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Anxiolytic-like effects of the neurokinin 1 receptor antagonist GR-205171 in the elevated plus maze and contextual fear-potentiated startle model of anxiety in gerbils. Behav Pharmacol 2011; 20:584-95. [PMID: 19675456 DOI: 10.1097/fbp.0b013e32832ec594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gerbils show a neurokinin (NK)1 receptor pharmacological profile, which is similar to that observed in humans, and thus have become a commonly used species to test efficacy of NK1 receptor antagonists. The aim of this study was to determine whether systemic administration of the NK1 receptor antagonist GR-205171 produced anxiolytic-like effects in the elevated plus maze and in a novel contextual conditioned fear test using fear-potentiated startle (FPS). On the elevated plus maze, treatment with GR-205171 at 0, 0.3, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/kg doses, 30 min before testing produced anxiolytic-like effects in an increasing dose-response manner as measured by the percentage of open arm time and percentage of open arm entries. For contextual fear conditioning, gerbils were given 10 unsignaled footshocks (0.6 mA) at a 2-min variable interstimulus interval in a distinctive training context. Twenty-four hours after training, gerbils received treatment of GR-205171 at 0, 0.3, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/kg doses, 30 min before testing in which startle was elicited in the same context in which they were trained. Contextual FPS was defined as an increase in startle over pretraining baseline values. All drug dose levels (0.3, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/kg) significantly attenuated contextual FPS when compared with the vehicle control group. A control group, which received testing in a different context, showed little FPS. These findings support other evidence for anxiolytic activity of NK1 receptor antagonists and provide a novel conditioned fear test that may be an appropriate procedure to test other NK1 antagonists for preclinical anxiolytic activity in gerbils.
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Characteristics of neurokinin A-induced salivary fluid secretion in perfused rat submandibular gland. Arch Oral Biol 2010; 55:737-44. [PMID: 20663489 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/27/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tachykinins such as neurokinin A (NKA) and substance P have been demonstrated to induce salivary fluid secretion in vivo. However, characteristics of salivary fluid secretion induced by tachykinins in salivary glands have not been well elucidated. In this study, the effects of the tachykinin NKA on salivary fluid secretion were investigated in isolated, perfused rat submandibular gland. NKA provoked salivary fluid secretion, which consisted of transient and sustained phases, in a dose-dependent manner. In fura-2-loaded dispersed cells of the rat submandibular gland, the doses of NKA in which induced salivary fluid secretion caused an increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration. When Ca(2+) was removed from the perfusate to examine the effect of Ca(2+) mobilization on NKA-induced fluid secretion, only the transient salivary fluid secretion occurred. When the gland was perfused with the Ca(2+)-free perfusate containing the intracellular Ca(2+) chelator BAPTA-AM, NKA failed to induce salivary fluid secretion. NKA also induced an increase in oxygen consumption, but which was reduced by the removal of Ca(2+) from perfusate. Salivary fluid is secreted via transcellular and paracellular pathways in acinar cells of salivary glands. To examine the contribution of paracellular pathway to NKA-induced salivary fluid secretion, the glands were perfused with a perfusate containing Lucifer yellow (LY), a cellular impermeable substance, and then were stimulated with NKA, which provoked secretion of LY in the saliva. These results suggest that the NKA-induced salivary fluid secretion is Ca(2+)-dependent and that the paracellular pathway contributes to the secretion.
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Douglas SD, Leeman SE. Neurokinin-1 receptor: functional significance in the immune system in reference to selected infections and inflammation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1217:83-95. [PMID: 21091716 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05826.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R), and its preferred ligand, substance P (SP), are reviewed in relationship to the immune system and selected infections. NK1R and SP are ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom. This important pathway has unique functions in numerous cells and tissues. The interaction of SP with its preferred receptor, NK1R, leads to the activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and proinflammatory cytokines. NK1R has two isoforms, both a full-length and a truncated form. These isoforms have different functional significances and differ in cell signaling capability. The proinflammatory signals modulated by SP are important in bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases, as well as in immune system function. The SP-NK1R system is a major class 1, rhodopsin-like GPCR ligand-receptor interaction.
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- Steven D Douglas
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Cochi A, Métro TX, Pardo DG, Cossy J. Enantioselective synthesis of SSR 241586 by using an organo-catalyzed Henry reaction. Org Lett 2010; 12:3693-5. [PMID: 20666443 DOI: 10.1021/ol101555g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An organo-catalyzed Henry reaction, applied to an alpha-keto ester, has allowed the enantioselective synthesis of SSR 241586, a 2,2-disubstituted morpholine active in the treatment of schizophrenia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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- Anne Cochi
- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, ESPCI ParisTech, CNRS, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Grassin-Delyle S, Naline E, Buenestado A, Risse PA, Sage E, Advenier C, Devillier P. Expression and function of human hemokinin-1 in human and guinea pig airways. Respir Res 2010; 11:139. [PMID: 20929541 PMCID: PMC2959027 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-11-139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Human hemokinin-1 (hHK-1) and endokinins are peptides of the tachykinin family encoded by the TAC4 gene. TAC4 and hHK-1 expression as well as effects of hHK-1 in the lung and airways remain however unknown and were explored in this study. Methods RT-PCR analysis was performed on human bronchi to assess expression of tachykinin and tachykinin receptors genes. Enzyme immunoassay was used to quantify hHK-1, and effects of hHK-1 and endokinins on contraction of human and guinea pig airways were then evaluated, as well as the role of hHK-1 on cytokines production by human lung parenchyma or bronchi explants and by lung macrophages. Results In human bronchi, expression of the genes that encode for hHK-1, tachykinin NK1-and NK2-receptors was demonstrated. hHK-1 protein was found in supernatants from explants of human bronchi, lung parenchyma and lung macrophages. Exogenous hHK-1 caused a contractile response in human bronchi mainly through the activation of NK2-receptors, which blockade unmasked a NK1-receptor involvement, subject to a rapid desensitization. In the guinea pig trachea, hHK-1 caused a concentration-dependant contraction mainly mediated through the activation of NK1-receptors. Endokinin A/B exerted similar effects to hHK-1 on both human bronchi and guinea pig trachea, whereas endokinins C and D were inactive. hHK-1 had no impact on the production of cytokines by explants of human bronchi or lung parenchyma, or by human lung macrophages. Conclusions We demonstrate endogenous expression of TAC4 in human bronchi, the encoded peptide hHK-1 being expressed and involved in contraction of human and guinea pig airways.
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- Stanislas Grassin-Delyle
- Laboratory of pulmonary pharmacology UPRES EA220, Foch Hospital, University Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 11 rue Guillaume Lenoir, Suresnes, France.
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Rance NE, Krajewski SJ, Smith MA, Cholanian M, Dacks PA. Neurokinin B and the hypothalamic regulation of reproduction. Brain Res 2010; 1364:116-28. [PMID: 20800582 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2010] [Revised: 08/17/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Loss-of-function mutations in the genes encoding either neurokinin B (NKB) or its receptor, NK3 (NK3R), result in hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, characterized by an absence of pubertal development and low circulating levels of LH and gonadal steroids. These studies implicate NKB and NK3R as essential elements of the human reproductive axis. Studies over the last two decades provide evidence that a group of neurons in the hypothalamic infundibular/arcuate nucleus form an important component of this regulatory circuit. These neurons are steroid-responsive and coexpress NKB, kisspeptin, dynorphin, NK3R, and estrogen receptor α (ERα) in a variety of mammalian species. Compelling evidence in the human indicates these neurons function in the hypothalamic circuitry regulating estrogen negative feedback on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion. Moreover, in the rat, they form a bilateral, interconnected network that projects to NK3R-expressing GnRH terminals in the median eminence. This network provides an anatomical framework to explain how coordination among NKB/kisspeptin/dynorphin/NK3R/ERα neurons could mediate feedback information from the gonads to modulate pulsatile GnRH secretion. There is substantial (but indirect) evidence that this network may be part of the neural circuitry known as the "GnRH pulse generator," with NK3R signaling as an important component. This theory provides a compelling explanation for the occurrence of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in patients with inactivating mutations in the TAC3 or TACR3 genes. Future studies will be needed to determine whether NKB signaling plays a permissive role in the onset of puberty or is part of the driving force initiating the maturation of reproductive function.
