Patent number: 5002931
Abstract: The invention provides synthetic peptides which are extremely potent in stimulating the release of pituitary GH in animals, including humans, which have resistance to enzymatic degradation in the body, and which have the sequence: (B)R.sub.1 -R.sub.2 -R.sub.3 -Ala-Ile-Phe-Thr-R.sub.8 -Ser-(Q.sub.1)R.sub.10 - Arg-R.sub.12. (Q.sub.2)R.sub.13 -Leu-R.sub.15 -Gln-Leu-Ser-(Q.sub.3)Ala-Arg. R.sub.21 -(Q.sub.4)R.sub.22 -Leu-Gln-Asp-Ile-R.sub.27 -R.sub.28 -Arg-Gln-Gln-Gly-Glu-Ser-Asn-Gln-Glu-Arg-Gly-Ala-Arg-R.sub.42 -R.sub.43 -R.sub.44 wherein R.sub.1 is Tyr, D-Tyr, Met, Phe, D-Phe, pCl-Phe, Leu, His or D-His; B is H, C.sup.a Me, N.sup.a Me, desamino, Ac or For; R.sub.2 is Ala, D-Ala, NMA or D-NMA; R.sub.3 is Asp or D-Asp; R.sub.8 is Ser, Asn, Lys, Arg, Asp or Gln; R.sub.10 is Tyr, D-Tyr or Phe; R.sub.12 is Arg or Lys; R.sub.13 is Ile, Val, Leu or Ala; R.sub.15 is Gly or Ala; R.sub.21 is Lys, D-Lys or D-Arg; R.sub.22 is Leu, Ile, Ala or Val; R.sub.27 is Met, D-Met, Ala, Nle, Ile, Leu, Nva or Val; R.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 22, 1987
Date of Patent:
March 26, 1991
Assignee:
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Inventors:
Jean E. F. Rivier, Wylie W. Vale, Jr., Catherine L. Rivier