Interaction of synthetic peptide octarphin with human blood lymphocytes |
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Authors: | Yu N Nekrasova Yu A Zolotarev E V Navolotskaya |
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Institution: | 19735. Branch of Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 6, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia 29735. Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, pl. Kurchatova 2, 123182, Moscow, Russia
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Abstract: | The synthetic peptide octarphin (TPLVTLFK, fragment 12–19 of β-endorphin), a selective agonist of nonopioid β-endorphin receptor, was prepared with specific activity 28 Ci/mmol. The binding of 3H]octarphin to T and B lymphocytes isolated from the blood of donors was studied. It was found that 3H]octarphin binds both to T and B cells with high affinity: K d = 3.0 ± 0.2 and 3.2 ± 0.3 nM, respectively. The specific binding of 3H]octarphin to T and B lymphocytes was competitively inhibited by unlabeled β-endorphin (K i = 1.9 ± 0.2 and 2.2 ± 0.3 nM, respectively) and was not inhibited by unlabeled naloxone, Met5]enkephalin, Leu5]enkephalin, α-endorphin, and γ-endorphin. Thus, T and B lymphocytes of human blood possess a nonopioid β-endorphin receptor whose binding is provided by the fragment 12–19 (the octarphin sequence). |
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