Patent Application: US-98168098-A

Abstract:
cyclic dimeric peptides of formula ## str1 ## wherein : peptide 1 and peptide 2 independently represent a tetrapeptide of formula - aa1 - aa2 - aa3 - aa4 - juxtaposed in parallel or antiparallel orientation ; aa1 is an l or d amino acid selected from ile , leu and amino analogues thereof selected from pro , gly , tic and phe ; aa2 is an l amino acid selected from leu and amino acid analogues thereof selected from ile , phe and val ; aa3 is an l amino acid selected from asp , glu and amino acid analogues thereof ; aa4 is an l amino acid selected from val and amino acid analogues thereof selected from leu , ile , phe and cha ; l1 and l2 independently represent linking moieties for linking peptides 1 and 2 to form a cyclic dipeptide ; or salts thereof . the cyclic dipeptides inhibit the interaction of vascular cell adhesion molecule - 1 and fibronectin with integrin very late antigen 4 and have therapeutic applications such as in rheumatoid arthritis , asthma or multiple sclerosis .

Description:
the cyclic dipeptide was prepared by two different routes . in each of these methods , the required linear peptide was prepared by solid phase peptide synthesis techniques using 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin . the synthetic schemes are shown in fig1 and 14 and the details are described below in this section and in section 2 . after assembling the protected peptide on the resin , the linear peptide was cleaved from the resin and used in the subsequent steps without any purification . however , the final product was purified extensively by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography ( hplc ) before characterisation . ## str3 ## t - butyl bromoacetate ( 4 . 88 g , 25 mmoles ) in dichloromethane ( 50 ml ) was added to a solution of t - butyl - 1 - piperazine carboxylate ( 4 . 65 g , 25 mmoles ) and triethylamine ( 3 . 5 ml , 25 mmoles ) in dichloromethane ( 30 ml ). the reaction mixture was stirred overnight , filtered to remove the solids separated overnight and the filtrate evaporated to dryness . the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water , the organic layer was then washed with water , dried over mgso 4 and evaporated to dryness . the residue was crystallised from ether - isohexane to yield the product ( 5 . 66 g , 75 %, m . p . 99 - 100 ° c .). [ elemental analysis : found c , 59 . 8 %; h , 9 , 6 %; n , 9 . 1 %; c 5 h 28 n 2 o 4 requires c , 60 . 0 %; h , 9 . 4 %; n , 9 . 33 %]. [ thin layer chromatography on silica gel plates showed a single spot ; r f 0 . 38 in ethyl acetate - isohexane ( 1 : 1 ) and 0 . 68 in methanol - chloroform ( 1 : 9 )]. ## str4 ## the compound described in section 1 . 1 ( 5 g , 16 . 6 mmoles ) was treated with a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid - water ( 95 : 5 . 50 ml ) for 1 hour . the acid was removed by evaporation in vacuo and the residual oil was triturated with ether to give a solid which was collected , washed with ether and dried over p 2 o 5 / koh under vacuum ( 6 . 25 g , m . p . 177 - 182 ° c .). the solid was then dissolved in a mixture of water and acetone ( 1 : 1 , 150 ml ) containing potassium carbonate ( 6 . 92 g , 3 equivalents ). 9 - fluorenylmethyl - n - hydroxysuccinimide ( 5 . 66 g , 16 . 7 mmoles ) in acetone ( 30 ml ) was added over a period of minutes with stirring . the ph of the solution was maintained at about 9 by the addition of m k 2 co 3 solution . after stirring overnight at room temperature , the acetone was removed by evaporation under vacuum and the aqueous solution was acidified with khso 4 solution . the product was extracted into ethyl acetate and the solution was washed with water ( 6 times ) and with saturated nacl solution . the organic layer was dried over mgso 4 and evaporated to give an oil which solidified on trituration with isohexane and ether ( yield 3 . 72 g , 60 %). a sample was recrystallised from ethanol - ether . m . p . 179 - 182 ° c ., mh + 367 . ## str5 ## the fmoc - piperazine derivative ( 366 mg , 1 mmole ) in dichloromethane ( 15 ml ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 525 μl , 3 equivalents ) was added to 2 - chlorotritylchioride resin ( nova biochem . 1 g ) and the reaction mixture was shaken gently for 75 minutes . a 10 % solution of diisopropylethylamine in methanol ( 10 ml ) was added and the shaking was continued for 10 minutes . the resin was filtered off , washed successively with methylene chloride , dimethylformamide , methylene chloride , ether and dried at 50 ° c . in a vacuum oven ( weight 1 . 