Abstract:
:The ghrelin receptor displays a high constitutive activity suggested to be involved in the regulation of appetite and food intake. Here, we have created peptides with small changes in the core binding motif -wFw- of the hexapeptide KwFwLL-NH(2) that can swap the peptide behavior from inverse agonism to agonism, indicating the importance of this sequence. Introduction of β-(3-benzothienyl)-d-alanine (d-Bth), 3,3-diphenyl-d-alanine (d-Dip) and 1-naphthyl-d-alanine (d-1-Nal) at position 2 resulted in highly potent and efficient inverse agonists, whereas the substitution of d-tryptophane at position 4 with 1-naphthyl-d-alanine (d-1-Nal) and 2-naphthyl-d-alanine (d-2-Nal) induces agonism in functional assays. Competitive binding studies showed a high affinity of the inverse agonist K-(d-1-Nal)-FwLL-NH(2) at the ghrelin receptor. Moreover, mutagenesis studies of the receptor revealed key positions for the switch between inverse agonist and agonist response. Hence, only minor changes in the peptide sequence can decide between agonism and inverse agonism and have a major impact on the biological activity.
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J Med Chemjournal_title
Journal of medicinal chemistryauthors
Els S,Schild E,Petersen PS,Kilian TM,Mokrosinski J,Frimurer TM,Chollet C,Schwartz TW,Holst B,Beck-Sickinger AGdoi
10.1021/jm300414bsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-09-13 00:00:00pages
7437-49issue
17eissn
0022-2623issn
1520-4804journal_volume
55pub_type
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