title: Glyco-tuftsin derivatives modulate interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor production.
abstract: Six Thr1 (O-glyco)-derivatives of the "phagocytosis stimulating peptide" tuftsin, H-Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-OH and the N-glycosylated undecapeptide H-Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Glu-Gln-Gln-Tyr-Asn(beta-D-GlcNAc)-Ser-Thr-OH, which correspond to the "tuftsin-region" at the Fc-domain of immunoglobulin G (amino acid residues 289-299), were evaluated in comparison with tuftsin and rigin, H-Gly-Gln-Pro-Arg-OH, for their capacity to evoke the release of interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor from mouse peritoneal macrophages and from human monocytes. Several glycosylated tuftsin derivatives were found to modulate, in a rather dose-dependent manner, the release of the two cytokines from both cell types.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rocchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Filira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tzehoval
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fridkin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000166:cytology; D014405:Tuftsin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014405:Tuftsin; C031491:rigin