Peptide length requirement for experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in guinea pigs |
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Authors: | Shimon Levit James M Powers Debra Milek Steven W Brostoff |
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Institution: | 1. Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, 29403, Charleston, South Carolina
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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. |
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