I-Melanotan IIi-synthetic cyclic heptapeptide analog ofi-α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), ithuthukiswe ukuzeukuvuselela i-melanogenesis, thuthukisaUkuvikelwa kwe-UV, futhi ulungiseimisebenzi yocansi kanye ne-metabolic. Isebenza njenge-ai-agonist engakhethiama-melanocortin receptors, ikakhulukaziI-MC1R, I-MC3R, futhiI-MC4R.
Ekuqaleni wafundelwa yayoukushukafuthii-photoprotectiveizakhiwo, i-Melanotan II nayo ibonise imiphumela kuukuthuthukiswa kwe-libido, ukucindezela ukudla, futhiibhalansi yamandla, okuyenza ibe i-peptide yocwaningo esebenzayo enentshisekelo ku-dermatology, i-endocrinology, kanye nemithi yocansi.
I-Melanotan II isebenza ngokuvula ama-melanocortin receptors amaningana:
I-MC1R: Kuyashukumisaukukhiqizwa kwe-melanin→ kwandisa umbala wesikhumba kanye nokuvikelwa kwe-UV
I-MC3R/MC4R: Uhileleke kuukulawula ukudla, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-libido, futhiamandla homeostasis
Weqa umgoqo wegazi nobuchopho, okuthonya izindlela ezimaphakathi ze-neurohormonal
Nakuba ingavunyelwe ukusetshenziswa kwezokwelapha, i-Melanotan II ifundelwa kabanzi ngalokhu okulandelayo:
Iyakhuthazai-eumelanin synthesis, okuholela kuukushuka kwemvelo
Ihlinzekaimiphumela yokuvikela isithombengaphandle kokuchayeka elangeni
Amathuba okunciphisa ingozi yomdlavuza wesikhumba kubantu abanebala elimhlophe
Kuboniswa kuukwandisa i-libido kanye nokuvusa inkanuko yocansikokubili amadoda nabesifazane
Ifundelwe njengendlela yokwelapha engaba khonaukungasebenzi kahle kwe-erectile (ED)ngokuvula i-MC4R
Meyiukunciphisa isifiso sokudla kanye nokudlangokusebenza ezindleleni ze-hypothalamic
Isengezo esingaba khonaucwaningo lokukhuluphala
Ukuhlanzeka okuphezulu ≥ 99%(I-HPLC ne-LC-MS iqinisekisiwe)
Kuhlanganiswe ngei-solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS)
I-endotoxin ephansi, izincibilikisi eziyinsalela ephansi
Itholakala kuI-R&D kuya esikalini sezentengiso