BESTATIN HYDROCHLORIDE

Description

Bestatin HCl (65391-42-6) inhibits leucine aminopeptidase and aminopeptidases B and N. Inhibits leukotriene A4 hydrolase. Displays immunostimulant activity via activation of macrophages and T lymphocytes. Displays antitumor activity.

The Uses of BESTATIN HYDROCHLORIDE

Bestatin has been used as a protease inhibitor for the purification of his-tagged Tau protein.

The Uses of BESTATIN HYDROCHLORIDE

competitive aminopeptidase B inhibitor

The Uses of BESTATIN HYDROCHLORIDE

Bestatin is an inhibitor of amino peptidases and a potent, irreversible inhibitor of LTA4 hydrolase. It inhibits the amino peptidase activity of LTA4 hydrolase with a Ki value of 201 nM. It offers promise as a novel analgesic because it protects endogenous opioid peptides against degradation. It does not inhibit carboxypeptidases.

The Uses of BESTATIN HYDROCHLORIDE

Bestatin Hydrochloride is an inhibitor of aminopeptidases, LAP3, and leukotriene A4 hydrolase. It is the salt form of Bestatin (B319500).

Definition

ChEBI: Bestatin (hydrochloride) is a peptide.

What are the applications of Application

Bestatin hydrochloride is a metalloprotease inhibitor selective for leucine aminopeptidase, aminopeptidase B, and triamino peptidase.

General Description

Chemical structure: amino acid derivatives

Biochem/physiol Actions

A metalloprotease inhibitor selective for aminopeptidase. Bestatin is a competitive and specific inhibitor of leucine aminopeptidase, aminopeptidase B, and triamino peptidase. It inhibits aminopeptidase B at 60 nM (using arginine-β-naphthylamide as substrate) and leucine aminopeptidase at 20 nM (leucine-β-naphthylamide as substrate). It showed no inhibition of aminopeptidase A, trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, papain, pepsin, or themolysin. It offers promise as a novel analgesic because it protects endogenous opioid peptides against degradation.

in vivo

in a mouse dorsal air sac assay, oral administration of bestatin (100-200 mg/kg/day) showed a significant inhibitory activity against the melanoma cell-induced angiogenesis. bestatin also inhibited the tube-like formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (huvecs). furthermore, after the orthotopic implantation of b16-bl6 melanoma cells into mice, bestatin administration (50-100 mg/kg/day, i.p) reduced the number of vessels oriented towards the established primary tumor mass on the dorsal side of mice [1].

References

1) Orning et al. (1991), Leukotriene A4 hydrolase. Inhibition by bestatin and intrinsic aminopeptidase activity establish its functional resemblance to metallohydrolase enzymes; J. Biol. Chem., 266 1375 2) Wang et al. (2010), The effect of different species aminopeptidase N structure on the activity screening of aminopeptidase N inhibitor; Biol. Pharm. Bull., 33 1658