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Synthesis and biochemical characterization of hybrid analogues of human insulin and IGF-2
Povalová, Anna ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Koberová, Monika (referee)
The ever-increasing occurrence of diabetes mellitus brings about the need for development of new therapeutic agents to provide adequate treatment for patients. An important element in this research area is elucidation how insulin works, mainly in connection with insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2), which show significant structural homology to each other. In addition, their respective receptors - insulin receptor (IR) and receptor for IGF-1 and IGF-2 (IGF-1R) - exhibit very high similarity. As a result, IGF-1 and IGF-2 can bind to IR and insulin can bind to IGF-1R. Of a particular importance is the high affinity binding of IGF-2 to the isoform A of IR. Unlike insulin, which predominantly mediates glucose entry into cells, IGFs induce growth or mitogenic effects. The finding which structural determinants in insulin and IGFs are responsible for the differences in the activation of their cognate receptors could provide an explanation for different functional responses upon binding of these hormones to different target cells. Understanding of this mechanism could also help in the development of functionally selective analogues of these hormones. The aim of this study was the synthesis and characterization of analogues of human insulin extended at the C terminus of the B chain with the amino...
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Synthesis and biochemical characterization of hybrid analogues of human insulin and IGF-2
Povalová, Anna ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor) ; Koberová, Monika (referee)
The ever-increasing occurrence of diabetes mellitus brings about the need for development of new therapeutic agents to provide adequate treatment for patients. An important element in this research area is elucidation how insulin works, mainly in connection with insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2), which show significant structural homology to each other. In addition, their respective receptors - insulin receptor (IR) and receptor for IGF-1 and IGF-2 (IGF-1R) - exhibit very high similarity. As a result, IGF-1 and IGF-2 can bind to IR and insulin can bind to IGF-1R. Of a particular importance is the high affinity binding of IGF-2 to the isoform A of IR. Unlike insulin, which predominantly mediates glucose entry into cells, IGFs induce growth or mitogenic effects. The finding which structural determinants in insulin and IGFs are responsible for the differences in the activation of their cognate receptors could provide an explanation for different functional responses upon binding of these hormones to different target cells. Understanding of this mechanism could also help in the development of functionally selective analogues of these hormones. The aim of this study was the synthesis and characterization of analogues of human insulin extended at the C terminus of the B chain with the amino...
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