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In vitro and in vivo opioid activity of [DPro(6)]dermorphin, a new dermorphin analogue.

Abstract：

:To study the effects of inducing stereo-chemical modifications in the structure of dermorphin (DM) so as to improve its mu-opioid receptor affinity and its resistance to C-terminal enzymatic degradation, in the Institute of Molecular Genetics of Moscow, we synthesized a new DM analogue ([DPro(6)]DM) and analyzed the changes induced in the biological activities of DM by substituting the Pro(6) residue with DPro(6). We compared the activity of the new DM analogue and DM in in vitro assays and in in vivo tests of analgesia, thermoregulation, heart rate recordings, and gastrointestinal motility in rats. In the in vitro tests, guinea pig ileum (GPI) and mouse vas deferens (MVD), although the opioid activities of [DPro(6)]DM indicated that the peptide was always less potent than DM, its lower IC(50) ratios (mu/delta) showed that it had higher mu-opioid receptor selectivity. In the in vivo analgesic test, [DPro(6)]DM, when injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) (0.5-5 and 10mg/kg) in rats, had the same antinociceptive efficacy as DM and when injected intranasally (i.n.) (0.005 and 0.02 mg/kg) it induced a more stable and long-lasting analgesia than DM (the AUC was about 91% higher for [DPro(6)]DM than for DM). Moreover, these data confirm that the intranasal route is advantageous for peripheral drug administration. In the heart rate study, [DPro(6)]DM and DM (0.5mg/kg, i.p.), induced a similar, weak bradycardia. The only difference was that [DPro(6)]DM induced a longer-lasting effect than DM. Conversely, in body temperature regulation [DPro(6)]DM induced weaker inhibitory activity than DM (56% of the DM-induced response); it did so only in a cold environment and at the maximal used dose (0.5mg/kg, i.p.) without inducing vasomotor effects. In the gastrointestinal study, [DPro(6)]DM and DM (0.005, 0.05, and 0.5mg/kg, i.p.) significantly slowed upper gastrointestinal transit of a charcoal meal and inhibited colonic propulsion. Comparison of the ED(50) values of [DPro(6)]DM (0.03 mg/kg) and DM (0.009 mg/kg) showed that the DM analogue was about three times less potent than DM in slowing gastrointestinal and colonic transit. In conclusion, all these data overall suggest that structural maneuvering in the Pro(6)-residue of the DM molecule changes its affinity for mu-opioid receptor subtypes and confirms the usefulness of experimental studies involving structural modifications in obtaining new therapeutic agents.

journal_name

Peptides

journal_title

Peptides

authors

Broccardo M,Usenko AB,Uranova MG,Guzevatykh LS,Kamensky AA,Andreeva LA,Alfeeva LY,Myasoedov NF,Giannini E,Improta G,Emel'yanova TG

doi

10.1016/s0196-9781(03)00057-3

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-03-01 00:00:00

pages

419-28

issue

eissn

0196-9781

issn

1873-5169

pii

S0196978103000573

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In vitro and in vivo opioid activity of [DPro(6)]dermorphin, a new dermorphin analogue.