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Synthesis of novel basic head‐to‐side‐chain cyclic dynorphin A analogs: Strategies and side reactions
Author(s) -
Vig Balvinder S.,
Murray Thomas F.,
Aldrich Jane V.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
peptide science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.10591
Subject(s) - chemistry , side chain , alkylation , amine gas treating , cyclic peptide , peptide , stereochemistry , cleavage (geology) , peptide synthesis , solid phase synthesis , residue (chemistry) , peptidomimetic , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , polymer , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology) , engineering , catalysis
Novel N‐terminus‐to‐side‐chain cyclic analogs of the opioid peptide dynorphin (Dyn) A–(1–11)NH 2 were prepared that retain the basicity of the N‐terminal amine and restrict the backbone conformation around the important Tyr 1 residue. Cyclic peptides were synthesized in which the N‐terminal amine and the N ε ‐amine of a Lys at position 3 or 5 were attached to the α‐carbon and carbonyl of an acetyl group, respectively. Several synthetic strategies were explored with detailed analysis of the side reactions in order to obtain the desired cyclic peptides. One of the side reactions observed involved premature loss of the N‐terminal 9‐fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) group during the neutralization step following deprotection of the Mtt (4‐methyltrityl) protecting group from the side chain of Lys. The successful strategy involved the synthesis of the linear peptide up through Gly 2 and functionalization through the N ε ‐amine of Lys. A linear N‐terminal alkylated analog was prepared by alkylation of the peptide on the resin with an equimolar amount of bromoacetamide, followed by treatment of the peptide with Fmoc–OSu prior to cleavage from the resin to facilitate separation by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography of unreacted peptide from the desired alkylated product. The novel N‐terminal cyclic Dyn A analogs and the linear analog were evaluated for their opioid receptor affinities. These peptides exhibited large losses in affinity for opioid receptors; the low affinity of the linear N‐terminal alkylated peptide suggested that the α‐acetamide group on the N‐terminal amine resulted in unfavorable interactions with opioid receptors. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci), 2003