer for drug delivery
Kojima, Chie,Irie, Kotaro
, p. 714 - 721 (2014/01/17)
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)
Solution phase synthesis and purification of the minigramicidin ion channels and a succinyl-linked gramicidin
Arndt, Hans-Dieter,Vescovi, Andrea,Schrey, Anna,Pfeifer, Jochen R,Koert, Ulrich
, p. 2789 - 2801 (2007/10/03)
Peptides with alternating D- and L-configured residues as found in the natural ion channel active peptide gramicidin A (gA) are important building blocks for artificially engineered ion channels. We detail an optimised solution phase synthesis employing a
Syntheses and biological activities of bombesin analogs modified in the C-terminal dipeptide part
Llinares,Devin,Azay,Berge,Fehrentz,Martinez
, p. 767 - 780 (2007/10/03)
Bombesin receptor antagonists are possible therapeutic agents due to their ability to act as inhibitors of cellular proliferation. On the basis of our hypothesis on the mechanism of action of gastrin associating an activating enzyme system to the receptor and on the results reported in the litterature, we have synthesized bombesin analogues which have been modified in the C-terminal Leu13-Leu14 amide part. We have shown that modification in the C-terminal part of the bombesin strongly affected the biological activity in rat pancreatic acini. The most potent compound which is described here, H-D-Phe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-Gly-His-Leu-Ψ/(CH2)Leu-NH2, was able to recognize the bombesin receptor on rat pancreatic acini (Ki 4.3 nM) and antagonized the bombesin stimulated amylase secretion (Ki 7.7 nM).
New Protecting Groups for the Indole Ring of Tryptophan in Peptide Synthesis: 2,4,6-Trimethoxybenzenesulfonyl and 4-Methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonyl Groups
Fukuda, Tsunehiko,Wakimasu, Mitsuhiro,Kobayashi, Shigeru,Fujino, Masahiko
, p. 2825 - 2835 (2007/10/02)
Five substituted benzenesulfonyl groups, p-toluenesulfonyl, p-methoxybenzenesulfonyl, 2,4-dimethoxybenzenesulfonyl, 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzenesulfonyl, and 4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonyl, were introduced at Nin of tryptophan and their protecting group properties were investigated.Among them, 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzenesulfonyl and 4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonyl are stable to trifluoroacetic acid, but can be readily removed by hydrogen fluoride or methanesulfonic acid, and suppress decomposition and modification of the tryptophan residue during peptide synthesis.These protecting groups were successfully used in syntheses of bombesin, a potent analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone by the solution method and dynorphin by the solid-phase method.Keywords-peptide synthesis; tryptophan; protecting group; 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzenesulfonyl group; 4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonyl group
