Sp. Sahoo et al., INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES BY N-CARBOXYALKYL DIPEPTIDES - ENHANCED POTENCY AND SELECTIVITY WITH SUBSTITUTED P-1' HOMOPHENYLALANINES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(20), 1995, pp. 2441-2446
A series of N-carboxyalkyl dipeptides were synthesized to evaluate the
ir inhibitory activities against human stromelysin-1(MMP-3), collagena
se(MMP-1), and gelatinase A(MMP-2). Structures with a homophenylalanin
e residue at P-1' substituted at the para position with small alkyl gr
oups are potent inhibitors of (MMP-3) and (MMP-2) (K-i' s 2-40 nM), bu
t weak inhibitors of (MMP-1).