Effects of various neuropeptide Y/peptide YY fragments on electrically-evoked contractions of the rat vas deferens
(1990) In British Journal of Pharmacology 100(1). p.190-192- Abstract
1. The effects of various neuropeptide Y (NPY) and peptide YY (PYY) fragments on electrically-evoked twitches in the rat isolated vas deferens were studied and compared with the effects of full length NPY and PYY. The aim was to identify the shortest NPY/PYY fragments that are capable of suppressing the contractions. 2. NPY (1-36) and C-terminal fragments of NPY (from 11-36 to 22-36) suppressed the electrically-evoked twitches in a concentration-dependent manner. On the whole there seemed to be a gradual lowering of the pIC50 values with progressive shortening of the NPY fragments (except for fragments 16-36 and 22-36 that had rather high pIC50 values). NPY 23-36, 24-36 and 25-36 suppressed the twitches at high concentrations (3... (More)
1. The effects of various neuropeptide Y (NPY) and peptide YY (PYY) fragments on electrically-evoked twitches in the rat isolated vas deferens were studied and compared with the effects of full length NPY and PYY. The aim was to identify the shortest NPY/PYY fragments that are capable of suppressing the contractions. 2. NPY (1-36) and C-terminal fragments of NPY (from 11-36 to 22-36) suppressed the electrically-evoked twitches in a concentration-dependent manner. On the whole there seemed to be a gradual lowering of the pIC50 values with progressive shortening of the NPY fragments (except for fragments 16-36 and 22-36 that had rather high pIC50 values). NPY 23-36, 24-36 and 25-36 suppressed the twitches at high concentrations (3 microM). NPY 26-36 was without effect as were C-terminal carboxy-deaminated NPY and glycine extended NPY (NPY-Gly-Lys-Arg). 3. PYY (1-36) and C-terminal fragments of PYY (from 11-36 to 23-36) suppressed the electrically-evoked twitches in a concentration-dependent manner. PYY 1-36 was more potent than any of the fragments. There was a tendency for shorter fragments to have lower pIC50 values. PYY 24-36 and 25-36 suppressed the twitches at high concentrations (3 microM). PYY 26-36 was without effect. 4. The findings suggest that the 12 C-terminal amino acid residues of NPY and PYY are the minimum length required to activate the Y2-receptor.
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- Grundemar, L LU and Håkanson, R LU
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- 1990-05
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Electric Stimulation, In Vitro Techniques, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Muscle Contraction/drug effects, Muscle, Smooth/drug effects, Neuropeptide Y/pharmacology, Peptide Fragments/pharmacology, Peptide YY, Peptides/pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Inbred Strains, Swine, Vas Deferens/drug effects
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- British Journal of Pharmacology
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- 100
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- 1
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- 190 - 192
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- Wiley
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- scopus:0025317573
- pmid:2372659
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- 0007-1188
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- 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb12075.x
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- English
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