1. Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women''s Medical College, 10-Kawada-cho, Ichigaya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162, Japan;7. Research Laboratory of Biochemistry, Eisai Co., Ltd. 5-1-3 Tokodai, Toyosato-cho, Tsukuba-Gun, Japan
Abstract:
Immunoreactive dynorphin (I-dynorphin) was measured by radioimmunoassay in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). I-dynorphin concentration in CSF was 30 +/- 2 pg/ml. Sephadex G-25 column chromatography showed the main peak eluted at the position of dynorphin-(1-17). HPLC elution profile of this major peak from gel filtration showed a large peak corresponding to the position of dynorphin-(1-17) and small peaks corresponding to the positions of dynorphin-(1-13), dynorphin-(1-12) and other unknown peptides.