Identification of the short neuropeptide F precursor in the desert locust: evidence for an inhibitory role of sNPF in the control of feeding.

abstract：:By using specific antibodies and radioimmunological and immunohistochemical methods, we here show that neuropeptide FF (NPFF) occurs in cervical and lumbar dorsal root ganglia cells. Levels in the ganglia were low because they were detectable only after colchicine treatment or after unilateral dorsal rhizotomy. Simila...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Allard M,Rousselot P,Lombard MC,Theodosis DT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cardioactive peptides from the pulmonate snail Helix aspersa were tested for their effects on myocardial cAMP levels, but only the family of small cardioactive peptides (SCPs) were clearly effective. SCP increased cAMP in a dose dependent manner; the time course was phasic. The structure-activity relations of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Reich G,Doble KE,Price DA,Greenberg MJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, is a waterborne bacteria. It can multiply in man-made water systems and infect people who inhale contaminated droplets. We have previously reported a Staphylococcus warneri strain that display an anti-Legionella activity. In this work, we characteri...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Verdon J,Berjeaud JM,Lacombe C,Héchard Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a hypothalamic peptide that plays a critical role in the regulation of food intake and energy metabolism. In this study, we investigated the potential role of dense hippocampal MCH innervation in the spatially oriented food-seeking component of feeding behavior. Rats were trained...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Sita LV,Diniz GB,Canteras NS,Xavier GF,Bittencourt JC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a new serine protease inhibitor family has been described in arthropods. Eight members were purified from locusts and 13 peptides have been identified by cDNA cloning. The peptides share a conserved cysteine array (Cys-Xaa(9-12)-Cys-Asn-Xaa-Cys-Xaa-Cys-Xaa(2-3)-Gly-Xaa(3-6)-Cys-Thr-Xaa(3)-Cys) with nine inhi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Simonet G,Claeys I,Van Soest S,Breugelmans B,Franssens V,De Loof A,Vanden Broeck J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incretin hormones, glucose dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), potentiate insulin secretion and are responsible for the majority of insulin secretion that occurs after a meal. They may also, however, have a fundamental role in pancreatic beta cell development and functio...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Omar B,Ahlkvist L,Yamada Y,Seino Y,Ahrén B

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotensin exerts its actions in the central nervous system and the periphery through three identified receptors. Two of them, the NTS2 and NTS3, display unusual properties either because of their complex signal transduction mechanisms (NTS2) or because of their structural composition as a non-G-protein-coupled recep...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mazella J,Vincent JP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to detect the change of substance P (SP) in firearm wounds and its relationship with wound healing. Twenty two rabbits were randomly divided into two groups, one with firearm wounds created by steel balls shooting rabbits' thighs and another with stab wounds created by knife. The experim...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Xinan L,Suguang L,Liangchao Z,Lei C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight junctions (TJ) control paracellular permeability and apical-basolateral polarity of epithelial cells. Dysregulated permeability is associated with pathological conditions, such as celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease. TJ formation is dependent on E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion and actin rearrang...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gopalakrishnan S,Tripathi A,Tamiz AP,Alkan SS,Pandey NB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we characterized the active site in the alpha-melanotropin hormone (alpha-MSH) sequence responsible for the enhancement of cAMP production in incubated striatal slices by using different alpha-MSH fragments. We also analyzed the effects of the co-incubation of the SCH23390, a dopaminergic D(1) antagonist...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Cecilia Cremer M,Silvina Sanchez M,Ester Celis M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In these studies the pattern of feeding behavior during continuous intraventricular (IVT) infusion of NPY for 4 hr in the satiated female rat was monitored. Whereas saline infusion was ineffective, each of the three doses of NPY (117, 470 or 1175 pmol/hr) increased feeding during the entire 4 hr infusion and 2 hr post...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kalra SP,Dube MG,Kalra PS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptor binding sites have been characterized in rat brain using both membrane preparations and receptor autoradiography. Radiolabelled NPY binds with high affinity and specificity to an apparent single class of sites in rat brain membrane preparations. The ligand selectivity pattern reveals stro...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Martel JC,St-Pierre S,Quirion R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that neurokinin A (NKA) and neurokinin B (NKB) induce an increase in the concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in murine neuroblastoma C1300 cells (EC50: NKA 87 +/- 13 nM, NKB 97 +/- 15 nM). Substance P (SP) also caused a transient Ca2+ increase, although the potency of SP was much less than that...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fukuhara S,Mukai H,Munekata E

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PACAP-27 and PACAP-38 are the exclusive physiological ligands for the mammalian PAC1 receptor. The role of C-terminal amidation of these ligands at that receptor was examined in neuroendocrine cells expressing the PAC1 receptor endogenously and in non-neuroendocrine cells in which the human and rat PAC1 receptors were...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Emery AC,Alvarez RA,Abboud P,Xu W,Westover CD,Eiden MV,Eiden LE

