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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 267, Issue 11, 7464-7469, Apr, 1992

Isolation and identification of two neutral thyrotropin releasing hormone-like peptides, pyroglutamylphenylalanineproline amide and pyroglutamylglutamineproline amide, from human seminal fluid

Z Khan, A Aitken, JR Garcia and DG Smyth
National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, United Kingdom.

Two tripeptide amides with stuctures similar to thyrotropin releasing hormone were isolated from human seminal fluid and their amino acid sequences determined. The peptides were purified by gel exclusion from Sephadex G50 and were detected by radioimmunoassay with thyrotropin releasing hormone antibody; in addition, N-terminally extended forms were demonstrated by radioimmunoassay after trypsin digestion. Further purification of the tripeptides was by chromatography on SP-Sephadex C25 and by high performance liquid chromatography on C18 Microbondapak using an HCl/acetonitrile gradient. After exclusion from mini-columns of SP-Sephadex C25 and DEAE-Sephadex A25, two neutral peptides were obtained in homogeneous form by high performance liquid chromatography with an HCl/methanol gradient. Amino acid analysis gave the following compositions: Glu, 0.74, Phe, 1.0, Pro, 1.0; and Glu, 1.72, Pro, 1.0. Both peptides possessed a blocked N terminus, but after opening the pyroglutamyl ring the sequences Glu-Phe-Pro and Glu-Glx-Pro were demonstrated. The chromatographic properties of the endogenous peptides were identical to the properties of the corresponding synthetic peptides. The structure of pGlu-Phe-Pro (where p-indicates pyro-) amide was confirmed by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. The presence in human semen of three structurally related peptides, pGlu-Phe-Pro amide, pGlu-Gln-Pro amide, and the previously reported pGlu-Glu-Pro amide (Cockle, S. M., Aitken, A., Beg, F., and Smyth, D. G. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 7788-7791), suggests that this series of peptides may have evolved to fulfil complementary biological roles.
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