Peptide length requirement for experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in guinea pigs.

Abstract:

:Three peptides overlapping the tryptophan region of bovine CNS myelin basic protein were synthesized by the solid phase procedure of Merrifield. These were the nonapeptide H-Phe-Ser-Trp-Gly-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gln-Lys-OH, the octapeptide H-Ser-Trp-Gly-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gln-Lys-OH, and the heptapeptide H-Trp-Gly-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gln-Lys-OH. They were tested for encephalitogenic activity in guinea pigs with either Freund's complete adjuvant containing M. tuberculosis or muramyl dipeptide in incomplete Freund's adjuvant at doses of 10 microgram per animal. The results show that deletion of one or two residues from the amino-terminal end of the nonapeptide destroyed the ability of the shorter peptides to induce clinical but not histological signs of EAE.

journal_name

Neurochem Res

journal_title

Neurochemical research

authors

Levit S,Powers JM,Milek D,Brostoff SW

doi

10.1007/BF00964458

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-01-01 00:00:00

pages

37-42

issue

1

eissn

0364-3190

issn

1573-6903

journal_volume

5

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