Issue June 2000

category image Volume 17
No. 6 (p 933-1192)
June 2000
ISSN 0739-1102

An NMR Conformational Analysis of Cyclic Bradykinin Mimics. Evidence for a β-Turn (p. 947-956)

A detailed NMR study is carried out in acetonitrile/water solutions on three novel cyclic bradykinin antagonist analogues, BKM-824, BKM-870, and BKM-872, to examine their solution structures, and to correlate the structures with bradykinin antagonist and anti-cancer activities. The solution structures of the cyclic peptides are correlated with the structural data for known linear bradykinin antagonists. The sequences are: BKM-824 c[Ava-Igl-Ser-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Ava is 5-aminovaleric acid, Igl is α-(2-indanyl)glycine, F5F is pentafluorophenylalanine, and Oic is (2S,3aS,7aS)-octahydroindole-2-carboxylic acid; BKM-870; c[DArg-Arg-Add-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Add is 12-aminododecanoic acid; and BKM-872; c[DArg-Arg-Eac-Ser-DF5F-Oic-Arg] where Eac is 6-aminocaproic acid. BKM-824 was the only peptide within this series that possessed a discernable solution structure. The NMR data indicate the presence of a type I β-turn between residues F5F4 and Ava 1, a C-terminal-like end. Molecular dynamics calculations show that a type I β-turn from DF5F4 to Ava1 does exist although the turn was somewhat distorted. This result differs from the structures seen in linear bradykinin antagonists, which usually possess a type II'β-turn at the C-terminal end and the presence of a defined turn is correlated with bradykinin antagonist activity. There is no solution structure for BKM-870 and BKM-872 but a correlation between the primary sequence Argterminal-DArg1-Arg2-long chain aliphatic amino acid and anti-cancer activity is evident.

Mark Miskolzie1
Hitoshi Yamamoto2
Eunice J. York3
John M. Stewart3
George Kotovych1*

1Department of Chemistry
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2G2, Canada
2Department of Organic Materials
Osaka National Research Institute AIST
Midorigaoka 1-8-31
Ikeda, Osaka 563, Japan
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Colorado
School of Medicine
Denver, CO 80262, USA
*george.kotovych@ualberta.ca

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