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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Interferon-alpha (IFNalpha) is not only an immunoregulatory factor, but is also an analgesic molecule. The analgesic effect of IFNalpha was mediated by mu opioid receptor. After the 129th Tyr residue of human IFNalpha was mutated to Ser, the antiviral activity almost disappeared, but there still remained a strong analgesic activity that could be blocked by naloxone. These results indicate that there exist distinct domains in the IFNalpha molecule, which mediate immune and analgesic effects respectively, and suggest that there are different receptor mechanisms inducing immune and analgesic effects of IFNalpha. However, although the antiviral activity of IFNalpha decreased to 34.1% of wild type IFNalpha after the 122nd Tyr residue was changed to Ser, the analgesic activity of this mutant was lost completely. There were significant cross reactivities between INFalpha and anti-opioid sera. These studies show strong structural and functional similarities between INFalpha and opioid peptides, and inferred that the analgesic domain locates around the 122nd Tyr residue of IFNalpha molecule in tertiary structure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
64-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Analgesics, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Antiviral Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Immune Sera, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Naloxone, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Narcotics, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Pain Threshold, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10900338-Structure-Activity Relationship
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Distinct domains of IFNalpha mediate immune and analgesic effects respectively.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, 200433, Shanghai, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't