A novel type of C-terminally modified analogs of the 36-mer peptide hormone neuropeptide Y has been synthesized, characterized and tested with respect to receptor affinity and biological activity in various systems. The compounds were obtained by synthesizing the fully protected peptide fragment NPY 1-35 or analogs of this, and coupling it in solution to various amines, alcohols, and modified tyrosine residues. It could be confirmed, that the C-terminal tyrosineamide of NPY is essential for its affinity to the Y1 receptor subtype. Obviously, the amino group of the amide part is more important than the oxygene atom of the carbonyl group, as NPY 1-35-tyrosinol has a lower affinity than NPY 1-35-tyrosinethioamide. NPY 1-35-tyramide could be shown to act as an antagonist in a Ca2+ release assay in human neuroblastoma cells. Analogs of NPY 1-35-tyramide showed the same structure-affinity relationships as NPY itself, suggesting, that there exists the same binding mode for the agonist and the antagonist.
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