An Orally Active Bradykinin B1 Receptor Antagonist Engineered as a Bifunctional Chimera of Sunflower Trypsin Inhibitor

J Med Chem. 2017 Jan 12;60(1):504-510. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01011. Epub 2016 Dec 15.

Abstract

An orally active and metabolically stable peptide TIBA was successfully engineered as a chimera by fusing an analgesic bradykinin receptor antagonist peptide and the trypsin inhibitory loop of sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1. As a fusion cyclic peptide, the metabolically labile analgesic peptide is protected from degradation by exopeptidases as well as the endopeptidases, and its serum half-life extended from <5 min to >6 h as a chimera. Moreover, the chimera TIBA was also found to be orally active in an animal pain model using a hot plate assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Bradykinin B1 Receptor Antagonists / administration & dosage
  • Bradykinin B1 Receptor Antagonists / pharmacology*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Reverse-Phase
  • Helianthus / chemistry*
  • Trypsin Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Trypsin Inhibitors / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Bradykinin B1 Receptor Antagonists
  • Trypsin Inhibitors