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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1986
Arthur M Felix, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Edgar P Heimer, Sparta, NJ (US);
Thomas F Mowles, Pine Brook, NJ (US);
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to analogs of GRF or fragments thereof wherein the fragment is reduced in number by one to fifteen amino acids from the carboxyl end wherein the analogs have the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is desNH.sub.2 -Tyr, Tyr, D-Tyr, Ac-Tyr, His or C.sup..alpha. -Methyl-Tyr; R.sub.1 is Ala, N-Methyl-D-Ala or D-Ala; R.sub.2 is Lys, Ala, Leu, Val or Ile; R.sub.3 is Ala, Leu, Val, Ile, Nle, Nval, .beta.-Ala or .alpha.-Aib; R.sub.4 is Lys, Ala, Leu, Val or Ile; R.sub.5 is Met, Leu, Nle or Ile; R.sub.6 is Asn or Ser; X is hydrogen or --COR.sub.7 ; R.sub.7 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl or halo(C.sub.1-4)alkyl; Y is --OR.sub.8 or --NR.sub.9 R.sub.10 ; R.sub.8 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-5 -alkyl; R.sub.9 and R.sub.10 independently equal hydrogen, C.sub.1-7 alkyl, C.sub.2-4 alkenyl or halo(C.sub.1-4)alkyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salts thereof. The invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions and to methods for treating growth hormone deficiencies.