title: Solid-phase synthesis of porcine cholecystokinin-33 in a new resin via FMOC-strategy.
abstract: Porcine cholecystokinin-33 has been synthesized on solid phase and characterized both chemically and biologically. In order to develop a successful synthetic strategy, a new anchor molecule (4-succinylamido-2,2',4'-trimethoxybenzhydrylamine) was designed and coupled to aminomethyl-polystyrene. The resulting 4-succinylamido-2,2',4'-trimethoxybenzhydrylamine resin was successfully used for the synthesis of cholecystokinin-33 using N-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl amino acid symmetric anhydrides. Tyrosine-O-sulfate has been synthesized by direct sulfation of tyrosine with chlorosulfonic acid and incorporated into the peptide sequence by coupling as N-fluorenylmethoxy-O-sulfatotyrosine-pentafluorophenyl ester. Side chains of the trifunctional amino acids were protected mostly by t-butyl-type protecting groups. The guanidino function of arginine was protected by the 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethylchromane-6-sulfonyl group. After completion of the synthesis, the peptide was cleaved off the support with 50% trifluoroacetic acid (15 min); this treatment cleaved the side-chain protecting groups simultaneously. Preparative high-performance liquid chromatography resulted in pure cholecystokinin-33 of full biological activity. The structure of the peptide was proved by amino acid analysis, IR and UR spectroscopy, fast atomic bombardment mass spectroscopy and comparative high-performance liquid chromatography of the synthetic and native cholecystokinin-33.
authors.affiliation: A. Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Department of Medical Chemistry, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penke
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nyerges
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D000818:Animals; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits; D012117:Resins, Synthetic / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D005449:Fluorenes; C016456:N(alpha)-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonylamino acids; D012117:Resins, Synthetic; D002766:Cholecystokinin