Abstract

Myelopeptide 1 (MP-1) is hexapeptide originally isolated from porcine bone marrow cell culture. It was synthesized and its immunoregulatory properties were studied. MP-1 caused a 1.5–2-fold dose-dependent increase of antibody production in the culture of mouse immune lymph node cells. It abolished Con A induction of T suppressors in the suspension of mouse spleen cells and counteracted the inhibitory effect of T suppressors on antibody production. The inoculation of MP-1 (1·10 −9 g/mouse) to mice two weeks after their γ-irradiation (2 Gy) resulted in an increase of antibody production up to 80.2 ± 15.5% as compared to that in the irradiated control 37.6 ± 12.0%. Immunofluorescent analysis revealed the specific binding of MP-1 with receptors on the target cells in the suspension of mouse spleen cells. It is supposed that MP-1 participates in the immunoregulatory processes in the living organism.

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