13 g ). the above resin was placed in a reaction vessel fitted with a sintered glass disc . the following series of reactions were then carried out manually to obtain the desired to peptide resin . ( a ) removal of the fmoc group with two treatments ( 1 × 5 minutes and 1 × 15 minutes ) of 20 % piperidine in dimethylformamide . ( c ) acylation with fmoc - val ( 678 mg , 2 mmole ) activated with o -( benzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hbtu ) ( 760 mg , 2 mmole ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 700 μl , 4 mmole ) in dimethylformamide ( 4 ml ) for 1 hour . the above deprotection and coupling cycles were repeated using fmoc - asp ( obu t ) ( 822 mg , 2 mmoles ), fmoc - leu ( 700 mg , 2 mmoles ) and fmoc - ile ( 700 mg , 2 mmoles ) to give the protected tetrapeptide derivative attached to the chlorotrityl resin . the n - terminal fmoc group was cleaved with 20 % piperidine in dimethylformamide ( 1 × 5 minutes and 1 × 15 minutes ) and the peptide resin was washed successively with dimethylformamide , methylene chloride and ether and dried in a vacuum oven at 50 ° c . the peptide resin was suspended in a mixture of acetic acid - trifluoroethanol - methylene chloride ( 2 : 2 : 6 ) ( 25 ml ) for 2 hours . the resin was removed by filtration , washed with the above solvent mixture . the combined filtrates were evaporated and the residue triturated with ether to give the linear tetrapeptide derivative as an acetate salt . the acetate salt was then converted to a hydrochloride salt by dissolving it in a mixture of water - acetonitrile ( 2 : 1 , 60 ml ), cooling to 0 ° c ., adding 1 . 05 equivalents of 1n hcl and freeze drying the contents . ## str6 ## the linear peptide hydrochloride ( 388 mg , 0 . 57 mmole ) was dissolved in dimethylformamide ( 600 ml ) and o -( benzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hbtu ) ( 218 mg , 0 . 57 mmoles ), was added followed by diisopropylethylamine ( 300 μl , 1 . 72 mmoles ). the reaction mixture was stirred for 24 hours at room temperature and then evaporated to dryness under vacuum . ## str7 ## the crude cyclic dipeptide was treated for 1 hour with a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid - water ( 95 : 5 , 25 ml ) and triisopropylsilane ( 200 μl ) to remove the aspartic acid side chain protecting groups . evaporation to a small volume , followed by trituration with ether yielded the crude cyclic peptide which was purified by preparative reverse phase hplc on a vydac 218tp1022 column using a gradient of acetonitrile - water containing 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid ( 20 - 50 %) over a period of 65 minutes at a flow rate of 10 . 0 ml / minute . the product - containing fractions were combined and freeze dried to give the purified cyclic peptide ( 46 mg ). the peptide was characterised by amino acid analysis and mass spectroscopy . the second route shown in fig1 involved the synthesis of a linear octapeptide derivative ( structure shown below ) in place of the tetrapeptide derivative used in the first route . the first three steps in both routes 1 and 2 are the same . 2 . 1 . synthesis of compound 1 ( steps 4 and 5 , fig1 ). the fmoc protected tetrapeptide resin obtained in step 3 ( fig1 ) was divided in two parts . one half of the resin was treated in the standard manner with piperidine to cleave the n - terminal fmoc group to give the partially protected tetrapeptide derivative still attached to the resin ( step 4 ). the other half was treated in a standard fashion with a mixture of acetic acid - trifluoroethanol - methylene chloride ( 2 : 2 : 6 ) to cleave the fmoc protected tetrapeptide derivative from the resin ( step 5 ). the fmoc protected fragment ( 800 mg , 0 . 93 mmole ) was then coupled to the tetrapeptide fragment still attached to the resin by the standard method ( hbtu , 352 mg , 0 . 93 mmole , diisopropylethylamine 325 μl , 1 . 85 mmole ) used to couple various amino acid derivatives during the chain elongation process . 2 . 2 . synthesis of compound 1 ( steps 6 , 7 and 8 , fig1 ). the linear octapeptide derivative assembled on the resin was deblocked at the n - terminal end ( fmoc cleavage ), cleaved from the resin , cyclised and deprotected [ asp ( obut ) cleavage ] by the standard methods used in the first route . the dimeric peptide was then purified by using the solvent system described in table 1 ( yield 374 mg ). the peptide was prepared by the first route described above for the corresponding ile containing compound 1 . hplc analysis indicated the product to be a mixture of the required dimer ( 38 %) and a cyclic monomer ( 62 %). reverse phase hplc purification using the solvent system described in table 1 gave the desired dimeric peptide which was characterised by amino acid analysis and mass spectroscopy ( table 2 ). the linear peptide required for the synthesis of this cyclic dipeptide ( table 1 ) was assembled on the 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin . 3 - bromopropionic acid was reacted with the resin in a manner similar to that described above for the fmoc - piperazine derivative in example 1 . 3 ( compound 1 ). a five - fold excess of piperazine was then added to the 3 - bromopropionyl - o -( 2 - chlorotrityl )- resin to give piperazine - n - propionyl derivative linked to the resin ( structure shown below in step 1 , fig1 ) fmoc - val , fmoc - asp ( obut ), fmoc - leu and fmoc - ile were then coupled to the resin by the procedures described in section 1 . 3 to give the fmoc - tetrapeptide piperazinyl derivative . piperidine treatment in a standard manner to cleave the n - terminal fmoc group gave the partially protected tetrapeptide derivative shown in step 2 ( fig1 ). further coupling and deprotection reactions using 3 - bromopropionic acid , piperazine , fmoc - val , fmoc - asp ( obut ), fmoc - leu and fmoc - ile by the standard procedures gave the octapeptide derivative containing two piperazine groups ( step 4 , fig1 ). the peptide was then cleaved from the resin , cyclised , deprotected and purified by the procedures described above for compound 1 . both these compounds were synthesised by the second route described above for the synthesis of compound 1 ( fig1 ). as shown in fig1 and 5 , one of the fragments with a free amino group at the n - terminus was left attached to the resin and a second fragment containing an fmoc group at the n - terminus was cleaved from the resin . the second fragment containing a c - terminal carboxyl group was activated by the hbtu method and coupled to the fragment still attached to the resin . the linear peptide derivatives assembled on the resin were deblocked at the n - terminal end ( fmoc cleavage ), cleaved from the resin cyclised and deprotected [ asp ( obut ) cleavage ] by the standard methods used in the synthesis of compound 1 . the dimeric peptides were then purified by using the solvent systems described in table 1 . starting from β - alanine , the linear decapeptide , d - leu - leu - asp ( obut )- val - β - ala - d - leu - leu - asp ( obut )- val - β - ala , was assembled on the chlorotritylresin . the rest of the synthesis ( cleavage , cyclisation and deprotection ) was similar to that of compound 1 . 7 . 1 . the peptide was prepared by the dimerisation of the linear peptide ( structure shown below ) which was assembled on the 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin by the method described below . ## str8 ## a solution of fmoc - leu ( 700 mg , 2 mmole ) and disopropylethylamine ( 1 . 05 ml , 6 mmole ) in dry dichloromethane ( 20 ml ) was added to a suspension of 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin ( 2 g ) in dichloromethane ( 10 ml ), and the reaction mixture was shaken gently for 75 minutes . a 10 % solution of diisopropylethylamine in methanol ( 10 ml ) was added and shaking was continued for a further 10 minute period . the resin was filtered off , washed successively with dichloromethane , dimethylformamide , dichloromethane and ether and dried at 50 ° c . in a vacuum oven ( weight 2 . 4 g ). the above resin was placed in a reaction vessel fitted with a sintered glass disc . the following series of reactions were then carried out manually to obtain the desired peptide resin . ( a ) removal of the fmoc protecting group with two treatments ( 1 × 5 min ., 1 × 15 min .) of 20 % piperidine in dimethylformamide followed by five washes with dimethylformamide . ( b ) acylation of the leu resin with fmoc - ile ( 1 . 42 g , 4 mmole ) activated with o -( benzotriazol - 1 - yl ), 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 ,- tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hbtu ) ( 1 . 52 g , 4 mmole ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 1 . 4 ml , 8 mmole ) in dimethylformamide ( 8 ml ) for 30 minutes . after the reaction , the resin was washed five times ( as above ) with dimethylformamide to remove the excess reagents and dried . only half of the fmoc - ile - leu resin thus obtained was used in the next step . ( c ) the above deprotection and coupling cycles ( a and b ) were repeated using fmoc - nipecotic acid ( 702 mg , 2 mmole ), fmoc - val ( 678 mg 2 , mmole ) and fmoc - asp ( obut ) ( 822 mg , 2 mmole ) to give the required partially protected tetrapeptide attached to the resin . the peptide was cleaved from the resin by two treatments with acetic acid - trifluoroethanol - dichloromethane ( 2 : 2 : 6 ; 15 ml ) for 1 hour . the resin was removed by filtration and washed with the above deblocking solvent mixture . the combined filtrates were evaporated and the residue triturated with ether to give the linear partially protected tetrapeptide as an acetate salt . the peptide was converted to a hydrochloride salt by dissolving in water - acetonitrile ( 2 : 1 : 60 ml ), cooling to 0 ° c . adding 1 . 05 equivalents of 1n hcl and freeze drying . ## str9 ## the linear peptide hydrochloride ( 350 mg , 0 . 51 mmole ) was dissolved in dimethylformamide ( 500 ml ) and hbtu ( 194 mg , 0 . 51 mmole ) was added followed by diisopropylethylamine ( 268 μl , 1 . 53 mmole ). the reaction was monitored by reverse phase hplc . after 3 hours , when no starting material could be detected , the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and the residue treated with a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid - water ( 95 : 5 ; 25 ml ) and triisopropylsilane ( 500 μl ) for one hour . after evaporation to low volume ether was added and the crude product collected by filtration . hplc analysis indicated the product to be a mixture of the required dimer ( 72 %) and a cyclic monomer ( 28 %). reverse phase hplc purification using the solvent system described in table 1 gave the desired dimeric peptide which was characterised by amino acid analysis and mass spectroscopy ( table 2 ). the cyclic peptide was prepared by the solid phase procedure using 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin . the synthetic details are described below . after assembling the partially protected linear peptide on the resin , the peptide was cleaved from the resin and used in the subsequent steps without any purification . however , the final product was purified extensively by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography ( hplc ) before characterisation . 