Synthetic peptides related to the dermorphins. I. Synthesis and biological activities of the shorter homologues and of analogues of the heptapeptides.

abstract：:As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the journal Peptides, it is timely to review the functional significance of the bombesin (BB)-like peptides and receptors in the CNS. Over two decades ago we published an article in the journal Peptides demonstrating that BB-like peptides are present in high densities in certa...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Moody TW,Merali Z

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternaria alternata protein, Alt a 1 is a major allergen associated with allergy in atopic patients. Although the molecule binds strongly to IgE antibody from patients, the epitopes involved have not been identified or defined. In the present study, we synthesized overlapping peptides spanning the whole sequence and ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Kurup VP,Vijay HM,Kumar V,Castillo L,Elms N

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Female Sprague-Dawley rat pups were injected SC with either ACTH(1-24) (0.5 mg/kg) or saline vehicle once daily from postnatal day 1 (day of birth) to day 7. Plasma corticosterone (CORT) levels were recorded via radioimmunoassay (RIA) on day 4 to measure adrenal response to these treatments. Hypothalamic 5-HT and DA f...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Alves SE,Akbari HM,Azmitia EC,Strand FL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylloseptins are antimicrobial peptides of 19-20 residues which are found in the skin secretions of the Phyllomedusa frogs that inhabit the tropical forests of South and Central Americas. The peptide sequences of PS-1, -2, and -3 carry an amidated C-terminus and they exhibit 74% sequence homology with major variation...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Resende JM,Moraes CM,Prates MV,Cesar A,Almeida FC,Mundim NC,Valente AP,Bemquerer MP,Piló-Veloso D,Bechinger B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is expressed in the vascular endothelium. It is not known whether CNP is specifically increased in patients with idiopathic left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ILVDys) with or without overt heart failure, and whether in these patients it is related with indicators of myocardial and/...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Del Ry S,Giannessi D,Maltinti M,Prontera C,Iervasi A,Colotti C,Emdin M,L'Abbate A,Neglia D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new CCK8 related peptide, Boc[Nle28,Nle31]CCK27-33 (Boc[diNle]CCK7) was synthesized and tested for cholecystokinic activity, at both the peripheral and the central level. This analogue, protected against both chemical oxidation and enzymatic degradation by aminopeptidases, was shown to be equipotent to CCK8 in relea...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Ruiz-Gayo M,Daugé V,Menant I,Bégué D,Gacel G,Roques BP

更新日期：1985-05-01 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

abstract：:Apelin was recently found to be an inotropic polypeptide in isolated rat hearts, and intravenous injection of apelin can induce a transient decrease in blood pressure. To illustrate the mechanism of apelin-induced vasodilation, we observed the in vitro effects of apelin on the L-arginine (L-Arg)/nitric oxide (NO) path...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jia YX,Lu ZF,Zhang J,Pan CS,Yang JH,Zhao J,Yu F,Duan XH,Tang CS,Qi YF

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obestatin regulates fluid and electrolyte homeostasis mainly by opposing the action of vasopressin (AVP). We measured plasma concentration of obestatin and AVP in patients with cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). Plasma AVP and obestatin concentration were measured in 34 patients with type II CRS. The data were compared to th...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Shi JB,Guo ZF,Zheng X,Wang ZB,Ma YJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptides of the adipokinetic hormone (AKH)/red pigment-concentrating hormone (RPCH) family were isolated and sequenced from the retrocerebral corpora cardiaca of four kissing bugs which are all vectors of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi responsible for Chagas' disease. The sequence of three novel AKHs were deduced fro...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Marco HG,Simek P,Clark KD,Gäde G

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LL-37 is the single cathelicidin host defense peptide in humans with direct antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities. Specific regulation of LL-37 synthesis has emerged as a novel non-antibiotic approach to disease control and prevention. Short-chain fatty acids, and butyrate in particular, were found recently to...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Jiang W,Sunkara LT,Zeng X,Deng Z,Myers SM,Zhang G

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Pituitary cells from 14-day-old rats were separated by unit gravity velocity sedimentation, and a highly enriched population of gonadotrophs was established in reaggregate cell culture in serum-free and serum albumin-free defined culture media. The medium conditioned by these aggregates was concentrated, ultrafiltrate...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Tilemans D,Jacobs GF,Andries M,Proost P,Devreese B,Van Damme J,Van Beeumen J,Denef C

更新日期：1994-01-01 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 report reviews the hypothesis that peptides play a role in appetite modulation, stressing that the available evidence is predominantly pharmacological and thus caution needs to be taken in assigning physiological significance at this time. Two peptide systems have been postulated--a peripheral satiety system, typ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Morley JE,Levine AS,Gosnell BA,Mitchell JE,Krahn DD,Nizielski SE

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：:Kyotorphin is a unique biologically active neuropeptide (l-tyrosine-l-arginine), which is reported to have opioid-like analgesic actions through a release of Met-enkephalin from the brain slices. N-methyl-l-tyrosine-l-arginine (NMYR), an enzymatically stable mimetic of kyotorphin, successfully caused potent analgesic ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Neyama H,Hamada Y,Tsukahara R,Narita M,Tsukamoto K,Ueda H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro pepsin treatment of plasma proteins generates biologically active peptides such as enkephalin-related peptides. These peptides were characterized using chromatographic techniques along with a radioimmunoassay procedure involving the use of Leu-enkephalin and Met-enkephalin antisera. Serum albumin is the only ...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Garreau I,Pejoan C,Bressollier P,Verneuil B,Cucumel K,Cupo A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the ability of NPFF, a FMRFamide-like peptide with certain antiopiate properties, to affect the inhibitory effect of morphine on the electrically induced contraction of guinea pig ileum. Neuropeptide FF had no effect when administered alone but reduced morphine inhibition in a noncompetitive manner. Neurope...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Demichel P,Rodriguez JC,Roquebert J,Simonnet G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin infusion increased glucose metabolism in 4 of 7 subdivisions of the rat subfornical organ, the effect being stronger in ventromedial compared to dorsolateral zones across the rostrocaudal axis. [Sar1-Leu8]Angiotensin II attenuated metabolic responses to intravenous angiotensin in all subfornical organ subr...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Shaver SW,Kadekaro M,Gross PM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated a new immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for calcitonin (CT) (Medgenix, Belgium). The detection limit of immunoreactive CT (IR-CT) was 2.8 pg/ml, and plasma levels of IR-CT of 134 healthy adults (dynamic range, 2.8-1000 pg/ml) were < 19 pg/ml (median 4.1 pg/ml). Both basal and pentagastrin-stimulated IR-...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Wimalawansa SJ,Bailey F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of pentobarbital, chlordiazepoxide and ethanol were studied alone and in combination with thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), IM, on punished behavior. Key-peck responses of pigeons were maintained by food presentation under a fixed-interval 3-min schedule in which every 30th response produced shock. Moderate...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Witkin JM,Sickle J,Barrett JE

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous findings that the degree of endotoxin-induced hypotension in the dog is inversely related to ambient temperature (19 degrees through 30 degrees C) and that only increased doses of naloxone are effective at 19 degrees C suggested that opioid activity is also influenced by ambient temperature, increasing in...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Schoenfeld AD,Lox CD,Chen CH,Lutherer LO

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding and internalization of a cytotoxic analogue of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH), T-98 (agonist [D-Lys6]LH-RH linked to glutaryl-2-(hydroxymethyl)anthraquinone), by rat anterior pituitary cells was investigated. Analogue T-98 was bound to pituitary membrane binding sites for LH-RH with a high a...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Szöke B,Horváth J,Halmos G,Rékási Z,Groot K,Nagy A,Schally AV

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronostatin is a 13-amino acid amidated peptide widely distributed in various organs including gastrointestinal tract. However, the effect of neuronostatin on gastrointestinal motility has not been well characterized. In the present work, effects of central administration of neuronostatin on gastric emptying and gas...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Su SF,Yang AM,Yang SB,Wang NB,Lu SS,Wang HH,Chen Q

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apamin is a neurotoxic octadecapeptide from bee venom, which has been shown to inhibit the non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic inhibitory innervation of the smooth muscle of the gut. Since vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) has been proposed as a possible inhibitory neurotransmitter, the effect of apamin on the recep...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Fahrenkrug J,Gammeltoft S,Staun-Olsen P,Ottesen B,Sjöquist A

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) may play a role in neurogenic inflammation, tissue remodeling of the uterine cervix, promoting vasodilation, parturition, and processing of sensory information in the spinal cord. CGRP-immunoreactive nerves of the cervix and spinal cord have been studied but cell...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Pokabla MJ,Dickerson IM,Papka RE

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several considerations led us to directly measure, using radioimmunoassay, the levels of dynorphin-A(1-8), cholecystokinin-8, and Met5-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 (MERGL) in lysed-P2 membranes, membranes incubated 60 min at 25 degrees C in 50 mM TRIS-HCl at pH 7.4, and membranes preincubated 60 min at 25 degrees C in TR...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Rothman RB,Danks JA,Iadarola MJ

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidating how neuropeptides affect physiology may result in delineating peptidergic mechanisms and identifying antagonists for application in basic and translational science. Human neuropeptide Y (NPY) regulates cardiac activity; frequently invertebrates contain orthologs of vertebrate peptides. We report invertebra...

journal_title：Peptides

authors： Setzu M,Biolchini M,Lilliu A,Manca M,Muroni P,Poddighe S,Bass C,Angioy AM,Nichols R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00