Synthesis and biological evaluation of pNPY fragments
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research
- Vol. 32 (6), 496-505
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3011.1988.tb01380.x
Abstract
Peptide fragments of pNPY corresponding to the C-terminal segments (13-36) and (25-36), the N-terminal segments (1-12) and (1-24), the segments (6-14) and (7-20), which contain a putative .beta.-turn, and the internal segments (13-24) and (20-30) were synthesized using solid phase methodology. These fragments were assayed for NPY receptor binding activity in the rat hypothalamus membrane preparation, enhancement at food intake in the rat following ivt administration and inhibition of electrically stimulated muscle contraction in the rat vas deferens. Only the C-terminal fragment (13-36) retained some of the activities of pNPY, appearing to act as a weak agonist, having an additive effect with pNPY on the inhibition of muscle contraction and prolonging the duration of action of pNPY in the feeding assay. It also had considerable .alpha.-helical character, as did pNPY. None of the other peptide fragments had any agonist or antagonist activity. These results suggest that the expression of full biological NPY activity requires both the C- and the N-terminal segments as well as a putative amphiphilic .alpha.-helical segment (14-31).Keywords
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