2 - chlorotritylchloride resin ( alexix corporation : 1 . 35 mmole cl / g ; 5 g ) was swollen in dichloromethane ( 30 ml ) ( dried over molecular sieve ) for 5 minutes . a solution of fmoc - val ( 1 . 7 g , 5 mmole ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 2 . 63 ml . 15 mmole ) in dichloromethane ( 25 ml ) was added and the suspension was shaken mechanically for 45 minutes . methanol ( 9 ml ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 1 ml ) were added and the shaking was continued for a further five minute period . the resin was collected by filtration and washed successively with dichloromethane , dimethylformamide , dichloromethane . isopropanol and ether , and finally dried at 50 ° c . in a vacuum oven ( weight 5 . 25 g ) 8 . 2 . preparation of d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obut )- val - chlorotrityl resin ( steps 2 and 3 . fig6 ) the above fmoc - val resin ( 2 g ) was placed in a reaction vessel fitted with a sintered glass disc . the following series of reactions were then carried out manually to obtain the desired peptide resin . ( a ) removal of the fmoc group with two treatments ( 1 × 5 minutes and 1 × 15 minutes ) of 20 % piperidine in dimethylformamide followed by five washes with dimethylformamide to remove excess reagents and cleavage products . ( b ) acylation with fmoc - asp ( obut ) ( 2 . 06 g , 5 mmole ), activated with o -( benzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hbtu ) ( 1 . 90 g , 5 mmole ) and diisopropylethylamine ( 1 . 75 ml . 10 mmole ) in dimethylformamide ( 8 ml ) for 1 hour . the resin was again washed five times with dimethylformamide to remove excess reagents . the above deprotection and coupling cycles were repeated using fmoc - leu ( 1 . 78 g , 5 mmole ), fmoc - meile ( 1 . 84 g . 5 mmole ), fmoc - d - arg ( pbf ) ( 3 . 76 g , 5 mmole ) to give fmoc - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obut )- val - chlorotritylresin . further elongation of this pentapeptide resin to give the protected decapeptide resin was carried out using one half of the resin . the deblocking and coupling reactions on this pentapeptide resin were continued using fmoc - val ( 850 mg , 2 . 5 mmole ), fmoc - asp ( obut ) ( 1 . 03 g , 2 . 5 mmole ), fmoc - leu ( 855 mg , 2 . 5 mmole ) fmoc - meile ( 920 mg , 2 . 5 mmole ), fmoc - d - arg ( pbf ) ( 1 . 87 g , 2 . 5 mmole ), as in the case of compound 1 . coupling of the fmoc - d - arg derivative was achieved by using o -( 7 - azabenzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hatu ) and diisopropylethylamine . the n - terminal fmoc group was cleaved ( step 3 ) with 20 % piperidine in dimethylformamide ( 1 × 5 minutes and 1 × 15 minutes ) and the peptide resin , d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obut )- val - chlorotrityl resin , was washed successively with dimethylformamide , dichloromethane and ether and dried in a vacuum oven at 50 ° c . 8 . 3 . preparation of d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val , hcl . ( step 4 , fig6 ) the peptide resin , d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - chlorotrityl resin , was suspended in a mixture of acetic acid - trifluoroethanol - dichloromethane ( 2 : 2 : 6 ) ( 25 ml ) for 1 hour . the resin was removed by filtration and retreated with the same mixture for a further one hour . the combined filtrates were evaporated and the residue triturated with ether to give d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - ard ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val as an acetate salt ( 1 . 34 g ). the acetate salt was then converted to a hydrochloride salt by dissolving it in a mixture of water - acetonitrile ( 2 : 1 , 60 ml ), cooling to 0 ° c ., adding 1 . 05 equivalents of 1n hcl and freeze drying the contents . the above linear peptide hydrochloride , d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val ( hcl ), ( 1 . 34 g , 0 . 7 mmole ) was dissolved in dimethylformamide ( 700 ml ) and o -( 7 - aza - benzotriazol - 1 - yl )- 1 , 1 , 3 , 3 - tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate ( hatu ) ( 264 mg , 0 . 7 mmole ), and dissopropylethylamine ( 370 μl , 2 . 1 mmole ) were added to the solution . the cyclisation reaction was monitored by analytical hplc . on completion of the reaction ( 2 hours at room temperature ), the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness in vacuum , ether was added and the solid collected by filtration . the product [ retention time 22 . 06 minutes on a vydac 218tp54 column using a gradient of acetonitrile - water containing 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid ( 60 - 95 %) over a period of 30 minutes at a flow rate of 1 . 