Characterization and expression of the short neuropeptide F receptor in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.

abstract：:To determine the functional role for and the pharmacological specificity of developing gastrointestinal CCK receptors, in vitro pyloric contractility and autoradiographic CCK receptor binding were examined in pups aged 1-20 days. CCK contracted the gastroduodenal junction at all ages, while nonsulfated CCK-8 (d-CCK) w...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Schwartz GJ,Moran TH,McHugh PR

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:Endokinins are novel tachykinins encoded on the human TAC4 and consist of Endokinin A (EKA), B (EKB), C (EKC) and D (EKD). To date, the function of Endokinins in pain processing was not fully understood. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Endokinin A/B (EKA/B, the common C-terminal decap...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yang Y,Dong S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) binding sites in the thymic cortex, medulla, and splenic white pulp suggests that this peptide may have immunoregulatory activity. We examined the effect of ANP on human natural killer (NK) cell activity. ANP significantly augmented NK cell cytotoxicity after twenty-fou...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Moss RB,Golightly MG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a radioimmunoassay for synthetic dynorphin B, a novel opioid tridecapeptide, which shares a common precursor molecule with dynorphin1-17 (= dynorphin A) and the neo-endorphins. The levels of immunoreactivity towards this peptide in rat brain and pituitary show a pattern quantitatively and qualitative...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhu YX,Höllt V,Loh H

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides may act through G protein-coupled receptors to influence cardiovascular performance; thus, delineating mechanisms involved in signaling is a molecular-based strategy to influence health. Molecular switches, often represented by conserved motifs, maintain a receptor in an inactive state. However, once the swit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rasmussen M,Leander M,Ons S,Nichols R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diapause pupae of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus L. exhibit diapause-green, orange and brownish-orange color polymorphism. Development of orange pupae involves a neuroendocrine factor inducing orange pupa (Orange-Pupa-Inducing Factor, OPIF), which is secreted from the head-thoracic region during late pharate...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yamanaka A,Adachi M,Imai H,Uchiyama T,Inoue M,Islam AT,Kitazawa C,Endo K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:125I-Ang I binding to atypical sites on Mycoplasma hyorhinis-contaminated IEC-18 cell membranes increased with increasing pH and [NaCl] (ED50 at 500 mM; maximal 13-fold increase at 2 M NaCl). Alkali metal chlorides and sodium halides increased binding with rank orders of Na+ < K+ < Rb+ < Cs+ = Li+ and F- < Cl- < Br < ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Smith RD

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of our study was to explore the effect of social isolation stress of varying durations on the plasma oxytocin (OT), messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) for oxytocin receptor (OTR), plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) and mRNA for V1a receptor of AVP (V1aR) expression in the hypothalamus and heart of socially mono...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pournajafi-Nazarloo H,Kenkel W,Mohsenpour SR,Sanzenbacher L,Saadat H,Partoo L,Yee J,Azizi F,Carter CS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on [3H]norepinephrine ([3H]NE) release evoked by a sodium-free medium (SFM) were studied. Experiments were performed in rat adrenal medulla slices incubated in vitro. Results showed that [3H]NE release evoked by the omission of Na+ was decreased by 10 nM ANF. In addition,...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Vatta MS,Papouchado ML,Bianciotti LG,Fernandez BE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological experiments suggest that satiation associated with intestinal infusion of several nutrients is mediated by CCK-A receptors. Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty, (OLETF), rats do not express CCK-A receptors and are insensitive to the satiation-producing effects of exogenous CCK. To further evaluate the ro...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Covasa M,Ritter RC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the ability of NPFF, a FMRFamide-like peptide with certain antiopiate properties, to affect the inhibitory effect of morphine on the electrically induced contraction of guinea pig ileum. Neuropeptide FF had no effect when administered alone but reduced morphine inhibition in a noncompetitive manner. Neurope...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Demichel P,Rodriguez JC,Roquebert J,Simonnet G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heptadecapeptide, orphanin FQ or nociceptin (Phe-Gly-Phe-Thr-Gly-Ala-Arg-Lys-Ser-Ala-Arg-Lys-Leu-Ala-Asn-Gln), originally isolated from rat brain has been identified as an endogenous ligand for the orphan opioid-like receptor. Although orphanin FQ shares some sequence and structural homology with kappa-opioid pept...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kavaliers M,Choleris E,Saucier DM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) plays an essential role in weight regulation. Recently we could show that the MC4R is able to form receptor dimers. In the present study we investigated the role of extracellular cysteine residues and the structure of the third extracellular loop for receptor dimerization. None of th...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Elsner A,Tarnow P,Schaefer M,Ambrugger P,Krude H,Grüters A,Biebermann H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the effects of synthetic mouse pancreatic polypeptide (mPP) on feeding and anxiety in mice. The intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of mPP (0.003-3 nmol) dose-dependently increased food intake. A significant increase was observed 20 min after i.c.v. injection and continued...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Asakawa A,Inui A,Ueno N,Fujimiya M,Fujino MA,Kasuga M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesfatin-1 is well established to reduce food intake upon brain injection in rats, while in mice its anorexigenic action and brain expression are largely unexplored. We characterized the influence of intracerebroventricular (icv) and peripheral (intraperitoneal, ip, subcutaneous, sc) injection of nesfatin-1 on dark ph...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Goebel M,Stengel A,Wang L,Taché Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of iontophoretically applied human pancreatic growth hormone-releasing factor (hpGRF), peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI-27), and somatostatin (SS) on the extracellular activity of single cells in the hypothalamus, thalamus, and cortex of the rat brain were studied in urethane-anesthetized, male rats. Neur...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Twery MJ,Moss RL

