Patent Abstract:
synthetic peptides containing the following specific sequence : xaa - pro - val - xbb - xcc - lys - arg - w , an intermediate for producing the peptide , a process for producing the peptide , a lung surfactant comprising the peptide and a lipid mixture and a remedy for respiratory distress syndrome containing the surfactant as the active ingredient . the peptide is easy to isolate and purify and suitable for mass production . as it is highly soluble in methanol and the like , it can readily be blended with a lipid mixture and is suited for the preparation of a lung surfactant . as the lung surfactant has a good supensibility and a potent surface activity , it is useful as a remedy for respiratory distress syndrome .

Detailed Description:
the invention shall now be described in more detail with reference to the following examples . in the examples described below , the molecular weight of the synthesized peptide was measured with a fast atom bombardment mass spectometory method ( fabms ). the mass analyzer used was a jms - s102a ( jeol . ltd .) and a cesium gun ( 10 keev ) was used for the ion source . the peptide ( peptide a ) indicated by sequence no . 5 ! was synthesized on a phenylacetoamidomethyl ( pam ) resin surface by a solid - phase synthesis method in accordance with the method described in &# 34 ; the peptides &# 34 ; ( gross e . and meinenhofe j . eds ., barany g . and merrifield r . authors , vol . 2 , pp . 1 - 284 , academic press , new york , 1980 ). the c - terminal leucine residue was transformed into t - butyloxycarbonyl - leucine ( boc - leu ) and bonded to the pam resin via an oxymethylphenylacetoamidemethyl bond . after bonding the c - terminal , the boc - leu - pam resin ( 0 . 70 mol / g , 0 . 35 g ) was transferred to the reaction container of a peptide synthesizer ( model 990e , beckman instruments , inc .). amino acids , to which protective treatments were applied , were then added in the n - terminal direction on the surface of the resin by a symmetric anhydride method to synthesize a fully - protected peptide - o - resin . however , in the condensation of arginine , double coupling was performed using n , n - dicyclohexylcarbodiimide / hydroxybenzotriazole connie et al , chem . ber ., 103 , 788 - 798 ( 1970 )!. the n - terminal amino group of all amino acids were protected with the boc group and the functional side chains were protected with the following groups before using the amino acids in the reaction : the condensation reactions of these were confirmed with the ninhydrin method kaiser test . the fully - protected peptide - o - resin ( 155 mg ) was swelled for 5 minutes in dichloromethane . the n - α - boc protective group was then removed with tfa containing 1 % ( v / v ) indole and 0 . 1 % ( v / v ) ethanedithiol . next , the peptide was cleavaged from the resin by treating the unprotected peptide - o - resin with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride ( hf ) ( 11 ml ), to which p - cresol ( 1 ml ), p - thiocresol ( 0 . 2 g ) and dmso ( 1 ml ) were added , for 60 minutes at 0 ° c . the hf and dmso were distilled off under vacuum at 0 ° c . the removed peptide and the resin were washed three times with cold diethyl ether ( 15 ml ) and the removed peptide was extracted by washing four times in cold tfa ( 5 ml ). the extracted liquid was filtered immediately and ice - cold water ( 150 ml ) was added to precipitate the crude peptide . the crude peptide was then centrifuged at 1000 × g and 0 ° c . for 30 minutes and recovered as precipitate . this precipitate was washed with diethyl ether ( 15 ml ). after repeating this washing process using diethyl ether , ethyl acetate and distilled water , 84 mg of peptide a was obtained . this crude peptide was dissolved in a 50 % aqueous solution of dmso and was purified by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography ( hplc ) using μ - bondaspheres and a c8 - 300 column to collect pure peptide a . elution was performed for 5 minutes using a 50 % aqueous solution of acetonitrile , containing 0 . 1 % tfa , as the eluant . elution was then performed for 30 minutes under a linear concentration gradient formed by the abovementioned eluant and 80 % aqueous solution of acetonitrile containing 0 . 1 % tfa . the presence of the peptide in the eluate was monitored at 245 nm ( spectrophotometer ; japan spectroscopic co . ltd . model 870 - uv ) and with a differential refractometer ( shimadzu manufacturing corporation model rid - 6a ). the peptide ( peptide b ) with sequence no . 6 ! was synthesized by a solid phase method using the multi - peptide solid phase synthesis system , &# 34 ; kokku - san &# 34 ; ( trade name ; kokusan chemical works co . ltd . ), and by referring to the methods indicated in &# 34 ; solid phase peptide synthesis -- a practical approach &# 34 ; by e . atherton and r . c . sheppard ( pp . 25 - 189 , oxford university press , oxford ) and by kenichi akagi et al ( chem . pharm . bull ., 37 ( 10 ), pp . 