Design and synthesis of downsized metastin (45-54) analogs with maintenance of high GPR54 agonistic activity.
Metastin has been identified as a metastasis suppressor gene product that mediates its function through a G protein coupled receptor, GPR54. To refine insight into the critical pharmacophore for the activation of GPR54, we have conducted alanine and d-amino acid scanning on a biologically active metastin fragment (45-54). Based on these data and structures of peptides previously reported to activate GPR54, a series of shortened metastin (45-54) derivatives were synthesized and tested for the ability to induce GPR54 signaling. These biological experiments were performed in yeast containing human GPR54 that was coupled to the pheromone response pathway and a pheromone responsive lacZ reporter gene. Compounds 32, 33, and 39, which possess an N-terminal basic group and a C-terminal RW-amide motif, were strong agonists, similar to the level of metastin. This may provide an approach to reverse the pro-metastatic effect of metastin deletion in multiple malignant tumors.
Niida
Ayumu
A
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Wang
Zixuan
Z
Tomita
Kenji
K
Oishi
Shinya
S
Tamamura
Hirokazu
H
Otaka
Akira
A
Navenot
Jean-Marc
JM
Broach
James R
JR
Peiper
Stephen C
SC
Fujii
Nobutaka
N
D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015195:Drug Design; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D059648:Kisspeptins; D007763:Lac Operon; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010675:Pheromones / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D044088:Receptors, Galanin / Q000819:agonists* / Q000737:chemistry*; D000074502:Receptors, Kisspeptin-1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
D005656:Fungal Proteins; C106628:KISS1 protein, human; C118688:KISS1R protein, human; D059648:Kisspeptins; D010455:Peptides; D010675:Pheromones; D011506:Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D044088:Receptors, Galanin; D000074502:Receptors, Kisspeptin-1; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins