CRF antagonists

US5245009A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Salk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Inventors

• Wayne D. Kornreich · San Diego, US
• Jean-Francois Hernandez · San Diego, US
• Jean E. F. Rivier · Village of La Jolla, US
• Catherine L. Rivier · Village of La Jolla, US
• Wylie W. Vale, Jr. · Village of La Jolla, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 1991
• Grant date: Sep 14, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S930/26
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are improved CRF peptide antagonists such as those having the formula: Y-D-Phe-R.sub.13 -Leu-Leu-Arg-R.sub.17 -R.sub.18 -Leu-R.sub.20 -Nle-R.sub.22 -R.sub.23 -R.sub.24 -R.sub.25 -R.sub.26 -Leu-R.sub.28 -R.sub.29 -Gln-R.sub.31 -R.sub.32 -R.sub.33 -R.sub.34 -Arg-R.sub.36 -R.sub.37 -Nle-R.sub.39 -R.sub.40 -R.sub.41 -NH.sub.2 wherein Y is Ac or hydrogen; R.sub.13 is His, Tyr or Glu; R.sub.17 is Cys, Glu, Asn or Lys; R.sub.18 is Val, Nle or Met; R.sub.20 is D-Cys, Glu, D-Glu, Aib or D-Ala; R.sub.22 is Ala, Aib, Thr, Asp or Glu; R.sub.23 is Arg, Orn, Har or Lys; R.sub.24 is Ala or Aib; R.sub.25 is Asp or Glu; R.sub.26 is Gln, Asn or Lys; R.sub.28 is Ala or Aib; R.sub.29 is Gln, Aib or Glu, R.sub.31 is Ala or Aib; R.sub.32 is His, Aib, Gly, Tyr or Ala; R.sub.33 is Ser, Aib, Asn, Leu, Thr or Ala; R.sub.34 is Asn or Aib; R.sub.36 is Lys, Orn, Arg, Har or Leu; R.sub.37 is Leu or Try; R.sub.39 is Glu, Aib or Asp; R.sub.40 is Ile, Aib, Thr, Glu, Ala, Val, Leu, Nle, Phe, Nva, Gly or Gln; and R.sub.41 is Ala, Ile, Gly, Val, Leu, Nle, Phe, Nva or Gln. Specific CRF antagonists disclosed include [D-Phe.sup.12, D-Ala.sup.20, Nle.sup.21,38,]-rCRF(12-41), [D-Phe.sup.12, Nle.sup.21,38, Aib.su…