Comparison

MGF vs Setmelanotide

Function

While MGF is upregulated in muscle after mechanical overload, where it supports tissue repair and growth; recombinant forms are studied for regenerative and performance-enhancement effects22138, Setmelanotide is approved for chronic weight management in patients with POMC, PCSK1, LEPR deficiencies and Bardet–Biedl syndrome by reducing hunger and promoting weight loss92.

Mechanism

While MGF works as a 24-amino-acid E-peptide splice variant of IGF-1 (IGF-1Ec) produced in mechanically stressed or damaged muscle that activates IGF1R and local anabolic pathways involved in muscle repair and hypertrophy22138144, Setmelanotide is a potent synthetic melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist derived from a POMC/α-MSH–related sequence that restores downstream MC4R signaling in genetic obesity syndromes3192100.

Length and Sequence

MGF is 24 amino acids long, whereas Setmelanotide is shorter as it has a length of amino acids. MGF is made up of a sequence of Tyrosine, Glutamine, Proline, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Asparagine, Lysine, Asparagine, Threonine, Lysine, Serine, Glutamine, Arginine, Arginine, Lysine, Glycine, Serine, Threonine, Phenylalanine, Glutamic acid, Glutamic acid, Arginine, Lysine. Setmelanotide is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset.

Receptor

MGF

Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) 134139

Setmelanotide

Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) 3192100

Organism or Origin

MGF

Endogenous human IGF-1 splice variant (IGF-1Ec) 2213897

Setmelanotide

Synthetic analog of POMC-derived α-MSH peptide928190

Gene

MGF

IGF1

Setmelanotide

POMC

Related articles

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Sources

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97IGF1 Gene - Insulin Like Growth Factor 1, https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=IGF1
134Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin-like_growth_factor_1_receptor
138A Splice Variant of IGF-1 within the Growth Plate | PLOS One, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0076133
139IGF1 receptor signaling pathways, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29535161/
144Insulin-like growth factor 1 - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin-like_growth_factor_1
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90alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone: production and degradation, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3936413/
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100Multiple Independent Sub-studies of Setmelanotide in, https://onderzoekmetmensen.nl/en/node/53452/pdf