Five Fmoc-alfa-aminoalkyltetrazoleswere synthesized starting from Fmoc-alfa-amino acids. Fmoc-LeuT was applied in synthesis of tetrazole analogue of Leu-enkephalin by solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS), aswell as in solution. Radioreceptor assays showed high affinity of [LeuT5]-enkephalin for opiate receptors.
Opioid peptides recently attracted much attention as low molecular weight compounds, which can target malignant cells expressing opioid receptors on their cell surface. Therefore opioid peptides have a potential to be introduced as radiopharmaceuticals. In this paper, we describe the method of conjugation of two bifunctional chelating agents (BFCAs), hydrazinopyridine-3-carboxylic acid (HYNIC) and 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane- 1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid (DOTA), to the N-terminal amino group of morphiceptin, endomorphin-2, and two of their analogs modified in position 3. GABA was used as a spacer molecule. mi-Opioid binding affinities of the peptides were compared with the binding affinities of BFCA-GABA-peptide conjugates. It was shown that the introduction of HYNIC to mi-opioid ligands causes only a slight decrease of -opioid receptor affinity, while DOTA-conjugates loose their affinity for mi-receptors completely.
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