title: Conformationally constrained deltorphin analogs with 2-aminotetralin-2-carboxylic acid in position 3.
abstract: Two approaches to the design of very active and highly selective delta opioid peptides were used to obtain new deltorpin analogs with altered hydrophobic and stereoelectronic properties. Deltorphin I and II analogs were synthesized involving the substitution of Ile instead of Val at positions 5 and 6 in the address domain and 2-aminotetralin-2-carboxylic acid (Atc) instead of Phe in the message domain. The peptides were agonists in the subnanomolar range in the MVD assay and in the micromolar or higher range in the GPI assay, showing a very high selectivity for delta receptors. A very similar trend could be observed in radioreceptor binding assays in which selective tritiated opioid ligands were used. (R)- and (S)-Atc-deltoriphins exhibited similar Ki values in the binding assay, with almost complete loss of the stereospecificity of the binding. Conformational studies provided evidence for the little disturbance of the backbone conformational equilibrium when Phe3 is replaced by (S)- or (R)-Atc. The use of the Atc constraint gives additional evidence that, during its interaction with the delta receptor, the side chain of residue 3 adopts the trans conformation at chi 1.
authors.affiliation: Isotope Laboratory and Institute of Biochemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Darula
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Péter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fülöp
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tourwé
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaspers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verheyden
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Böcskey
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borsodi
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007082:Ileum / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018847:Opioid Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000819:agonists* / Q000378:metabolism; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009842:Oligopeptides; D018847:Opioid Peptides; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; C060208:deltorphin I, Ala(2)-; C060209:deltorphin II, Ala(2)-