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- Naomi E Rance
- Department of Pathology, and the Evelyn F. McNight Brain Research Institute, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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Xu J, Xu F. Role of neurogenic substance P in overexpression of alveolar macrophages' neurokinin 1 receptor in mice exposed to cigarette smoke. Exp Lung Res 2010; 36:243-54. [PMID: 20426532 DOI: 10.3109/01902140903398275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Neurokinin 1 receptors (NK1Rs) in alveolar macrophages (AMs) are overexpressed by cigarette smoke (CS) in vivo and substance P (SP) in vitro. Because CS could stimulate pulmonary C-fibers (PCFs) to release SP, we asked whether this neurogenic SP was responsible for AMs' NK1R overexpression during CS. We compared pulmonary SP and AMs' NK1R gene and protein levels in intact and PCF-degenerated mice exposed to filtered air (FA) and CS. Pulmonary SP was increased by CS but almost eliminated by PCF degeneration, which closely correlated to the changes in AMs' NK1R expression. Moreover, SP was higher in the PCF-degenerated mice exposed to CS than FA. To evaluate the direct effects of CS and SP on the NK1R expression and the involvement of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, macrophages were exposed to CS condensate (CSC) and/or SP without or with blocking NK1R or inhibiting NF-kappaB activation in vitro. CSC itself induced a moderate secretion of SP from macrophages, and amplified NK1R responses to SP that were completely eliminated by blocking NK1R, and substantially reduced after inhibiting NF-kappaB. Our results suggest that CS produces AMs' NK1R overexpression primarily by both promoting neurogenic SP release and synergizing NK1R response to neurogenic SP largely via activating NF-kappaB pathway.
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- Junyang Xu
- Pathophysiology Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108, USA
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Coordination abilities of neurokinin A and its derivative and products of metal-catalyzed oxidation. J Inorg Biochem 2010; 104:831-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2010.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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De Amici M, Dallanoce C, Holzgrabe U, Tränkle C, Mohr K. Allosteric ligands for G protein-coupled receptors: a novel strategy with attractive therapeutic opportunities. Med Res Rev 2010; 30:463-549. [PMID: 19557759 DOI: 10.1002/med.20166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Allosteric receptor ligands bind to a recognition site that is distinct from the binding site of the endogenous messenger molecule. As a consequence, allosteric agents may attach to receptors that are already transmitter-bound. Ternary complex formation opens an avenue to qualitatively new drug actions at G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), in particular receptor subtype selective potentiation of endogenous transmitter action. Consequently, suitable exploitation of allosteric recognition sites as alternative molecular targets could pave the way to a drug discovery paradigm different from those aimed at mimicking or blocking the effects of endogenous (orthosteric) receptor activators. The number of allosteric ligands reported to modulate GPCR function is steadily increasing and some have already reached routine clinical use. This review aims at introducing into this fascinating field of drug discovery and at providing an overview about the achievements that have already been made. Various case examples will be discussed in the framework of GPCR classification (family A, B, and C receptors). In addition, the behavior at muscarinic receptors of hybrid derivatives incorporating both an allosteric and an orthosteric fragment in a common molecular skeleton will be illustrated.
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- Marco De Amici
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Pietro Pratesi, University of Milan, via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Klassert TE, Sánchez JJ, Almeida TA, Candenas L, Pinto F, Acosta O, Hernández M. Common variants of the neuropeptide expressing tachykinin genes and susceptibility to asthma: a case-control study. J Neuroimmunol 2010; 227:202-7. [PMID: 20580442 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Since tachykinins appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma, we investigated a possible association between 28 single nucleotide polymorphisms of the tachykinin genes TAC1, TAC3 and TAC4, and asthma susceptibility. A case-control study was conducted on 102 patients and 100 healthy subjects from the Canary Islands (Spain). A significant association with asthma was observed for two SNPs: rs2291855 in the TAC3 gene conferring asthma protection (Odds ratio [OR]: 0.46; 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 0.22-0.97; P=0.038), and rs4794068 in the TAC4 gene associated with an increased risk for asthma (OR: 1.94; 95% CI: 1.06-3.54; P=0.03). The present study represents a preliminary step in elucidating the association between tachykinin gene polymorphisms and asthma susceptibility.
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- Tilman E Klassert
- Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez s/n, 38271 La Laguna, Canarias, Spain.
