Identification of selective and non-selective, biostable beta-amino acid agonists of recombinant insect kinin receptors from the southern cattle tick Boophilus microplus and mosquito Aedes aegypti.

abstract：:Angiotensin(1-7) had a compound effect on blood pressure of pithed Sprague-Dawley rats. The initial phase of the response consisted of an increase in MAP of short duration and independent of injected dose, followed by a decline of arterial pressure to values below baseline. Both the magnitude (range: -4 +/- 1 to -13 +...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Benter IF,Diz DI,Ferrario CM

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of two cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides, LL-37 and SMAP-29, with three bacterial polysaccharides, respectively, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia and Klebsiella pneumoniae, was investigated to identify possible mechanisms adopted by lung pathogens to escape the action of innat...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Herasimenka Y,Benincasa M,Mattiuzzo M,Cescutti P,Gennaro R,Rizzo R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A myomodulin peptide has been suggested to mediate the response of the giant glial cells to stimulation of the Leydig interneuron in the central nervous system of the leech Hirudo medicinalis [Eur. J. Neurosci. 11 (1999) 3125]. We have now studied the glial response to the endogenous leech MM peptide (GMGALRL-NH(2), M...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Britz FC,Deitmer JW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STKR is a neurokinin receptor derived from the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans. Insect tachykinin-related peptides, also referred to as "insectatachykinins", produce dose-dependent calcium and cyclic AMP responses in cultured Drosophila melanogaster Schneider 2 (S2) cells that were stably transfected with the cloned S...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Poels J,Nachman RJ,Akerman KE,Oonk HB,Guerrero F,De Loof A,Janecka AE,Torfs H,Vanden Broeck J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like peptides (ILPs) affect a wide variety of biological events, such as metabolism, lifespan, growth and reproduction. Two ILPs (Spoli-ILP1 and Spoli-ILP2) were identified in the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis, while the functions and developmental characters are not fully understood. In the present s...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Iga M,Smagghe G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 20-kDa protein with substantial N-terminal sequence homology to thaumatin-like proteins was isolated from ripe fruits of the emperor banana, Musa basjoo cv. 'emperor banana'. The isolation procedure entailed (NH(4))(2)SO(4) precipitation, ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, and affinity chromatography on ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ho VS,Wong JH,Ng TB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating urotensin II (UII) concentrations and the tissue expression of its cognate receptor (UT) are elevated in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The functional significance of elevated plasma UII levels in CVD is unclear. Urotensin-related peptide (URP) is a paralog of UII in that it contains the six a...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Prosser HC,Forster ME,Richards AM,Pemberton CJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay for the hydra head activator neuropeptide (HHAP). The antibody recognizes the C-terminal portion of HHAP and shows no cross-reactivity with other neuropeptides. The assay allows measurement of HHAP-like material in tissue extracts with a minimum detectable co...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ekman R,Salford L,Brun A,Larsson I

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin (Ang)--a peptide that is part of the renin-angiotensin system-induces vasoconstriction and a subsequent increase in blood pressure; Ang peptides, especially AngII, can also act as potent pro-inflammatory mediators. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent phospholipid mediator that is implicated in man...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sato A,Yokoyama I,Ebina K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) have been widely described in several organisms from different kingdoms. We recently designed and evaluated a synthetic version of an AMP isolated and characterized from Argopecten purpuratus hemocytes. This study describes the generation of a chimaeric gene encoding for Ap-S, the use of t...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tapia E,Montes C,Rebufel P,Paradela A,Prieto H,Arenas G

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:In sheep, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) stimulate adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion. Increased hypothalamic secretion of these peptides at the end of gestation initiates parturition in this species. We hypothesized that CRF and/or AVP content in the fetal hypothalamus i...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Saoud CJ,Wood CE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently characterized bicarinalin as the most abundant peptide from the venom of the ant Tetramorium bicarinatum. This antimicrobial peptide is active against Staphylococcus and Enterobacteriaceae. To further investigate the antimicrobial properties of this cationic and cysteine-free peptide, we have studied ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Téné N,Bonnafé E,Berger F,Rifflet A,Guilhaudis L,Ségalas-Milazzo I,Pipy B,Coste A,Leprince J,Treilhou M

