| Abstract: | Cyclic analogues of substance P of the formula cyclo-Glu-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH(CH2)nNH-], where n = 3-10, 12, and open-chain analogues (XVIIIa, b) H-Glu.(NHR)-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NHR, where R = -CH3, -CH2CH2CH3, were synthesized. By NMR spectroscopy it was found that cyclo-compounds with n = 3-8 have regularly arranged structures, stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds. Substances of this type showed less than or equal to 0.1% of the substance P activity on the guinea pig ileum, but some of them antagonize the natural peptide (for compound with n = 5 IC50 = 3.2.10(-6) M). The open-chain compounds proved to have rather high myotropic activity, viz., 22% (R = -CH3) and 8% (R = -CH2CH2CH3) of the substance P activity. |
