Patent Application: US-53434295-A

Abstract:
a triple - helical polypeptide of the formula : ## str1 ## is provided wherein : z is hyp or pro ; each x and y is an amino acid such that m is a sequence of a collagen cell adhesion site ; said x and y may be the same or different and each may be the same or different ; o is an amino acid having a single side - chain amino group ; j is an amino acid capable of acting as a chromophore ; u is an amino acid ; u = 0 or 1 ; n ≦ 30 ; m ≦ 30 ; m + n ≦ 30 ; and j ≧ 1 . methods of making these compounds and intermediates used in the methods , are also provided .

Description:
the invention has been described with reference to various specific and preferred embodiments and will be further described by reference to the following detailed examples . it is understood , however , that there are many extensions , variations , and modifications on the basic theme of the present invention beyond that shown in the examples and description , which are within the spirit and scope of the present invention . all amino acids are of the l - configuration except where noted . n , n - diisopropylethylamine ( diea ), 1 - methyl - 2 - pyrrolidinone ( nmp ), piperidine , and trifluoroacetic acid ( tfa ) were from applied biosystems , inc . ( foster city , calif . ), acetic acid ( hoac ), acetonitrile , n , n - dimethylformamide ( dmf ), dichloromethane ( dcm ), and 4 -( dimethylamino ) pyridine ( dmap ) from fisher , d - hyp and 1 - fluoro - 2 , 4 - dinitrophenyl - 5 - l - alaninamide ( fdaa ) from sigma , 1 , 8 - diazabicyclo [ 5 . 4 . 0 ] undec - 7 - ene ( dbu ), n , n &# 39 ;- diisopropylcarbodiimide ( dipcdi ), tetrakis ( triphenylphosphine ) palladium ( 0 ) [( ph 3 p ) 4 pd ], 1 , 2 - ethanedithiol ( edt ), and sinapinic acid ( 3 , 5 - dimethoxy - 4 - hydroxycinnamic acid ) from aldrich , polyethylene glycol - copoly ( styrene - 1 % - divinylbenzene ) resin ( hcl . peg - ps resin ) ( sub . level = 0 . 18 mmol / g ), 4 - hydroxymethylphenoxyacetic acid pentafluorophenyl ester ( hmpa - opfp ), and fmoc - gly - hmp resin ( sub . level = 0 . 43 mmol / g ) from millipore corporation ( bedford , mass . ), boc - gly - pam resin ( sub . level = 0 . 48 mmol / g ) from bachem ( torrance , calif . ), fmoc - tyr ( tbu )- sasrin resin ( sub . level = 0 . 55 mmol / g ), 4 - methylbenzhydrylamine ( mbha ) resin ( sub . level = 0 . 80 mmol / g ), and gly - pro - hyp from bachem biosciences ( philadelphia , pa . ), 1 - hydroxybenzotriazole ( hobt ) from novabiochem ( la jolla , calif . ), and 2 -( 1h - benzotriazole - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hbtu ) from richelieu biotechnologies ( st .- hyacinthe , quebec ). fmoc - hyp ( tbu ) and fmoc - lys ( dde ) were from novabiochem , 4 - trityloxy - z - but - 2 - enyloxyacetic acid ( allyl linker ) and fmoc - tyr ( al ) from propeptide , and fmoc - 6 - aminohexanoic acid ( fmoc - ahx ) and fmoc - nle from advanced chemtech ( louisville , ky . ); all other fmoc - amino acids were from bachem biosciences or millipore . fmoc - gly - pro - hyp was synthesized from gly - pro - hyp as follows : 3 . 0 g gly - pro - hyp ( 10 . 5 mmol ) was dissolved in 54 ml na 2 co 3 -- h 2 o ( 1 : 9 ) and stored at 4 ° c . 4 . 05 g 9 - fluorenylmethyl succinimidyl carbonate ( 12 . 0 mmol ) was dissolved in 45 ml dimethoxyethane and stirred at 4 ° c . the aqueous na 2 co 3 solution was added slowly to the dimethoxyethane solution , and the reaction proceeded for 2 . 5 h at 4 ° c . and 21 h at room temperature . the solution was filtered , and 360 ml h 2 o was added to the filtrate . the aqueous layer was extracted with 300 ml of diethyl ether , acidified to ph 2 with concentrated hcl , reduced to half volume at 80 ° c . under reduced pressure , and stored at 4 ° c . for 24 h . the aqueous layer was decanted from the oily precipitate , reduced to ˜ 30 ml at 81 ° c . under reduced pressure , and stored at 4 ° c . for 24 h . the aqueous layer was decanted from the oily precipitate . both oily precipitates were dissolved in a total of 20 ml methanol , then 250 ml ethyl acetate was added . a white residue was recovered by evaporation at 73 ° c . for 1 h under reduced pressure ; yield 3 . 23 g ( 6 . 39 mmol , 60 . 6 %). the identity of the product as fmoc - gly - pro - hyp and its homogeneity was verified by thin layer chromatography [ chloroform - methanol - hoac ( 95 : 20 : 3 )], scanning uv spectroscopy , and edman degradation sequence analysis . 4 . 0 g hcl . peg - ps resin ( 0 . 72 mmol ) was washed with dcm , neutralized with 60 ml diea - dcm for 0 . 5 h , and washed with dcm and dmf . 0 . 917 g hmpa - opfp ( 2 . 46 mmol ) and 0 . 441 g hobt ( 2 . 88 mmol ) were dissolved in 60 ml dmf and added to the resin . coupling proceeded for 14 . 5 h . the resin was washed 3 times with dmf ; ninhydrin analysis was negative . 0 . 856 g fmoc - gly ( 2 . 88 mmol ) and 0 . 035 g dmap ( 0 . 29 mmol ) were dissolved in 60 ml dmf and added to the resin . after shaking for 5 min , 0 . 491 ml dipcdi ( 2 . 88 mmol ) was added , and esterification proceeded for 4 . 5 h . the resin was washed 2 times with dmf and 1 time with dcm and stored under vacuum overnight . the substitution level of fmoc - gly - hmp - peg - ps was determined by spectrophotometric analysis to be 0 . 092 mmol / g . 0 . 848 g fmoc - nle ( 2 . 4 mmol ) was coupled to 2 . 0 g mbha resin ( 1 . 6 mmol ) with 0 . 367 g hobt ( 2 . 4 mmol ) and 0 . 373 ml dipcdi ( 2 . 