Description
Hexarelinisasyntheticanalogofghrelinthatbindsandactivatestheghrelin(GHS)receptor.Hexarelinexhibitscardioprotective,anti-fibrotic,antihypertensive,andanti-fertilityactivities.Inanimalmodelsofmyocardialinfarction,hexarelinprotectscardiacfunction.Inspontaneouslyhypertensiverats,hexarelinpreventsdepositionofcollagen,decreasesexpressionofTIMP-1,collagenI,andcollagenIII,andincreasesexpressionofMMP2andMMP9,decreasingcardiacfibrosisandbloodpressureandattenuatingleftventricularhypertrophy.Hexarelinalsodecreasesovulationandnumberofoffspringproducedinvivo.