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that brief, vena caval infusion of gastrin-releasing peptide1-27 (GRP), delivered shortly (5 min) after the end of the first spontaneous nocturnal meal, significantly prolongs the postprandial intermeal interval (IMI) without affecting the size of the subsequent meal in freely-feeding rats. In...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rushing PA,Gibbs J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides are important regulators of growth and cellular functions not only in normal tissue but also in tumors. So they are becoming radioligands of increasing interest in nuclear oncology for targeted tumor diagnosis and therapy. So development of new peptide radiopharmaceuticals is becoming one of the most importan...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chandra S,De K,Ganguly S,Sarkar B,Misra M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the present studywas to examine the question of whether the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) system is altered by endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS). METHODS:Male eNOS-deficient mice (eNOS-/-) and wild type control mice (eNOS+/+, C57B1/6J) were used. Blood pressure was measured in anestheti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yuan K,Kim SY,Oh YB,Yu J,Shah A,Park BH,Kim SH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic hyperglycemia measured alongside diabetes development is associated with significant long-term damage and failure of various organs. In the present study it was shown that hyperglycemia induced early and long term increases in nitric oxide (NO) levels, kallikrein activity and vascular capillary permeabilit...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Catanzaro O,Labal E,Andornino A,Capponi JA,Di Martino I,Sirois P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The C-terminus of the transcription factor p53 seems to play an important role by controlling the specific DNA-binding activity, which is directly associated with sensing damaged DNA. Another region located in the N-terminus of the protein has also been shown to regulate the DNA-binding activity of the protein. This a...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Portefaix JM,Rio MD,Granier C,Roquet F,Pau B,Navarro-Teulon I

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme-resistant receptor agonists of the incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) have shown positive therapeutic effects in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). T2DM has detrimental effects on brain function and impairment of cognition and memory formation has been described. One of the underlying me...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gault VA,Hölscher C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a radioimmunoassay against the C-terminal sequence Arg-Pro-NH2 (RPamide), we have isolated the peptide Leu-Pro-Pro-Gly-Pro-Leu-Pro-Arg-Pro-NH2 (Antho-RPamide) from an extract of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. Antho-RPamide is located in neurons of sea anemones. Application of low concentrations of An...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Carstensen K,Rinehart KL,McFarlane ID,Grimmelikhuijzen CJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA dependent protein kinase (PKR) is a negative regulator of cell proliferation and thus itself a target for modulation. We show that a cell-permeable peptide (PRI), containing a conserved double-stranded RNA binding motif found in PKR, inhibits activation of the kinase and activity to phosphoryla...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Nekhai S,Bottaro DP,Woldehawariat G,Spellerberg A,Petryshyn R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin-potentiating peptides (BPPs) are an important group of toxins present in Lachesis muta rhombeata venom. They act directly at renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, through the inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). This action may contribute to the hypotensive shock observed during the envenoming...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pinheiro-Júnior EL,Boldrini-França J,de Campos Araújo LMP,Santos-Filho NA,Bendhack LM,Cilli EM,Arantes EC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin-potentiating peptides from Bothrops jararaca (Bj) discovered in the early 1960s, were the first natural inhibitors of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE). These peptides belong to a large family of snake venom proline-rich oligopeptides (PROs). One of these peptides, Bj-PRO-9a, was essential for definin...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Morais KL,Ianzer D,Miranda JR,Melo RL,Guerreiro JR,Santos RA,Ulrich H,Lameu C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although physiological processes related to vascular function differ greatly between resistance arteries and conduit arteries, it is not known whether the effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a vasodilator neuropeptide, on these arteries differ in humans. In the present study, the conduit portion and the...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Miyauchi T,Tomobe Y,Ishikawa T,Goto K,Sugishita Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic human calcitonin gene-related peptide (hCGRP) on the isolated and electrically driven left atria of rats were investigated. The peptide at concentrations of 3 X 10(-9)-3 X 10(-7) M produced positive inotropic effects on the left atria in a dose-dependent manner. Verapamil (10(-5) M) and adenosi...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Satoh M,Oku R,Maeda A,Fujii N,Otaka A,Funakoshi S,Yajima H,Takagi H

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have demonstrated that systemic injection of cholecystokinin (CCK) in rats produces dose-related decreases in food intake, increases in neurohypophyseal secretion of oxytocin (OT), and decreases in gastric emptying. The present studies determined whether systemic injection of bombesin (BBS), another p...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Verbalis JG,McCann MJ,Stricker EM

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently discovered that vascular responsiveness to adrenomedullin (AM), a vasoactive hormone, decreases after hemorrhage, which is markedly improved by the addition of its binding protein AMBP-1. One obstacle hampering the development of AM/AMBP-1 as resuscitation agents in trauma victims is the potential immunoge...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Wu R,Dong W,Qiang X,Ji Y,Cui T,Yang J,Zhou M,Blau S,Marini CP,Ravikumar TS,Wang P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This mass spectrometric study confines itself to peptide masses in the range of 500-1500Da. Adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) that are predicted from the genome of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, and the silk moth, Bombyx mori, are shown to exist as expressed peptides in the corpora cardiaca (CC) of the respecti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Gäde G,Marco HG,Simek P,Audsley N,Clark KD,Weaver RJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) secreted by amphibian skin represent an important innate immune defense strategy. There are more than 340 species in the family of Ranidae worldwidely, and from which nearly 100 families of AMPs comprising between 8 and 48 amino acid (aa) residues have been characterized. In current work,...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhang S,Guo H,Shi F,Wang H,Li L,Jiao X,Wang Y,Yu H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00