Characterization of a growth hormone-releasing hormone binding site in the rat renal medulla.

abstract：:Natriuretic peptide receptor C (NPR-C) is known to bind all natriuretic peptides with similar affinity. Given their biological role it is interesting that natriuretic peptides and their activated guanylate cyclases (NPR-A and NPR-B) are expressed in retinal amacrine cells. The purpose of this study is to examine the p...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Abdelalim EM,Tooyama I

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides influence cardiac dysfunction; however, peptidergic modulation of contractile performance remains relatively uncharacterized. We identified a novel human peptide that modulates mammalian contractile performance. Members of the FMRFamide-related peptide (FaRP) family contain a C-terminal RFamide but structural...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nichols R,Demers LA,Larsen BM,Robinson D,Converso K,Russell MW,Westfall MV

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of spantide ([D-Arg1,D-Trp7,9,Leu11]substance P) on coronary resistance vessels were studied in isolated guinea pig hearts perfused at constant rate with isotonic buffer containing 20 or 40 mM KCl. Spantide (1 microM) caused a 20-fold rightward shift of the substance P (SP) dose-response curve for vasodilation...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hoover DB

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous studies have implicated NPY in the etiology of experimental cancer anorexia, the results have been difficult to interpret. Studies have suggested that although NPY level and message were decreased in the dorsomedial hypothalamic area (DMA), they were elevated in the ventromedial hypothalamic area (VM...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chance WT,Xiao C,Dayal R,Sheriff S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological and immunological relationships between molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) activity in eyestalk ganglia extracts of the crab, Cancer antennarius Stimpson, and peptides of the vasopressin-oxytocin family were assessed. Lysine vasopressin (LVP), arginine vasopressin (AVP), vasotocin (VT), and oxytocin (OT) mimicke...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mattson MP,Spaziani E

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high impact of the antimicrobial peptide hepcidin in iron homeostasis, the regulation of this hormone is still not completely understood. Studies concerning hepcidin regulation are performed at the mRNA level. For the first time we analyzed the regulation of hepcidin not only at mRNA, but also at protein l...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fein E,Merle U,Ehehalt R,Herrmann T,Kulaksiz H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process whereby fully differentiated epithelial cells transition to a mesenchymal phenotype, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of renal fibrosis. Apelin, a bioactive peptide, has recently been recognized to protect against renal profibrotic activity, but the underlyi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Wang LY,Diao ZL,Zheng JF,Wu YR,Zhang QD,Liu WH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is the eighteenth installment of our annual review of research concerning the opiate system. It includes articles published during 1995 reporting the behavioral effects of the opiate peptides and antagonists, excluding the purely analgesic effects. The specific topics covered this year include stress: tol...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Olson GA,Olson RD,Kastin AJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 40 peptides belonging to the -Y/FXFGL-NH(2) allatostatin superfamily have been isolated and identified from the central nervous system (CNS) of the tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon (Crustacea: Penaeidea). The peptides can be arranged in seven sub-groups according to the variable post-tyrosyl residue represented ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Duve H,Johnsen AH,Scott AG,Thorpe A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monoclonal antibody 2F5 recognizing the neutralizing epitope ELDKWA on the C-domain could neutralize 90% of the investigated HIV-1 isolates. Low levels of ELDKWA-epitope-specific antibodies were observed in HIV-1-infected individuals. To induce high levels of antibodies to ELDKW-epitope, C-domain peptide (P2) was ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Liao M,Lu Y,Xiao Y,Dierich MP,Chen Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhoptries are specialized secretory organelles found in all members of the genus Plasmodium whose proteins have been considered as promising vaccine candidates due to their involvement in cell invasion and the formation of the parasitophorous vacuole (PV). The Plasmodium falciparum Pf34 protein was recently identified...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Arévalo-Pinzón G,Curtidor H,Vanegas M,Vizcaíno C,Patarroyo MA,Patarroyo ME

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 41-residue corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) was synthesized by the solid phase method. The synthetic CRF and arginine vasopressin (AVP) were examined for ACTH releasing activity and effects on the release of 5 other pituitary hormones in vivo and in vitro. Injection of the CRF into pharmacologically blocked ra...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Turkelson CM,Arimura A,Culler MD,Fishback JB,Groot K,Kanda M,Luciano M,Thomas CR,Chang D,Chang JK,Shimizu M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the resting and exercise response patterns of plasma Peptide F immunoreactivity (ir) to altitude exposure (4300 m) and caffeine ingestion (4 mg.kg b.w.-1). Nine healthy male subjects performed exercise tests to exhaustion (80-85% VO2max) at sea level (50 m), during an acute alt...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kraemer WJ,Rock PB,Fulco CS,Gordon SE,Bonner JP,Cruthirds CD,Marchitelli LJ,Trad L,Cymerman A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous physiological studies have suggested central roles of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). However, little information is available about the localization of BNP in the brain. In this study, we determined cDNA sequence encoding the entire coding region of prepro-BNP of Japanese and cynomologus monkeys, and then e...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Abdelalim EM,Takada T,Torii R,Tooyama I

