Comparison

PT-141 vs Sermorelin

Function

While PT-141 is FDA-approved for treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women and is studied for sexual dysfunction in other populations, increasing sexual desire via CNS melanocortin pathways42101, Sermorelin is used as a diagnostic agent for assessing GH secretory capacity and as a research tool or off-label therapy to increase endogenous GH in GH-deficient or age-related contexts1727.

Mechanism

While PT-141 works as the synthetic melanocortin receptor agonist bremelanotide, an analog of α-MSH that activates central MC3R and MC4R to modulate neuronal circuits governing sexual desire and arousal3242101, Sermorelin is a synthetic 29-amino-acid peptide identical to the 1–29 N-terminal fragment of human GHRH that stimulates GH synthesis and secretion by binding pituitary GHRH receptors1727120.

Length and Sequence

PT-141 is 7 amino acids long, whereas Sermorelin is longer as it has a length of 29 amino acids. PT-141 is made up of a sequence of sequence data not available in the current dataset. Sermorelin 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.

Receptor

PT-141

Melanocortin receptors, with highest functional relevance at MC4R and MC3R; also binds MC1R and MC5R3242

Sermorelin

Growth hormone–releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) on pituitary somatotrophs94103120

Organism or Origin

PT-141

Synthetic analog of human α-MSH derived from POMC428190

Sermorelin

Synthetic peptide corresponding to human hypothalamic GHRH(1–29) 17120

Gene

PT-141

POMC

Sermorelin

GHRH

Related articles

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