title: Synthesis of gonadotropin-releasing hormone III analogs. Structure-antitumor activity relationships.
abstract: Following the observation that the activity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone III (GnRH-III) in the suppression of growth of MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells surpasses that of GnRH and other analogs thereof, analogs of GnRH-III were synthesized to investigate the structural basis for the improved antitumor activity. Compounds synthesized include analogs with changes in the central sequence in which GnRH-III differs from GnRH and in the C- and N-terminal regions. The results indicate that a salt bridge between Asp6 and Lys8 stabilizes the active conformation of GnRH-III and show the importance of the Trp7. Replacement of the C-terminal Gly-NH2 with D-Ala-NH2 was not well tolerated, but replacement with ethylamide was. Replacement of pGlu1 with Ac-D-Trp appears to have a significantly deleterious effect on a unique conformation of GnRH-III which is responsible for its binding to the receptors on cancer cell lines and the resultant antitumor activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mezö
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovas
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pályi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vincze
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kálnay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turi
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vadász
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seprödi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Idei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gulyás
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otvös
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mák
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Teplán
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009842:Oligopeptides; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone