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A tritium-labeled C-terminal fragment of dermorphin (H-Tyr-[3,4-3H]Pro-Ser-NH2) and its isomer (H-Tyr-D-[3,4-3H]Pro-Ser-NH2) with molar radioactivity of 35 Ci/mmol were synthesized, and their pharmacokinetics and metabolism in rat organs were studied after their intramuscular injections. The tripeptides were detected in the blood only for 5 min after the injection, and maximum contents of both compounds (approximately 5% of the total amount of the injected label) were registered in the kidneys after 20 min. Both stereomers were shown to penetrate into the brain. We failed to detect any radioactive metabolite, except proline, due to rapid proteolytic degradation of these peptides.
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Abbreviations
- 3,4-ΔPro:
-
3,4-dehydroproline
- [3,4-3H]Pro:
-
3,4-bistritioproline
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Original Russian Text © P.S. Gromovykh, L.S. Guzevatykh, K.V. Shevchenko, L.A. Andreeva, L.Yu. Alfeeva, V.P. Shevchenko, I.Yu. Nagaev, T.A. Voronina, N.F. Myasoedov, 2007, published in Bioorganicheskaya Khimiya, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 581–587.
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Gromovykh, P.S., Guzevatykh, L.S., Shevchenko, K.V. et al. Synthesis, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism of the C-terminal tripeptide of dermorphin and its diastereomer. Russ J Bioorg Chem 33, 537–543 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1068162007060015
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