4 mmol ) in 20 ml dcm - dmf ( 1 : 1 ) for 2 . 3 h . the resin was washed 3 times with dmf , deprotected with 20 ml piperidine - dmf ( 1 : 1 ) for 30 min , and washed 3 times with dmf . 1 . 82 g allyl linker ( 3 . 2 mmol ) was coupled to the resin with 0 . 489 g hobt ( 3 . 2 mmol ) and 0 . 497 ml dipcdi ( 3 . 2 mmol ) in 20 ml dmf for 18 . 5 h . the resin was washed 1 time with dmf and 2 times with dcm , deprotected twice with 20 ml tfa - dcm ( 9 : 1 ), first for 20 min , then for 10 min , washed 3 times with dcm , neutralized with 20 ml diea - dcm ( 1 : 9 ) for 15 min , and washed 1 time with dcm and 2 times with dmf . 1 . 43 g fmoc - gly ( 4 . 8 mmol ) was esterified to the allyl resin with 0 . 735 g hobt ( 4 . 8 mmol ), 0 . 746 ml dipcdi ( 4 . 8 mmol ), and 0 . 059 g dmap ( 0 . 48 mmol ) in 20 ml dmf for 6 . 5 h . the resin was washed 1 time with dmf and 2 times with dcm and stored under vacuum overnight . fmoc - tyr ( al ), fmoc - lys ( boc ), and fmoc - lys ( boc ) were coupled to fmoc - gly - allyl resin with 1 . 40 mmol fmoc - amino acid , 0 . 215 g hobt ( 1 . 40 mmol ), and 0 . 218 ml dipcdi ( 1 . 40 mmol ) in 20 ml dmf for 2 - 4 h . both fmoc - lys ( boc ) residues were double coupled . fmoc removal was by 20 ml piperidine - dmf ( 1 : 1 ) for 0 . 5 h . the peptide - resin was washed 3 times with dmf after each coupling and deprotection , then 1 time with dcm prior to removal of the boc groups . the n . sup . ε - amino boc groups were removed by treatment of fmoc - lys ( boc )- lys ( boc )- tyr ( al )- gly - allyl ( seq id no : 8 ) resin with 20 ml tfa - dcm ( 1 : 1 ) for 0 . 5 h . the peptide - resin was washed 3 times with dcm , neutralized with 20 ml diea - dcm ( 1 : 9 ) for 0 . 5 h , washed 2 times with dcm and 1 time with dmf , and fmoc - deprotected as described above . fmoc - ahx was double coupled for 2 . 5 - 3 h as described above using 4 . 10 mmol of fmoc - ahx ( 1 . 45 g ), hobt ( 0 . 630 g ), and dipcdi ( 0 . 638 ml ). the substitution level was determined by fulvene - piperidine analysis to be 0 . 181 mmol / g . fmoc - tyr and fmoc - lys derivatives were coupled manually as described above . fmoc - tyr ( dcb ) and fmoc - lys ( boc ) were incorporated on boc - gly - pam resin , fmoc - tyr ( tbu ) and fmoc - lys ( aloc ) on fmoc - gly - hmp - peg - ps resin , and fmoc - lys ( dde ) on fmoc - tyr ( tbu )- sasrin resin . fmoc removal was by 20 ml piperidine - dmf ( 1 : 1 ) for 0 . 5 h . all couplings and fmoc deprotections were monitored by qualitative ninhydrin analysis . the n . sup . ε - amino boc groups were removed by tfa , aloc groups by ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd , and dde groups by hydrazine . n . sup . ε - amino group deprotection was monitored quantitatively by edman degradation sequence analysis . fmoc - ahx was single or double coupled for 2 . 5 - 3 h manually using 3 - fold excesses of fmoc - ahx and hobt , a 2 . 5 - fold excess of hbtu , and a 5 . 5 - fold excess of diea . the substitution level was determined by spectrophotometric analysis to be 0 . 57 mmol / g for [ n - tris ( fmoc - ahx )- lys - lys ]- tyr ( dcb )- gly - pam ( seq id no : 7 ) resin , 0 . 12 mmol / g for [ n - tris ( fmoc - ahx )- lys - lys ]- tyr ( tbu )- gly - hmp - pegf - ps ( seq id no : 7 ), resin , and 0 . 83 mmol / g for [ n - tris ( fmoc - ahx )- lys - lys ]- tyr ( tbu )- sasrin resin . incorporation of individual amino acids was by fmoc solid - phase methodology on an applied biosystems 431a peptide synthesizer using cycles described by c . g . fields et al ., peptide res . 4 , 95 ( 1991 ) and c . g . fields et al ., anal . biochem . 203 , 245 ( 1992 ), which are incorporated herein by reference . for fmoc removal , a 10 ml solution of dbu - piperidine - nmp ( 1 : 1 : 48 ) was used instead of piperidine - nmp ( 1 : 4 ) for 3 and 7 min . incorporation of fmoc - gly - pro - hyp tripeptides was performed manually in a shaker as follows : the fmoc - peptide - resin ( 0 . 10 mmol ) was deprotected with 10 ml dbu - piperidine - dmf ( 1 : 1 : 48 ) for 0 . 5 h and washed 3 times with dmf . 0 . 202 g fmoc - gly - pro - hyp ( 0 . 40 mmol ) and 0 . 061 g hobt ( 0 . 40 mmol ) were dissolved in 10 ml 0 . 035m hbtu - dmf . 0 . 131 ml diea ( 0 . 75 mmol ) was added , and the solution reacted with the resin for 2 . 5 h . the fmoc - peptide - resin was washed 3 times with dmf . deprotection and coupling steps were repeated 7 times . thp - 1 ( see table i for sequence , wherein the single letter designations for amino acids are used ) was cleaved and side - chain deprotected by treatment of the peptide - resin with tfmsa for 2 . 5 h as described by g . b . fields et al ., in synthetic peptides : a user &# 39 ; s guide ( g . a . grant , ed . ), pp . 77 - 183 , w . h . freeman and co ., new york ( 1992 ), which is incorporated herein by reference . the precipitated crude product was dissolved in 2 ml h 2 o - acetonitrile ( 1 : 1 ) and purified by preparative reversed - phase hplc . thp - 2 ( see table i for sequence ) was side - chain deprotected by tfa - edt - h 2 o ( 92 . 5 : 2 . 5 : 5 ) for 1 h , washed with dcm , and liberated from the resin by treatment with 0 . 074 g ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd ( 0 . 065 mmol ) for 20 h as described by p . lloyd - williams et al ., tetrahedron lett . 32 , 4707 ( 1991 ). the crude product was dissolved in 0 . 