Molecular cloning and sequence analyses of preprotemporin mRNAs containing premature stop codons from extradermal tissues of Rana tagoi.

abstract：:Milk is the best, complete food important for the development and nourishment of a neonate. Except for nutrients, milk contains biologically active opioid peptides derived from beta-casein, named beta-casomorphins (BCMs), which can exert effects in the gastrointestinal tract as well as in the whole body of neonates. T...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jarmołowska B,Sidor K,Iwan M,Bielikowicz K,Kaczmarski M,Kostyra E,Kostyra H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to identify the efferents of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), particularly in regard to nociception. Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) was microiontophoresed into the DRN and visualized immunocytochemically; PHA-L-immunoreactive (-IR) fibers and terminals were identified in the forebra...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sim LJ,Joseph SA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous works associate the MCH peptide, and the hypothalamic neurons that produce it, to the feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. It is commonly admitted that MCH is an orexigenic peptide, and MCH neurons could be under the control of arcuate NPY and POMC neurons. However, the literature data is not always conco...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Griffond B,Risold PY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VIP and related fragments were prepared by the solid-phase method. The peptides were assembled on a benzhydrylamine resin and couplings of the Boc-amino acids were carried out by the symmetrical anhydride method. Cleavage was achieved by treatment with liquid HF and purification was accomplished by successive steps of...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fournier A,Saunders JK,St-Pierre S

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is assuming increasing importance in cardiovascular disease, and in adults its plasma levels are related to clinical and functional disease severity. Data are scarce regarding the reference values for CNP in infancy. Aim of this study was to assess the reference intervals for CNP in hu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Del Ry S,Cantinotti M,Cabiati M,Caselli C,Storti S,Prescimone T,Murzi B,Clerico A,Giannessi D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of neuropeptides in the frontal ganglia of larvae of the tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta, the tomato moth, Lacanobia oleracea and the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis was investigated using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), matrix-assisted laser desorption time of fl...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Audsley N,Matthews J,Weaver RJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most potent stimulants of food intake in mammals, but very little is known about NPY actions in fish. The present study investigated the role of NPY in food intake in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Food intake was monitored at different times after intracerebroventricular a...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Aldegunde M,Mancebo M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahypothalamic injection of amylin (AMY) was shown to reduce the intake of rat chow and water for 8 and 4 h, respectively, in schedule-fed rats. Amylin also reduced water intake to a much lesser degree in 24-h water-deprived rats. A test of the ability of AMY to form a conditioned taste aversion yielded no change i...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chance WT,Balasubramaniam A,Chen X,Fischer JE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the purification and biochemical/pharmacological characterization of two myotoxic phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)s) from Bothrops brazili venom, a native snake from Brazil. Both myotoxins (MTX-I and II) were purified by a single chromatographic step on a CM-Sepharose ion-exchange column up to a high pur...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Costa TR,Menaldo DL,Oliveira CZ,Santos-Filho NA,Teixeira SS,Nomizo A,Fuly AL,Monteiro MC,de Souza BM,Palma MS,Stábeli RG,Sampaio SV,Soares AM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ACTH-(1-24) inhibits the in vitro binding of the muscarinic antagonist [3H]QNB to membranes from rat brain. The magnitude of inhibition is dependent on the concentration of ACTH-(1-24). Kinetic analysis indicates a pure competitive inhibition which is suggestive of a reversible interaction of ACTH with muscarinic rece...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tonnaer JA,Van Vugt M,De Graaf JS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sparse to moderate supply of nerve fibers containing neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP-LI), substance P (SP-LI), and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP-LI) was demonstrated in the walls of human middle meningeal arteries. Comparison with similar studies on human...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jansen I,Uddman R,Ekman R,Olesen J,Ottosson A,Edvinsson L

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain and the retrocerebral complex of the locust, Locusta migratoria, were examined for the presence of FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) using an RIA specific for -RFamide. RP-HPLC of these extracts using both C18 and phenyl columns revealed the presence of several FaRPs eluting at different percentages of acet...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Peeff NM,Orchard I,Lange AB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanocortins (MCs) are multifunctional peptide hormones that regulate a diversity of physiological functions. MCs have been implicated in sexual function in animals. We document here that a MC analog, Melanotan II (MTII), can enhance sexual function in human males (erectile activity) and females (increased levels of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hadley ME

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and mucins are components of airway secretions and both contribute to the innate host defense system. At neutral pH, AMPs are positively charged, mucins negatively. It was the aim of the study to test whether these opposite charges result in interactions between AMPs and mucins. We measur...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Felgentreff K,Beisswenger C,Griese M,Gulder T,Bringmann G,Bals R

