Thymopentin

Thymopentin

Clinical data
ATC code	L03AX09 (WHO)
Identifiers
IUPAC name L-arginyl-L-lysyl-L-α-aspartyl-L-valyl-L-tyrosine
Synonyms	(3S)-3-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoyl]amino]hexanoyl]amino]-4-[[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]amino]-3-methyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl]amino]-4-oxobutanoic acid
PubChem (CID)	451417
ChemSpider	397640
UNII	O3Y80ZF13F
KEGG	D06117
ChEMBL	CHEMBL156025
NIAID ChemDB	000127
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C30H49N9O9
Molar mass	679.76496 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES O=C(N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)O)Cc1ccc(O)cc1)C(C)C)CC(=O)O)CCCCN)[C@@H](N)CCC/N=C(\N)N
InChI InChI=1S/C30H49N9O9/c1-16(2)24(28(46)38-22(29(47)48)14-17-8-10-18(40)11-9-17)39-27(45)21(15-23(41)42)37-26(44)20(7-3-4-12-31)36-25(43)19(32)6-5-13-35-30(33)34/h8-11,16,19-22,24,40H,3-7,12-15,31-32H2,1-2H3,(H,36,43)(H,37,44)(H,38,46)(H,39,45)(H,41,42)(H,47,48)(H4,33,34,35)/t19-,20-,21-,22-,24-/m0/s1 Key:PSWFFKRAVBDQEG-YGQNSOCVSA-N
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Thymopentin is an immunostimulant. As such, it has been used in several clinical studies in the early years of the AIDS pandemic (from 1983 to 1985). Thymopentin helped to improve immunological condition in several patients for a brief time under specific treatments.^[1][2][3]

It interacts with T cells.^[4]

It is a thymic polypeptide.^[5]

References

1. Mascart-Lemone F, Huygen K, Clumeck N, Brenez D, Bolla K, Duchateau J (1983). "Stimulation of cellular function by thymopentin (TP-5) in three AIDS patients". Lancet.  322 (8352): 735–736. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(83)92271-7. PMID 6193382.
2. Clumeck N, Van de Perre P, Mascart-Lemone F, Cran S, Bolla K, Duchateau J (1984). "Preliminary results on clinical and immunological effects of thymopentin in AIDS". Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. 4: 459–463. PMID 6398315.
3. Clumeck N, Cran S, Van de Perre P, Mascart-Lemone F, Duchateau J, Bolla K (1985). "Thymopentin treatment in AIDS and pre-AIDS patients". Surv Immunol Res. 4 (1): supp1 58–62. PMID 3898293.
4. Liu Z, Zheng X, Wang J, Wang E (2007). Egli M, ed. "Molecular analysis of thymopentin binding to HLA-DR molecules". PLoS ONE. 2 (12): e1348. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001348. PMC 2137936. PMID 18159232.
5. Peng Y, Chen Z, Yu W, et al. (July 2008). "Effects of thymic polypeptides on the thymopoiesis of mouse embryonic stem cells". Cell Biology International. 32 (10): 1265–71. doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2008.07.011. PMID 18692582.