5n aqueous hcl , extracted with diethyl ether and dcm , and purified by size exclusion chromatography and semipreparative reversed - phase hplc . thp - 3 and . thp - 4 ( see table i for sequences ) were cleaved and side - chain deprotected by treatment of the peptide - resins with tfa - h 2 o ( 95 : 5 ) for 2 and 1 h , respectively . resins were filtered and rinsed with 4 ml tfa , and the combined filtrate and wash reduced under vacuum at room temperature to ˜ 0 . 5 ml , diluted with 2 - 4 ml h 1 o , and purified by preparative reversed - phase hplc . preparative reversed - phase hplc was performed on a beckmnan system gold or a rainin autoprep system with a regis chemical ods c - 18 column ( 10 μm particle size , 60 å pore size , 250 × 21 . 1 mm ). the elution gradient was 30 - 100 % b in 70 min at a flow rate of 5 . 0 ml / min for thp - 1 , 12 - 60 % b in 35 min at a flow rate of 5 . 6 ml / min for thp - 3 , and 30 - 100 % b in 60 min at a flow rate of 5 . 0 ml / min for thp - 4 , where a was 0 . 1 % tfa in h 2 o and b was 0 . 08 % tfa in acetonitrile . detection was at 229 nm . semipreparative hplc was performed on a rainin autoprep system with a dynamax c - 18 column ( 12 μm particle size , 300 å pore size , 250 × 10 mm ). the elution gradient was 0 - 60 % b in 45 min at a flow rate of 2 . 0 ml / min , where a was 0 . 1 % tfa in h 2 o and b was 0 . 08 % tfa in acetonitrile . detection was at 229 nm . analytical reversed - phase hplc was performed on a hewlett - packard 1090 liquid chromatograph equipped with an ods hypersil c - 18 column ( 5 μm particle size , 100 × 2 . 1 mm ). 10 μl from preparative hplc fractions were loaded onto the column . the elution gradient was 0 - 60 % b in 20 min at a flow rate of 0 . 3 ml / min , where a and b were the same as for preparative hplc . diode array detection was at 220 , 254 , and 280 nm . pure fractions were pooled and lyophilized . for thp - 4 , analytical hplc was also performed with a vydac c 4 reversed - phase column ( 5 μm particle size , 250 × 4 . 6 mm ) or a bio - rad bio - gel tsk - phenyl - 5 - pw hydrophobic interaction column ( 10 μm particle size , 1000 å pore size , 75 × 7 . 5 mm ). solvent a was 1 . 7m ammonium phosphate plus 0 . 1m sodium phosphate , ph 7 and solvent b was 0 . 1m sodium phosphate , ph 7 for hydrophobic interaction hplc . table i__________________________________________________________________________collagen sequences synthesized as triple - helical polypeptides yield t . sub . mpeptide collagen chain sequence . sup . a branching chemistry . sup . b (%) (° c . ) __________________________________________________________________________thp - 1 α1 ( iv ) 531 - 543 ( gly - pro - hyp ). sub . 8 gly - glu - phe - tyr - phe - asp - leu - arg - leu - lys - g ly - a = fmoc 39 . 2 53 . 0 asp - lys b = boc ( seq id no : 1 ) c = dcb linker = pamthp - 2 α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 ( gly - pro - hyp ). sub . 8 gly - val - lys - gly - asp - lys - gly - asn - pro - gly - t rp - a = fmoc 4 . 7 58 . 5 pro - gly - ala - pro b = boc ( seq id no : 2 ) c = allyl linker = allylthp - 3 ( gly - pro - hyp ). sub . 8 a = fmoc 13 . 5 42 . 5 ( seq id no : 9 ) b = aloc c = tbu linker = hmpthp - 4 α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 ( gly - pro - hyp ). sub . 3 gly - val - lys - gly - asp - lys - gly - asn - pro - gly - t rp - a = fmoc 13 . 6 35 . 0 pro - gly - ala - pro b = dde ( seq id no : 3 ) c = tbu linker = sasrin ™ __________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a p * = hyp . . sup . b see fig1 for location of a , b , c , and linker . edman degradation sequence analysis was performed on an applied biosystems 477a protein sequencer / 120a analyzer for both solid - phase and &# 34 ; embedded &# 34 ; ( non - covalent ) sequencing as described by c . g . fields et al ., anal . biochem . 203 , 245 ( 1992 ) and c . g . fields et al ., peptide res . 6 , 39 ( 1993 ), which are incorporated herein by reference . fulvene - piperidine concentrations ( 301 nm ) and scanning uv spectra ( 200 - 320 nm ) were determined with a beckman du - 70 spectrophotometer . amino acid analyses were performed on a beckman 6300 analyzer with a sulfated polystyrene cation - exchange column ( 0 . 4 cm × 25 cm ). peptides were hydrolyzed with 6n aqueous hcl at 110 ° c . for 18 - 48 h . electrospray mass spectrometric ( es - ms ) methods have been described by c . g . fields et al ., peptide res . 6 , 39 ( 1993 ), which is incorporated herein by reference . fast atom bombardment ( fab ) ms was performed on a vg 7070e - hf with a glycerol matrix and laser desorption time - of - flight ( ld - tof ) ms with both a breadboard and prototype matrix - assisted tof mass spectrometer from millipore corporation ( milford , mass .) with a sinapinic acid matrix [ saturated solution of 10 mg / ml sinapinic acid dissolved in acetonitrile - h 2 o ( 1 : 3 ) containing 0 . 1 % tfa ]. thps were 3 h - labeled by reductive methylation [ n . jentoft et al ., j . biol . chem . 254 , 4359 ( 1979 )] with nacnbh 3 and [ 3 h ] formaldehyde , desalted over a sephadex g - 50 column ( 50 × 1 . 5 cm ) in pbs , ph 7 . 4 , and analyzed by size - exclusion chromatography ( sec ). cd spectroscopy was performed on a jasco 710 spectropolarimeter using a 100 or 200 μl , 0 . 1 mm cell . the thp concentrations ( determined spectrophotometrically ) in 1 - 5 % aqueous hoac , ph 2 . 4 were [ thp - 1 ]= 0 . 16 mm , [ thp - 2 ]= 0 . 084 mm , [ thp - 3 ]= 0 . 068 mm , and [ thp - 4 ]= 0 . 015 mm . spectra were recorded by accumulating 5 scans at 0 . 