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that different calcitonins interact with planar lipid membranes to form ion channels. In this study, glycosylation of eel calcitonin (eCt) at different positions (Ct3-GlcNAc, Ct14-GlcNAc, Ct20-GlcNAc, Ct26-GlcNAc) is shown to preserve molecular structure and slightly change the energy of in...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Meleleo D,Micelli S,Toma K,Haneda K,Gallucci E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between glutamate receptors and the action of NC-1900 on a step-through passive avoidance (PA) task in mice, MK-801, an NMDA receptor blocker, and (S)-4-carboxyphenylglycine (4CPG), a group I metabotropic receptor antagonist, were administered intraventricularly (i.c.v.) singly or as co-inj...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sato T,Ishida T,Tanaka K,Chowdhurry N,Irifune M,Hirate K,Mimura T,Nishikawa T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of acute exercise to stimulate appetite and food intake depends on intensity, duration, and agouti-related protein (AGRP) levels. Fasting, as well as any negative energy balance, has been reported to increase AGRP expression in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) of the hypothalamus and other extra-hypothalamic tiss...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ghanbari-Niaki A,Nabatchian S,Hedayati M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro interaction between five polycationic peptides, buforin II, cecropin P1, indolicidin, magainin II, and ranalexin, and several clinically used antimicrobial agents was evaluated against several clinical isolates of Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, using the microbroth dilution method. The ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Giacometti A,Cirioni O,Del Prete MS,Paggi AM,D'Errico MM,Scalise G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neuropeptide F (NPF) was isolated from the fruit fly, Drosophila mellanogaster, based on a radioimmunoassay for a gut peptide from the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea. A partial sequence was obtained from the fly peptide, and a genomic sequence coding for NPF was cloned after inverse polymerase chain reaction and show...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Brown MR,Crim JW,Arata RC,Cai HN,Chun C,Shen P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[125I]beta-endorphin bound to high affinity (Kd = 0.25 nM) receptors in the caudal dorsomedial medulla of rats with a Bmax of 97 fmol/mg protein. The relative potency for displacement of [125I]beta-endorphin binding was: beta-endorphin(1-31) > beta-endorphin(1-27) > DAMGO > naloxone > N-acetyl-beta-endorphin(1-31) > U...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： D'Souza MM,Carr JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin system plays an important role in energy homeostasis as well as skin pigmentation, steroidogenesis and exocrine gland function. In this study, we examined eight Ac-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-NH(2) tetrapeptides that were modified at the Phe position and pharmacologically characterized their activities at the hum...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chen M,Georgeson KE,Harmon CM,Haskell-Luevano C,Yang Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:To confirm and extend the results of previous studies which demonstrated central cardiovascular effects of vasopressin in anesthetized rats, we determined blood pressure and heart rate changes for 30 minutes after intracerebroventricular injections of arginine vasopressin, arginine vasotocin and oxytocin in conscious ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zerbe RL,Kirtland S,Faden AI,Feuerstein G

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MPF is a tetrapeptide (structure Lys-Lys-Gly-Glu) that elicits a variety of neurotrophic effects in vivo consistent with a role in neuronal regeneration. In support of this role, we now show that MPF stimulates the proliferation of cultured astrocytes and neurite outgrowth from cultures of neocortical cholinergic and ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Owen DB,Morley JS,Ensor DM,Allen YS,Miles JB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the indirect immunofluorescence method, enkephalin-like immunoreactivity was visualized on human fetus spinal cord sections (gestational age from 17 to 25 weeks). Immunolabeled varicose fibers and terminal-like structures were seen through the whole length fetal spinal cord principally in the dorsal gray, in the...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rougeot C,Charnay Y,Dray F,Dubois PM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermorphins are potent opiate-like peptides isolated from the skin of some species of frogs. They are characterized by the presence of a D-amino acid residue, which is crucial for bioactivity. A number of analogues were prepared in order to evaluate the structure-activity relationships. The syntheses were accomplished...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： de Castiglione R,Faoro F,Perseo G,Piani S,Santangelo F,Melchiorri P,Falconieri Erspamer G,Erspamer V,Guglietta A

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cone snails comprise approximately 700 species of venomous molluscs which have evolved the ability to generate multiple toxins with varied and exquisite selectivity. alpha-Conotoxin is a powerful tool for defining the composition and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors which play a crucial role in excitatory...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Peng C,Han Y,Sanders T,Chew G,Liu J,Hawrot E,Chi C,Wang C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if different subtypes of mu-opioid receptors were involved in antinociception induced by endomorphin-1 and endomorphin-2, the effect of pretreatment with various mu-opioid receptor antagonists beta-funaltrexamine, naloxonazine and 3-methylnaltrexone on the inhibition of the paw-withdrawal induced by endom...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sakurada S,Hayashi T,Yuhki M,Fujimura T,Murayama K,Yonezawa A,Sakurada C,Takeshita M,Sato T,Zadina JE,Kastin AJ,Sakurada T

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) contributes to the regulation of diverse cognitive and physiological functions including nociception. Indeed, OXT has been reported to be analgesic when administered directly into the brain, the spinal cord, or systemically. Although many authors have reported the analgesic effects of O...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Russo R,D'Agostino G,Mattace Raso G,Avagliano C,Cristiano C,Meli R,Calignano A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report summarizes recent work on the chemistry and structure-activity relationships of crustacean chromatophorotropic pigment-dispersing hormones (PDHs) and the identification of structurally related peptides from insects. So far, the primary structures of crustacean alpha-PDH and beta-PDH and of a pigment-disper...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rao KR,Riehm JP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00