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Beard DJ, Perrine SA, Phillips E, Hoque S, Conerly S, Tichenor C, Simmons MA, Young JK. Conformational Comparisons of a Series of Tachykinin Peptide Analogs. J Med Chem 2007; 50:6501-6. [DOI: 10.1021/jm070577s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Debbie J. Beard
- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272
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The tachykinins form one of the largest peptide families in nature. In this review, we describe the comparative features of the tachykinin peptides and their receptors, focusing particularly on amphibians. We also summarize our systematic studies of the localization, characteristics, and actions of bufokinin, a toad substance P-related peptide, in its species of origin. In addition, we discuss the establishment of multiple isoforms of the NK1-like receptor in the toad, and their structure, pharmacology and tissue distributions. We conclude that tachykinin peptides and receptors are well conserved in terms of their structures, physiological functions and coupling mechanisms during tetrapod evolution.
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- Lu Liu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
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Lippe C, Bellantuono V, Ardizzone C, Cassano G. Eledoisin and Kassinin, but not Enterokassinin, stimulate ion transport in frog skin. Peptides 2004; 25:1971-5. [PMID: 15501529 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Revised: 06/21/2004] [Accepted: 06/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In frog skin, tachykinins stimulate the ion transport, estimated by measuring the short-circuit current (SCC) value, by interacting with NK1-like receptors. In this paper we show that Kassinin (NK2 preferring in mammals) increases the SCC, while Enterokassinin has no effect. Therefore, either 2 Pro residues or 1 Pro and 1 basic amino acid must be present in the part exceeding the C-terminal pentapeptide. Eledoisin (NK3 preferring in mammals) stimulation of SCC is reduced by CP99994 and SR48968 (NK1 and NK2 antagonists) and not affected by SB222200 (NK3 antagonist). None of the three antagonists affects Kassinin stimulation of SCC.
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- Claudio Lippe
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, Università di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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Liu L, Markus I, Vandenberg RJ, Neilan BA, Murray M, Burcher E. Molecular identification and characterization of three isoforms of tachykinin NK1-like receptors in the cane toadBufo marinus. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2004; 287:R575-85. [PMID: 15155274 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00051.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The tachykinin peptide bufokinin, isolated from the cane toad intestine, is important in intestinal and cardiovascular regulation in the toad. In this study, three tachykinin NK1-like receptor isoforms, bNK1-A, bNK1-B, and bNK1-C, encoding proteins of 309, 390, and 371 amino acids, respectively, were cloned from the toad brain and intestine. These isoforms differ only at the intracellular COOH terminus. The bNK1-A and bNK1-B isoforms are similar to the truncated and full-length forms of the mammalian NK1receptor, whereas bNK1-C is unique and does not correspond to any previously described receptor. RT-PCR studies demonstrated that three isoform transcripts are widely distributed in the toad with high expression in gut, spinal cord, brain, lung, and skeletal muscle. When expressed in COS-7 cells, bufokinin showed similar high affinity (IC500.6–0.8 nM) in competing for125I-labeled Bolton-Hunter bufokinin binding at all receptors, but the binding affinities of substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA) were very different at each isoform. When expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the truncated isoform, bNK1-A, was inactive, whereas bNK1-B and bNK1-C produced changes in chloride current when stimulated by tachykinins (minimum concentrations: bufokinin, 0.1 nM; SP, 1 nM; and NKA, 10 nM). A marked desensitization of the response was seen to subsequent applications of tachykinins, as experienced by the mammalian NK1receptor. In summary, our study describing three isoforms of NK1-like receptor from the toad suggests that the alternative splicing of NK1receptor is a physiologically conserved mechanism and raises a fundamental question as to the physiological role of each isoform.
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- Lu Liu
- School of Medical Sciences, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
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The actions of four tachykinins on inhibition and desensitization of the M-current of bullfrog sympathetic neurons have been characterized. Radioligand binding parameters of the tachykinins were determined at a neurokinin receptor in a heterologous expression system. The correlation between binding, signaling and receptor regulation was investigated. A correlation between receptor binding and signaling was found between the peptides; however, their ability to produce desensitization was not correlated with binding and signaling. These results show that the ability of a tachykinin peptide to induce signal activation is not indicative of its ability to induce receptor regulation.
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- S A Perrine
- Department of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 4209 State Route 44, PO Box 95, Rootstown, OH 44272-0095, USA
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Liu L, Conlon JM, Joss JMP, Burcher E. Purification, characterization, and biological activity of a substance P-related peptide from the gut of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2002; 125:104-12. [PMID: 11825039 DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A peptide with mammalian substance P (SP)-like immunoreactivity was isolated from an extract of the spiral intestine of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. The primary structure of this peptide was established as Lys-Pro-Arg-Pro-Asp-Glu-Phe-Tyr-Gly-Leu-Met . NH2, showing 64% identity with mammalian SP. In isolated preparations of lungfish foregut circular muscle, lungfish SP produced a slow, long-lasting tonic contraction, with a pD2 value of 8.19. Lungfish midgut circular muscle preparations responded to lungfish SP rapidly and in a more complex manner. There was an increase in the frequency of spontaneous activity (pD2 = 8.76), associated with diminished amplitude of the spontaneous contractions (pD2 = 9.24), also coupled in some preparations with a tonic contraction (pD2 = 8.43). The response patterns of foregut and midgut circular muscle to acetylcholine (ACh) were very similar to those seen to lungfish SP. Lungfish SP and ACh, however, had very weak effects on both foregut and midgut longitudinal muscle. These data demonstrate that lungfish SP may be a physiologically important regulator of gastrointestinal motility in Neoceratodus. This study further confirmed that the structures of SP-related peptides have been strongly conserved under the pressure of vertebrate evolution, particularly in preserving the functionally important sequence, Phe-Xaa-Gly-Leu-Met . amide, at the C-terminus. The sequence of lungfish SP is identical to that of bufokinin, a SP-related peptide previously isolated from the intestine of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, supporting the hypothesis that lungfishes and amphibians share a common ancestor.
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- Lu Liu
- School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia.
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Debski EA. Distribution and regulation of substance P-related peptide in the frog visual system. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 54:220-8. [PMID: 11514978 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Modulation of visual signal activity has consequences for both signal processing and for activity-dependent structuring mechanisms. Among the neuromodulatory agents found in visual areas are substance P (SP)-related peptides. This article reviews what is known about these substances in the amphibian retina and optic tectum with special emphasis on the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. It is found that the distribution of these SP-related peptides is remarkably similar to that seen in mammals. This suggests that study of model amphibian systems may significantly enhance our understanding of how neuropeptides contribute to visual system function and organization.
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- E A Debski
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, USA.
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Bennett VJ, Simmons MA. Analysis of fluorescently labeled substance P analogs: binding, imaging and receptor activation. BMC CHEMICAL BIOLOGY 2001; 1:1. [PMID: 11418083 PMCID: PMC33344 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6769-1-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2001] [Accepted: 06/13/2001] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Substance P (SP) is a peptide neurotransmitter found in central and peripheral nerves. SP is involved in the control of smooth muscle, inflammation and nociception. The amino acid sequence of SP is Arg-Pro-Lys-Pro-Gln-Gln-Phe-Phe-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2. Five different forms of fluorescently labeled SP have recently been synthesized, in which Alexa 488, BODIPY Fl, fluorescein, Oregon Green 488 or tetramethylrhodamine has been covalently linked to SP at Lys3. Here, these novel analogs are characterized as to their ligand binding, receptor activation and fluorescence labeling properties. RESULTS: Competition binding studies, using radiolabeled [125I] SP, revealed that all of the labeled forms of SP, except for Alexa 488-SP, effectively competed with radiolabeled SP for binding at the rat SP receptor. With the exception of Alexa 488-SP, all of the SP analogs produced Ca++ elevations and fluorescence labeling of the SP receptor expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. In SP-responsive neurons, BODIPY Fl-SP and Oregon Green 488-SP were as effective as unlabeled SP in producing a reduction of the M-type K+ current. Fluorescein-SP produced variable results, while tetramethylrhodamine-SP was less potent and Alexa 488-SP was less effective on intact neurons. CONCLUSIONS: The above results show that fluorescent labeling of SP altered the biological activity and the binding properties of the parent peptide. Oregon Green 488 and BODIPY FL-SP are the most useful fluorophores for labeling SP without affecting its biological activity. Given these results, these probes can now be utilized in further investigations of the mechanisms of SPR function, including receptor localization, internalization and recycling.
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- Vicki J Bennett
- Department of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272 and The Neuropharmacology Lab, Department of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV 25704, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272 and The Neuropharmacology Lab, Department of Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV 25704, USA
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Gut motility in non-mammalian vertebrates as in mammals is controlled by the presence of food, by autonomic nerves and by hormones. Feeding and the presence of food initiates contractions of the stomach wall and subsequently gastric emptying, peristalsis, migrating motor complexes and other patterns of motility follow. This overview will give examples of similarities and differences in control systems between species. Gastric receptive relaxation occurs in fish and is an enteric reflex. Cholecystokinin reduces the rate of gastric emptying in fish as in mammals. Inhibitory control of peristalsis is exerted, e.g. by VIP, PACAP, NO in fish and amphibians, while excitatory stimuli arise from nerves releasing tachykinins, acetylcholine or serotonin (5-HT). In crocodiles, we have found the presence of the same nerve types, although the effects on peristalsis have not been studied. Recent studies on signal transduction in the gut smooth muscle of fish and amphibians suggest that external Ca2+ is of great importance, but not the only source of Ca2+ recruitment in tachykinin-, acetylcholine- or serotonin-induced contractions of rainbow trout and Xenopus gastrointestinal smooth muscle. The effect of acetylcholine involves reduction of cAMP-levels in the smooth muscle cells. It is concluded that, in general, the control systems in non-mammalian vertebrates are amazingly similar between species and animal groups and in comparison with mammals.
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- C Olsson
- Department of Zoophysiology, University of Göteborg, Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden
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Perrine SA, Whitehead TL, Hicks RP, Szarek JL, Krause JE, Simmons MA. Solution structures in SDS micelles and functional activity at the bullfrog substance P receptor of ranatachykinin peptides. J Med Chem 2000; 43:1741-53. [PMID: 10794691 DOI: 10.1021/jm000093v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A set of novel tachykinin-like peptides has been isolated from bullfrog brain and gut. These compounds, ranatachykinin A (RTKA), ranatachykinin B (RTKB), and ranatachykinin C (RTKC), were named for their source, Rana catesbeiana, and their homology to the tachykinin peptide family. We present the first report of the micelle-bound structures and pharmacological actions of the RTKs. Generation of three-dimensional structures of the RTKs in a membrane-model environment using (1)H NMR chemical shift assignments, two-dimensional NMR techniques, and molecular dynamics and simulated annealing procedures allowed for the determination of possible prebinding ligand conformations. RTKA, RTKB, and RTKC were determined to be helical from the midregion to the C-terminus (residues 4-10), with a large degree of flexibility in the N-terminus and minor dynamic fraying at the end of the C-terminus. The pharmacological effects of the RTKs were studied by measuring the elevation of intracellular Ca(2+) in Chinese hamster ovarian cells stably transfected with the bullfrog substance P receptor (bfSPR). All of the RTKs tested elicited Ca(2+) elevations with a rank order of maximal effect of RTKA >/= SP > RTKC >/= RTKB. A high concentration (1 microM) of the neuropeptides produced varying degrees of desensitization to a subsequent challenge with the same or different peptide, while a low concentration (1 pM) produced sensitization at the bfSPR. Our data suggest differences in amino acid side chains and their charged states at the C-terminal sequence or differences in secondary structure at the N-terminus, which do not overlap according to the findings in this paper, may explain the differing degree and type of receptor activation seen at the bfSPR.
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- S A Perrine
- Department of Pharmacology, Marshall University School of Medicine and Huntington VA Medical Center, 1542 Spring Valley Drive, Huntington, West Virginia 25704, USA
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