Deltorphin, a naturally occurring peptide with high selectivity for delta opioid receptors, improves memory consolidation in two inbred strains of mice.

abstract：:Prothymosin alpha (ProTα), a nuclear protein, plays multiple functions including cell survival. Most recently, we demonstrated that the active 30-amino acid peptide sequence/P30 (amino acids 49-78) in ProTα retains its substantial activity in neuroprotection in vitro and in vivo as well as in the inhibition of cerebra...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Halder SK,Sugimoto J,Matsunaga H,Ueda H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urotensin II (UII) induces the development of cardiac remodeling and atherosclerosis by promoting hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and mitogenesis of fibroblasts and vascular smooth muscle cells. But its effect on cardiac side population cells (CSPs), one of somatic stem cells, is unclear. The present study examined the ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gong H,Ma H,Liu M,Zhou B,Zhang G,Chen Z,Jiang G,Yan Y,Yang C,Kanda M,Wu J,Yuan J,Li L,Nagai T,Komuro I,Ge J,Zou Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides influence cardiac dysfunction; however, peptidergic modulation of contractile performance remains relatively uncharacterized. We identified a novel human peptide that modulates mammalian contractile performance. Members of the FMRFamide-related peptide (FaRP) family contain a C-terminal RFamide but structural...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nichols R,Demers LA,Larsen BM,Robinson D,Converso K,Russell MW,Westfall MV

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years our knowledge of the nervous control of the cerebral circulation has increased. The use of denervations and retrograde tracing in combination with immunohistochemical techniques has demonstrated that cerebral vessels are supplied with sympathetic, parasympathetic, and sensory nerve fibers and possibly ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gulbenkian S,Uddman R,Edvinsson L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptic digestion of bovine hemoglobin at low degree of hydrolysis yields an intermediate peptide fraction exhibiting antibacterial activity against Micrococcus luteus A270, Listeria innocua, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enteritidis after separation by reversed-phase HPLC. From this fraction a pure peptide was isola...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Daoud R,Dubois V,Bors-Dodita L,Nedjar-Arroume N,Krier F,Chihib NE,Mary P,Kouach M,Briand G,Guillochon D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that ghrelin is mainly localized to the stomach but also occurs, together with the prokinetic hormone motilin, in endocrine cells in the proximal small intestine. This study explored ghrelin and motilin concentrations in plasma in relation to gastrointestinal motility and whether plasma ghreli...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sjölund K,Ekman R,Wierup N

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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：: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 use of protein A- and IgG-conjugated colloidal gold staining methods for the immuno-localisation of peptide hormones and neurotransmitters at light- and electron microscope level are described and discussed. Bright-field and dark-ground illumination modes have been used to visualise the gold-labelled antigenic sit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Varndell IM,Tapia FJ,Probert L,Buchan AM,Gu J,De Mey J,Bloom SR,Polak JM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NLP-12a and b have been identified as cholecystokinin/sulfakinin-like neuropeptides in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. They are suggested to play an important role in the regulation of digestive enzyme secretion and fat storage. This study reports on the identification and characterization of an NLP-1...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Peeters L,Janssen T,De Haes W,Beets I,Meelkop E,Grant W,Schoofs L

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Although previous studies have implicated NPY in the etiology of experimental cancer anorexia, the results have been difficult to interpret. Studies have suggested that although NPY level and message were decreased in the dorsomedial hypothalamic area (DMA), they were elevated in the ventromedial hypothalamic area (VM...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chance WT,Xiao C,Dayal R,Sheriff S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989, the development of specific angiotensin receptor antagonists which distinguish between two angiotensin receptor subtypes (AT1 and AT2) led to a breakthrough in angiotensin research. It turned out, that the AT1 receptor was almost entirely responsible for the "classical" actions of angiotensin II related to th...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Steckelings UM,Kaschina E,Unger T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large body of evidence suggests a relationship between depression and coronary heart disease (CHD). Angiotensin-Ⅱ (Ang-Ⅱ) and angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] are considered to exert biological effects in both conditions. Here, we aimed to determine the role of Ang-Ⅱ and Ang-(1-7) in the occurrence of comorbid depressi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Han W,Wei Z,Dang R,Guo Y,Zhang H,Geng C,Wang C,Feng Q,Jiang P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further characterize the structure and function of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) related peptides in fish, we have cloned cDNA sequences for CGRP, amylin, adrenomedullin (AM) and adrenomedullin-2/intermedin (IMD) in goldfish (Carassius auratus) and examined their tissue distribution. CGRP, amylin, AM and I...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Martínez-Alvarez RM,Volkoff H,Cueto JA,Delgado MJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:A simple and computationally nonintensive technique based on principal component analysis of 3-dimensional fields to derive theoretical descriptors is presented. The descriptors are then applied to a quantitative structure-activity relationship study on bradykinin potentiating pentapeptides. ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Norinder U