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy, an adaptive process to an increased hemodynamic overload, includes not only an increase in cell size but also qualitative changes in constituent proteins. Although swelling-activated chloride channels (I(Cl,swell)) chronically activate in hypertrophied atrial myocytes, the role of I(Cl,swell) in r...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bai GY,Yuan K,Park WH,Kim SZ,Kim SH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) significantly increases in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients as a function of clinical severity. Aim of this study was to evaluate in CHF patients the relationship between circulating CNP concentrations and echo-Doppler conventional indices of left ventricular (LV) function as well ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Del Ry S,Maltinti M,Cabiati M,Emdin M,Giannessi D,Morales MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferences regarding biosynthesis of LHRH in rats are made from immunocytochemical studies using LHRH antisera with varied and specific binding requirements. Immunoreactive perikarya were observed with antisera that could bind putative large molecular weight precursors of LHRH. No cells were detected with an antiserum...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： King JC,Anthony EL

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2 (LEAP-2) is a 40-residue cationic peptide originally purified from human blood ultrafiltrate. The native peptide contains two disulfide bonds and is unique regarding its primary structure. Its biological role is not known but a previous study showed that chemically synthesized L...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hocquellet A,Odaert B,Cabanne C,Noubhani A,Dieryck W,Joucla G,Le Senechal C,Milenkov M,Chaignepain S,Schmitter JM,Claverol S,Santarelli X,Dufourc EJ,Bonneu M,Garbay B,Costaglioli P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) is a 42-amino acid peptide, belonging to the VIP-secretin-glucagon superfamily, some members of this group are able to regulate adrenocortical function. GIP-receptor mRNA has been detected in the rat adrenal cortex, but investigations on the effect of GIP on steroid-hormone secreti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mazzocchi G,Rebuffat P,Meneghelli V,Malendowicz LK,Tortorella C,Gottardo G,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of twelve dipeptides tested, only the Trp containing peptides Val-Trp and its reverse peptide Trp-Val showed a xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitory activity. Studies with Val and Trp revealed that XO inhibition was mainly attributed to the Trp residue. No significant difference (P ≥ 0.05) was found for the XO inhibitory p...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nongonierma AB,Fitzgerald RJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three novel antimicrobial peptides designated ToAMP1, ToAMP2 and ToAMP3 were purified from Taraxacum officinale flowers. Their amino acid sequences were determined. The peptides are cationic and cysteine-rich and consist of 38, 44 and 42 amino acid residues for ToAMP1, ToAMP2 and ToAMP3, respectively. Importantly, acc...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Astafieva AA,Rogozhin EA,Odintsova TI,Khadeeva NV,Grishin EV,Egorov TsA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate how suckling influences the plasma levels of oxytocin and vasoactive intestinal peptide in lactating dogs. Blood-samples were drawn from ten lactating beagles during suckling, in week one and week three of the five week long lactation period and the levels of vasoactive ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Eriksson M,Lindén A,Stock S,Uvnäs-Moberg K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BMAP-27, a member of cathelicidin family, plays an important role against microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. BMAP-27 may exert antimicrobial effects through membrane integrity disruption, but the exact molecular mechanism remains unclear. To identify the structural features important for antimicrobial activ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yang S,Lee CW,Kim HJ,Jung HH,Kim JI,Shin SY,Shin SH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Nucleus Ambiguus (NA) mu-receptors increased mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) and kappa-receptors decreased MAP without altering HR. Mu-receptors in the Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus (DMV) increased MAP without changing HR whereas kappa-receptors in the DMV decreased HR without changing MAP....

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hassen AH,Broudy EP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urotensin II (UII), which was originally isolated from the teleost urophysis, was identified as an endogenous ligand for orphan G protein-coupled receptor 14 (GPR14). The structure of mammalian UII was confirmed by isolation from spinal cord in porcine, or was easily predicted from the sequence of prepro-UII in human....

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sugo T,Mori M

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：: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