Low-molecular synthetic peptides with non-narcotic type of analgesia: comparative study and mechanism of analgesic activity.

The group of synthetic low-molecular peptides exhibiting profound analgesic activity was developed by modifying the salmon calcitonin molecule fragment sCT, which retains the previously reported analgesic activity of the full-sized molecule. The mechanism of analgesic action of these synthetic oligopeptides has been investigated and their analgesic effect was compared with analgesic activity of ketorolac tromethamine, one of the strongest non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug painkiller. It was demonstrated that the analgesic effect of the developed synthetic oligopeptides was associated with the specific binding of the clathrin heavy chain.