Introduction:
Adipotide is a new drug that is showing some promise in the area of obesity research. This drug was initially created as a cancer treatment designed to starve cancer cells of a blood supply so they would stop growing. The effects of Adipotide have shown that the drug actually starves fat cells of blood forcing them to die and be reabsorbed into the body. Initial tests were done on rats and then moved on to monkeys. The results from testing on rats showed a 30 percent decrease in body weight. After four weeks of daily injections of Adipotide followed by four weeks of non-treatment, 10 obese female rhesus monkeys lost an average of 11 percent of their body weight and 39 percent of fat deposits. Most of the loss was experienced during the non-treatment period.
Product Name |
Adipotide |
Sequence |
CKGGRAKDC-GG-D(KLAKLAK)2 |
Molecular formula |
Aib-His-D-2-Nal-D-Phe-Lys-NH2 |
Peptide Sequenc |
H-Cys-Lys-Gly-Gly-Arg-Ala-Lys-Asp-Cys-Gly-Gly-Asp-(Lys-Leu-Ala-Lys-Leu-Ala-Lys)2 CID 439302 |
Molar Mass |
2555.22 g/mol |
Purity |
≥98% |
Impurity |
≤0.5% |
Storage Temperature |
2-8℃ |
Packing Size |
1G/Bottle, 10G/Bottle,50G/Bottle or at customers reqirement. |
Function:.
Clinical Research studies have shown that the peptide-like compound, Adipotide, is able to kill fat cells thereby causing a
decrease in the volume and mass of the subcutaneous fat, and this in turn leads to weight loss. Adipotide is able to kill the
adipocytes (fat cells) by selectively causing programmed cell death (apoptosis) of the blood vessels supplying the adipocytes.
Application:
Adipotide, a peptidomimetic with sequence CKGGRAKDC-GG-D(KLAKLAK)2, is an experimental proapoptotic drug that has been shown to cause rapid weight loss in mice and rhesus monkeys. Its mechanism of action is to target specific blood vessels supplying adipose tissue with blood, cause the vessels to shrink and the fat cells fed by those vessels to undergo apoptosis.Adipotide is designed to bind to two receptors, ANXA2 and prohibitin, that are specific to blood vessels supplying white adipose tissue.