title: Bioactivity of analogs of the N-terminal region of gastrin-17.
abstract: Gastrin-17-Gly (G17-Gly) has been shown to bind to non-CCK nanomolar and micromolar affinity sites on DLD-1 and HT-29 human colonic carcinoma cells and to stimulate cellular proliferation. However, in previous studies, we showed that C-terminal truncation of the gastrin-17 (G17) to the G17 analog G17(1-12) and then to G17(1-6)-NH(2) did not remove the ability to bind to DLD-1 cells or to activate proliferation. This implies that residues and/or structural motifs required for bioactivity at these receptors rest in the N-terminal region of G17. In this work, radioligand binding studies conducted with further C-terminally truncated analogs revealed that sequences as short as G17(1-4) still bind to a single receptor with micromolar affinity. Additionally, cell proliferation assays showed that G17(1-12) stimulates proliferation of DLD-1 cells, as of HT-29 cells, but the sequences shorter than G17(1-6)-NH(2), including non-amidated G17(1-6), were incapable of stimulating proliferation. These observations indicate that the tetrapeptide pGlu-Gly-Pro-Trp is the minimum N-terminal sequence for binding to the probable growth-promoting site on DLD-1 cells. Since analogs shorter than G17(1-6) are able to bind the receptor, these peptides may be of use for developing selective antagonists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Copps
authors.forename: Shawn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovas
mesh_terms: D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D005755:Gastrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D005755:Gastrins; D010455:Peptides; C013550:gastrin 17