Abstract
Serum amyloid A (SAA) is a major acute-phase protein whose biochemical functions remain largely obscure. Human rheumatic synovial fluids were screened by high performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry for SAA-derived peptides, specifically the sequence AGLPEKY (SAA98-104) which was previously shown to modulate various leukocyte functions. Two such fluids were found to contain a truncated version of SAA98-104. Synthetic SAA98-104 and several of its analogs were shown capable of binding isolated human CD4+ T-lymphocytes and stimulating them to produce interferon-γ. Given the high acute-phase serum level of SAA and its massive proteolysis by inflammatory related enzymes, SAA-derived peptides may be involved in host defense mechanisms. Copyright (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 259-262 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 472 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 28 Apr 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Inflammation
- Interferon-γ
- Serum amyloid A
- T-lymphocyte