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K Neubert

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PubMed1987

Stepwise degradation of the hexapeptide Met-Ala-Ser-Pro-Phe-Ala by dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (dipeptidyl-peptide hydrolase, EC 3.4.14.-) purified from pig kidney was proved to split off the N-terminal dipeptide Met1-Ala2 and, subsequently the dipeptide Ser3-Pro4 from the synthetic model peptide Met-Ala-Ser-Pro-Phe-Ala representing the N-terminal part of a signal sequence of leucocyte interferon. The kinetic parameters for the release of Met1-Ala2 (Km 3.2.10(-5) mol.l-1 and Ser3-Pro4 (Km 1.65.10(-4) mol.l-1, kcat57.9 s-1) were determined. The dipeptides Ser-Pro and Phe-Ala were found to be competitive inhibitors of the hydrolysis of Gly-Pro-NHNp by dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

Animals↗
PubMed1986

Contamination of highly purified human serum cholinesterase by dipeptidyl peptidase IV causing hydrolysis of substance P.

The purification and kinetic characterization of cholinesterase from blood plasma (pseudocholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase: EC 3.1.1.8) is described. The hydrolysis of the artificial peptide substrate Lys-Pro-p-nitroanilide served as a model of the second step in degradation of substance P by dipeptidyl peptidase IV. The substrate is hydrolyzed by a gel-electrophoretic homogeneous cholinesterase preparation with a reaction rate of 5.8 mumol/min X mg and a KM value of 0.12 mmol/l. The proteolytic reaction could not be affected with typical cholinesterase inhibitors NaF and dibucain. On the other hand Lys (pNO2-Z)-Pro and a specific suicide substrate (diacylhydroxylamine derivative) inhibit the activity in a manner analogous to dipeptidyl peptidase IV. Though these active site-directed inhibitors also influenced the benzoylcholine hydrolyzing activity of serum cholinesterase, we conclude from the data that dipeptidyl peptidase IV was the true Lys-Pro-p-nitroanilide cleaving activity. Furthermore, the conclusion can also be drawn that hydrolysis of substance P reported by Lockridge 1982 is caused by the contamination that cannot be completely separated from the esterase during the purification method used.

Cholinesterases↗
PubMed1985

Depth of side-chain pocket in the S2 subsite of dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

Kinetic studies of pig kidney dipeptidyl peptidase IV (dipeptidyl-peptide hydrolase, EC 3.4.14.5) were carried out using substrates possessing a side-chain of different length at the P2 position (or amino-terminal position in this case) such as Lys-, Arg-, Phe-, Met-, Ser-, His-, Glu- and Gly-Pro-pNA. The hydrolytic coefficient (Kcat/Km) has determined in the order Met- greater than Glu- greater than Ser- greater than His- greater than Phe- greater than Lys- greater than Gly- greater than Arg-, indicating a gradual increase with elongation of the side-chain from 0.03 to 0.60 nm followed by a decline when side-chain length approached 0.70 nm. Thus, the most probable depth of the side-chain pocket at the S2 subsite of the enzyme is proposed to be 0.50-0.60nm.

Animals↗
PubMed1985

[Synthesis of cyclic and cyclically branched tachykinin partial sequences. 1. Synthesis of the homodet-cyclic eledoisin(6-11)-hexapeptide].

Ala-Phe-Ile-Gly-Leu-Met has been disengaged by cyclization of H-Leu-Met-Ala-Phe-Ile-Gly-OH by means of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide/N-Hydroxysuccinimide or the adequate p-nitrophenylester. Acc. to various strategic variants, the design of the linear precursor has been performed by condensation of the segments of Boc-Leu-Met-OH and H-Ala-Phe-Ile-Gly-OH. The resulting cyclo-[Eledoisin(6-11)-Hexapeptide] has in a clearly separated range of dose dual agonistic and antagonistic effects at the guinea-pig ileum.

Acetylcholine↗
PubMed1985

[Synthesis of cyclic and non-cyclic tachykinin partial sequences. 2. Synthesis of the homocyclic substance P(6-11) hexapeptide].

