title: Synthesis and biological activities of oxytocin and lysine vasopressin analogs containing glutamic acid gamma-hydrazide in position 4.
abstract: Solution methods, using N-hydroxysuccinimide esters, were used to synthesize [Glu(NHNH2)4] oxytocin and [Glu(NHNH2)4, Lys8] vasopressin. In these analogs of neurohypophyseal hormones, the side-chain carboxamide function of a glutamine residue is formally replaced by a hydrazide group at position 4. The hormone analogs were assayed for uterototonic activity, milk ejection activity, antidiuretic activity, and rat pressor activity. The specific biological activities of the oxytocin and vasopressin analogs were decreased compared to the respective parent hormones in all assay systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, NY.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gazis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theodoropoulos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005260:Female; D005971:Glutamates / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D006868:Hydrolysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008236:Lypressin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D010455:Peptides; C062619:oxytocin, Glu(NHNH2)(4)-; C062620:vasopressin, Glu(NHNH2)(4)-Lys(8)-; C001296:L-glutamic acid-gamma-hydrazide; D010121:Oxytocin; D008236:Lypressin