Cicerarin, a novel antifungal peptide from the green chickpea.

abstract：:There are two distinct mRNAs that encode the precursor to gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) in rat brain. These two messages arise from separate transcription initiation sites located approximately 400 base pairs apart, which are presumably regulated by separate promoters. In the present study, we mapped the distributio...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zoeller RT,Lebacq-Verheyden AM,Battey JF

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin (BK) has been proposed as the principal mediator of hypersensitivity reactions (HSR) in patients dialyzed using negatively charged membranes and concomitantly treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. We investigated the metabolism of exogenous BK added to the sera of 13 patients dialyzed...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Blais C Jr,Marc-Aurèle J,Simmons WH,Loute G,Thibault P,Skidgel RA,Adam A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tachykinins are thought to be involved in extrinsic control of motility in the gastrointestinal tract. Using the isolated perfused porcine antrum with intact vagal innervation, we studied the effects of substance P, neurokinin A and capsaicin infusion, and electrical stimulation of the vagus nerves on antral motility ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Schmidt PT,Rasmussen TN,Holst JJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut tissues and associated nervous system of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, were found to contain FMRFamide-like immunoreactive (FLI) material throughout the five larval instars and 2 weeks into the adult stage in both males and females. FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity associated with the locust...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hill SR,Orchard I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to recent emergence of fungal pathogens resistant to current antifungal therapies, several studies have been focused on screening of plant peptides to find novel compounds having antifungal activities. Here, a novel antifungal plant peptide, with molecular mass of 1230 Da was purified from fruits of Trapa natans b...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mandal SM,Migliolo L,Franco OL,Ghosh AK

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This mass spectrometric study confines itself to peptide masses in the range of 500-1500Da. Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) that are predicted from the genome of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and the silk moth, Bombyx mori, are shown to exist as expressed peptides in the corpora cardiaca (CC) of the respecti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gäde G,Marco HG,Simek P,Audsley N,Clark KD,Weaver RJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of a high dose of CCK7 have been reported to elicit barrel rotations accompanied by contralateral postural asymmetry; there was no spontaneous locomotor activity other than barrel rolling. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of lower doses of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Morency MA,Ross GM,Hesketh D,Mishra RK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel protein expressed by entero-endocrine cells of the mouse stomach was named prepromotilin Related Peptide (ppMTLRP) since it shares sequence similarities with the prepromotilin (Tomasetto et al.). The mouse ppMTLRP was found identical to the rat precursor of ghrelin (ppghrelin), an endogenous ligand specific fo...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tomasetto C,Wendling C,Rio MC,Poitras P

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of EGF on the incorporation of [3H]TdR into DNA (DNA synthesis) was determined in the esophagus, liver, pancreas, and kidney in mice standardized to 12 hours (hr) of light alternating with 12 hr of darkness. A question asked was whether intraperitoneally administered EGF could alter the circadian patterns o...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Scheving LA,Tsai TH,Scheving LE,Hoke WS

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a stress response, various neuropeptides are secreted in a spatiotemporally coordinated way in the brain. For a precise understanding of peptide functions in a stress response, it is important to investigate when and where they are released, how they diffuse, and how they are broken down in the brain. In the pa...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Inutsuka A,Ino D,Onaka T

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanism through which leptin increases Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity in the rat kidney. Leptin was infused under anaesthesia into the abdominal aorta proximally to the renal arteries and then Na(+), K(+)-ATPase activity was measured in the renal cortex and medulla. Leptin (1mug/kgmin) increased Na(+), ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bełtowski J,Wójcicka G,Trzeciak J,Marciniak A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various growth factors and their receptors are present in the nervous system. This review focuses on the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptors in the central nervous system (CNS). Evidence indicates that EGF in the CNS is the result of local synthesis, by intrinsic and blood-derived macrophages, ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Plata-Salamán CR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short synthetic peptides corresponding to sequences of complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) from different immunoglobulin families have been shown to induce antimicrobial, antiviral and antitumor activities regardless of the specificity of the original monoclonal antibody (mAb). Presently, we studied the in vitr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Figueiredo CR,Matsuo AL,Massaoka MH,Polonelli L,Travassos LR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many animal studies show an enhancing effect of vasopressin (VP) on memory, but not all human studies could confirm this finding. This study examined the influence of post-learning administration of VP (40 IU, intranasally) on the consolidation of declarative memories in healthy humans during different intervals of sl...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gais S,Sommer M,Fischer S,Perras B,Born J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An identical CRF-related diuretic peptide (Musca-DP) was isolated and characterized from whole-body extracts of the house fly, Musca domestica, and stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans. The peptide stimulates cyclic AMP production in Manduca sexta Malpighian tubules and increases the rate of fluid secretion by isolated Mus...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Clottens FL,Holman GM,Coast GM,Totty NF,Hayes TK,Kay I,Mallet AI,Wright MS,Chung JS,Truong O

