title: Opioid receptor selectivity reversal in deltorphin tetrapeptide analogues.
abstract: Deltorphin N-terminal tetrapeptides [DEL A: H-Tyr-D-Met-Phe-His-R, where R = -NH2, -NH-NH2, -OCH3, -OH, -NH-NH-CO-R' (R' = -CH3 or adamantane); DEL C: H-Tyr-D-Ala-Asp-R (R = -OH, -NHCH3)], were used in a receptor binding assay with [3H]DADLE and [3H]DPDPE for delta sites, and [3H]DAGO for mu sites; tetrapeptide Ki delta values were similar with either [3H]-delta ligand. DEL A tetrapeptides C-terminally substituted with -NH2, -NH-NH2, -OCH3, and -OH had 10 to greater than 1,000-fold decreased Ki delta values, while Ki mu increased 5 to 100-fold to yield mu selectivity. C-Terminal substitution with -NH-NH2 and -OCH3 conferred highest mu selectivities; adamantyl and acetyl hydrazide derivatives were non-selective. DEL-(1-4)-OH peptides had decreased delta and mu affinities: DEL A-[Asp4]-(1-4)-OH and DEL C-(1-4)-OH had low affinities (greater than 1 microM), however, the Ki delta of the former was 5-fold greater than the latter, and the Ki mu was less by 15-fold. The data suggest that the "message" domain of DEL exhibits receptor selectivity different from that of the heptapeptide.
authors.affiliation: Peptide Neurochemistry, LMIN, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salvadori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomatis
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; C059567:deltorphin; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-