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional role of the C-terminal amide group (-CONH2) of the molluscan regulatory peptide FMRFamide has been examined in two sets of analogues based on FnLKFamide and FnLRFamide (nL = norleucine). In each series the amide group was replaced by -CONHCH3, -CON(CH3)2, -CONHNH2, -COOCH3, -CH2OH, and -COOH. The analog...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Geraghty RF,Irvine GB,Williams CH,Cottrell GA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted in order to determine if selected neurons could be isolated from the brain using Sepharose-linked recognition complexes directed against or related to the biosynthetic/neurosecretory product of the desired neuronal population. Immunoreactive LRF neurons were precipitated when dispersed cells of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Melrose PA,Knigge KM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide YY (PYY)(3-36), a neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y2 receptor agonist, is a powerful inhibitor of intestinal secretion. Based on this anti-secretory effect, NPY Y2 receptor agonists may be useful as novel anti-diarrheal agents, but anti-diarrheal efficacy has yet to be determined. We therefore examined the anti-diarrheal...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Moriya R,Shirakura T,Hirose H,Kanno T,Suzuki J,Kanatani A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) in rat pheochromocytoma PC 12h and murine C 1300 neuroblastoma cells by using MTT ¿3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) reduction assay. Exposure of the cells to Abeta peptides, Abeta1-40 and its fragment Abeta25-35, induced a con...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Takenouchi T,Munekata E

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously developed an in vitro model of rat brainstem explants. The latter release sizable amounts of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP); basal release can be stimulated by such secretagogues as high KCl concentrations, veratridine or capsaicine. In this paradigm we investigated the activity of the analg...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Greco MC,Lisi L,Currò D,Navarra P,Tringali G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) esters of biotin are reported to react specifically with amino groups of peptides and proteins. However, we have found that these reagents can readily acylate other functional groups in specific peptide sequences under relatively mild conditions. We have extended our inquiry of sequence-depe...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Miller BT,Collins TJ,Rogers ME,Kurosky A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antifungal peptide with a molecular mass of 9412 and an N-terminal sequence exhibiting notable homology to those of lipid transfer proteins was isolated from seeds of the vegetable Brassica campestris. The purification protocol entailed ion exchange chromatography on Q-Sepharose, affinity chromatography on Affi-gel...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lin P,Xia L,Ng TB

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemistry using an antiserum to the C-terminal octapeptide of synenkephalin, proenkephalin(63-70), was performed throughout the rat brain and revealed numerous immunopositive fibers and some cell bodies. The morphology and distribution of synenkephalin immunoreactivity was extremely similar to that of a comm...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Song DD,Rossier J,Harlan RE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropharmacological basis for d-amphetamine induced paradoxical behavioral thermoregulation remains unclear. This study examined thermoregulatory behavior of rats in a runway device that housed a heat source at one end and in which locomotion along the length of the runway could be observed. Sprague Dawley rats w...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yehuda S,Sheleff P

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catestatin (CST) is an endogenous neuropeptide with multiple cardiovascular activities. The study is to investigate circulating CST levels in heart failure (HF) patients and to evaluate the role of CST as a biomarker for HF. Plasma CST concentrations were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 228 HF patient...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Liu L,Ding W,Li R,Ye X,Zhao J,Jiang J,Meng L,Wang J,Chu S,Han X,Peng F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have documented cardiovascular effects of apelin, including enhanced inotropy and vasodilation. However, these cardiovascular effects are short lived due to the predicted short circulating half-life of the apelin peptide. To address this limitation of apelin, we pursued N-terminal PEGylation of apelin ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jia ZQ,Hou L,Leger A,Wu I,Kudej AB,Stefano J,Jiang C,Pan CQ,Akita GY

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the binding and functional properties of the mouse NPFF(2) (mNPFF(2)) receptor, in comparison with its human counterpart (hNPFF(2)). Binding experiments were performed by using the NPFF(2) selective radioligand [(3)H]-EYF in membranes from CHO cells transfected with mouse and human NPFF(2) receptor...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Talmont F,Moulédous L,Piedra-Garcia L,Schmitt M,Bihel F,Bourguignon JJ,Zajac JM,Mollereau C

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00