Abstract
The therapeutic potential of the somatostatin analogue RC‐160 having antiproliferative activity, is limited by its short serum half life. To overcome this limitation, fatty acids namely butanoic acid and myristic acid were conjugated to the N‐terminal residue of RC‐160. The lipophilized derivatives of RC‐160 were synthesized, purified by reverse phase HPLC and characterized by ES‐mass spectroscopy. The antiproliferative activity of lipophilized derivatives of RC‐160 on the growth of MIA‐PaCa2 (human pancreatic carcinoma), DU145 (human prostate carcinoma), ECV304 (human umbilical chord endothelioma), as well as their antiangiogenic activity was evaluated in vitro. The relative stability of myristoyl‐RC‐160 towards degradation by proteases and serum was also determined. Myristoyl‐RC‐160 exhibited significantly higher antiproliferative efficacy than RC‐160, on the above cell lines (PPPin vitro (PBritish Journal of Pharmacology (2000) 129, 101–109; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0702990

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