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Huang SC, Korlipara VL. Neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists: a comprehensive patent survey. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2010; 20:1019-45. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2010.495121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Mutolo D, Bongianni F, Cinelli E, Pantaleo T. Role of neurokinin receptors and ionic mechanisms within the respiratory network of the lamprey. Neuroscience 2010; 169:1136-49. [PMID: 20540991 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We have suggested that in the lamprey, a medullary region called the paratrigeminal respiratory group (pTRG), is essential for respiratory rhythm generation and could correspond to the pre-Bötzinger complex (pre-BötC), the hypothesized kernel of the inspiratory rhythm-generating network in mammals. The present study was performed on in vitro brainstem preparations of adult lampreys to investigate whether some functional characteristics of the respiratory network are retained throughout evolution and to get further insights into the recent debated hypotheses on respiratory rhythmogenesis in mammals, such as for instance the "group-pacemaker" hypothesis. Thus, we tried to ascertain the presence and role of neurokinins (NKs) and burst-generating ion currents, such as the persistent Na(+) current (I(NaP)) and the Ca(2+)-activated non-specific cation current (I(CAN)), described in the pre-Bötzinger complex. Respiratory activity was monitored as vagal motor output. Substance P (SP) as well as NK1, NK2 and NK3 receptor agonists (400-800 nM) applied to the bath induced marked increases in respiratory frequency. Microinjections (0.5-1 nl) of SP as well as the other NK receptor agonists (1 microM) into the pTRG increased the frequency and amplitude of vagal bursts. Riluzole (RIL) and flufenamic acid (FFA) were used to block I(NaP) and I(CAN), respectively. Bath application of either RIL or FFA (20-50 microM) depressed, but did not suppress respiratory activity. Coapplication of RIL and FFA at 50 microM abolished the respiratory rhythm that, however, was restarted by SP microinjected into the pTRG. The results show that NKs may have a modulatory role in the lamprey respiratory network through an action on the pTRG and that I(NaP) and I(CAN) may contribute to vagal burst generation. We suggest that the "group-pacemaker" hypothesis is tenable for the lamprey respiratory rhythm generation since respiratory activity is abolished by blocking both I(NaP) and I(CAN), but is restored by enhancing network excitability.
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- D Mutolo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Viale GB Morgagni 63, 50134 Firenze, Italy.
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Huang WQ, Wang JG, Chen L, Wei HJ, Chen H. SR140333 counteracts NK-1 mediated cell proliferation in human breast cancer cell line T47D. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2010; 29:55. [PMID: 20497542 PMCID: PMC2890547 DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-29-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background It has been demonstrated that certain NK-1 antagonists could reduce proliferation of several cancer cell lines, however, it is unknown whether SR140333 exerts proliferation inhibition in breast cancer cell line. Methods Immunohistochemical staining was carried out to investigate the immunolocation of NK-1 in breast cancer tissues and T47D cell line, thereafter, various concentrations of [Sar9, Met(O2)11]substance P and SR140333 were applied alone or combined. MTT assay was applied to detect cytoactivation and coulter counter was to detect growth curve. The Hoechst33258 staining was performed to detect apoptosis. Results We found that breast cancer and T47D cells bear positive expression of NK-1. SR140333 inhibited cell growth in a dose dependent manner. Furthermore, SR140333 could counteract [Sar9, Met(O2)11]substance P induced proliferation. Hoechst33258 staining revealed the presence of apoptosis after SR140333 treatment. Conclusions Our study demonstrated SR140333 exert proliferation inhibition in breast cancer cell line T47D and indicates NK-1 play a central role in the substance P related cell proliferation in breast cancer.
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- Wei-Qing Huang
- Department of Pathology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, 5 Donghai Middle Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China.
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Kawada T, Sekiguchi T, Sakai T, Aoyama M, Satake H. Neuropeptides, hormone peptides, and their receptors in Ciona intestinalis: an update. Zoolog Sci 2010; 27:134-53. [PMID: 20141419 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The critical phylogenetic position of ascidians leads to the presumption that neuropeptides and hormones in vertebrates are highly likely to be evolutionarily conserved in ascidians, and the cosmopolitan species Ciona intestinalis is expected to be an excellent deuterostome Invertebrate model for studies on neuropeptides and hormones. Nevertheless, molecular and functional characterization of Ciona neuropeptides and hormone peptides was restricted to a few peptides such as a cholecystokinin (CCK)/gastrin peptide, cionin, and gonadotropin-releasing hormones (GnRHs). In the past few years, mass spectrometric analyses and database searches have detected Ciona orthologs or prototypes of vertebrate peptides and their receptors, including tachykinin, insulin/relaxin, calcitonin, and vasopressin. Furthermore, studies have shown that several Ciona peptides, including vasopressin and a novel GnRH-related peptide, have acquired ascidian-specific molecular forms and/or biological functions. These findings provided indisputable evidence that ascidians, unlike other invertebrates (including the traditional protostome model animals), possess neuropeptides and hormone peptides structurally and functionally related to vertebrate counterparts, and that several peptides have uniquely diverged in ascidian evolutionary lineages. Moreover, recent functional analyses of Ciona tachykinin in the ovary substantiated the novel tachykininergic protease-assoclated oocyte growth pathway, which could not have been revealed in studies on vertebrates. These findings confirm the outstanding advantages of ascidians in understanding the neuroscience, endocrinology, and evolution of vertebrate neuropeptides and hormone peptides. This article provides an overview of basic findings and reviews new knowledge on ascidian neuropeptides and hormone peptides.
