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Miguel A. Ondetti

Other affiliations: IBM
Bio: Miguel A. Ondetti is an academic researcher from Princeton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Angiotensin-converting enzyme & Alkyl. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 160 publications receiving 7886 citations. Previous affiliations of Miguel A. Ondetti include IBM.


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22 Apr 1977-Science
TL;DR: A hypothetical model of the active site of angiotensin-converting enzyme, based on known chemical and kinetic properties of the enzyme, has enabled a new class of potent and specific inhibitors, carboxyalkanoyl and mercaptoalkanoysl derivatives of proline, to be designed.
Abstract: A hypothetical model of the active site of angiotensin-converting enzyme, based on known chemical and kinetic properties of the enzyme, has enabled us to design a new class of potent and specific inhibitors. These compounds, carboxyalkanoyl and mercaptoalkanoyl derivatives of proline, inhibit the contractile response of guinea pig ileal strip to angiotensin I and augment its response to bradykinin. When administered orally to rats, these agents inhibit the pressor effect of angiotensin I, augment the vasodepressor effect of bradykinin, and lower blood pressure in a model of renovascular hypertension.

1,759 citations

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TL;DR: Results suggest that selective binding of the COOH-terminal dipeptide residue is an impor tan t dete rminant of both the substrate specificity of angiotensin-converting enzyme and the degree of rate stimulation by chloride ion, and that the nature of this selective binding can be further clarified by studying competitive inhibition of dpeptides of vary ing structure.

721 citations


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22 Apr 1977-Science
TL;DR: A hypothetical model of the active site of angiotensin-converting enzyme, based on known chemical and kinetic properties of the enzyme, has enabled a new class of potent and specific inhibitors, carboxyalkanoyl and mercaptoalkanoysl derivatives of proline, to be designed.
Abstract: A hypothetical model of the active site of angiotensin-converting enzyme, based on known chemical and kinetic properties of the enzyme, has enabled us to design a new class of potent and specific inhibitors. These compounds, carboxyalkanoyl and mercaptoalkanoyl derivatives of proline, inhibit the contractile response of guinea pig ileal strip to angiotensin I and augment its response to bradykinin. When administered orally to rats, these agents inhibit the pressor effect of angiotensin I, augment the vasodepressor effect of bradykinin, and lower blood pressure in a model of renovascular hypertension.

1,759 citations

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TL;DR: The present work is a compilation of recent information on collagen and gelatin extraction from new sources, as well as new processing conditions and potential novel or improved applications, many of which are largely based on induced cross-linking, blending with other biopolymers or enzymatic hydrolysis.

1,496 citations

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TL;DR: 3-(Acylamino)-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepines, antagonists of the peptide hormone cholecystokinin (CCK), are described, and the method of development of these compounds is discussed in terms of its relevance to the general problem of drug discovery.
Abstract: 3-(Acylamino)-5-phenyl-2H-1,4-benzodiazepines, antagonists of the peptide hormone cholecystokinin (CCK), are described. Developed by reasoned modification of the known anxiolytic benzodiazepines, these compounds provide highly potent, orally effective ligands selective for peripheral (CCK-A) receptors, with binding affinities approaching or equaling that of the natural ligand CCK-8. The distinction between CCK-A receptors on the one hand and CNS (CCK-B), gastrin, and central benzodiazepine receptors on the other is demonstrated by using the structure-activity profiles of the new compounds. Details of the binding of these agents to CCK-A receptors are examined, and the method of development of these compounds is discussed in terms of its relevance to the general problem of drug discovery.

1,311 citations