title: Synthetic S-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-cysteinyl peptides derived from the N-terminus of the cytochrome subunit of the photoreaction centre of Rhodopseudomonas viridis enhance murine splenocyte proliferation.
abstract: Various lipopeptides representing the N-terminal part of the cytochrome subunit of the photosynthetic reaction centre from the purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas virdis were prepared by solid-phase peptide synthesis. These lipopeptides consisted of a S-[2,3-dihydroxypropyl]-cysteinyl (Dhc) residue N-terminally coupled to the nonapeptide FEPPPATTT. Different numbers of palmitoyl (Pam) chains were attached to Dhc via ester and/or amide bonds. The lipopeptide Dhc(Pam)2-FEPPPATTT containing two ester-bonded palmitoyl residues and a free N-terminus was a potent polyclonal activator of murine (BALB/c) spleen cells at subnanomolar concentrations. The lipopeptide Pam-Dhc(Pam)2-FEPPPATTT containing three palmitoyl residues, the two-chain lipopeptide Pam-Dhc(Pam)-FEPPPATTT containing one amide- and one ester-bonded palmitoyl residue, and the N-terminally elongated lipopeptide SLVAG-Dhc(Pam)2-FEPPPATTT were less active. The nonapeptide FEPPPATTT and the decapeptide Dhc-FEPPPATTT were only marginal splenocyte activators, even at concentrations as high as 1 microM. Thus, lipopeptide Dhc(Pam)2-FEPPPATTT constitutes the first potent splenocyte stimulation Dhc-lipopeptide described so far that contains only two fatty acid residues.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Metzger
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Beck-Sickinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loleit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Bessler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010455:Peptides; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins