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The Effects of a Novel Series of KTTKS Analogues on Cytotoxicity and Proteolytic Activity
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This in vitro study (species not specified) synthesized a series of novel pentapeptide analogues of KTTKS, including acetyl, lipoyl, and palmitoyl forms, and tested their effects on amidolytic activity of urokinase, thrombin, trypsin, plasmin, t-PA, and kallikrein, along with cytotoxicity and collagen/DNA biosynthesis in fibroblasts. The abstract reports palmitoyl peptides, in acid or amide form, as the most active plasmin inhibitors, with no differences noted from lysine-to-arginine modification. None of the synthesized peptides were reported as cytotoxic to fibroblasts, and three showed cell growth; these three did not show a concentration-activity relationship in the collagen and DNA biosynthesis assays.
Abstract
KTTKS is a matrikine that originates from the proteolytic hydrolysis of collagen. This peptide stimulates ECM production and types I and III collagen expression in vitro. A more stable form of KTTKS is pal-KTTKS, known as Matrixyl® or palmitoyl pentapeptide-3. A series of novel pentapeptides, analogues of KTTKS with the general formula X-KTTKS-OH(NH2), where X = acetyl, lipoyl, palmitoyl residues, was designed and synthesized. Their effect on amidolytic activity of urokinase, thrombin, trypsin, plasmin, t-PA, and kallikrein were tested. Cytotoxic tests on fibroblasts, as well as collagen and DNA biosynthesis tests for selected peptides, were also carried out. The test results showed that the most active plasmin inhibitors were palmitoyl peptides, whether in acid or amide form. No biological effects of lysine modification to arginine in the synthesized peptides were found. None of the synthesized peptides was not cytotoxic on fibroblasts, and three of them showed cell growth. These three compounds showed no concentration-activity relationship in the collagen and DNA biosynthesis assays.
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