The authors describe the synthesis of Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met by cyclization of H-Leu-Met-Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly using three different methods. The linear sequence was obtained by a (2+4)-segment condensation. The resulting cyclopeptide showed only a small kinin activity on isolated guinea pig ileum compared to substance P, but it is a full agonist.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1984

Kinetic investigation of the hydrolysis of aminoacyl p-nitroanilides by dipeptidyl peptidase IV from human and pig kidney.

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (dipeptidyl-peptide hydrolase, EC 3.4.14.5), an enzyme that participates in the catabolism of bradykinin and Substance P as well as the post-translational processing of various other peptides, has been purified from human and pig kidney. The assay reaction involved the cleavage of p-nitroaniline (pNA) from various dipeptidyl p-nitroanilides. The specific activities of the human and pig enzyme (with Gly-Pro-pNA at pH 7.6) were 49.2 and 45.8, respectively. The dependence of initial reaction velocity on substrate concentration was determined for a variety of dipeptidyl p-nitroanilides over the concentration range 0.05 to 2.0 mM. Most of the substrates tested produced significant non-hyperbolic behavior for the function v vs. S at concentrations above 0.5 mM. As to differences between the two enzymes, the pig enzyme exhibited featureless (i.e., hyperbolic) behavior with Glu-Pro-pNA concentrations as high as 2.0 mM, whereas the human enzyme produced significant non-hyperbolic behavior for the function v vs. S, beginning at S = 0.4 mM. Thus, the human and pig dipeptidyl peptidases IV are kinetically distinct enzyme forms.

Anilides↗
PubMed1984

Similarities of the substrate cleavage catalyzed by proline specific endopeptidase and dipeptidyl peptidase IV.

16 substrates of the types succinyl-alanyl-alanine-pX-anilide, and succinyl-alanyl-proline-pX anilide having different substituents in para-position of the aryl residue were synthesized and characterized. The influence of electronic as well as hydrophobic substituent constants, sigma and pi, on the hydrolysis of the substrates catalyzed by the enzyme Proline Specific Endopeptidase (PSE) has been investigated. In the Hansch approach, the catalytic constants lg kcat and lg (kcat/KM) of succinyl-alanyl-alanine-pX-anilides hydrolyzed by PSE correlate significantly with electronic substituent constants sigma, whereas no correlation in the case of succinyl-alanyl-proline-pX-anilides. The intercorrelation of the constants of the former substrates with corresponding data from Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DP IV) catalyzed hydrolysis of alanyl-alanine-pX-anilides suggest that both enzymes act by similar catalytic mechanism.

Chemical Phenomena↗
PubMed1984

[The PABA test].

PABA test has proved to be an easy and reliable test for determination of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. N-benzoyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid or 4-(N-acetyl-L-tyrosyl) aminobenzoic acid are split by action of chymotrypsin in the small intestine. N.O-diacetyl-L-tyrosyl-p-aminobenzoic acid is converted easy in vivo in 4(N-acetyl-L-tyrosyl) aminobenzoic acid. The amount of 4-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) in urine collected for 6-10 hours is used as an index of chymotrypsin production. The concentration of PABA (and aromatic amines) is estimated in urine by the Bratton and Marshall method. p-dimethylamino cinnamaldehyde is less useful for the determination of urinary PABA. 60 min are necessary as time for acid hydrolysis of conjugated PABA metabolites. False abnormal test results are found for instance in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, small bowel resection, impaired liver function, anorexia nervosa, lambliasis or renal insufficiency. The PABA test appears in consideration of these restrictions to be an useful simple method in the assessment of exocrine pancreatic function.

4-Aminobenzoic Acid↗
PubMed1983

On the blood-brain barrier to peptides: [3H]beta-casomorphin-5 uptake by eighteen brain regions in vivo.

