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Both BLPs share a similar primary structure with only a single amino acid substitution at the eighth position (threonine to valine), while they have quite different myotropic potencies with EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> values in the range of 22.64 \u00b1 9.7\u00a0nM (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 8) to 83.93 \u00b1 46.9\u00a0nM (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 8). The potency of [Asn<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, Lys<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>, Thr<jats:sup>10<\/jats:sup>, Phe<jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>]3\u201314-bombesin was approximately 3-fold higher than that of [Asn<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, Lys<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>, Phe<jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>]3\u201314-bombesin. Through the investigation of receptor selectivity using a canonical bombesin receptor antagonist, it was found that [Asn<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, Lys<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>, Thr<jats:sup>10<\/jats:sup>, Phe<jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>]3\u201314-bombesin and [Asn<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, Lys<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup>, Phe<jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>]3\u201314-bombesin had an affinity to both BB1 and BB2 receptors. Their contractile functions are mainly modulated by both BB1 and BB2 receptors on rat urinary bladder and BB2 alone on rat uterus smooth muscle preparations. These data may provide new insights into the design of potent and selective ligands for bombesin receptors. 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