Contribution of zinc and other metals to the biological activity of the serum thymic factor.

Abstract:

:The serum thymic factor (FTS) utilized in its synthetic or natural form loses its biological activity in a rosette assay after treatment with a metal ion-chelating agent, Chelex 100. This activity is restored by the addition of Zn salts and, to a lesser extent, certain other metal salts. FTS activation is secondary to the binding of the metal to the peptide. The metal-to-peptide molar ratio of 1:1 provides the best activation. These data indicate the existence of two forms of FTS. The first one lacks Zn and is biologically inactive; the second one contains Zn and is biologically active, for which we propose the name of "thymulin" (FTS-Zn). The presence of Zn in synthetic FTS was confirmed by atomic absorption spectrometry. The interaction between Zn and FTS was further suggested by microanalysis demonstrating the presence of this metal in thymic reticuloepithelial cells.

authors

Dardenne M,Pléau JM,Nabarra B,Lefrancier P,Derrien M,Choay J,Bach JF

doi

10.1073/pnas.79.17.5370

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1982-09-01 00:00:00

pages

5370-3

issue

17

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

journal_volume

79

pub_type

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