Synthesis of deacetylthymosin beta 11 and its effect on the impaired T-lymphocytes of a uremic patient with common variable immunodeficiency

The untetracontapeptide corresponding to the entire amino acid sequence of deacetylthymosin beta 11 was synthesized by assembling six peptide fragments via the azide followed by deprotection with 1 M trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-thioanisole in trifluoroacetic acid in the presence of dimethylselenide. The synthetic peptide was tested for its effect on the impaired blastogenic response of phytohemagglutinin-stimulated T-lymphocytes of a uremic patient with common variable immunodeficiency. The synthetic peptide had some restoring activity on the impaired blastogenic response of T-lymphocytes in the one patient tested.