Electrophysiological studies on the cultured cells obtained from transplantable pancreatic carcinoma in Syrian golden hamsters.

abstract：:A novel antimicrobial peptide, with molecular mass of 1602.0469Da, produced by Brevibacillus laterosporus strain A60 was isolated and purified from the soil of mango plants. The purification procedure consisted of ammonium sulfate precipitation, cation exchange chromatography on an HiTrap SP HP column, thin layer chro...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhao J,Guo L,Zeng H,Yang X,Yuan J,Shi H,Xiong Y,Chen M,Han L,Qiu D

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmammalian peptides of the tachykinin, bombesin and opioid families, injected into the brain ventricles, potently and specifically affect drinking behaviour of rats and pigeons. These peptides, or at least their counterparts, have been found in the brain of mammals and birds. It has been hypothesized that these endo...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： de Caro G,Massi M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CR 1409, a glutaramic acid derivative with competitive cholecystokinin-antagonistic activity, was administered IP and evaluated in comparison with proglumide (the model CCK-receptor antagonist), gabexate (protease inhibitor) and PGE2 (cytoprotective) on two different models of experimental pancreatitis. Acute pancreat...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Makovec F,Bani M,Cereda R,Chistè R,Revel L,Rovati LC,Setnikar I,Rovati LA

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) is a neuropeptide with strong bronchodilator capacity, present in the human airways. There is recent evidence that PACAP decreases the release of proinflammatory cytokines. We have previously shown that PACAP inhibits neutrophil chemotaxis, but altogether little i...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kinhult J,Egesten A,Uddman R,Cardell LO

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of immunoreactive galanin were compared in eight gross brain regions of ovariectomized female rats treated with either estradiol, estradiol + progesterone, estradiol + norethisterone, or placebo. Higher concentrations with estradiol treatment compared with placebo were found in the pituitary (357%), fro...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rugarn O,Theodorsson A,Hammar M,Theodorsson E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-administration of ethanol and food share many common features and Richter hypothesized that an increase in ethanol consumption would decrease feeding to balance the excess calories contained in the ethanol. Previously, we have shown that individual alcohol consumption correlates with neurotransmitter gene express...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pickering C,Avesson L,Liljequist S,Lindblom J,Schiöth HB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel peptide, de7b, was isolated from the venom of Conus delessertii, a worm-hunting species collected in the Caribbean Sea off the Yucatan Peninsula. Its primary structure was determined by automated Edman degradation and confirmed by mass spectrometry: it contains 28 amino acids, including six Cys residues. Pepti...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Aguilar MB,Flores-Torres A,Batista CV,Falcón A,López-Vera E,de la Cotera EP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the conscious dog migrating and nonmigrating colonic motor complexes (CMC) were recorded by means of chronically implanted strain gauge force transducers. Intravenous injection of a synthetic enkephalin analogue immediately induced a premature CMC at all three recording sites of the colon. Naloxone inhibited the en...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Bickel M,Belz U

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short cell penetrating peptides (CPP) are widely used in vitro to transduce agents into cells. But their systemic effect has not been yet studied in detail. We studied the systemic effect of the cell penetrating peptides, penetratin, transportan and pro-rich, on rat hemodynamic functions. Intra-arterial monitoring of ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Basheer M,Schwalb H,Shefler I,Levdansky L,Mekori YA,Gorodetsky R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the long-term influence of prenatal nicotine exposure (PN) on blood pressure and vascular functions in the aged offspring rats. PN did not affect body weight and plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone level; however, it significantly reduced plasma angiotensin I and angiotensin II in both sexes. Syst...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tao H,Rui C,Zheng J,Tang J,Wu L,Shi A,Chen N,He R,Wu C,Li J,Yin X,Zhang P,Zhu Z,Tao J,Xiao J,Mao C,Xu Z

