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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Colette T. Dooley, San Diego, CA (US);
Beverly E. Girten, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard A. Houghten, Del Mar, CA (US);
Lion Bioscience Science AG, , DE;
Abstract
The invention provides ligands for melanocortin receptors. For example, the invention provides the melanocortin receptor peptide ligand Ac-Nlc-Gln-His-(p(I)-D-Phe)-Arg-(D-Trp)-Cly-NH , (SEQ ID NO: 1), where the iodo group is unlabeled or radioactively labeled. The invention additionally provides methods of assaying for melanocortin receptors in a cell or tissue such as brain. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a melanocortin receptor ligand and to methods of administering the pharmaceutical composition to a subject. The invention further provides tetrapeptide ligands for melanocortin receptors and methods of altering melanocortin receptor activity.