Abstract：
:Asp-Thr-Met-Arg-Cys-Met-Val-Gly-Arg-Val-Tyr-Arg-Pro-Cys-Trp-Glu-Val, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), is a cyclic hormone possessing both MCH-like (melanin granule aggregating effect) and melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH)-like (melanin granule dispersing effect) activities. Nine ring-contracted analogues were synthesized and characterized for their melanotropic activity on the fish (Synbranchus marmoratus) and frog (Rana pipiens) bioassays. In most cases, these analogues were totally devoid of MCH-like agonist activity, demonstrating the essential role of the disulfide bridge between residues 5 and 14 of the hormone. [Ala5, Cys10]MCH, for example, was totally devoid of MCH-like activity. This analogue, like alpha-MSH, however, antagonized the melanosome aggregating actions of MCH on fish melanocytes. The antagonistic activity of the analogue, like that of alpha-MSH, was Ca2+-dependent. Evidence suggested that this antagonism of MCH activity was related to the intrinsic MSH-like activity of the analogue. These results suggest that MCH and alpha-MSH may be structurally and, therefore, evolutionarily related.
journal_name
Life Scijournal_title
Life sciencesauthors
Lebl M,Hruby VJ,Castrucci AM,Hadley MEdoi
10.1016/0024-3205(89)90460-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
451-7issue
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0024-3205issn
1879-0631pii
0024-3205(89)90460-8journal_volume
44pub_type
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