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multifunctional arthropod 'insect kinins' share the evolutionarily conserved C-terminal pentapeptide motif Phe-X1-X2-Trp-Gly-NH2, where X1=His, Asn, Ser, or Tyr and X2=Ser, Pro, or Ala. Eight different analogs of the insect kinin C-terminal pentapeptide active core in which the critical residues Phe 1, Pro3 and Tr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Taneja-Bageshwar S,Strey A,Zubrzak P,Williams H,Reyes-Rangel G,Juaristi E,Pietrantonio P,Nachman RJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:The effect of proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP) on the proliferative activity of rat zona glomerulosa (ZG) cells has been investigated. Dispersed rat ZG cells were cultured in vitro for 24 h and then exposed to PAMP for an additional 24 h, and the proliferation rate was assessed by the 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuri...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rebuffat P,Gottardo L,Malendowicz LK,Neri G,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is one of the most potent stimulants of food intake in mammals, but very little is known about NPY actions in fish. The present study investigated the role of NPY in food intake in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Food intake was monitored at different times after intracerebroventricular a...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Aldegunde M,Mancebo M

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:The influence of peripheral somatostatin immunoneutralization on intravenous (i.v.) and intracerebroventricular (ICV) bombesin-induced inhibition of gastric acid secretion (GAS) was investigated with the somatostatin monoclonal antibody, CURE.S6, in rats. The somatostatin antibody, injected i.v. in conscious rats with...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Martínez V,Yang H,Wong HC,Walsh JH,Taché Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

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：:It has been proved that input of specific electroacupuncture (EA) can activate beta-endorphin(beta-EP)ergic and noradrenergic neurons projecting to the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVL), the latter acting upon the RVL-GABAergic interneurons, thereby produce depressor effect. The present study further shows that: (1)...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ku YH,Chang YZ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to the extreme C-terminal pentapeptide of procholecystokinin, YEYPS (in the single letter notation), have been used in radioimmunoassay and immunohistochemistry to characterize the material in rat intestine. There is a single major immunoreactive peptide in intestinal extracts that has the properties of the...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jonsson AC,Varro A,Dockray GJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:We employed a proteomic approach to search for peptides that have a physiological role in labor. Cervicovaginal secretions were collected at term from women in labor and women at term not in labor. Samples were spotted onto weak cation exchange chips (WCX-2) and analyzed using Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption Ionizat...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Brown AG,Leite RS,Engler AJ,Discher DE,Strauss JF 3rd

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a stress response, various neuropeptides are secreted in a spatiotemporally coordinated way in the brain. For a precise understanding of peptide functions in a stress response, it is important to investigate when and where they are released, how they diffuse, and how they are broken down in the brain. In the pa...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Inutsuka A,Ino D,Onaka T

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) has been implicated in the modulation of emotionally-motivated memory. In the present study, we investigated the role of the GRPR on non-emotional, non-associative memory, and anxiety. Adult male Wistar rats were given a systemic injection of the GRPR antagonist [D-Tpi6, L...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Martins MR,Reinke A,Valvassori SS,Machado RA,Quevedo J,Schwartsmann G,Roesler R

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：:The localization of endozepine-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the frog Rana ridibunda was investigated by indirect immunofluorescence, using an antiserum against synthetic rat octadecaneuropeptide (ODN). A specific immunoreaction was detected in ependymal cells lining the ventricular system of the brain and in ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Malagon M,Vaudry H,Vallarino M,Gracia-Navarro F,Tonon MC

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:We previously demonstrated that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of the substance P (SP) aminoterminal fragment SP(1-7) attenuates the expression of morphine withdrawal in the male rat. In this study we have used a synthetic analogue of this peptide, i.e. the SP(1-7) amide showing higher binding potency...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Zhou Q,Carlsson A,Botros M,Fransson R,Sandström A,Gordh T,Hallberg M,Nyberg F

更新日期：2009-12-01 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 reperfusion injury salvage kinase (RISK) pathway is a fundamental signal transduction cascade in the cardioprotective mechanism of ischemic postconditioning. In the present study, we examined the cardioprotective role of oxytocin as a postconditioning agent via activation of the RISK pathway (PI3K/Akt and ERK1/2)....

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Polshekan M,Jamialahmadi K,Khori V,Alizadeh AM,Saeidi M,Ghayour-Mobarhan M,Jand Y,Ghahremani MH,Yazdani Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the plasma acyl ghrelin (AG), unacyl ghrelin (UAG), and total ghrelin (TGhr) levels in Chinese adults with pre-diabetes and newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus (NDDM) after an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), and abdominal subcutaneous fat area and visceral fat area (VFA) were measured. Fasting AG level w...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Huang L,Tong Y,Zhang F,Yang Q,Li D,Xie S,Li Y,Cao H,Tang L,Zhang X,Tong N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00