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  • Title: Design, synthesis and pharmacological characterization of new highly selective CRF(2) antagonists: development of 123I-K31440 as a potential SPECT ligand.
    Author: Rühmann A, Chapman J, Higelin J, Butscha B, Dautzenberg FM.
    Journal: Peptides; 2002 Mar; 23(3):453-60. PubMed ID: 11835994.
    Abstract:
    Novel analogs of antisauvagine-30 (aSvg-30), a specific antagonist for corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor, type 2 (CRF(2)), have been synthesized and characterized in vitro and in vivo. The N-terminal amino acid D-phenylalanine in aSvg-30 was replaced by a D-tyrosine residue for specific radioactive labeling with 123I. Additionally, Met(17) of aSvg-30 was substituted by norleucine and the N-terminus of the peptide was acetylated to increase in vivo metabolic stability. The aSvg-30 analogs were tested for their ability to displace [125I-Tyr(0)]Svg in binding experiments and to inhibit Svg-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells, permanently transfected with cDNA coding for the human CRF(1) (hCRF(1)), hCRF(2alpha) and hCRF(2beta) receptor. Ac-[D-Tyr(11), His(12), Nle(17)Svg(11-40), named K31440, showed high specific binding to hCRF(2alpha) (K(i) = 1.48 +/- 0.34 nM) and hCRF(2beta) (K(i) = 2.05 +/- 0.61 nM) but not the hCRF(1) receptor (K(i) = 288 +/- 13 nM) and decreased Svg-stimulated cAMP activity in hCRF(2)-expressing cells in a similar fashion as aSvg-30. In biodistribution studies specific uptake of 123I-K31440 was detected after 1 h in small intestine of BALB/c nude mice. These data demonstrate that 123I-K31440 may serve as a useful tool to detect native CRF(2) receptors and elucidate their role in gastrointestinal disorders and diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome or cancer.
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