Immunostimulating peptides, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
AssigneeEllem Industria Farmaceutica S.p.A.
InventorsBrunetto Brunetti, Marco Prada
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AssigneeEllem Industria Farmaceutica S.p.A.
InventorsBrunetto Brunetti, Marco Prada
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The peptides of formula I A--x--Lys--y--B I in which: A is H, a tripeptide of formula Arg-Ala-Arg or an hexapeptide of formula Glu-Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Arg x and y, different one from the other, are an arginine (Arg) or a glutamic acid (Glu) residue; B is OH or a tripeptide Arg-Ala-Arg with the proviso that when A is hydrogen and x is ARg, B is different from OH comprising the steps of: a) binding the Boc-protected carboxyterminal aminoacid to a suitable resin; b) reacting the other Boc-protected aminoacids with the resin-bound carboxyterminal aminoacid in the desired sequence; c) removing the protecting groups and releasing the so obtained peptides from the resin, have valuable pharmacological properties as immunostimulating agents.
A peptide selected from the group consisting of Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-Ala-Arg, Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-D-Ala-Arg, Arg-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu, Arg-D-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu, Arg-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-Ala-Arg, Arg-Ala-Arg-Glu-Lys-Arg-, Glu-Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Arg, Glu-Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Arg-Glu-Lys-Arg, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A pharmaceutical composition having immunostimulating activity comprising as the active principle an effective amount of a peptide selected from the group consisting of Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-Ala-Arg, Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-D-Ala-Arg, Arg-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu, Arg-D-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu, Arg-Ala-Arg-Arg-Lys-Glu-Arg-Ala-Arg, Arg-Ala-Arg-Glu-Lys-Arg, Glu-Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Arg, Glu-Lys-Arg-Arg-Ala-Arg-Glu-Lys-Arg and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a mixture with an acceptable carrier.
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