title: The mechanism of action of the tetrapeptide acetyl-N-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro (AcSDKP) in the control of haematopoietic stem cell proliferation.
abstract: The mechanism of action of the haemoregulatory tetrapeptide Acetyl-N-Ser-Asp-Lys-Pro (AcSDKP, M(r) = 487 amu), was investigated using an in vitro assay of a murine high proliferative potential colony-forming cell (HPP-CFC) which responds to proliferation regulators of the haematopoietic stem cell population. AcSDKP had no direct inhibitory effect on the number, or the proportion in S phase, of the committed granulocyte-macrophage progenitor (GM-CFC), or cycling HPP-CFC populations. However, AcSDKP blocked the action of a stimulator of haematopoietic stem cell proliferation, preventing the switching of quiescent HPP-CFC into cell cycle. It would appear that AcSDKP exerts its inhibitory haemoregulatory role indirectly, by preventing stimulator action on haematopoietic stem cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lenfant
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wdzieczak-Bakala
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melville
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riches
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; C058504:goralatide