Abstract
Thymopoietin32--36 (TP5) is a synthetic pentapeptide that has the biological activity of its parent molecule, the 49 amino acid thymic hormone thymopoietin. Tritiated thymopoietin32--36 (3 /-TP5) was prepared by reductive tritiation of dibromotyrosyl-TP5. The stability of 3 H-TP5 in human plasma was studied by analyzing samples by thin-layer chromatography at different time points and quantitating the radioactivity associated with TP5 (Arg-Lys-Asp-Val-Tyr) and its tyrosyl-containing breakdown products (Lys-Asp-Val-Tyr, Asp-Val-Tyr, Val-Tyr, Tyr). In plasma (but not in saline) the pentapeptide was rapidly degraded (apparent t1/2 approximately 30 seconds) with the corresponding appearance of radioactivity associated with the other tyrosyl-containing reference compounds. These data imply that the pentapeptide, which is active in vivo, may rapidly trigger changes in responsive cells; sustained circulating levels may not be required for activity.
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