5 nm intervals ( response of 1 sec ). thermal transitions were examined by measuring the molar ellipticity ([ θ ]) at 225 nm from 15 °- 85 ° c . fmoc - gly - pro - hyp was coupled to gly - hmp resin and deprotected under the same conditions as described in peptide synthesis ana purification . gly - pro - hyp - gly ( seq id no : 10 ) was liberated from the resin with a 1 h treatment of tfa - water ( 95 : 5 ), precipitated with methyl tbu ether , and hydrolyzed for 3 , 6 , 9 , 20 , and 46 h as described in peptide analyses . two different gly - pro - hyp - gly ( seq id no : 10 ) concentrations were used . racemization studies were performed by derivatizing samples with fdaa as described [ j . g . adamson et al ., anal . biochem . 202 , 210 ( 1992 )] and eluting dnpa - amino acids by analytical hplc ( see peptide synthesis and purification ) with an elution gradient of 5 - 20 % b in 70 min at a flow rate of 0 . 5 ml / min . detection was at 340 nm . k1735m4 tumor cell adhesion and spreading assays were as described previously [ m . k . chelberg et al ., j . cell biol . 111 , 261 ( 1990 )] with minor alterations . peptides were dissolved in pbs and adsorbed directly onto 96 - well polystyrene immulon 1 plates ( dynatech laboratories inc ., chantlily , va .) overnight at 37 ° c . nonspecific binding sites were blocked with 5 mg / ml bovine serum albumin in adhesion media [ dulbecco &# 39 ; s modified eagle &# 39 ; s medium containing 20 mm 4 -( 2 - hydroxyethyl )- 1 - piperazineethanesulfonic acid ] for 2 h at 37 ° c . tumor cells were released from tissue culture flasks with 37 ° c . pbs containing 10 mm edta and washed several times with adhesion media . cells were labeled overnight with 1 μci / ml [ 3 h ] thymidine ( new england nuclear , boston , mass .) for adhesion assays . cells were added to the plate wells at a density of 50 , 000 cells / ml in a total volume of 100 μl and adhered for 1 h at 37 ° c . for adhesion assays wells were washed several times with adhesion media and remaining cells lysed and radioactivity determined as described [ m . k . chelberg et al ., j . cell biol . 111 , 261 ( 1990 )]. for spreading assays wells were fixed and stained using diffquik reagents ( baxter ) and photographed with a nikon mf - 15 camera mounted on a nikon diaphot inverted microscope at 200 × magnification . cell spreading was quantitated by an optomax system iv image analyzer equipped with a hitachi monitor . the efficiency of peptide adsorption to the immulon plates was determined as described [ m . k . chelberg et al ., j . cell biol . 111 , 261 ( 1990 )] using 3 h - or 125 i - labeled peptide . branching of three peptide strands from one initial chain requires three different protecting group strategies ( fig1 ): n . sup . α - amino protection ( a ), lys n . sup . ε - amino side - chain protection ( b ), which must be stable to the n . sup . α - amino group removal conditions , and c . sup . α - carboxyl protection ( linker ), which must be stable to both the n 60 - and n . sup . ε - amino protecting group removal conditions . four different synthetic schemes were employed , with the only common protecting group strategy being fmoc for a ( see table i ). the 531 - 543 sequence of α1 ( iv ) collagen was synthesized as thp - 1 with b the boc group , c the 2 , 6 - dichlorobenzyl ( dcb ) group , and the 4 - hydroxymethylphenylacetic acid ( pam ) linker . tyr was incorporated prior to branching to provide a convenient chromophore for eventual concentration determination . branching was achieved by synthesizing fmoc -[ lys ( boc )] 2 - tyr ( dcb )- gly - pam ( seq id no : 8 ) resin and deprotecting the n . sup . α - and n . sup . ε - amino groups . fmoc - ahx was then incorporated onto all three amino termini to provide a flexible spacer . following incorporation of fmoc - ahx , 0 . 12 g of peptide - resin was deprotected with piperidine and treated with tfmsa and the product precipitated by methyl tbu ether . es - ms analysis of the product showed the desired branched peptide molecular ions [ m + h ] + = 831 . 5 da ( calculated 833 . 6 da ) and [ m + k ] + = 870 . 5 da ( calculated 871 . 6 da ). coupling of fmoc - amino acids and fmoc - gly - pro - hyp was achieved with hbtu and hobt . incorporation of fmoc - gly - pro - hyp required no double couplings using 4 - fold excesses , with less than 0 . 5 % d - hyp per fmoc - gly - pro - hyp incorporated . fmoc removal was by 2 % dbu plus 2 % piperidine ( to scavenge dibenzofulvene ) in dmf . 0 . 138 g of peptide - resin was cleaved with tfmsa and thp - 1 purified by reversed - phase hplc . yield of thp - 1 was 38 . 5 mg ( 32 . 9 % of overall theoretical yield ). the homogeneity of thp - 1 was confirmed by analytical reversed - phase hplc ( fig2 ) and sec . thp - 1 apparent molecular weight was 11 . 