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N-Imidazolebenzyl-histidine substitution in somatostatin and in its octapeptide analogue modulates receptor selectivity and function
Erchegyi, Judit,Cescato, Renzo,Waser, Beatrice,Rivier, Jean E.,Reubi, Jean Claude
supporting information; experimental part, p. 5981 - 5987 (2011/10/31)
Despite 3 decades of focused chemical, biological, structural, and clinical developments, unusual properties of somatostatin (SRIF, 1) analogues are still being uncovered. Here we report the unexpected functional properties of 1 and the octapeptide cyclo(3-14)H-Cys-Phe-Phe-Trp8-Lys-Thr-Phe-Cys-OH (somatostatin numbering; OLT-8, 9) substituted by imBzl-l- or -d-His at position 8. These analogues were tested for their binding affinity to the five human somatostatin receptors (sst1-5), as well as for their functional properties (or functionalities) in an sst3 internalization assay and in an sst3 luciferase reporter gene assay. While substitution of Trp8 in somatostatin by imBzl-l- or -d-His8 results in sst3 selectivity, substitution of Trp8 in the octapeptide 9 by imBzl-l- or -d-His8 results in loss of binding affinity for sst1,2,4,5 and a radical functional switch from agonist to antagonist.