2661 - 2664 , 1989 ). n - α - 9 - fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl - leucine - o - resin ( fmoc - leu - o - resin ) ( 0 . 20 mmol / 0 . 5 g ), in which n - α - 9 - fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl - leucine ( fmoc - leu ) is bonded to a 4 -( hydroxymethyl ) phenoxymethyl - copolymer ( styrene 1 % divinyl benzene ) resin , was used as the starting resin . this resin was swelled for 20 minutes with n , n - dimethylformamide ( dmf ) and then washed four times with dmf . 20 % piperidine in dmf was then added and the mixture was shaken to remove the protective groups . this operation was repeated three times to remove the protective groups completely . this was followed by washing three times with dmf , three times with n - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidone and three times with dmf again to remove the excess piperidine in the resin . the presence of piperidine was checked at this time using ph paper . dmf ( 6 ml ), fmoc - leu ( 0 . 5 mmol ), n - hydroxybenzotriazole ( 0 . 5 mmol ) and n , n &# 39 ;- diisopropylcarbodiimide ( 0 . 5 mmol ) were then added and the mixture was shaken for 90 minutes to carry out the condensation reaction . the resin was then washed four times with dmf to eliminate the excess reagents . this condensation reaction was tested with the ninhydrin method kaiser test . the synthesis plan was followed thus and amino acids were added step by step in the n - terminal direction on the surface of the resin to thereby form a peptide - o - resin with the n - terminal and the functional groups fully protected . the condensation reactions for the introduction of arg , lys , his , pro and cys were carried out twice for 120 minutes each . thereafter , 20 % pyridine in dmf was added to the protected peptide - o - resin to remove the fmoc protective group of the n - terminal . the peptide - o - resin was then washed six times with dmf and six times with methanol and dried under reduced pressure . m - cresol ( 0 . 2 ml ), 1 , 2 - ethanedithiol ( 0 . 5 ml ), thioanisole ( 1 . 2 ml ), tfa ( 7 . 5 ml ) and trimethylsilylbromide ( 1 . 4 ml ) were then added to the dried peptide - o - resin ( 100 mg ) while stirring and cooling with ice . the mixture was then stirred for 120 minutes while cooling with ice to remove the protective groups from the functional side chains and to remove the peptide from the resin and then filtered through a glass filter ( g3 ). the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to approximately 5 ml with an evaporator . diethyl ether was then added to precipitate the peptide . this peptide precipitate was collected with a glass filter ( g3 ), washed five times with diethyl ether and upon drying under reduced pressure , 60 mg of peptide b was obtained . the n - terminal amino group of all amino acids were protected with the fmoc group and the functional side chains were protected with the following groups before using the amino acids in the reaction : approximately 100 mg of the crude peptide was dissolved in tfa ( 1 ml ) and four times this amount of mobile phase solvent , ie . 10 mm β - mercaptoethanol in tfa - dichloromethane ( 5 : 95 , v / v ), was added to prepare a 20 mg / ml sample solution for purification by hplc using an asahipak gs - 510 ( φ7 . 5 × 500 mm ) column ( trade name ; asahi chemical industry co . ltd .) to thereby collect pure peptide b . 10 mm β - mercaptoethanol in tfa - dichloromethane ( 5 : 95 , v / v ) was used as the eluant and elution was carried out at flow rate of 0 . 8 ml / min for 80 minutes . the presence of the peptide in the eluate was monitored at 245 nm ( spectrophotometer ; japan spectroscopic co . ltd . model 870 - uv ) and with a differential refractometer ( shimadzu corporation model rid - 6a ). the peptide ( peptide c ) with sequence no . 7 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide d ) with sequence no . 8 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide e ) with sequence no . 9 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide f ) with sequence no . 10 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide g ) with sequence no . 11 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide h ) with sequence no . 12 ! was synthesized by the solid phase synthesis method using a solid phase multi - peptide synthesis system in the same manner as in example 2 . n - α - 9 - fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl - norleucine - o - resin ( fmoc - nle - o - resin ) ( 0 . 20 mmol / 0 . 5 g ) resin was used as the starting resin . this resin was swelled for 20 minutes with dmf and then washed four times with dmf . 20 % piperidine in dmf was then added and the mixture was shaken to remove the protective groups . this operation was repeated three times to remove the protective groups completely . this was followed by washing nine times with dmf to remove the excess piperidine in the resin . the presence of residual piperidine was checked at this time using ph paper . dmf ( 6 ml ), fmoc - nle ( 0 . 5 mmol ), n - hydroxybenzotriazole ( 0 . 