The Effects of a Novel Series of KTTKS Analogues on Cytotoxicity and Proteolytic Activity

Autor: Paulina Uścinowicz, Ilona Zaręba, Urszula Tałałaj, Bruzgo I, Agnieszka Markowska, Arkadiusz Surażyński
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Molecules
Volume 24
Issue 20
Molecules, Vol 24, Iss 20, p 3698 (2019)
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24203698
Popis: KTTKS is a matrikine that originates from the proteolytic hydrolysis of collagen. This peptide stimulates ECM production and types I and III collagen expression in vitro. A more stable form of KTTKS is pal-KTTKS, known as Matrixyl®
or palmitoyl pentapeptide-3. A series of novel pentapeptides, analogues of KTTKS with the general formula X-KTTKS-OH(NH2), where X = acetyl, lipoyl, palmitoyl residues, was designed and synthesized. Their effect on amidolytic activity of urokinase, thrombin, trypsin, plasmin, t-PA, and kallikrein were tested. Cytotoxic tests on fibroblasts, as well as collagen and DNA biosynthesis tests for selected peptides, were also carried out. The test results showed that the most active plasmin inhibitors were palmitoyl peptides, whether in acid or amide form. No biological effects of lysine modification to arginine in the synthesized peptides were found. None of the synthesized peptides was not cytotoxic on fibroblasts, and three of them showed cell growth. These three compounds showed no concentration-activity relationship in the collagen and DNA biosynthesis assays.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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