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<strong>Proceedings</strong> of the 31 st European Peptide SymposiumMichal Lebl, Morten Meldal, Knud J. Jensen, Thomas Hoeg-Jensen (Editors)European Peptide Society, 2010N α -Linked Homodimers of the Kinin B1 ReceptorAntagonist R-715Witold A. Neugebauer 1 , Martin Savard 1 , Klaus Klarskov, andFernand Gobeil JrDepartment of Pharmacology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke,J1H 5N4, Québec, Canada; E-mail: witold.neugebauer@usherbrooke.ca (WN);fernand.gobeil@usherbrooke.ca (FG); 1 These authors contributed equally to this workIntroductionThe kinin B1 receptor (B1R) may play an important role in pathological conditions. Wepreviously developed a highly potent and selective kinin B1R antagonist, R-715 (Ac-Lys-[D-βNal 7 , Ile 8 ]desArg 9 -bradykinin) [1,2]. However, R-715 is only partially resistant againstenzyme degradation, which may explain its relatively short half life in vivo. It iscontemplated that covalent peptide dimers may improve stability [3-7], circulating half-lifeand make more potent therapeutics than monomers. With this in mind, we 1) designed andsynthesized on solid phase Nα-linked homodimers of R-715 <strong>com</strong>prising linkers withdifferent acyl-chain lengths such as 6 (adipoyl) (NG2049), 8 (suberyl) (NG2035), 10(sebacoyl) (NG2050) and 12 carbons (dodecanedioyl) (NG2051) and 2) determined theirantagonistic potencies (pA 2 value) using rabbit aortic strip contraction assays.Material and MethodsPeptide synthesis: Peptides (Figure 1) were synthesized using Boc chemistry onABI/Applied Biosystems 430A Peptide Synthesizer starting with Boc-Ile-Merrifield resin.Step by step coupling of Boc amino acids were performed in DCM/1-methyl-2-pyrolidinone using DCC/HOBTas coupling agents. Boc deprotectionwas performed with 64%TFA in DCM. TFA salts wereneutralized with DIPEA inDCM. At the last step, peptideswere bridged at their Nα-Lys 1amino-terminal function withdiacid dichlorides (adipoyl-,suberyl-, sebacoyl- and dodecanedioyl-)in DCM in presence ofDIPEA. Final peptides andprotective group cleavage wereperformed by liquefied anhydrousHF treatment. Peptides salts(with resin) were precipitated inanhydrous ethyl ether, filtered,dissolved in 25% Acetic acidand lyophilized. The crudepeptides were finally purified byC18 column chromatography inacetonitrile gradient in waterwith 0.1% TFA. Peptideidentities were confirmed byMALDI mass spectrometry (seeTable 1) and their chromatographicpurity verified by analyticalHPLC.Fig. 1. Structures of B1R antagonist R-715 homodimers.Organ bath: Rabbit aortas frommale New Zealand rabbits(1.5-2.0 kg) were used. Tissuepreparation and experimental460

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