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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
In addition to its well known sedative and teratogenic effects, thalidomide also possesses potent immunomodulatory and antiinflammatory activities, being most effective against leprosy and chronic graft-versus-host disease. The immunomodulatory activity of thalidomide has been ascribed to the selective inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha from monocytes. The molecular mechanism for the immunomodulatory effect of thalidomide remains unknown. To elucidate this mechanism, we synthesized an active photoaffinity label of thalidomide as a probe to identify the molecular target of the drug. Using the probe, we specifically labeled a pair of proteins of 43-45 kDa with high acidity from bovine thymus extract. Purification of these proteins and partial peptide sequence determination revealed them to be alpha1-acid glycoprotein (AGP). We show that the binding of thalidomide photoaffinity label to authentic human AGP is competed with both thalidomide and the nonradioactive photoaffinity label at concentrations comparable to those required for inhibition of production of tumor necrosis factor alpha from human monocytes, suggesting that AGP may be involved in the immunomodulatory activity of thalidomide.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7552-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Affinity Labels, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Alprenolol, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Azides, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Iodine Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Orosomucoid, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Propranolol, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Thalidomide, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Thymus Gland, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Tissue Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:8755512-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of thalidomide to alpha1-acid glycoprotein may be involved in its inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha production.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't