Single peptide backbone surrogate mutations to regulate Angiotensin GPCR subtype selectivity
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Mutating the side‐chains of amino acids in a peptide ligand, with unnatural amino acids, aiming to mitigate its short half‐life is an established approach. However, it is hypothesized that mutating specific backbone peptide bonds with bioisosters can be exploited not only to enhance the proteolytic stability of parent peptides, but also to tune its receptor subtype selectivity. Towards this end, four [Y]6‐Angiotensin II analogues are synthesized where amide bonds have been replaced by 1,4‐disubstituted 1,2,3‐triazole isosteres in four different backbone locations. All the analogues possessed enhanced stability in human plasma in comparison with the parent peptide, whereas only two of them achieved enhanced AT2R/AT1R subtype selectivity. This diversification has been studied through 2D NMR spectroscopy and unveiled a putative more structured microenvironment for the two selective ligands accompanied with increased number of NOE cross‐peaks. The most potent analogue, compound 2, has been explored regarding its neurotrophic potential and resulted in an enhanced neurite growth with respect to the established agent C21.
Date Issued
2020-08-21
Date Acceptance
2020-03-31
Citation
Chemistry: A European Journal, 2020, 26 (47), pp.10690-10694
ISSN
0947-6539
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
10690
End Page
10694
Journal / Book Title
Chemistry: A European Journal
Volume
26
Issue
47
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article, which has been published in final form at https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.202000924. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Sponsor
Barrow Foundation UK
Brain Tumour Research Campaign
Brain Tumour Research
Identifier
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Grant Number
N/A
N/A
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
click chemistry
competition-binding experiments
G-protein-coupled receptors
neurotrophic effects
peptidomimetics
PEPTIDOMIMETICS
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-05-04