title: Fluorescent peptide hormones: development of high affinity vasopressin analogues.
abstract: Highly potent and specific peptide hormone analogues with fluorescent reporter groups are current research goals. Until now, however, only moderately potent analogues have been described. We report here several types of vasopressin (VP) analogues with different fluorophores attached to the peptide. In a first series, fluorophores were attached to the free epsilon amino function of [des-amino1-lysine8]VP (dLVP), producing agonistic analogues. In a second series, reporter groups were added to the N-terminal of open-chain antagonist structures. The biological activities of these analogues were assessed by two different sets of experiments: 1) The measurement of their binding affinities towards the V1a-vasopressin receptor subtype from WRK1 cells or rat liver membrane preparations; 2) Their ability to stimulate the phospholipase C activity in WRK1 cells. As expected, a simple acylation of fluorophores to dLVP resulted in a considerable loss of affinity. If however, the Lys8 side chain was extended through double Schiff-base formation with glutaraldehyde-ethylenediamine followed by reduction to an aminoalkyl aminoalkylamine, single fluorophores could be added without loss of affinity compared to VP. The open-chain analogues, on the other hand, while displaying weak affinity, nevertheless exhibited pure antagonistic behavior.
authors.affiliation: Centre CNRS-INSERM de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barbeau
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neugebauer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guay
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bilodeau
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Balestre
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gallo-Payet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escher
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000187:drug effects; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D057911:Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D014667:Vasopressins; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin