Discovery of arginine-containing tripeptides as a new class of pancreatic lipase inhibitors
Abstract
Aim: The inhibition of pancreatic lipase (PL) represents one of the most promising strategies in the search for novel antiobesity drugs. We propose here a pioneering course by exploring tripeptide scaffolds in the way to selective PL inhibitors. Methodology/Results: The peptide series exhibited good PL inhibitory properties in vitro, with all the strongest inhibitors sharing a central arginine, shown in silico to be relevant for the active site-directed activity. The compounds were found devoid of inhibitory properties on acetylcholinesterase. Conclusion: Present results disclosed that basic tripeptides are able to interact efficiently with the PL-binding pocket, where they adopt a binding pose suitable for functional-to-inhibition interactions with key amino acids. Main inhibitor MALA4 may be selected as lead for further optimization.
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