7 kda ( calculated 11 , 960 da ) by sec . edman degradation sequence analysis gave the desired sequence ( gly - pro - hyp ) 8 - gly - glu - phe - tyr - phe - asp - leu - arg - leu - lys - gly - asp - lys ( seq id no : 1 ). thp - 2 , which incorporated the 1265 - 1277 sequence of α1 ( iv ) collagen , was synthesized with a three - dimensional orthogonal protecting group strategy , where b was the boc group , c the allyl group , and linker the allyl - based 4 - trityloxy - z - but - 2 - enyloxyacetic acid . branching was achieved by synthesizing fmoc -[ lys ( boc )] 2 - tyr ( al )- gly - allyl ( seq id no : 8 ) resin and deprotecting the n . sup . α - and n . sup . ε - amino groups . the allyl linker permitted solid - phase sequence analysis of the synthetic of peptide - resin assembly at three stages : ( 1 ) prior to branching , ( 2 ) following incorporation of the specific collagen sequence , and ( 3 ) following incorporation of the gly - pro - hyp triplets . highly efficient syntheses occurred at each of these stages for thp - 2 ( see fig3 ). for example , solid - phase sequence analysis of the assembled thp - 2 - resin showed a cumulative total of 3 % preview ( fig4 ). thp - 2 was side - chain deprotected with tfa while still resin - bound , and cleaved with ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd . efficiency of cleavage by ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd was 85 . 2 %. the ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd - thp - 2 complex was dissolved in 0 . 5n hcl , extracted with diethyl ether and dcm , chromatographed on a g - 25 column , and purified by reversed - phase hplc . yield of thp - 2 was 6 . 7 mg ( 4 . 7 % of theoretical ). the homogeneity and composition of thp - 2 was confirmed by sequence and amino acid analyses , scanning uv spectroscopy , analytical reversed - phase hplc ( fig5 ), and sec . thp - 2 apparent molecular weight was 11 . 6 da ( calculated 11 , 205 da ) by sec at 4 ° c . allyl - based side - chain protection and a tfa - labile linker was used for the three - dimensional orthogonal synthesis of thp - 3 [ b = allyloxycarbonyl ( aloc ), c = tbu , and linker = hmp in fig1 ]. both aloc groups of [ lys ( aloc )] 2 - tyr ( tbu )- gly - hmp ( seq id no : 8 ) resin were removed with ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd at & gt ; 95 % efficiency . following incorporation of fmoc - ahx , 0 . 20 g of peptide - resin was deprotected with piperidine and treated with tfa and the product precipitated by methyl tbu ether . es - ms analysis of the product showed the desired branched peptide molecular ion [ m + h ] + = 833 . 8 da ( calculated 833 . 6 da ). thp - 3 was assembled as described for thp - 1 . 0 . 182 g of peptide - resin was cleaved with tfa and thp - 3 purified by reversed - phase hplc . yield of thp - 3 was 9 . 8 mg ( 13 . 5 % of theoretical ). the homogeneity of thp - 3 was confirmed by analytical reversed - phase hplc ( fig2 ) and sec . thp - 3 apparent molecular weight was 6 . 92 kda ( calculated 7 , 250 da ) by sec . edman degradation sequence analysis gave the desired sequence ( gly - pro - hyp ) 8 ( seq id no : 9 ). thp - 4 , which incorporated the 1265 - 1277 sequence of α1 ( iv ) collagen , was synthesized by a pseudo - three - dimensional orthogonal strategy [ b = 1 -( 4 , 4 - dimethyl - 2 , 6 - dioxocyclohex - 1 - ylidene ) ethyl ( dde ), c = tbu , and linker = 2 - methoxy - 4 - alkoxybenzyl alcohol ( sasrin ™) in fig1 ]. both dde groups of [ lys ( dde )] 2 - tyr ( tbu )- sasrin ™ resin were removed with hydrazine at & gt ; 95 % efficiency . following incorporation of fmoc - ahx , 0 . 10 g of peptide - resin was deprotected with piperidine and treated with tfa and the product precipitated by methyl tbu ether . es - ms analysis of the product showed the desired branched peptide molecular ion [ m + h ] + = 777 . 4 da ( calculated 777 . 5 da ). thp - 4 was assembled as described for thp - 1 . 0 . 094 g of peptide - resin was cleaved with tfa and thp - 4 purified by reversed - phase hplc . yield of thp - 4 was 10 . 2 mg ( 13 . 6 % of theoretical ). the homogeneity of thp - 4 was confirmed by analytical reversed - phase ( fig2 ) and hydrophobic interaction ( fig6 ) hplc and sec . thp - 4 apparent molecular weight was 7 . 76 kda ( calculated 7 , 135 da ) by sec . edman degradation sequence analysis gave the desired sequence ( gly - pro - hyp ) 3 - gly - val - lys - gly - asp - lys - gly - asn - pro - gly - trp - pro - gly - ala - pro ( seq id no : 3 ). ld - tof - ms gave [ m + 5h ] + = 1428 da ( calculated = 1428 . 0 da ) and [ m + 4h ] + = 1788 da ( calculated = 1784 . 8 da ). cd spectra of thp - 1 , thp - 2 , thp - 3 , and thp - 4 were characteristic of a coiled - coil triple - helix , with low temperature spectra exhibiting a large negative [ θ ] 200 and a positive [ θ ] 225 ( fig7 and 8 ). as the temperature was increased , [ θ ] 200 increased and [ 0 ] 225 decreased for all thps . high temperature spectra were indicative of a melted triple - helix , as [ θ ] 225 was negative . melting of triple - helices was reversible . single temperature - dependent triple - helical melts were seen for thp - 1 , thp - 3 , and thp - 4 , with t m = 53 . 0 , 42 . 5 , and 35 . 0 ° c ., respectively ( fig9 ). two temperature - dependent , reversible transitions were seen for thp - 2 with midpoints at 23 . 5 and 58 . 5 ° c . ( fig1 ). sec gave apparent thp - 2 molecular weights of 11 . 6 kda at 4 ° c . and 36 . 0 kda at 35 ° c ., indicating that the first transition was due to thp - 2 aggregation . the second thp - 2 transition was a triple - helical melt with t m = 58 . 5 ° c . melanoma cell adhesion was compared for thp - 2 , a single - stranded peptide ( ssp ) incorporating residues 1263 - 1277 from the α1 chain of type iv collagen , and thp - 3 ( gpp *) over a coated peptide concentration range of 0 . 