Abstract
It was considered, a priori, that the isolation of the tridecapeptide, neurotensin, might have inadvertently sllowed the hydrolysis of either the [Gln4]- or the [Leu13-NH2]-moieties. Neurotensin and its three acid and amide analogs, i.e., [Gln4]-neurotensin, neurotensin-NH2, and [Gln4]-neurotensin-NH2 were synthesized. Neurotensin and [Gln4]-neurotensin were indistinguishable by the hypotensive assay, hyperglycemic assay, contraction of the ileum, and radioimmunoassay. Neurotensin-NH2 and [Gln4]-neurotensin-NH2 showed less than 1% of these neurotensin activities. Present information does not elucidate whether the glutamic acid residue in position 4 of neurotensin in situ is present as Glu4 or as Gln4. At high levels, neurotensin released the luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, and thyrotropin; [Gln4]-neurotensin-NH2 released thyrotropin, and [Gln4]-neurotensin released luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone, but these activities do not appear biologically significant.
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