5 mmol ) and n , n &# 39 ;- diisopropylcarbodiimide ( 0 . 5 mmol ) were then added and the mixture was shaken for 90 minutes to carry out the condensation reaction . the resin was then washed four times with dmf to eliminate the excess reagents . this condensation reaction was tested with the ninhydrin method kaiser test . the synthesis plan was followed thus and amino acids were added step by step in the n - terminal direction on the surface of the resin to thereby form a peptide - o - resin with the n - terminal and the functional groups fully protected . the condensation reactions for the introduction of arg , lys , his , pro and cys were carried out twice for 120 minutes each . thereafter , 20 % pyridine in dmf was added to the protected peptide - o - resin to remove the fmoc protective group of the n - terminal . the peptide - o - resin was then washed six times with dmf and six times with methanol and dried under reduced pressure . m - cresol ( 0 . 2 ml ), 1 , 2 - ethanedithiol ( 0 . 5 ml ), thioanisole ( 1 . 2 ml ), tfa ( 7 . 5 ml ) and trimethylsilylbromide ( 1 . 4 ml ) were then added to the dried peptide - o - resin ( 100 mg ) while stirring and cooling with ice . the mixture was then stirred for 120 minutes while cooling with ice to remove the protective groups from the functional side chains and to remove the peptide from the resin and then filtered through a glass filter ( g3 ). the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to approximately 5 ml with an evaporator . diethyl ether was then added to precipitate the peptide . this peptide precipitate was collected with a glass filter ( g3 ), washed five times with diethyl ether and upon drying under reduced pressure , 65 mg of peptide h was obtained . the n - terminal amino group of all amino acids were protected with the fmoc group and the functional side chains were protected with the following groups before using the amino acids in the reaction : approximately 10 mg of the peptide was dissolved in 3 . 0 ml of a mixed solvent of chloroform - methanol ( c / m ) 2 : 1 ( v / v ). the sample was then purified with a sephadex lh - 60 column ( φ2 . 5 cm × 90 cm ) that was equilibrated with the c / m mixed solvent 2 : 1 ( v / v ) to collect the pure peptide h . the presence of the peptide in the eluate was monitored at 245 nm ( spectrophotometer ; japan spectroscopic co . ltd . model 870 - uv ) and with a differential refractometer ( shimadzu corporation model rid - 6a ). the peptide ( peptide i ) with sequence no . 13 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 8 . the peptide ( peptide j ) with sequence no . 14 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 8 . the peptide ( peptide k ) with sequence no . 15 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide l ) with sequence no . 16 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide m ) with sequence no . 17 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide n ) with sequence no . 18 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide 0 ) with sequence no . 19 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 8 . the peptide ( peptide p ) of the title was synthesized by a solid phase method using the peptide synthesizer system 9050 ( millipore corp .). n - α - 9 - fluorenylmethylcarbonyl - n - ω - 4 - methoxy - 2 , 3 , 6 ,- trimethylbenzensulfonyl - arginine - o - resin ( fmoc - arg ( mtr )- o - resin ) ( 0 . 20 mmol ), in which n - α - 9 - fluorenylmethylcarbonyl - n - ω - 4 - methoxy - 2 , 3 , 6 ,- trimethylbenzensulfonyl - arginine ( fmoc - arg ( mtr )) is bonded to 2 - methoxy - 4 - alkoxybenzylalcohol - resin ( sasrin resin , trade name of bachem co ., ltd . ), was used as the starting resin and amino acids were sequentially added in the n - terminal direction on the resin surface according to the synthesis protocol of peptide synthesizer system 9050 to synthesize a peptide - o - resin with the n - terminal and the functional groups fully protected . the fully - protected peptide - o - resin was then washed five times with methanol and dried under reduced pressure . a tfa - dichloromethane solution ( 1 : 99 , v / v ) was then added to the dried peptide - o - resin ( 330 mg ) while stirring and cooling with ice . the mixture was then stirred while cooling under ice for 30 minutes and then stirred for 90 minutes at room temperature to remove the peptide from the resin with the protective groups still attached to the peptide . the mixture was then filtered with a glass filter ( g3 ) and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to approximately 5 ml using an evaporator . diethyl ether was then added to precipitate the peptide . this peptide precipitate was collected with a glass filter ( g3 ), then washed five times with diethyl ether and dried under reduced pressure . 180 mg of peptide p was thus obtained . the n - terminal amino group of all amino acids were protected with the fmoc group and the functional side chains were protected with the following groups before using the amino acids in the reaction : a tfa - dichloromethane ( 1 : 99 , v / v ) solution was then added to the crude peptide to prepare a 10 mg / ml sample solution which was purified by hplc using an asahipak gs - 510 ( φ21 . 5 × 500 mm ) column ( trade name ; asahi chemical industry co . ltd .) to collect pure peptide p . a tfa - dichloromethane ( 1 : 99 , v / v ) solution was used as the eluant and elution was carried out at flow rate of 8 . 1 ml / min for 120 minutes . the presence of the peptide in the eluate was monitored at 245 nm ( spectrophotometer ; japan spectroscopic co . ltd . model 870 - uv ) and with a differential refractometer ( shimadzu corporation model rid - 6a ). h - nle -( nle ) 14 - nle - o - resin was synthesized with a solid phase multi - peptide synthesis system in accordance with example 8 . next , after adding dmf to the synthesized h - nle -( nle ) 14 - nle - o - resin , peptide p was added instead of fmoc - arg ( mtr ). n - hydroxybenzotriazole and n , n &# 39 ;- diisopropylcarbodiimide were added and the mixture was then shaken for 8 hours . this condensation reaction was carried out two times . the condensation reaction was checked with the ninhydrin method kaiser test . thereafter , in accordance with the method of example 8 , the protective groups of the functional groups were eliminated and the peptide was removed from the resin and purified by hplc to prepare the peptide ( peptide i ) with sequence no . 13 !. a peptide ( peptide q ) with the thiol groups of peptide d being of an acetoamidomethylated ( acm ) form was prepared in the same manner as in example 4 except for that fmoc - cys ( acm ) was used instead of fmoc - cys ( trt ). peptide r was prepared by esterifying the thiol groups of peptide e with palmitic acid according the method by sarin , virender and kumar ( ep 0 458 167a1 ). the peptide ( peptide s ) with sequence no . 20 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the peptide ( peptide t ) with sequence no . 21 ! was prepared in the same manner as in example 2 . the synthetic peptides of the invention were acid hydrolyzed with a 12n hcl - tfa solution 2 : 1 ( v / v )! containing 5 % ( w / v ) phenol under vacuum at 150 ° c . for 1 , 2 , 4 , 6 , 12 , 24 , 48 and 72 hours and the hydrolysis products were analyzed with a shimadzu automatic amino acid analysis system ( lc - 9a ) after removing the acid . the trp of peptide m was alkali hydrolyzed with 4 . 2n aqueous sodium hydroxide for 16 , 24 and 32 hours and then neutralized with hcl and then analyzed with the amino acid analysis system . the amino acid composition , computed from the amino acid values that indicated higher recoveries among the hydrolyses of 1 to 72 hours , indicated values that substantially matched the values calculated from the chemical formulae . table 1__________________________________________________________________________amino acid compositions of the synthetic peptides of the inventionamino peptideacid a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o s t__________________________________________________________________________lys 1 . 1 0 . 9 1 . 0 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 0 . 7 0 . 7 1 . 1 1 . 1 0 . 9 1 . 2 0 . 9 1 . 2 0 . 9 1 . 3 0 . 9arg 1 . 0 1 . 1 0 . 9 0 . 8 0 . 9 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 0 0 . 9 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 0 1 . 2his 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0 -- -- 1 . 0 1 . 0gly 3 . 2 1 . 2 -- -- -- -- 1 . 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 . 1 1 . 0ser -- -- -- -- -- 0 . 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cys 1 . 9 1 . 3 1 . 0 0 . 9 1 . 1 -- 0 . 8 0 . 7 -- 0 . 7 0 . 9 0 . 8 0 . 6 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 6 0 . 8ala 0 . 9 1 . 0 -- -- -- -- 0 . 8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 . 1 0 . 9val 0 . 9 1 . 0 0 . 8 0 . 9 0 . 8 1 . 2 0 . 8 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 1 1 . 0 3 . 9 0 . 9 1 . 0 0 . 9 16 . 5 0 . 9leu 19 . 5 18 . 7 20 . 5 16 . 8 13 . 1 16 . 9 3 . 1 1 . 1 0 . 9 8 . 9 13 . 6 11 . 8 15 . 7 16 . 8 -- 2 . 8 2 . 7ile 1 . 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 . 9 -- -- -- 0 . 9 -- 15 . 6met 1 . 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- pro 2 . 3 1 . 2 0 . 9 0 . 7 0 . 8 0 . 8 0 . 7 0 . 9 0 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 1 0 . 8 1 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 0 1 . 0 1 . 0phe 0 . 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nle -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 . 7 15 . 9 16 . 1 7 . 9 -- -- -- -- 15 . 8 -- -- nva -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 . 1 -- -- -- -- -- trp -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 . 9 -- -- -- -- asx -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 . 0 1 . 0 -- -- __________________________________________________________________________ ( the values are for the case where the his content is set to 1 . 0 exept fo peptides n and o for which the values are for the case where the asx is set to 1 . 0 .) the surfactants of the invention were prepared by mixing the peptides of the invention with the three lipid components of chlorine phosphoglyceride , acidic phospholipid and fatty acid analogue . sterilized quantities of 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 1350 mg ), 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbons ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . )( 450 mg ) and myrisitic acid ( 200 mg ) were dissolved at room temperature in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 1000 ml ) and 25 mg of peptide a was dissolved in tfa ( 1 . 0 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . the residual obtained was suspended in a water - ethanol mixture 9 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 100 ml ) for 15 minutes at 40 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 50 ° c . and then drying for 36 hours at a vacuum of 85 - 100 μhg , the surfactant ( 2070 mg ) was obtained as a white powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 65 . 2 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 21 . 7 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 9 . 7 % ( w / w ) for myrisitic acid , 1 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide a and 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for water . the compounds 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 300 . 0 mg ), 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . )( 100 . 0 mg ) and palmitic acid ( 40 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 300 ml ) and 10 . 0 mg of peptide b was dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 2 . 0 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual resulted in a water - ethanol mixture 9 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 100 ml ) was performed for 20 minutes at 45 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 60 ° c . and drying for 40 hours at a vacuum of 60 - 110 μhg , 459 . 1 mg of a white , powdery surfactant was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 65 . 3 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 21 . 8 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 8 . 7 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide b and 2 . 0 % ( w / w ) for water . 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 280 . 0 mg ), 1 , 2 - dilauroyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( 120 . 0 mg ) and palmitic acid ( 27 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 150 ml ) and 2 . 8 mg of peptide c was dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 1 : 2 ( v / v )! ( 0 . 5 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual obtained a water - ethanol mixture 8 : 2 ( v / v )! ( 100 ml ) was performed for 45 minutes at 40 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 65 ° c . and drying for 36 hours at a vacuum of 50 - 80 μhg , 437 . 6 mg of a white surfactant powder was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 64 . 0 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 27 . 4 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dilauroyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 6 . 2 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 0 . 6 % ( w / w ) for peptide c and 1 . 8 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using peptide d instead of peptide b and using 1 - palmitoyl - 2 - oleoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol instead of 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . ), the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 451 . 9 mg of a white surfactant powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 66 . 4 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 22 . 1 % ( w / w ) for 1 - palmitoyl - 2 - oleoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 8 . 9 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide d and 0 . 4 % ( w / w ) for water . 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 320 . 0 mg ), 1 , 2 - dimyristoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( 80 . 0 mg ) and palmitic acid ( 60 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 1 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 200 ml ) and peptide e ( 14 . 0 mg ) was dissolved in tfa ( 0 . 3 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual obtained a water - ethanol mixture 10 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 50 ml ) was performed for 60 minutes at 45 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 45 ° c . and drying for 24 hours at a vacuum of 50 - 110 μhg , 479 . 2 mg of a white surfactant powder was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 66 . 8 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 16 . 7 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dimyristoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 12 . 5 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 9 % ( w / w ) for peptide e and 1 . 1 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using peptide f ( 22 . 0 mg ) instead of peptide b ( 10 . 0 mg ) and using 1 , 2 - distearoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol instead of 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . ), the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 463 . 9 mg of a white surfactant powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 64 . 7 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 21 . 6 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - distearoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 8 . 6 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 4 . 7 % ( w / w ) for peptide f and 0 . 4 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using peptide g instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 454 . 1 mg of a white surfactant powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 66 . 1 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 22 . 0 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - acyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . ), 8 . 8 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide g and 0 . 9 % ( w / w ) for water . the compound 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 210 mg ), 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . )( 90 . 0 mg ) and stearic acid ( 33 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 3 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 100 ml ) and peptide h ( 1 . 9 mg ) was dissolved in methanol ( 0 . 5 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual obtained a water - ethanol mixture 9 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 90 ml ) was performed for 15 minutes at 50 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 55 ° c . and drying for 28 hours at a vacuum of 100 - 120 μhg , 340 . 2 mg of a white surfactant powder was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 61 . 7 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 26 . 5 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 9 . 7 % ( w / w ) for stearic acid , 0 . 5 % ( w / w ) for peptide h and 1 . 6 % ( w / w ) for water . the compounds 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 210 . 0 mg ), 1 - palmitoyl - 2 - oleoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - l - serine ( 90 . 0 mg ) and palmitic acid ( 33 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 4 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 100 ml ) and peptide i ( 11 . 0 mg ) was dissolved in tfa ( 0 . 5 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual obtained a water - ethanol mixture 9 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 110 ml ) was performed for 25 minutes at 45 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 55 ° c . and drying for 28 hours at a vacuum of 100 - 120 μhg , 348 . 7 mg of a white surfactant powder was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 60 . 2 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 25 . 8 % ( w / w ) for 1 - palmitoyl - 2 - oleoyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - l - serine , 9 . 5 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 3 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide i and 1 . 3 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using peptide j instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 459 . 3 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using peptide k instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 452 . 5 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using peptide l instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 456 . 6 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using peptide m instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 453 . 9 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using peptide n instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 452 . 5 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using peptide 0 instead of peptide b , the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 458 . 1 mg of a white surfactant powder . the compound 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine ( 30 . 0 mg ), 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . )( 10 . 0 mg ) and palmitic acid ( 4 . 0 mg ) were dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 30 ml ) and 1 . 0 mg of peptide q was dissolved in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 2 . 0 ml ). these solutions were mixed together and then dried and solidified under reduced pressure . suspension of the residual obtained a water - ethanol mixture 9 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 10 ml ) was performed for 20 minutes at 45 ° c . upon freezing this suspension at - 60 ° c . and drying for 36 hours at a vacuum of 60 - 120 μhg , 45 . 4 mg of a white surfactant powder was obtained . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 66 . 1 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 22 . 0 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - diacyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol , 8 . 