title: Synthesis and biological activity of atriopeptin III and its small molecular analog.
abstract: Atriopeptin III (AP III) and its small molecular analog were synthesized manually by stepwise solid-phase method. The peptides were oxidized with iodine in 30% acetic acid at very high dilution to form intramolecular disulfide bridge and purified to homogeneity by conventional means, including Sephadex G15, dialysis and reversed-phase HPLC. Bioassay study demonstrated that the synthetic AP III possesses potent bioactivities identical to those of the same product of Peninsula Lab both in vitro and in vivo; whereas the linear peptide, having the same primary structure as AP III, showed very limited bioactivity. The small analog, with Ser-Ser-residue deleted from the N-terminal of AP III, was equipotent as AP III while exhibiting a longer half-life in vivo resulting from the peptide modification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi' an.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C062525:atrial natriuretic factor prohormone (103-126); D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor