Kinetics and Pattern of Degradation of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH) in Human Plasma |
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Authors: | Møss Judi Bundgaard Hans |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, 2 Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The kinetics and mechanism of degradation of the tripeptide TRH (pGlu-His-Pro-NH2) and its various primary and secondary degradation products (TRH-OH, His-Pro-NH2, and His-Pro) have been determined in human plasma at 37°C. The rates of degradation of both TRH and TRH-OH (pGlu-His-Pro) showed mixed zero-order and first-order kinetics. At low substrate concentrations first-order kinetics occurred, with TRH and TRH-OH degradation half-lives of 9.4 and 27 min, respectively. The initial step in the plasma-catalyzed degradation of TRH is due to hydrolysis of the pGlu-His bond by the TRH-specific pyroglutamyl aminopeptidase serum enzyme, resulting in the exclusive formation of histidyl-proline amide (His-Pro-NH2). Using specific HPLC methods the major degradation route (67%) of this dipeptide in human plasma was hydrolysis of the peptide bond to yield His and Pro-NH2, whereas deamidation to yield His-Pro accounted for 29% of the total degradation. A minor pathway ( 4%) was spontaneous cyclization to yield cyclo(His-Pro). Both His-Pro-NH2 and His-Pro degraded by first-order kinetics and faster than TRH, with half-lives of 5.3 and 2.2 min, respectively, in 80% plasma. |
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Keywords: | thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) histidyl-proline amide enzymatic degradation plasma-catalyzed hydrolysis |
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