The first pacifastin elastase inhibitor characterized from a blood sucking animal.

abstract：:Two cDNAs, size 969 bp and 1146 bp respectively, encoding goldfish gamma-preprotachykinin (gamma-PPT) were identified. Both cDNAs contain the same 345 bp open reading frame. The deduced 114-amino acid gamma-PPT contains the sequence of substance P, carassin and neurokinin A. sequence analysis of the two cDNA 5'-untran...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lin XW,Peter RE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of rat and human calcitonin gene-related peptide (r alpha CGRP and h beta CGRP, respectively) upon uterine contractile force were investigated using uterine horns from nonpregnant rats, r alpha CGRP and h beta CGRP were equipotent (pD2 = 8.85-9.09) in inhibiting spontaneous and electrically evoked uterine cont...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pennefather JN,Reynoldson NA,Handberg GM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) with its wide distribution in the brain of mammals has been the focus of considerable research in recent years. Last two decades have witnessed a steady rise in the information on the genes that encode this neuropeptide and regulation of its transcription an...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Subhedar NK,Nakhate KT,Upadhya MA,Kokare DM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha on the expression and functionality of adrenomedullin (AM) receptors in cultured human coronary artery smooth muscle cells. Analysis of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reactions showed that these cells abundantly express two AM receptors comprised of...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nagoshi Y,Kuwasako K,Cao YN,Imamura T,Kitamura K,Eto T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic worms come from two very different phyla-Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nematoda (roundworms). Although both phyla possess nervous systems with highly developed peptidergic components, there are key differences in the structure and action of native neuropeptides in the two groups. For example, the most abun...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Day TA,Maule AG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoregulatory role of methionine-enkephalin (Met-enk) is well studied in mammals, but has not been explored in ectotherms despite the fact that this peptide is highly conserved in vertebrates. The present study demonstrates the diverse effects of Met-enk depending on its concentration and specific function of s...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Singh R,Rai U

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of the proenkephalin A-derived peptide Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 was demonstrated throughout the human gastrointestinal tract. Highest concentrations of Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8, as assessed by radioimmunoassay, were measured in the separated muscularis externa, while lower levels were found in...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ferri GL,Morreale RA,Dockray GJ

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Heat-stable enterotoxin b (STb) of Escherichia coli is a 48-amino acid basic, disulfide-bonded peptide that causes intestinal secretion in experimental animal models. Recent evidence suggests that the in vivo mechanism of STb action involves release of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Harville BA,Dreyfus LA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide FF (NPFF) has been shown to act as an endogenous anti-analgesic peptide. In this paper, several peptide analogs of the selective ligand dNP(NMe)AFLFQPQRF-NH(2) modified in the putative address segment, were designed to be selective NPFF(2) receptor probes, synthesized and assayed. One peptide dA(NMe)AAFLF...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mazarguil H,Mollereau C,Czaplicki G,Zajac JM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TRH and PS-24 (a TRH peptidase resistant analogue) induce different effects on body temperature and motor activity in rats kept at 4 degrees C. PS-24 induced hypothermia, but TRH did not. PS-24 induced hypermotility, while TRH induced slight hypomotility. The thermal effect of TRH in hypophysectomized rats was similar...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yehuda S,Youdim MB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urotensin II (UII), first identified from goby urophysis, is a potent vasoactive peptide hormone and an endogenous ligand for an orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR14, now named urotensin II receptor (UT-R). In addition to its vascular actions, UII has been shown to have mitogenic effects on tumor growth and some re...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Morimoto R,Satoh F,Murakami O,Totsune K,Arai Y,Suzuki T,Sasano H,Ito S,Takahashi K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A putative genome duplication event within the Silurana lineage has given rise to the tetraploid Cameroon clawed frog Silurana epitropicalis (Fischberg, Colombelli, and Picard, 1982). Peptidomic analysis of norepinephrine-stimulated skin secretions of S. epitropicalis led to identification of 10 peptides with varying ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Conlon JM,Mechkarska M,Prajeep M,Sonnevend A,Coquet L,Leprince J,Jouenne T,Vaudry H,King JD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Honeybee stings are a severe public health problem. Bee venom contains a series of active components, including enzymes, peptides, and biogenic amines. The local reactions observed after envenoming include a typical inflammatory response and pain. Honeybee venom contains some well-known polycationic peptides, such as ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mourelle D,Brigatte P,Bringanti LD,De Souza BM,Arcuri HA,Gomes PC,Baptista-Saidemberg NB,Ruggiero Neto J,Palma MS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used high performance liquid chromatography and radioimmunoassay to characterize the CCK-like molecules in the central nervous system. The major form of CCK is the sulfated octapeptide. This molecule is distributed unevenly among various brain regions; the highest levels are found in the cortex and striatum. W...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Beinfeld MC,Meyer DK,Brownstein MJ