8 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide q and 0 . 9 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using peptide r instead of peptide q , the same operations as those in example 35 were performed to produce 45 . 7 mg of a white surfactant powder . besides using a solution of peptide s ( 10 . 0 mg ) in tfa ( 0 . 3 ml ) instead of the solution of peptide b ( 10 . 0 mg ) in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 2 . 0 ml ), the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 455 . 2 mg of a white surfactant powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 65 . 9 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 22 . 0 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - acyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . ), 8 . 8 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide s and 1 . 1 % ( w / w ) for water . besides using a solution of peptide t ( 10 . 0 mg ) in tfa ( 0 . 3 ml ) instead of the solution of peptide b ( 10 . 0 mg ) in a chloroform - methanol mixture 2 : 1 ( v / v )! ( 2 . 0 ml ), the same operations as those in example 21 were performed to produce 456 . 0 mg of a white surfactant powder . there were no detectable quantities of ethanol in this powder and the contents of each of the components with respect to the total weight of the surfactant were 65 . 8 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - dipalmitoylglycero -( 3 )- phosphocholine , 21 . 9 % ( w / w ) for 1 , 2 - acyl - sn - glycero -( 3 )- phospho - sn - glycerol ( with the acyl group having 14 - 24 carbon atoms ; made by sigma chemical co ., ltd . ), 8 . 8 % ( w / w ) for palmitic acid , 2 . 2 % ( w / w ) for peptide t and 1 . 3 % ( w / w ) for water . table 2 shows the results of the tests on the surface activity and alveolar space volume - maintaining effects of the surfactants by the invention . as described above , the novel synthetic polypeptides of the invention are easy to isolate and purify , can be made by methods allowing bulk production , have high solubilities in general solvents and indicate better uniform suspensibility and equivalently powerful surface activities in comparison to conventional compositions . the invention can therefore be used as therapeutic agents for respiratory distress syndrome which is a disease that produces severe respiratory disorders . table 2__________________________________________________________________________surface activities and alveolar volume - maintaining effectof the surfactants by the invention . alveolarsurface activity volume - spreadability over absorbability to maintain - surface a gas - liquid a gas - liquid ingtension interface interface effectslowering equilib - equilib - lungeffect equilib - rium equilib - rium volumemax min ration surface ration surface ( at 5 cmdyne / dyne / time tension time tension h . sub . 2 ocm cm sec dyne / cm sec dyne / cm ml / kg__________________________________________________________________________example 20 29 . 0 0 . 2 30 27 . 5 65 30 . 3 48example 21 24 . 7 0 . 5 30 26 . 7 30 29 . 2 55example 22 32 . 6 4 . 3 60 33 . 1 90 34 . 8 41example 23 26 . 8 2 . 5 40 28 . 5 50 32 . 3 51example 24 33 . 1 7 . 3 60 33 . 5 100 34 . 6 39example 25 33 . 7 7 . 4 60 32 . 8 100 34 . 2 39example 26 27 . 2 1 . 1 60 28 . 3 40 29 . 9 49example 27 27 . 2 8 . 7 60 27 . 5 50 28 . 3 46example 28 34 . 1 3 . 9 60 34 . 3 95 36 . 8 40example 29 28 . 0 0 . 8 30 27 . 6 30 29 . 9 53example 30 31 . 5 1 . 6 50 28 . 0 80 32 . 1 47example 31 34 . 2 1 . 2 60 33 . 1 100 34 . 5 40example 32 33 . 7 3 . 0 30 31 . 6 60 33 . 9 44example 33 28 . 7 3 . 2 30 26 . 9 50 30 . 2 51example 34 30 . 8 2 . 1 50 29 . 8 70 31 . 9 49example 35 30 . 1 2 . 5 40 30 . 4 50 31 . 7 49example 36 33 . 4 3 . 9 60 31 . 3 90 32 . 9 45comparison 40 . 1 10 . 3 90 37 . 2 180 41 . 5 28example 3comparison 39 . 0 2 . 5 95 36 . 4 150 39 . 7 29example 4__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 21 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 35 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( v ) fragment type : n - terminal ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : human ( f ) tissue type : human lung ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : pheglyileprocyscysprovalhisleulysargleuleuileval151015valvalvalvalvalleuilevalvalvalilevalglyalaleuleu202530metglyleu35 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 34 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( v ) fragment type : n - terminal ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : cow ( f ) tissue type : bovine lung ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : leuileprocyscysprovalasnilelysargleuleuilevalval151015valvalvalvalleuleuvalvalvalilevalglyalaleuleumet202530glyleu ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 35 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : peptide ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( v ) fragment type : n - 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