Table 1 Characteristics of the cargoes selected for MTD conjugation.

From: Efficient transdermal delivery of functional protein cargoes by a hydrophobic peptide MTD 1067

Cargo

Gene and peptide accession numbers

Molecular weight, Da

Functional structure

Biological activity

Refs.

Growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6)

Pubchem SID: 135,652,165

PubChem CID: 4,345,065

873

Peptide

Antagonist of α-MSH

Collagen synthesis

39,40

MTD-GHRP-6

Synthetic peptide

1898

Truncated form of insulin-like growth factor-I (des(1-3)IGF-I)

BankIt2569064 Des (1-3)IGF-I ON156849

7785

Monomeric protein

Cell growth and maintenance

Hair growth

43,44

MTD-des(1-3)IGF-I

BankIt2569065 MTD-des(1-3)IGF-I ON156850

8564

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) BB

BankIt2569068 PDGFB ON156851

24,851

Dimeric protein

Cell growth and division

Production of matrix proteins

52,47

MTD-PDGF-BB

BankIt2569071 MTD-PDGFB ON156852

26,671