The effect of splenopentin (DA SP-5) on in vitro myelopoiesis and on AZT-induced bone marrow toxicity.
Splenopentin (DA SP-5) is a pentapeptide corresponding to the amino acid sequence 32-36 (Arg-Lys-Glu-Val-Tyr) of the splenic hormone splenin. We examined the influence of DA SP-5 on bone marrow progenitor cell (BMC) proliferation. DA SP-5 acts as a co-stimulant for recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rHuGM-CSF) in the induction of human BMC derived colony formation in vitro (colony-forming units). When exposed to DA SP-5 and thereafter to AZT and rHuGM-CSF, BMCs show a colony-forming response similar to that after cultivation with the rHuGM-CSF alone. In contrast, when exposed to AZT and rHuGM-CSF (and not preincubated with DA SP-5) the colony formation was reduced. A similar pentapeptide thymopentin (Arg-Lys-Asp-Val-Tyr) did not influence colony formation by human BMCs. We assume that DA SP-5 could support therapeutic effects of rHuGM-CSF.
Department of Dermatology, University of Rostock Medical School, Germany.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013946:Thymopoietins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000633:toxicity*
D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013946:Thymopoietins; D015215:Zidovudine; C041898:splenopentin; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor