Comparison

Matrixyl vs Tesamorelin

Function

While Matrixyl is a widely used cosmetic peptide with evidence of stimulating extracellular matrix synthesis and reducing wrinkle appearance in skin-care formulations48, Tesamorelin is FDA-approved to reduce excess visceral adipose tissue in HIV-associated lipodystrophy and is studied for broader body-composition, NAFLD, and cognitive effects via GH/IGF-1 axis modulation1893.

Mechanism

While Matrixyl works as a palmitoylated pentapeptide, Pal-Lys-Thr-Thr-Lys-Ser (Pal-KTTKS), that acts as a matrikine, signaling to dermal fibroblasts to increase production of collagen, elastin, fibronectin, and other ECM components4858, Tesamorelin is a full-length 44-amino-acid GHRH analog with an N-terminal trans-3-hexenoic acid modification that binds GHRHR, activating cAMP/PKA signaling to increase endogenous GH and IGF-1, with improved stability versus native GHRH182893102.

Length and Sequence

Matrixyl is 5 amino acids long, whereas Tesamorelin is longer as it has a length of 44 amino acids. Matrixyl is made up of a sequence of Lysine, Threonine, Threonine, Lysine, Serine. Tesamorelin is made up of a sequence of Tyrosine, Alanine, Aspartic acid, Alanine, Isoleucine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Asparagine, Serine, Tyrosine, Arginine, Lysine, Valine, Leucine, Glycine, Glutamine, Leucine, Serine, Alanine, Arginine, Lysine, Leucine, Leucine, Glutamine, Aspartic acid, Isoleucine, Methionine, Serine, Arginine, Glutamine, Glutamine, Glycine, Glutamic acid, Serine, Asparagine, Glutamine, Glutamic acid, Arginine, Glycine, Alanine, Arginine, Alanine, Arginine, Leucine.

Receptor

Matrixyl

Not clearly established in the current dataset.

Tesamorelin

Growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) 9394103

Organism or Origin

Matrixyl

Synthetic lipopeptide derived from a collagen I C-terminal fragment sequence5158

Tesamorelin

Synthetic analog of human hypothalamic GHRH1893

Gene

Matrixyl

Not assigned in the current dataset.

Tesamorelin

GHRH

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Sources

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