Abstract

In the search for selective and long-acting analogs of somatostatin, nearly 200 compounds were synthesized by solid-phase methods, purified, and tested biologically. Among these octapeptides, some contained N-terminal (Formula: see text) were 177 times and 113 times more potent, respectively, than somatostatin in tests for inhibition of growth hormone release. These two octapeptides containing tyrosine and valine in positions 3 and 6, respectively, were more active and more selective than their Phe-3 and Thr-6 counterparts, D-Phe-Cys-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-Thr-NH2 and D-Phe-Cys-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-Trp-NH2. D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Val-Cys-Thr-NH2 was also about 6 times more potent than its L-Trp-4 diastereoisomer. The analogs D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-Lys-Val-Cys-Thr-NH2 and D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Lys-Val-Cys-Trp-NH2 showed a prolonged duration of action and were able to inhibit growth hormone release for at least 3 hr. Analogs of both Phe-3/Thr-6 and Tyr-3/Val-6 classes also suppressed the release of insulin and glucagon in rats and pentagastrin-induced secretion of gastric acid in dogs, but their potencies in these tests were much smaller than the growth-hormone-release inhibitory activity. Some of these analogs possessed antitumor activities as shown by the inhibition of growth of animal models of prostate, mammary, and ductal pancreatic tumors.

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