New m-calpain substrate-based azapeptide inhibitors.

Autor: Bánóczi Z; Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. banoczi@elte.hu, Tantos Á, Farkas A, Majer Z, Dókus LE, Tompa P, Hudecz F
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society [J Pept Sci] 2013 Jun; Vol. 19 (6), pp. 370-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Apr 24.
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2511
Abstrakt: Calpains are intracellular cysteine proteases with several important physiological functions. Calpain inhibitors may be promising tools in the analysis of the function of the enzyme in diseases caused by overexpression/activation. Here, we report on the synthesis, solution conformation, and characterization of novel group of azapeptides whose sequences originate from an efficient m-calpain substrate, TPLKSPPPSPR, described by us earlier and possess varying levels of calpain inhibition. The Lys residue at P1 position was replaced with azaglycine (NH2 -NH-COOH) and further changes were made as follows: the N-terminal or/and C-terminal were truncated, amino acids were also changed at P3, P2, P'1, or P'2 positions. Our results indicate that the identity of amino acid moieties between P4 and P'5 positions is essential for the inhibitory activity. Only changes at position P3 (Pro) are tolerated. Azapeptide analogs, described in this communication could be considered as useful set of compounds for elucidation of the enzyme interaction at P and P' sites.
(Copyright © 2013 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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