Incorporation of a Bioactive Reverse-Turn Heterocycle into a Peptide Template Using Solid-Phase Synthesis To Probe Melanocortin Receptor Selectivity and Ligand Conformations by 2D 1H NMRClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Anamika Singh
- Andrzej Wilczynski
- Jerry R. Holder
- Rachel M. Witek
- Marvin L. Dirain
- Zhimin Xiang
- Arthur S. Edison
- Carrie Haskell-Luevano
Abstract
By use of a solid-phase synthetic approach, a bioactive reverse turn heterocycle was incorporated into a cyclic peptide template to probe melanocortin receptor potency and ligand structural conformations. The five melanocortin receptor isoforms (MC1R−MC5R) are G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are regulated by endogenous agonists and antagonists. This pathway is involved in pigmentation, weight, and energy homeostasis. Herein, we report novel analogues of the chimeric AGRP-melanocortin peptide template integrated with a small molecule moiety to probe the structural and functional consequences of the core His-Phe-Arg-Trp peptide domain using a reverse-turn heterocycle. A series of six compounds are reported that result in inactive to full agonists with nanomolar potency. Biophysical structural analysis [2D 1H NMR and computer-assisted molecular modeling (CAMM)] were performed on selected analogues, resulting in the identification that these peptide-small molecule hybrids possessed increased flexibility and fewer discrete conformational families compared to the reference peptide and result in a novel template for further structure−function studies.
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