0 ml / minute ] was used in the next step without any purification . the above protected cyclic peptide , c ( d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu t )- val - d - arg ( pbf )- meile - leu - asp ( obu . sup . t )- val ) was treated for 150 minutes with a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid - water ( 95 : 5 , 30 ml ) and triisopropylsilane ( 1 ml ) to remove the arginine and aspartic acid side chain protecting groups . evaporation to a small volume , followed by trituration with ether yielded the crude cyclic peptide ( 1 . 06 g ). the crude product was purified by preparative reverse phase hplc on a deltapak c 18 column ( 30 × 30 mm ) using a gradient of acetonitrile - water containing 0 . 1 % trifluoro acetic acid ( 20 - 36 %) over a period of 80 minutes at a flow rate of 30 . 0 ml / minute . the product - containing fractions were combined and freeze dried to give the purified cyclic peptide ( 280 mg ). the peptide [ single peak on hplc . retention time 29 . 60 minutes on a vydac 218tp54 column using a gradient of acetonitrile - water containing 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid ( 20 - 45 %) over a period of 30 minutes at a flow rate of 1 . 0 ml / minute ] was characterised by amino acid analysis and mass spectroscopy ( table 2 ). both these compounds were synthesised by the same procedure as described above for compound 8 . the peptides were synthesised by the second route used for compound 1 ( section 2 . fig1 ). the linear octapeptide derivatives for compounds 11 . 12 and 14 and a decapeptide derivative for compound 13 ( sequences shown in table 1 ) were first assembled on the resin followed by cleavage , cyclisation and deprotection by the methods described above to give the required products . compound 15 was synthesised by the same procedure as described above for compound 8 except that the unusual linking group -- nh ( ch 2 ) 2 -- s -- ch 2 -- co -- was incorporated by using fmoc -- nh ( ch 2 ) 2 -- s -- ch 2 -- cooh . synthesis of this derivative is described below . fmoc -- nh ( ch 2 ) 2 -- s -- ch 2 -- cooh ( used above ) was obtained from 2 - aminoethanethiol and 2 - bromoacetic acid , 2 - aminoethanethiol hydrochloride ( 5 . 68 g , 50 mmole ) was dissolved in water ( 200 ml ) and sodium hydrogen carbonate ( 25 . 2 g , 300 mmole ) was added to it . 2 - bromoacetic acid ( 6 . 95 g , 50 mmole ) dissolved in acetonitrile ( 100 ml ) was added in portions over 30 minutes to the stirred solution prepared above . after 1 hour at room temperature , a solution of 9 - fluorenylmethyl - n - hydroxysuccinimide ( fmoc - osu ) ( 16 . 85 g . 50 mmole ) in acetonitrile ( 150 ml ) was added and the stirring was continued for 16 hours . the slightly turbid solution was evaporated to remove most of the acetonitrile and the remaining aqueous solution was extracted with ethyl acetate ( 3 × 50 ml ) and acidified ( ph 2 ) by the addition of hydrochloric acid . the white solid was collected , washed with water and dried in vacuo at 45 ° c . yield 17 g ( 95 %), ( m + h ) + 358 . 0 . compound 16 was synthesised by the same procedure as described above for compound 8 . the following abbreviations and sources of materials are used in the following examples . molt - 4 cells -- lymphocytic t cell line ( atcc derived ) fibronectin -- reagent grade human fibronectin . purified from human plasma by gelatin - sepharose affinity chromatography . source : bio products elstree uk . product no . 9136 . a review article on fibronectins is fibronectins -- adhesive glycoproteins of cell surface and blood , k . m . yamada and k . olden , nature , 275 ( 1978 ) 179 - 184 . vcam - 1 is a cell surface glycoprotein produced by the vascular endothelium , as well as on macrophage - like and dandritic cell types , in response to certain inflammatory stimuli . the cdna for vcam - 1 was isolated by screening a cdna library from il - 1β - activated human endothelial cells . large quantities of the protein were expressed in insect cells using a baculovirus expression system . vcam - 1 expressing cells were shown to bind specifically to a variety of vla - 4 expressing cell lines ( jurkat . thp - 1 , u937 ). another reference on vcam - 1 is expression and functional characterisation of recombinant human vascular cell adhesion molecule - 1 ( vcam - 1 ) synthesised by baculovirus - infected insect cells . j . k . stoltenborg , r . a . straney , r . j . tritch , w . m . mackin and h . j . george , protein expression and purification , 4 ( 1993 ) 585 - 593 . rpmi 1640 -- cell media . source gibco brl ( life technologies ; cat no 31870 - 025 ). fcs -- foetal calf serum . source advanced protein products ( west midlands uk ) cat no as - 302 - 50 . bcecf - am -- 2 &# 39 ;, 7 &# 39 ;- bis ( 2 carboxyethyl )- 5 -( ε6 )- carboxyfluoroscein acetoxymethyl ester ). source : molecular probes inc usa ; cat no b - 1150 . cho dg44 -- chinese hamster ovary cell line ( atcc derived ; reference : som cell mol gen 1986 ; 12 ; 555 - 666 ) dmem -- dulbecco &# 39 ; s modified eagle medium . source gibco brl ( life technologies , cat no 41966 - 029 . huvec -- human umbilical cord endothelial cells . primary cultures prepared from tissue samples . ( reference : j clin invest . 1973 52 ; 2745 - 2747 . alzet osmotic minipump -- subcutaneous implanted micro osmotic pump , alza corporation palo alto , calif . the molt - 4 cell / fibronectin - vcam - 1 adhesion assay is used to investigate the interaction of the integrin vla4 ( very late antigen , α4 / β1 ) expressed on the molt - 4 cell membrane with fibronectin or recombinant soluble vcam - 1 ( rsvcam - 1 ). fibronectin or rsvcam - 1 are coated overnight at 4 ° c . onto polystyrene 96 - well microtitre plates at concentrations of 20 μg / ml and 1 μg / ml respectively . following this , a concentrated bsa solution ( 10 mg / ml ) is added to block non - specific binding sites . after aspiration of these solutions , equal volumes of compound and molt - 4 cell suspension ( 1 × 10 6 cells / ml ) are added . adhesion takes place during a 2 hour incubation at 37 ° c ., non or loosely adherent cells are removed by gentle agitation followed by vacuum aspiration . quantitation of the remaining adherent cells is by means of a colorimetric assay of acid phosphatase activity , which is read on a spectrophotometer . compounds which inhibit adhesion result in a lower absorbance reading . standard , control and test conditions are assayed in triplicate , percentage inhibition being calculated with respect to total ( no inhibitor ) and non - specific ( no fibronectin ) standards on each plate . molt - 4 cells ( rpmi 1640 supplemented with 5 % fcs and 2 mm l - glutamine ) are labelled with the fluorescent dye bcecf - am ( 301 g / ml per 3 × 10 6 cells ). cho dg44 transfected with full length vcam - 1 cdna were selected for vcam - 1 expression by facs analysis and grown to confluence in 96 well tissue culture plates . prior to use in the adhesion assay cho dg44 cells are washed three times ( dmem supplemented with 5 % fcs , 2 mm l - glutameine and 2 % antibiotic ). molt - 4 ( 10 5 cell / well ) cells are over laid on the vcam - 1 expressing cho cells and incubated for 30 minutes at 37 ° c . 5 % co 2 . the non - adherent cells are removed by washing the plate three times ( rpmi 1640 supplemented with 5 % fcs and 2 mm l - glutamine ) following which the plates are blotted dry on tissue paper . 100 μl of 2 % triton x - 100is added to each well and the plates read using a fluoroskan ( excitation = 485 nm , emission = 538 nm ). compounds are dissolved in appropriate solvents and added to the molt - 4 cells prior to addition to huvec cultures , inhibition of adhesion is calculated comparing level of adhesion ( fluorescence ) of control vehicle treated cells with compound treated cells . molt - 4 cells ( rpmi 1640 supplemented with 5 % fcs and 2 mm l - glutamine ) are labelled with the fluorescent dye bcecf - am ( 30 μg / ml per 3 × 10 6 cells ). primary huvec are grown to confluence in 96 well tissue culture plates and incubated for 18 hours with 2 u / ml recombinant human tnfα . prior to use in the adhesion assay the primary huvec monolayers are washed ( m199 supplemented with 5 % fcs , 2 mm l - glutactine and 2 % antibiotic ). molt - 4 ( 10 5 cell / well ) cells are overlaid on the primary huvec and incubated for 30 minutes at 37 ° c . 5 % co 2 . the non - adherent cells are removed by washing the plate three times ( rpmi 1640 supplemented with 5 % fcs and 2 mm l - glutamine ) and dried by blotting on tissue paper . 100 μl of 2 % triton x - 100 is added to each well and the plates read using a fluoroskan ( excitation = 485 nm , emission 538 nm ). compounds are dissolved in appropriate solvents and added to the molt - 4 cells prior to addition to huvec cultures , inhibition of adhesion is calculated comparing level of adhesion ( fluorescence ) of control vehicle treated cells with compound treated cells . balb / c male mice ( 20 - 25 g ) are sensitised with oxazolone ( 50 μl of 0 . 24 % in acetone / olive oil ) by topical application to the shaved skin area of the back . seven days later the mice are challenged by topical application of oxazolone ( 25 μl of 0 . 25 % in acetone / olive oil ) to the surface of the ear . swelling of the ear develops over a 24 hour period following which ear thickness is measured and compared to the pre - challenge thickness , the percentage increase in ear thickness is calculated . compounds are delivered via alzet osmotic minipump daily dosing ( once / day ) which are implanted 24 hours prior to the oxazolone challenge , inhibition of the inflammatory response is calculated comparing vehicle treated animals and compound treated groups ( n = 6 animals per group ). balb / c female mice ( 20 - 25 g ) are immunised on the flank with an emulsion of ovalbumin ( sigma , 0 . 1 ml subcutaneous injection of 2 mg / ml solution mixed ( 1 : 1 ) with complete freunds adjuvant ; difco ). seven days later the mice are challenged by subplantar injection of ovalbumin ( 30 μl of 1 % heat aggregated ovalbumin in saline ) into the left hind foot pad . swelling of the foot develops over a 24 hour period following which foot pad thickness is measured and compared to the pre - challenge thickness , the percentage increase in in foot pad thickness is calculated . compounds are delivered via alzet osmotic minipump daily dosing ( once / day ) which are implanted 24 hours prior to the ovalbumin challenge and the inhibition of the inflammatory response is calculated comparing vehicle treated animals and compound treated groups ( n = 5 animals per group ). mice are immunised and boosted 7 days later with a combination of 100 μg methylated bsa in complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( s . c .) followed by an intraperitoneal injection of bordetella pertussis organisms . two weeks after boost animals are challenged with 100 μg methylated - bovine serum albumin ( bsa ) intra - articularly and the degree of inflammation / arthritis determined by measuring knee joint swelling , histology and changes in acute phase proteins . compounds are dosed for 7 to 14 days commencing the day prior to challenge and the degree of inflammation / arthritis compared with the control animals and contralateral knee . disease induced by s . c . injection of a mixture of spinal cord homogenate , myelin basic protein ( mbp ) or encephalogenic peptides with complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( cfa ), coupled with an i . p . injection of pertussis toxin . for acute disease , pertussis injection is repeated 2 days after imrnmunisation . for chronic disease , pertussis is omitted and mice receive two injections of antigen in cfa , with an interval of 7 days . disease is assessed by clinical scoring supported by histology . compounds are dosed for 7 to 14 days commencing the day prior to challenge and the symptoms compared with the control animals . table 2__________________________________________________________________________characterisation of the cyclic dimeric peptides amino acid analysis hplc mass comp . ( acid hydrolysis - 6n hcl containing retention time spectroscopy no . end product cyclic peptide 1 % phenol , 24 hours , 130 ° c .) ( min .) ( m + h ). sup .+ __________________________________________________________________________ 1 asp 2 . 03 , val 1 . 95 , ile 1 . 97 , leu 2 . 01 21 . 76 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) 1133 . 6 - 2 asp 2 . 05 , val 1 . 98 , ile 1 . 98 , leu 2 . 01 22 . 46 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) 1133 . 8 - 3 asp 2 . 0 , val 1 . 96 , ile 1 . 90 , leu 1 . 96 . 17 . 5 20 - 80 % ( 40 min .) 1161 . 7 - 4 asp 1 . 01 , val 0 . 98 , ile 0 . 98 , leu 1 . 02 , β - ala 0 . 99 21 . 23 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) [ m + 2h ]. sup . 2 + 638 . 7 - 5 asp 2 . 02 , val 1 . 98 , ile 1 . 94 , leu 2 . 06 , β - ala 0 . 95 21 . 43 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) [ m + 2h ]. sup . 2 + 603 . 0 - 6 asp 2 . 10 , val 2 . 10 , leu 4 . 0 , β - ala 1 . 92 19 . 53 10 - 80 % ( 30 min .) 1023 . 7 - 7 asp 0 . 98 , val 0 . 96 , ile 0 . 96 , leu 1 . 05 30 . 2 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) 1104 - 8 c ( meile -- leu -- asp -- val - d - arg -- meile -- leu -- asp -- asp 1 . 02 , val 0 . 96 , leu 1 . 02 , arg 1 . 01 . 29 . 60 1221 . 9 val - d - arg ) 20 - 45 % ( 30 min .) ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = 611 . 7 9 c ( meile -- leu -- asp -- val - d - arg - d - arg -- meile -- asp 1 . 03 , val 1 . 01 , leu 1 . 03 , arg 1 . 94 . 25 . 97 ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = leu -- asp -- val - d - arg - d - arg ) 10 - 40 % ( 30 min .) 767 . 8 10 c ( meile -- leu -- asp -- val - d - arg - d - arg -- meile -- asp 1 . 00 , ala 1 . 02 , val 0 . 95 , leu 1 . 01 , 24 . 61 1363 . 9 leu -- asp -- val - d - ala - d - ala ) arg 1 . 01 . 20 - 45 % ( 30 min .) ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = 682 . 8 - 11 asp 0 . 98 , val 1 . 01 , leu 1 . 01 29 . 68 10 - 40 % ( 30 min .) 1161 . 7 - 12 asp 1 . 02 , val 0 . 96 , leu 1 . 02 28 . 27 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) 1229 . 9 ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = 615 . 7 - 13 asp 1 . 03 , val 0 . 96 , leu 1 . 02 , arg 0 . 99 . 24 . 01 10 - 60 % ( 30 min .) ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + 771 . 8 - 14 asp 1 . 02 , val 0 . 95 , leu 1 . 03 . 25 . 54 20 - 45 % ( 30 min .) ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = 595 . 8 - 15 c ( nh --( ch . sub . 2 ). sub . 2 -- s -- ch . sub . 2 -- co -- meile -- leu -- asp -- val -- asp 1 . 03 , val 0 . 96 , leu 1 . 02 . 21 . 53 1143 . 7 nh --( ch . sub . 2 ). s ub . 2 -- s -- ch . sub . 2 -- co -- meile -- leu - - asp -- val ) 30 - 70 % ( 30 min .) 16 c ( d - ala - d - arg - - meile -- leu -- asp -- val - d - ala - d - asp 1 . 02 , ala 1 . 03 , val 0 . 97 , leu 1 . 0 , 25 . 38 1364 . 1 arg -- meile -- leu -- asp -- val ) arg 1 . 02 . 20 - 45 % ( 30 min .) ( m + 2h ). sup . 2 + = 682 . 5__________________________________________________________________________ analytical hplc was carried out using either a reverse phase ( c . sub . 18 ) vydac column ( 218tp54 , 4 . 6 × 250 mm ) or a novapak column ( 3 . 9 × 150 mm ). unless otherwise stated in the above table a vydac colum was used for the compound . the solvent system consisted of water and acetonitrile ( each containing 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid ). the column was eluted using a gradient ( solvent ratio and time shown in the table ) with increasing concentrations of acetonitrile run at a rate of 1 # ml / minute the following data gives the sequence listing generated using the patentin software which has to be provided for some patent offices . all compounds in the following listing are represented diagramatically in tables 1 and 2 . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 33 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 1 : - - ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - leu &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - leu &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 2 : - - xaa leu asp val xaa xaa leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - propionyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - propionyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 3 : - - ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 12 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; bala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 7 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; bala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 12 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 4 : - - ala ile leu asp val xaa ala ile leu asp va - # l xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 11 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; bala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 11 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 5 : - - ala ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xa - # a 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - leu &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ;- nh - ch2 - ch2 - co -&# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - leu &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ;- nh - ch2 - ch2 - co -&# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 6 : - - xaa leu asp val xaa xaa leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperidyl - 5 - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; 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- - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 8 : - - ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 12 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 7 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 11 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 12 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 9 : - - ile leu asp val xaa xaa ile leu asp val xa - # a xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 12 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 7 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 11 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - ala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 12 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - ala &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 10 : - - ile leu asp val xaa xaa ile leu asp val xa - # a xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; 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melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; 1 , 4 - diazepan - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; 1 , 4 - diazepan - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 14 : - - ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ;- nh -( ch2 ) 2 - s - ch2 - co -&# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 6 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 10 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ;- nh -( ch2 ) 2 - s - ch2 - co -&# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 15 : - - ile leu asp val xaa ile leu asp val xaa 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 12 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : circular - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 1 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - ala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 2 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 3 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 7 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - ala &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 8 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; d - arg &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 9 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; melle &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 16 : - - xaa xaa ile leu asp val xaa xaa ile leu as - # p val 1 5 - # 10 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 5 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 3 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; asp ( obut )&# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetic acid &# 34 ; - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : - # 17 : - - ile leu xaa val xaa 1 5 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 10 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( ii ) molecule type : peptide - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 3 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; asp ( obut )&# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 5 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; other &# 34 ; / note = - #&# 34 ; piperazinyl - 1 - yl - acetyl &# 34 ; - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : peptide ( b ) location : 8 ( d ) other information :/ pro - # duct = &# 34 ; 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