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin is a tetradecapeptide heterogenously distributed in the mammalian brain. Bombesin (45 micrograms) given intracisternally (IC) to unanesthetized rats increased the accumulation of dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in striatum, olfactory tubercles and hypothalamus after DOPA-decarboxylase inhibition, thus indicatin...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Widerlöv E,Mueller RA,Frye GD,Breese GR

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important role for angiotensin IV (Ang IV) in the processes of learning and memory has now been well established. We have previously found that intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of Ang IV as well as des-Phe6-Ang IV enhances learning of conditioned avoidance responses (CARs), facilitates recall of a passi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Braszko JJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltorphin, a heptapeptide that selectively binds to delta receptors, was intracerebroventricularly administered to mice belonging to the strains C57BL/6 and DBA/2 immediately after training in a one-trial inhibitory avoidance task. The retention performance of both strains was improved by the peptide administration, ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pavone F,Populin R,Castellano C,Kreil G,Melchiorri P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding sites in the rat forebrain were characterized using (125I-Tyr4)bombesin as a receptor probe. Pharmacology experiments indicate that gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) and the GRP fragments GRP as well as Ac-GRP inhibited radiolabeled (Tyr4)bombesin binding with high affinity. Biochemistry experiments indicated th...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Wolf SS,Moody TW

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPLC characterization of tilapia pituitary endorphins using an antibody specific for N-terminally acetylated endorphins yielded three major peaks in the neurointermediate lobe, but none in the pars distalis. The melanotropes secreted two of the immunoreactive products in vitro, one of which coeluted with Xenopus laevi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Balm PH,Hovens ML,Wendelaar Bonga SE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin was recently found to be an inotropic polypeptide in isolated rat hearts, and intravenous injection of apelin can induce a transient decrease in blood pressure. To illustrate the mechanism of apelin-induced vasodilation, we observed the in vitro effects of apelin on the L-arginine (L-Arg)/nitric oxide (NO) path...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jia YX,Lu ZF,Zhang J,Pan CS,Yang JH,Zhao J,Yu F,Duan XH,Tang CS,Qi YF

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:This paper reviews aspects of our research, focusing on the role of the melanocortin system in the central regulation of feeding and energy balance, which was begun in 1997. It describes data from successive physiological studies, concerning the identity of the appetite-regulating melanocortin receptor, melanocortin-4...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Harrold JA,Williams G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin/CCK peptides in extracts from bovine and porcine pituitary have been characterized by Sephadex gel filtration, reverse phase liquid chromatography and a CCK radioimmunoassay (RIA) which detects both CCK and gastrin [4]. Porcine pituitary extracts contain a small amount of two peptides with chromatographic beha...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Beinfeld MC

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on food intake and body temperature (Tbo) in free-feeding unrestrained rats following injection into the medial hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) or the lateral perifornical hypothalamus (PFH). NPY (78-235 pmol) or saline was infused unilatera...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Currie PJ,Coscina DV

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of these studies were to determine the precise molecular nature of immunoreactive (IR-) vasopressin (AVP) in the ovine hypothalamo-pituitary axis and to examine a possible role for glucocorticoids in regulating both AVP processing and levels in this axis. The IR-AVP in extracts of paraventricular nucleus, med...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Shen PJ,Clarke IJ,Funder JW,Smith AI

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ad lib and intraoral intake tests can separate the effects of drugs on the appetitive and consummatory phases of ingestive behavior. Central angiotensin II increases ad lib intake from water bottles, but its effect on intraoral intake has not been examined. Rats with both lateral intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) cannu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Houpt TA,Corp ES,Berlin R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibians exhibit various, characteristic adaptations related to their "incomplete" shift from the aquatic to the terrestrial habitat. In particular, the integument was subject to a number of specialized modifications during the evolution of these animals. In this review, we place special emphasis on endogenous host-...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： König E,Bininda-Emonds OR,Shaw C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is expressed in the vascular endothelium. It is not known whether CNP is specifically increased in patients with idiopathic left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ILVDys) with or without overt heart failure, and whether in these patients it is related with indicators of myocardial and/...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Del Ry S,Giannessi D,Maltinti M,Prontera C,Iervasi A,Colotti C,Emdin M,L'Abbate A,Neglia D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lectin was isolated from extracts of fruiting bodies of the mushroom Xerocomus spadiceus using a procedure that involved ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel blue gel, ion exchange chromatography on CM-cellulose, and gel filtration by fast protein liquid chromatography o...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Liu Q,Wang H,Ng TB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00