After intracarotid injection of [3H]beta-casomorphin-5 (beta CM5) in rats, the accumulation of radioactivity was determined in 18 brain regions and the anterior pituitary. The relative accumulation in all regions significantly exceeded that of [3H]inulin by a factor of 2.5, indicating a low but measurable brain uptake of the peptide. In blood-brain barrier-free areas, the accumulation of radioactivity was 15-fold higher than in blood-brain barrier-protected areas. The relative accumulation was not dependent on the total beta CM5 concentration in the range of 0.3-1.1 microM, and was not depressed by 400 microM L-tyrosine. We conclude that beta CM5, like other peptides, is accumulated in the blood-brain barrier-free areas to a relatively high but differing degree, whereas in the areas with a tight endothelium the accumulation is relatively low and nearly uniform. A binding to endothelial cells may contribute to the low accumulation of beta CM5, especially in blood-brain barrier-protected areas.

Animals↗
PubMed1982

[A new synthesis of somatostatin].

The synthesis of somatostatin by linking together Boc-Ala-Gly-Cys(Bzl)-Lys(Z)-Asn-Phe-NHNH2 and H-Phe-Trp-Lys[Z(pCl)]-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Cys(Bzl)-OBzl is described. The two partial sequences were obtained from segments which in general are also used in preparing somatostatin analogues. The synthesis of the partial sequences was optimized. The intracerebroventricular application of the somatostatin thus obtained to rats produced an increase of the dopamine and serotonin contents in the striatum. The results achieved were identical with those realized with standard somatostatin (Serono).

Animals↗
PubMed1982

[Synthesis of cyclo-[des(1,2-L-alanyl-glycine, 14-L-cysteine)-3-s-carboxymethyl-L-homocysteinamid, 8-D-tryptophan]-somatostatin].

The authors describe the synthesis of a shorter-chained somatostatin analogue in which the ring size of the native molecule is largely preserved by incorporation of S-carboxymethyl-L-homocysteinamid and ring closure via its side-chain function. This synthesis involves the linkage of Boc-Phe-D-Trp-Lys[Z(pCl)]-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-OH to H-Hcy(CH2-CO-Lys[Z(oCl)]-Asn-Phe-OMe)-NH2 and subsequent azide cyclization. In contrast to somatostatin, the somatostatin analogue thus obtained produces, when applied intracerebroventricularly to rats, a decrease in the dopamine content of the striatum.

Animals↗
PubMed1982

[The effect of substance P (SP) and SP partial sequences on nerve fiber growth in tissue culture].

Explants of the ganglion trigeminale (PNS) and of the telencephalon (CNS) from chick embryos were cultivated in MAXIMOW chambers in semisynthetic media in the presence of dipeptide fragments (Lys(Z)-Pro . HCl, Lys-Pro-2HBr, Arg-Pro-2HCl) and the heptapeptide (SP5-11) of substance P as well as the complete substance P (SP1-11). 1. Histological examination of the dipeptide-treated CNS explants indicates that the structure of outgrowth in vitro is changed. Fascicel were observed. A stimulation of nerve fibre extension did not take place. 2.1. In dipeptide-treated PNS cultures the index of areas covered by the explants increased. 2.2. The index of nerve fibre growth increased significantly. The stimulation was caused in multiplication of fibres. Only Lys(Z)-Pro . HCl presents a prolongation of neurites. 2.3. SP5-11 effects in no case the growth of nerve fibres. SP1-11 stimulated significantly the fibre regeneration. 3. The possible role of SP1-11 with different effects under in vitro conditions is discussed. Only the N-terminal dipeptides stimulate the growth of nerve fibres. The C-terminal SP5-11 is without effect. Finally it is stated that the best results in neuritic enlargement and neurogenesis can only be obtained by cultivation with SP1-11.

Animals↗
PubMed1982

[Synthesis and enzymatic degradation of beta-casomorphin-5 (author's transl)].

The authors describe the synthesis of beta-casomorphine-5 (Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro-Gly) by segment condensation and stepwise building-up. Intracerebroventricular application of the pentapeptide to the rat produces a long-lasting analgesia against thermal stimuli (which can be inhibited by naloxone) and counteracts the extinction of a passive avoidance reaction for no less than 4 days following post-shock application. beta-Casomorphin-5 is very rapidly degraded by dipeptidylpeptidase IV; the degradation starts from the N-terminus giving dipeptides. The degradation products are competitive inhibitors of this enzyme.

Analgesics↗