Phoenixin-14 injected intracerebroventricularly but not intraperitoneally stimulates food intake in rats.

abstract：:The effect of arginine vasopressin (AVP) on rat antinociception was investigated. Intraventricular injection of 50 or 100 ng AVP dose-dependently increased the pain threshold; in contrast, intraventricular injection of 10 microl anti-AVP serum decreased the pain threshold; both intrathecal injection of 200 ng AVP or 1...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yang J,Song CY,Liu WY,Lin BC

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Human dipeptidyl peptidase IV (hDPPIV, alternative name: CD26) inhibitors provide an effective strategy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Recently, our research group discovered a non substrate-mimic inhibitory dipeptide, Trp-Arg, by the systematic analysis of a dipeptide library. In the present study, a tripeptid...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lan VT,Ito K,Ito S,Kawarasaki Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:Milk is one of the main source of biologically-active peptides that may function as regulatory substances called food hormones. After passing the gut-blood barrier, the μ-opioid receptor agonist and antagonist peptides may become the new factors influencing various functions of the human organism. The aim of the condu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fiedorowicz E,Jarmołowska B,Iwan M,Kostyra E,Obuchowicz R,Obuchowicz M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A linear peptide containing two reduced cysteine residues can be rapidly converted to its oxidized cyclic form containing an intramolecular disulfide bond by adding an excess of 2,2'-bispyridyl disulfide (2,2'-dipyridyl disulfide or 2,2'-dithiodipyridine) to conventional buffer solutions. The reactants and products ar...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Maruyama K,Nagasawa H,Suzuki A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atriopeptins are circulating peptide hormones which are secreted by atrial tissue and act at the kidney. Because the atriopeptins survive passage through the pulmonary circulation, they also may be involved in the modulation of airway or pulmonary vascular smooth muscle tone. Using in vitro organ bath techniques, atri...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： O'Donnell M,Garippa R,Welton AF

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatostatin has been proposed as a regulatory peptide of nutrient entry and fuel homeostasis because of its ability to inhibit the release of substances involved in food digestion and metabolism. The aim of the study was to evaluate the somatostatin response to a test meal in type I diabetics at the clinical onset of...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Uccioli L,Ghirlanda G,Cotroneo P,Bianchini G,Manto A,Solini A,Annese V,Greco AV

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of muscarinic receptor subtype(s) in the control of gastric phase III contractions and motilin release was determined in dogs. Pirenzepine (226 nmol/kg/h) shortened the phase III cycle, causing an early increase in plasma motilin concentrations. Both AF-DX116BS and 4-DAMP inhibited the occurrence of spontaneo...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Yamada T,Mizumoto A,Satoh M,Haga N,Itoh Z

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:The amidated beta-casomorphin morphiceptin Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro-NH2 is an opioid peptide isolated from bovine milk beta-casein digests whose physiological significance remains unclear. Opiates are known to modify intestinal electrolyte transport by acting on receptors located on the serosal side of the intestine. The aim o...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Mahe S,Tome D,Dumontier AM,Desjeux JF

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin is a peptide hormone regulating iron metabolism, the dyshomeostasis of which has been implicated in dementia. Yet, data on hepcidin status in dementia are scanty, limited to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and inconsistent due to methodological problems with its determination using immunoassays and/or lack of homoge...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fleszar MG,Wiśniewski J,Berdowska I,Zieliński B,Zboch M,Diakowska D,Gamian A,Krzystek-Korpacka M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phe-Leu-Phe-Gln-Pro-Gln-Arg-Phe-NH2 (NPFF), an endogenous mammalian antiopioid peptide, has been shown by other laboratories to attenuate the acute antinociceptive effects of morphine, the development of morphine tolerance, and naloxone-induced withdrawal in morphine-dependent rats. The present study determined the ef...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rothman RB,Brady LS,Xu H,Long JB

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present status of our understanding of the feedback regulation of pancreatic secretion by peptide YY (PYY) released from the distal intestine is reviewed. Exocrine pancreatic secretion is primarily controlled by the cephalic (the vagus nerve), gastric (acid and pepsin secretion, and nutrients delivered into the du...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Naruse S,Kitagawa M,Ishiguro H,Hayakawa T

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:The melanocortin system has been implicated in a multitude of physiological pathways including obesity, satiety, energy homeostasis, sexual behavior, pigmentation, sodium regulation, hypertension, and many others. Based upon studies of the endogenous melanocortin receptor agonists at the cloned human melanocortin rece...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Joseph CG,Yao H,Scott JW,Sorensen NB,Marnane RN,Mountjoy KG,Haskell-Luevano C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is now recognized as an important modulator of body metabolic processes. The discovery of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has renewed interest in the potential therapeutic role of RAS modulation. Recent studies have pointed out the importance of the local balance between ACE/A...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Moreira de Macêdo S,Guimarães TA,Feltenberger JD,Sousa Santos SH

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Immunohistochemical studies were conducted on rat brainstem using a specific polyclonal antiserum against the COOH-terminal (25-37) of human amylin. Amylin-immunoreactive cell bodies were observed in the vestibular, cochlear, trapezoid, and inner cerebellar nuclei and in the mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve. ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： D'Este L,Casini A,Wimalawansa SJ,Renda TG

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the nervous system and other tissues of molluscs contain a number of peptides that potently excite molluscan hearts. Two such peptides, termed small cardioactive peptides A and B (SCPA and SCPB) are present in large quantities in the nervous system of Aplysia. These peptides are widely...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Lloyd PE,Kupfermann I,Weiss KR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ACTH-(1-24) inhibits the in vitro binding of the muscarinic antagonist [3H]QNB to membranes from rat brain. The magnitude of inhibition is dependent on the concentration of ACTH-(1-24). Kinetic analysis indicates a pure competitive inhibition which is suggestive of a reversible interaction of ACTH with muscarinic rece...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tonnaer JA,Van Vugt M,De Graaf JS

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of exogenous ghrelin or obestatin on intestinal injury and accompanying pulmonary injury, intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) was induced in rats by obstructing the superior mesenteric artery for 60min, whereas laparotomy was performed in the sham group. At the beginning of the 90-min reperfu...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Şen LS,Karakoyun B,Yeğen C,Akkiprik M,Yüksel M,Ercan F,Özer A,Yeğen BÇ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of dipeptide cyclo-[His-Pro] (CHP), known to participate in the appetite behavior and food intake control, have been investigated using PC12 cells in culture as model system. We found that only in the presence of experimental conditions that cause cellular stress the cyclic dipeptide affect cellular prolif...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Minelli A,Bellezza I,Grottelli S,Pinnen F,Brunetti L,Vacca M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medium conditioned by a highly enriched population of gonadotrophs, cultured as reaggregates in the presence of 0.01 nM GnRH, was concentrated, separated on a reversed-phase HPLC column, and tested for activity on lactotroph development in pituitary reaggregate cell cultures of 14-day-old rats. The number of cells exp...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Van Bael A,Vande Vijver V,Devreese B,Van Beeumen J,Denef C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of spinal opioid receptors and spinal monoaminergic systems, in the antinociceptive effect of intrathecal (IT) salmon calcitonin, has been evaluated by means of the hot plate test, in the rat. Intrathecal pretreatment with 40 micrograms MR 1452 and 40 micrograms ICI 154,129, purported selective antagon...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Candeletti S,Romualdi P,Spadaro C,Spampinato S,Ferri S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urotensin-II (U-II), a ligand for the G-protein-coupled receptor UT, has been characterized as the most potent mammalian vasoconstrictor identified to date. Although circulating levels of U-II are altered in lower species (e.g., fish) upon exposure to hypo-osmotic stress, little is known about the actions of this cycl...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Disa J,Floyd LE,Edwards RM,Douglas SA,Aiyar NV

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GPR103 receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor, which plays a role in several physiological functions. However, the role of the GPR103 receptor in anxiety has not been clarified. The first aim of our study was to elucidate the involvement of the GPR103 receptor in anxious behavior. Mice were treated with peptide ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Palotai M,Telegdy G

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:The gut tissues and associated nervous system of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, were found to contain FMRFamide-like immunoreactive (FLI) material throughout the five larval instars and 2 weeks into the adult stage in both males and females. FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity associated with the locust...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Hill SR,Orchard I

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahypothalamic injection of amylin (AMY) was shown to reduce the intake of rat chow and water for 8 and 4 h, respectively, in schedule-fed rats. Amylin also reduced water intake to a much lesser degree in 24-h water-deprived rats. A test of the ability of AMY to form a conditioned taste aversion yielded no change i...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Chance WT,Balasubramaniam A,Chen X,Fischer JE

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00