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：: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：:Studies on the in vitro interaction of beta-endorphin with different biomembrane preparations, measured in terms of Ca2+ induced chlorotetracycline (CTC) fluorescence alterations indicate that beta-endorphin causes release of calcium ion from both synaptosomal and erythrocyte membrane stores but not from rat brain mit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chakrabarti AK,Chatterjee TK,Ghosh JJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aspartic protease inhibitor (ATBI) purified from a Bacillus sp. is a potent inhibitor of several proteases including recombinant HIV-1 protease, pepsin, and fungal aspartic protease. In this study, we report the cloning, and over expression of a synthetic gene coding for ATBI in Escherichia coli and establish a pu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Vathipadiekal V,Umasankar PK,Patole MS,Rao M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggests that neurons expressing the long form of the leptin receptor form at least two distinct groups within the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS): a group within the lateral NTS (Slt) and one within the medial (Sm) and gelantinosa (Sg) NTS. Discrete injections of leptin into Sm and Sg, a region...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ciriello J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria lactate dehydrogenase, a glycolytic enzyme, is a malaria diagnostic target in lateral flow immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic tests. Recombinant Plasmodium yoelii LDH was cloned into the pET-28a vector, expressed and the expressed protein purified from a Ni-NTA affinity matrix. A pan-malarial LDH antibody ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hurdayal R,Achilonu I,Choveaux D,Coetzer TH,Dean Goldring JP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The somatostatin analogs D-Phe-Cys-D-Trp-Lys-Thr-Cys-Thr and the corresponding penicillamine compounds have been prepared and tested for their ability to displace [3H]naloxone and [3H] [D-Ala2, D-Leu5]enkephalin from rat brain receptors. While somatostatin and the cystine containing peptide displayed little or no pref...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pelton JT,Gulya K,Hruby VJ,Duckles S,Yamamura HI

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VIP stimulates adenylate cyclase activity of male and female rat anterior pituitaries and human prolactinomas, while dopamine inhibits the enzyme activity of female rat pituitaries and prolactinomas. A dopamine inhibited cyclase can be detected also in male rats provided the enzyme activity is increased by VIP. The an...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Oliva D,Vallar L,Giannattasio G,Spada A,Nicosia S

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of a behaviorally active luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone fragment, Ac-LHRH(5-10), on CA1 pyramidal cells were studied utilizing conventional intracellular recordings from the in vitro rat hippocampal slice preparation. The behaviorally active fragment (10(-7) M) and the natural decapeptide [LHRH(1-10...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chen Y,Wong M,Moss RL

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:Using autoradiographic method and 125I-Tyro rat CGRP as a ligand, receptor binding sites were demonstrated in the rat central nervous system. Saturation studies and Scatchard analysis of CGRP-binding to slide mounted tissue sections containing primarily cerebellum showed a single class of receptors with a dissociation...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Skofitsch G,Jacobowitz DM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the distributions of ACTH, CCK and enkephalin immunoreactive nerves in the rat central nervous system and compared the pattern obtained with that of opiate receptors. In addition, a radioreceptor assay has been employed for studying the possible functional interactions between these peptides and opiat...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Stengaard-Pedersen K,Larsson LI

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pentapeptide pGlu-Asn-Cyt-Pro-Arg [AVP(4-8), termed ZNC(C)PR in this article] has been found as a metabolite of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) in rat brain and has been shown to have potent memory-enhancing activity and to yield a series of biochemical events in brain tissues. [35S]ZNC(C)PR was chemically synthesized ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Du YC,Wu JH,Jiang XM,Gu YJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular distribution of PP and PYY in mammals is reviewed. Expression of PP is restricted to endocrine cells mainly present in the pancreas predominantly in the duodenal portion (head) but also found in small numbers in the gastro-intestinal tract. PYY has a dual expression in both endocrine cells and neurons. PY...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ekblad E,Sundler F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imidazole-related dipeptides, such as carnosine and anserine, occur widely in skeletal muscles of jawed vertebrates. All of the known enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of these dipeptides belong to the M20A metallopeptidase subfamily; two secretory enzymes, serum carnosinase (EC 3.4.13.20) and anserinase (EC 3.4.13...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Oku T,Ando S,Hayakawa T,Baba K,Nishi R,Shiozaki K,Yamada S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) was recently found in myocardium at the mRNA and protein levels, but it is not known whether cardiomyocytes are able to produce CNP. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of CNP and its specific receptor NPR-B in cardiac cells, both in vitro and ex vivo. CNP, brain natr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Del Ry S,Cabiati M,Vozzi F,Battolla B,Caselli C,Forini F,Segnani C,Prescimone T,Giannessi D,Mattii L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hypergravity on the gene expression of the hypothalamic feeding-related neuropeptides in sham-operated (Sham) and vestibular-lesioned (VL) mice were examined by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the paraventricular nucleus was increased significantly in Sham...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sonoda S,Yoshimura M,Abe C,Morita H,Ueno H,Motojima Y,Saito R,Maruyama T,Hashimoto H,Tanaka Y,Ueta Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00