1 - 300 μm . for the ssp concentration , a molecular weight of 4797 da was used , where one mole of ssp accounted for three peptide chains . this conversion allowed for one mole of thp - 2 , ssp , or gpp * to represent three potential peptide active sites . the coating efficiencies for the three peptides were comparable , ensuring that cell adhesion results would not be a reflection of differential peptide adsorption to the plates . half maximal melanoma cell adhesion occurred at [ thp - 2 ]= 1 . 12 μm , [ ssp ]= 170 μm , and [ gpp *]& gt ; 100 μm ( fig1 ). thus , triple - helical conformation in combination with the α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 sequence resulted in a 100 - fold increase in melanoma cell adhesion activity compared with the α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 sequence alone . this result is the first direct demonstration of the significance of triple - helicity for cell adhesion to a specific collagen sequence . melanoma cell spreading was compared for thp - 2 , ssp , and gpp * at [ thp - 2 ]= 0 . 9 μm , [ ssp ]= 2 . 1 μm , and [ gpp *]= 1 . 4 μm . cell spreading was more extensive on the thp - 2 then on either the ssp or gpp *. for example , cell areas averaged 0 . 048 , 0 . 012 , and 0 . 017 mm 2 / μm peptide in response to thp - 2 , ssp , and gpp *, respectively . as in the case of melanoma cell adhesion , cell spreading was most efficient when triple - helicity was combined with the α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 sequence . a branching protocol was developed for solid - phase synthesis of triple - helical peptides to ensure alignment of the three peptide strands ( fig1 ). the branching protocol developed by heidemann and coworkers for liquid - phase synthesis [ w . roth et al ., makromol . chem . 180 , 905 ( 1979 ) and h .- p . germann et al ., biopolymers 27 , 157 ( 1988 )] used nitrophenylsulfenyl or boc as the n . sup . α - amino protecting group , which was removed by moderate acidolysis , benzyloxycarbonyl ( cbz ) as the lys n . sup . ε - amino protecting group , which was removed by strong acidolysis , and 4 -( 2 - chloropropionyl ) phenylacetic acid as the linker , allowing for peptide - support cleavage by photolysis or saponification . the solid - phase synthesis of thp - 1 relied upon acidic and basic deprotection mechanisms , as the n . sup . α - amino group was protected by the fmoc group ( a ), which is base - labile and stable to acidolysis , the n . sup . ε - amino group was protected by the boc group ( b ), which is acid - labile and stable to base , and the c . sup . α - carboxyl group was attached to the resin by pam ( linker ), which is labile to strong acid and mild acid - and base - stable . dcb side - chain protection , which is strong acid labile , was used for tyr ( c ). to induce triple - helicity , gly - pro - hyp triplets were incorporated following the specific collagen sequences . coupling of fmoc - amino acids and fmoc - gly - pro - hyp was achieved with hbtu , which allows for rapid kinetics and the use of optimal peptide - resin solvation conditions . syntheses involving hyp required special considerations . hbtu - mediated couplings have been shown to result in esterification of fmoc - amino acids [ c . g . fields et al ., peptide res . 6 , 39 ( 1993 )], suggesting a possible need for 4 - hydroxyl side - chain protection of hyp . the level of esterification with hbtu is ˜ 4 % for imino acids when a 10 - fold excess of imino acid and hbtu is used in comparison to reactive sites on the resin [ c . g . fields et al ., peptide res . 6 , 39 ( 1993 )]. for our syntheses , hyp could only be esterified by an imino acid ( i . e ., fmoc - gly - pro - hyp ). by using only a 4 - fold excess of activated amino acid to reactive sites the level of imino acid esterification was anticipated to be much lower than the 4 % reported previously , and thus hyp was not side - chain protected . we found incorporation of fmoc - gly - pro - hyp to proceed smoothly using 4 - fold excesses , with no indication of side - chain esterification and no double - couplings needed . dbu was used for removing the fmoc group . as chain length increases , the rate of fmoc removal by piperidine can decrease , particularly in regions where interchain association due to secondary structure formation occurs . dbu has been shown to have several advantages over piperidine , in that the fmoc group is removed efficiently even in &# 34 ; difficult &# 34 ; sequences [ j . d . wade et al ., peptide res . 4 , 194 ( 1991 )]. the rapid kinetics of fmoc removal by dbu allows for lower dbu concentrations ( 2 %) than piperidine ( 20 %) in dmf or nmp . fmoc removal solutions should be of the highest possible dmf or nmp concentrations to most effectively solvate the peptide - resin . our dbu solutions were 96 % dmf or nmp , with 2 % piperidine added to inhibit dibenzofulvene reattachment to the n - terminus of the peptide - resin . although successful , the methodology used for thp - 1 does not allow for the incorporation of glycosylated residues , as o - glycosidic bonds are not stable to repetitive moderate acid deprotection and strong acid cleavage conditions . glycosylated hyl residues are located within both type iv collagen cell adhesion sequences and may serve as recognition sites for cell surface galactosyltransferase . a methodology compatable with the incorporation of glycosylated residues was achieved by using a mild three - dimensional orthogonal protecting group strategy . the n . sup . α - amino group was protected by the fmoc group ( a ), which is base - labile and stable to acidolysis and palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer . the n . sup . ε - amino group was protected by the boc group ( b ), which is acid - labile and stable to base and palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer . the c . sup . α - carboxyl group was attached to the resin by 4 - trityloxy - z - but - 2 - enyloxyacetic acid ( linker ), which is labile to palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer and acid - and base - stable . we also used allyl - based side - chain protection for tyr ( c ), which is labile to palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer and acid - and base - stable . thp - 2 assembly and cleavage were highly efficient using this methodology . however , removal of the ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd from thp - 2 was extremely difficult . the low yield of thp - 2 ( 4 . 7 %) was due to the extensive purification required to remove thp - 2 - complexed ( ph 3 p ) 4 pd . an alternative three - dimensional methodology was used for thp - 3 , where the n . sup . α - amino group was protected by the fmoc group ( a ), the n . sup . ε - amino group was protected by the aloc group ( b ), and the c . sup . α - carboxyl group was attached to the resin by hmp ( linker ), which is acid - labile and stable to base and palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer . tyr was protected by the tbu group ( c ). assembly was highly efficient using this methodology and thus only a one - step purification procedure was required . the 13 . 5 % yield of thp - 3 was a considerable improvement over the yield of thp - 2 . a pseudo - three - dimensional methodology was used for thp - 4 , where the n . sup . α - amino group was protected by the fmoc group ( a ), the n . sup . ε - amino group was protected by the dde group ( b ), which is labile to hydrazine , acid - stable , and moderately base - stable [ b . w . bycroft et al ., j . chem . soc . chem . commun ., 778 ( 1993 )], and the c . sup . α - carboxyl group was attached to the resin by sasrin ™ ( linker ), which is acid - labile and stable to base and hydrazine . since lys ( dde ) is not completely stable to piperidine , this strategy is not truly three dimensionally orthogonal . tyr was protected by the tbu group ( c ). as for thp - 3 , assembly of thp - 4 was highly efficient and a one - step purification procedure was utilized . the 13 . 6 % yield of thp - 4 was comparable to the yield of thp - 3 . for both thp - 3 and thp - 4 , the lower yields compared with thp - 1 were due to inefficient (˜ 20 - 25 %) release of the assembled peptides from the resin by tfa . all thps were homogeneous and correct compositionally by edman degradation sequence analysis , analytical hplc , and sec . reversed - phase c - 18 hplc of thp - 4 ( fig2 ) gave a single peak at 26 min with broadening near the baseline . analysis of thp - 4 by reversed - phase c - 4 hplc gave a single , broader peak with less baseline broadening ( data not shown ), while hydrophobic interaction hplc gave a homogeneous product ( fig6 ). no substantial heterogeneity of thp - 4 was found by sequence analysis or sec . apparent thp molecular weights determined by sec were within ± 8 % of calculated values . branch assembly was documented successfully by es - ms . ld - tof - ms gave molecular ions corresponding to desired thp - 4 . cd spectra of thp - 1 , thp - 2 , thp - 3 , and thp - 4 were highly characteristic of triple - helical collagen and other collagen - model polypeptides . to determine thp triple - helix melting temperatures ( triple - helix ⃡ coil transition ), [ θ ] was monitored at 225 nm . thp - 1 , thp - 2 , thp - 3 , and thp - 4 had t m = 53 . 0 °, 58 . 5 °, 42 . 5 °, and 35 . 0 ° c ., respectively . large differences in thp t m were found for differences in chain length only ( i . e ., thp - 2 versus thp - 3 ), not sequence ( i . e ., thp - 1 versus thp - 2 ). when tm was normalized for chain length ( t m / triplet ), resulting values for our and other thp triple - helical melts could be correlated to hyp content . although thp - 1 contains an interruption in the gly - x - y repeat , it has a similar t m / triplet value as thp - 2 , which has no gly - x - y interruptions . the similar tm values for thp - 1 and thp - 2 , are probably due to ( i ) the large number ( 8 ) of gly - pro - hyp repeats at the thp n - terminus , providing a cooperative &# 34 ; cluster &# 34 ; which stabilizes the triple - helix , and ( ii ) the branched lys - lys structure , which aligns and entropically stabilizes the c - terminus of the thp . thp - 2 , had a low temperature transition with a midpoint at 23 . 5 ° c ., which was shown by sec to be the aggregation of thp - 2 , molecules . aggregation induced by increasing temperature from 15 °- 30 ° c . is indicative of a hydrophobically driven process . hydrophobic interactions have been described as the driving force for d - periodic symmetric collagen fibers , where aggregation occurs as an antiparallel association of individual triple - helices [ b . b . doyle et al ., j . mol . biol . 91 , 79 ( 1975 )]. aggregation of ( pro - pro - gly ) 10 ( seq id no : 11 ) and ( pro - pro - gly ) 20 ( seq id no : 12 ) triple - helices is an antiparallel association [ b . r . olsen et al ., j . mol . biol . 