Screening activities of new analogs by single amino acid modifications of 4B8M, c(Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe-), cyclic tetrapeptide sequence
			
	
 
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				Institute of Organic Chemistry, Łódź University of Technology, Poland
				 
			 
						
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				Department of Experimental Therapy, Laboratory of Immunobiology, The Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
			
			 
			Submission date: 2023-07-07
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Final revision date: 2024-02-29
			 
		 		
		
		
			
			 
			Acceptance date: 2024-02-29
			 
		 		
		
		
			
			 
			Publication date: 2024-02-29
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
					    		
    			 
    			
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    					Krzysztof  Kaczmarek   
    					Institute of Organic Chemistry, Łódź University of Technology, S. Żeromskiego str. 116, 90-924, Łódź, Poland
    				
 
    			
				 
    			 
    		 		
			
																						 
		
	 
		
 
 
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A series of cyclic 4B8M tetrapeptide immunosuppressive analogs were synthesized to evaluate effects of any single amino acid residue of 4B8M sequence (c[Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe-]) on therapeutic potential of new analogs and analyze their structure-activity relationship. The compounds were not toxic for human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) at 100 µg/mL and were also weakly anti-proliferative at 10 µg/mL. However, some compounds significantly inhibited phytohemagglutinin A (PHA)-induced proliferation of PBMC at 100 µg/mL. Almost all peptides inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) production in human whole blood cultures. A majority of the peptides were significantly inhibitory in the model of carrageenan-induced air poach inflammation as determined by reduction of cell numbers in the exudates. We postulate that among the investigated series of compounds P26 (c[Pro-Oic-β3-HoPhe-Phe-]) and P29 (c[Pro-Tic-β3-HoPhe-Phe-]) exhibited universal immunosuppressive actions by inhibition of cell proliferation, TNF-α production and carrageenan-induced inflammation. P24 (c[Pro-Pro-β3-HoPhe-Phe(4Cl)-]), in turn, presented very selective activity by affecting only carrageenan-induced inflammation, being a laboratory model for clinical rheumatoid arthritis. In conclusion, single amino acid changes in the parent peptide sequence may generate analogs of different immunotropic profiles of potential therapeutic utility.