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent refinements in methodology now permit the study of endogenous peptide hormones in their individual target cells. The investigations reported here deal with the question of whether endogenous ACTH can be detected in its target cells in the highly active adrenal gland of the normally lactating rat. This question ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nolin JM

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of [125I]PACAP-38 to rat liver membranes was investigated. It was rapid at 37 degrees C, reversible, and saturable, and it was time, concentration, and temperature dependent. Scatchard plots showed that [125I]PACAP-38 bound to single noninteracting site(s), and [125I]VIP bound to high- and low-affinity binding...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bitar KG,Somogyvari-Vigh A,Coy DH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irisin is a novel myokine and adipokine that has gained much attention recently due to its mechanisms of action. Irisin is secreted following proteolytic cleavage of its precursor fibronectin type III domain containing 5 (FNDC5). Following its release, irisin exerts its major action by increasing the expression of mit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mahgoub MO,D'Souza C,Al Darmaki RSMH,Baniyas MMYH,Adeghate E

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venoms from cone snails (genus Conus) can be seen as an untapped cocktail of biologically active compounds, being increasingly recognized as an emerging source of peptide-based therapeutics. Cone snails are considered to be specialized predators that have evolved the most sophisticated peptide chemistry and neuropharm...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Peigneur S,Van Der Haegen A,Möller C,Waelkens E,Diego-García E,Marí F,Naudé R,Tytgat J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystokinin induces a reduction in exploratory behaviors which could reflect an underlying behavioral state of either satiety or malaise. To investigate these alternative hypotheses, the effects of CCK were compared to the effects of (a) consumption of an extra quantity of palatable food, of (b) bombesin at doses ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Crawley JN

更新日期：1983-07-01 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：:Most small peptide hormones and neurotransmitters are highly flexible, conformationally labile molecules in aqueous and other environments. Thus efforts to determine the relationships between conformational properties of these peptides in aqueous and other solvents and their biological activities at membrane receptors...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hruby VJ,Mosberg HI

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel peptide hormone, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), was recently isolated and characterized in mammalian atria. This hormone has potent natriuretic diuretic and vasorelaxant activities. Since ANF bioactivity was initially found in atria but not in ventricles, it was assumed that the ANF gene is specifically expr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nemer M,Lavigne JP,Drouin J,Thibault G,Gannon M,Antakly T

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebroventricular injection of NPY inhibits epileptiform seizures and seizure-related "wet dog shakes" (WDS) following electrical stimulation of the dentate gyrus or subiculum. This study examined the effects of NPY on seizures and WDS elicited in hippocampal CA3. Like in the other hippocampal regions, NPY signi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Klemp K,Woldbye DP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H]Neurotensin (NT) was found to bind specifically and with high affinity to crude membranes prepared from rat uterus. Scatchard analysis of saturation binding studies indicated that [3H]NT apparently binds to two sites (high affinity Kd 0.5 nM; low affinity Kd 9 nM) with the density of high affinity sites (41 fmoles...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pettibone DJ,Totaro JA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRF injected into the third cerebral ventricle (0.5-2.5 micrograms) caused dose-related reductions in fever induced in rabbits by IV administration of leukocytic pyrogen. Control injections of CRF when the same animals were afebrile did not alter normal body temperature. Intravenous injections of 5 and 20 micrograms C...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bernardini GL,Richards DB,Lipton JM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the biological effects of adrenomedullin (AM) and PAMP have been reported extensively in animal studies and from in-vitro experiments, relatively little information is available on responses to the hormone administered to man. This review summarizes data from the few studies carried out in man. In healthy vol...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nicholls MG,Lainchbury JG,Lewis LK,McGregor DO,Richards AM,Troughton RW,Yandle TG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y-containing nerve fibers have previously been demonstrated to innervate the mammalian ovary. These nerve fibers innervate primarily the vasculature. In this study we have developed a method for in vivo measurement of the ovary blood flow rate by means of the 133Xe method. Using this technique we measured...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jørgensen JC,Sejrsen P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthetic activity of rat intermediate lobe melanotropes in vivo is inhibited by stimulation of dopamine D2 receptors. Individual melanotropes are innervated differentially by dopaminergic axons and vary in their levels of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA. We tested the hypothesis that placement of the lobe in ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Beatty DM,Morris SJ,Chronwall BM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00