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experiments reported here investigate the conditionability, using taste aversion conditioning, of the antagonistic effects of alpha-MSH on the thermoregulatory changes associated with injection of bacterial endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in rats. Animals were administered LPS and then given alpha-MSH, as an un...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bull DF,Husband AJ,Munro KI,Exton MS,Pfister HP,King MG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of rat plasma beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity following a 30 min exposure to (1) an unfamiliar operant chamber, (2) an unfamiliar operant chamber providing a VI-5 second schedule of 3 mA, 1 sec footshocks, or (3) a familiar chamber providing no shocks, but previously paired with unavoidable shocks were...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Scallet AC

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short cell penetrating peptides (CPP) are widely used in vitro to transduce agents into cells. But their systemic effect has not been yet studied in detail. We studied the systemic effect of the cell penetrating peptides, penetratin, transportan and pro-rich, on rat hemodynamic functions. Intra-arterial monitoring of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Basheer M,Schwalb H,Shefler I,Levdansky L,Mekori YA,Gorodetsky R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotensin(6-13) has been isolated and sequenced as the major form of neurotensin-like immunoreactivity (NTLI) in a human hepatic fibrolamellar carcinoma. Circulating NTLI in the patient, especially C-terminal, was very high. In additional studies, NT(6-13) was synthesized and compared with the purified tumor NTLI by...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Read D,Shulkes A,Fernley R,Simpson R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate the relationship between secretory pathway and processing for precursor molecule of peptide hormones, we performed immunoelectron microscopic studies to localize POMC-derived peptides in mouse cultured L cells (fibroblasts without secretory granules) and in mouse AtT20 cells (ACTH secreting pitui...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Osamura RY,Suemizu Y,Yoshimura S,Hori S,Inada K,Watanabe K,Nakai Y,Imura H

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malondialdehyde-modified low-density lipoprotein (MDA-LDL) is recognized as a surrogate marker of lipid oxidation and is associated with arteriosclerosis. However, there are limited reports on the relationship between heart failure and MDA-LDL. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether MDA-LDL is activated in patients w...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hasegawa J,Ogawa K,Kawai M,Tanaka TD,Nagoshi T,Minai K,Ogawa T,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phalloidin staining F-actin was used to image muscle fiber arrangements present in the reproductive system of the adult female Rhodnius prolixus. A mesh of muscle fibers encircles the ovaries whereas a criss-cross pattern of finer muscle fibers covers each ovariole. Two layers of muscle fibers (arranged longitudinally...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sedra L,Lange AB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leucosulfakinins (LSKs), isolated from head extracts of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae, are sulfated neuropeptides with homology to gastrin and cholecystokinin. The undecapeptide LSK and decapeptide LSK-II stimulate contractions of the isolated cockroach hindgut. Several structural aspects of the two gastrin/CCK...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nachman RJ,Holman GM,Haddon WF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering the informational rule(s) underlying structure-function relationships in the protein language is at the core of biology. Current theories have proven inadequate to explain the origins of biological information such as that found in nucleotide and amino acid sequences. Here, we demonstrate that the informat...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kanduc D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) secreted by amphibian skin represent an important innate immune defense strategy. There are more than 340 species in the family of Ranidae worldwidely, and from which nearly 100 families of AMPs comprising between 8 and 48 amino acid (aa) residues have been characterized. In current work,...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhang S,Guo H,Shi F,Wang H,Li L,Jiao X,Wang Y,Yu H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few reports on the effects of the brain-gut peptide motilin on the central nervous system (CNS). We administered motilin intracerebroventricularly to mice and investigated the effect of motilin on anxiety using an elevated plus-maze. Motilin produced a significant decrease in anxiety with an inverted U...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Momose K,Inui A,Asakawa A,Ueno N,Nakajima M,Kasuga M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of immunoreactive endothelin (IR-ET) in human saliva and rat parotid gland was investigated by radioimmunoassay. The IR-ET concentration (mean +/- SEM) in saliva taken from normal volunteers was 2.0 +/- 0.2 pmol/l (n = 15). The IR-ET concentration in rat parotid gland was 19.2 +/- 2.2 fmol/g wet weight (n...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lam HC,Takahashi K,Ghatei MA,Suda K,Kanse SM,Bloom SR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central effect of cholecystokinin-octapeptide (CCK), SQ 19,844 or sincalide, on the intake of food and water and on colonic temperature (Tc) was investigated using the broiler cockerel. Four-week old chicks were maintained in a thermoneutral environment of 23-24 degrees C. After food was removed for a 24 hr interv...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Denbow DM,Myers RD

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical localization of Met-enkephalin, Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8, Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7 and Leu-enkephalin was studied in human adrenal medulla and pheochromocytomas at the light and electron microscopic levels. Both adrenal medulla and pheochromocytomas (4 adrenal, 1 extra-adrenal) showed scattere...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Osamura RY,Watanabe K,Yoshimasa T,Nakao K,Imura H

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides allegedly exert their action on microbial membranes. Bovine lactoferrin enfold two antimicrobial domains, lactoferricin B (LFcin B) and lactoferrampin (LFampin). Effects of representative peptides thereof on the membranes of Candida albicans and Escherichia coli were investigated. Confocal laser...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： van der Kraan MI,van Marle J,Nazmi K,Groenink J,van 't Hof W,Veerman EC,Bolscher JG,Nieuw Amerongen AV

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin COOH-terminal octapeptide (CCK-8) produces a satiating effect in the rat and other animals upon peripheral administration. Although it has been demonstrated that the receptors which mediate this action are located in the periphery and are of the CCK-A subtype, their anatomical location has not been fir...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Murphy RB,Smith GP,Schneider LH,Gibbs J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00