57 , 589 ( 1971 )], and thus a hydrophobically driven ordered aggregation of triple - helical peptides is possible . the combined melanoma cell thp - 2 adhesion and spreading activities supports the concept that tumor cell adhesion and spreading on type iv collagen involves multiple , distinct domains , as at least two domains within type iv collagen in triple - helical conformation are tumor cell adhesion sites [ m . k . chelberg et al ., cancer res . 49 , 4796 ( 1989 ) and p . vandenberg et al ., j . cell biol . 113 , 1475 ( 1991 )]. in addition , the enhancement of cellular activities due to triple - helicity confirms the α1 ( iv ) 1263 - 1277 sequence as a specific melanoma cell adhesion and spreading site , as this sequence in its native conformation has greater activity than the isolated sequence , and implies that basement membrane type iv collagen is a site for tumor cell invasion based on collagen primary , secondary , and tertiary structures . the enhancement of cellular activities by triple - helicity may allow for the development of thps as anti - metastatic or anti - platelet aggregatory therapeutics . we have demonstrated that aligned , triple - helical collagen - model peptides can be synthesized without repetitive or strong acidolysis . in general , strong acidolysis cleavage conditions are less desirable than moderate acidolysis . more specifically , our mild orthogonal methodology will allow efficient incorporation of glycosylated residues as well as single site 2 h -, 15 n -, and 13 c - labeled residues for study of triple - helical conformation by nmr . the use of a c - terminal nucleation site allows for the synthesis and nmr structural studies of varying gly - x - y sequences with a minimum of gly - pro - hyp triplets , and thus could overcome the problem of overlapping resonances due to the presence of primarily one type of repeating triplet [ b . brodsky et al ., biopolymers 32 , 447 ( 1992 )]. in addition to the orthogonal strategies utilized here , other combinations of protecting groups a , b , c , and linker ( fig1 ) can be utilized for the synthesis of collagen - model triple - helical peptides under mild conditions . these include n . sup . α - or n . sup . ε - amino protecting groups ( a or b ) labile to base ( fmoc or 2 -[ 4 -( methylsulfonyl ) phenylsulfonyl ] ethoxycarbonyl ( mpc ) [ w . j . g . schielen et al ., int . j . peptide protein res . 37 , 341 ( 1991 )]), thiolysis ( dithiasuccinoyl ( dts ) [ g . barany et al ., j . am chem . soc . 99 , 7363 ( 1977 )] or 3 - nitro - 2 - pyridinesulfenyl ( npys ) [ r . matsueda et al ., int . j . peptide protein res . 16 , 392 ( 1980 )]), photolysis ( 6 - nitroveratryloxycarbonyl ( nvoc ) [ a . patchornik et al ., j . am . chem . soc . 92 , 6333 ( 1970 )]), palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer ( aloc ), or hydrazine ( dde ), n . sup . ε - amino protecting groups ( b ) labile to acid ( boc , 2 -( 4 - biphenyl ) propyl [ 2 ] oxycarbonyl ( bpoc ) [ s . s . wang et al ., int . j . peptide protein res . 1 , 235 ( 1969 )], 2 -( 3 , 5 - dimethoxyphenyl ) propyl [ 2 ] oxy - carbonyl ( ddz ) [ c . voss et al ., hoppe - seyler &# 39 ; s z . physiol . chem . 362 , 717 ( 1981 )], 4 - methoxybenzyloxycarbonyl ( moz ) [ s . s . wang et al ., int . j . peptide protein res . 30 , 662 ( 1987 )], 1 -( 1 - adamantyl )- 1 - methylethoxycarbonyl ( adpoc ) [ j . shao et al ., tetrahedon lett . 32 , 345 ( 1991 )], or triphenylmethyl ( trt ) [ k . barlos et al ., liebigs ann . chem ., 1025 ( 1987 )]), and linkers labile to acid [ hmp , 3 - methoxy - 4 - hydroxymethylphenoxy , sasrin ™, 2 - chlorotrityl chloride , 5 -( 4 - hydroxymethyl - 3 , 5 - dimethoxyphenoxy ) ( hal ), etc . ], palladium - catalyzed nucleophilic transfer [ 4 - hydroxy - z - but - 2 - enyloxyacetyl ( allyl ) or hydroxycrotonyl - aminomethyl ( hycram )], fluoride ion (( 3 or 4 )-[[[( 4 - hydroxymethyl ) phenoxy - t - butyl - phenyl ] silyl ] phenyl ] pentanedioic acid , monoamide [ d . c . mullen et al ., j . org . chem . 53 , 5240 ( 1988 )]), or photolysis ( 2 - bromopropionyl [ α - methylphenacyl ester ] linker [ s . s . wang , j . org . chem . 41 , 3258 ( 1976 )]) [ g . b . fields et al ., in synthetic peptides : a user &# 39 ; s guide ( grant , g . a ., ed . ), pp . 77 - 183 , w . h . freeman & amp ; co ., new york ( 1992 )]. finally , by utilizing further dimensions of orthogonality , heterotrimeric triple - helical peptides can be synthesized . the complete disclosure of all patents , patent documents , and publications cited herein are incorporated by reference . the foregoing detailed description and examples have been given for clarity of understanding only . no unnecessary limitations are to be understood therefrom . the invention is not limited to the exact details shown and described , for variations obvious to one skilled in the an will be included within the invention defined by the claims . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 13 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 37 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : unknown ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : glyproxaaglyproxaaglyproxaaglyproxaaglyproxaagly151015proxaaglyproxaaglyproxaaglygluphetyrpheaspleuarg202530leulysglyasplys35 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 39 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : unknown ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : 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topology : unknown ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : lyslysxaagly1__________________________________________________________________________