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    SYNTHESIS AND COMPARATIVE ACTIVITIES OF POTENT ALPHA-MELANOTROPIN ANALOGUES AND PREPARATION OF MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE.

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    WILKES, BRIAN CRAIG.
    Issue Date
    1985
    Keywords
    MSH (Hormone)
    Peptides -- Synthesis.
    
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    A number of α-melanotropin analogues have been prepared. Insight towards the development and understanding of the functional roles of each of the amino acid residues important for high melanotropic potency in a number of biological systems was studied. The melanotropin analogue Ac- α-MSH₄₋₁₂-NH₂ contains all of the structural requirements necessary for obtaining full biological potency on the lizard (Anolis carolinensis) melanophore and S-91 mouse melanoma. On the frog (Rana pipiens) melanophore, the melanotropin analogue Ac-[Nle⁴]-α-MSH₄₋₁₃-NH₂ possesses full melanotropic potency relative to the native hormone. The smallest melanotropin analogue capable of eliciting any biological response was Ac-α-MSH₆₋₉-NH₂ (Ac-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-NH₂) on all biological systems studied. The low biological activity found in previous studies for smaller melanotropin analogues may have been due to a trace contamination of a potent melanotropin. The importance of each of the thirteen amino acid residues of α-melanotropin in contributing to the melanotropic actions in a number of biological systems is discussed. We were unable to confirm the reported presence of a second independent active sequence in α-melanotropin. The structural requirements for prolongation of biological activity (following removal of exogenous hormone from the assay medium) and enzyme stability have been studied. Analysis suggests species-dependent differences in the structural relationships of the amino acid residues in the 4, 7 and 11 positions for prolonged melanotropic response. Analogues prepared with D-phenylalanine in place of its L-enantiomer in the seventh positions of α-melanotropin analogues generally results in an increased resistance to enzymatic degradation towards rat brain homogenate, rat serum, and to the purified enzymes, trypsin and chymotrypsin. Some of these analogues have been shown to be useful probes for the understanding of melanotropic actions in a number of biological systems. Two α-melanotropin analogues have been prepared which possess partial agonism on the mouse melanoma adenylate cyclase assay. A number of these analogues should prove useful in future studies directed towards a more detailed study of melanotropin receptor systems in a large variety of biological systems. The first known synthesis of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) is reported. The overall synthetic yield of this cyclic heptadecapeptide was 14%. The chemical, physical and biological properties of synthetic MCH and naturally occurring telost MCH were in agreement. MCH was found to be a full agonist in stimulating melanosome dispersion in both the frog and lizard bioassay. Therefore MCH can stimulate melanosome dispersion or contraction depending upon the bioassay studied. Preliminary studies were done towards understanding the mechanisms of MCH action on telost fish.
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