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New peptidomimetics of insulin
D L Maslov1, P G Lokhov, O Yu Abakumova
1Institute of Biomedical Chemistry RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation. tyt1@hotbox.ru
Abstract:
New peptidomimetics that have been obtained in the course of our experimental work show distinct insulin-like activity both in vitro and in vivo. The first peptidomimetic (PM 1) is essentially a decapeptide in which sites of A (20-21) and B (19-26) chains of insulin are linked by the peptides bond (Cys-Gly-Glu-Arg-Gly-Phe-Phe-Tyr-Cys-Asn). The second peptidomimetic (PM 2) has similar set of amino acid residues, except that two aromatic amino acids corresponding to the residues of B chain of insulin (B24 and B26) have been replaced with their D optical isomers (Cys-Gly-Glu-Arg-Gly-DPhe-Phe-DTyr-Cys-Asn). The third peptidomimetic (PM 3) has been obtained through acylation of N-terminal of PM 1 by the use of palmitic acid. The peptidomimetic incorporating D aromatic amino acids (PM 2) was demonstrated to exhibit more pronounced hypoglycemic impact, while the acylation of decapeptide tends to prolong the effective time of peptidomimetic influence in vivo.