A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the separation of the opioid heptapeptide dermorphin and related fragments has been developed. The chromatographic system was applied in the study of the kinetics of degradation of dermorphin (Der) in various tissues. Der was found to be extremely resistant to human and rat plasma (T 1/2 greater than 180 min). Upon incubation with homogenates of rat brains and kidneys, Der was cleaved with a half-life of 20.8 +/- 2.2 min and 2.4 +/- 0.3 min respectively. The catabolite formed was identified, in both tissues, as the N-terminal tetrapeptide H-Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-OH. The stability to rat kidney and brain of the N-terminal hexa- and pentapeptides and of the [4 psi 5, NHCO] Der analogue was also investigated. The nature of the enzyme systems involved in the in vitro degradations is discussed.

Reversed-phase HPLC study on the in vitro enzymic degradation of dermorphin.

SALVADORI, Severo;MARASTONI, Mauro;
1986

Abstract

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the separation of the opioid heptapeptide dermorphin and related fragments has been developed. The chromatographic system was applied in the study of the kinetics of degradation of dermorphin (Der) in various tissues. Der was found to be extremely resistant to human and rat plasma (T 1/2 greater than 180 min). Upon incubation with homogenates of rat brains and kidneys, Der was cleaved with a half-life of 20.8 +/- 2.2 min and 2.4 +/- 0.3 min respectively. The catabolite formed was identified, in both tissues, as the N-terminal tetrapeptide H-Tyr-D-Ala-Phe-Gly-OH. The stability to rat kidney and brain of the N-terminal hexa- and pentapeptides and of the [4 psi 5, NHCO] Der analogue was also investigated. The nature of the enzyme systems involved in the in vitro degradations is discussed.
1986
Scalia, S.; Salvadori, Severo; Marastoni, Mauro; Bortolotti, F.; Tomatis, R.
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