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- Tsuyoshi Kawada
- Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamoto, Mishima, Osaka 618-8503, Japan
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Culman J, Das G, Ohlendorf C, Haass M, Maser-Gluth C, Zuhayra M, Zhao Y, Itoi K. Blockade of tachykinin NK1/NK2 receptors in the brain attenuates the activation of corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurones in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and the sympathoadrenal and pituitary-adrenal responses to formalin-induced pain in the rat. J Neuroendocrinol 2010; 22:467-76. [PMID: 20210847 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Evidence from pharmacological studies has implicated substance P (SP), a natural ligand of tachykinin NK(1) receptors which can also interact with NK(2) receptors, in the generation of pressor and tachycardic responses to stress. Using selective blockade of brain NK(1) and NK(2) receptors, we tested in conscious rats the hypothesis that SP initiates, within the neuronal brain circuits, the sympathoadrenal, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and behavioural responses to noxious stimuli. Formalin injected s.c. through a chronically implanted catheter in the area of the lower leg was used as a pain stimulus. Rats were pretreated i.c.v. with vehicle or the selective, nonpeptide antagonists of tachykinin NK(1) and NK(2) receptors, RP 67580 and SR 48968, respectively. Ten minutes thereafter, formalin was injected s.c. and the cardiovascular responses were recorded, plasma concentrations of catecholamines, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and corticosterone were determined and the expression of the inducible transcription factor c-Fos in the paraventricular (PVN) and supraoptic nuclei was detected to identify neurones which were activated during pain stimulation. Blockade of NK(1) and NK(2) receptors attenuated the formalin-induced increases in mean arterial pressure and heart rate, adrenaline and ACTH concentrations in plasma, and completely abolished the pain-induced c-Fos expression in corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurones localised in the parvocellular division of the PVN. The results obtained provide pharmacological evidence that tachykinins, most probably SP, act as mediators within the neuronal circuits linked to the initiation and control of the cardiovascular, sympathoadrenal, HPA and behavioural responses to pain stimuli and provide an excitatory input to corticotrophin-releasing hormone neurones in the PVN to activate the HPA axis. Our data demonstrating the inhibition of the complex response pattern to noxious stimuli and stress are consistent with the proposed anxiolytic and antidepressant activity of NK(1) and NK(2) receptor antagonists.
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- J Culman
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Dupré SM, Miedzinska K, Duval CV, Yu L, Goodman RL, Lincoln GA, Davis JRE, McNeilly AS, Burt DD, Loudon ASI. Identification of Eya3 and TAC1 as long-day signals in the sheep pituitary. Curr Biol 2010; 20:829-35. [PMID: 20434341 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.02.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Seasonally breeding mammals such as sheep use photoperiod, encoded by the nocturnal secretion of the pineal hormone melatonin, as a critical cue to drive hormone rhythms and synchronize reproduction to the most optimal time of year. Melatonin acts directly on the pars tuberalis (PT) of the pituitary, regulating expression of thyrotropin, which then relays messages back to the hypothalamus to control reproductive circuits. In addition, a second local intrapituitary circuit controls seasonal prolactin (PRL) release via one or more currently uncharacterized low-molecular-weight peptides, termed "tuberalins," of PT origin. Studies in birds have identified the transcription factor Eya3 as the first molecular response activated by long photoperiod (LP). Using arrays and in situ hybridization studies, we demonstrate here that Eya3 is the strongest LP-activated gene in sheep, revealing a common photoperiodic molecular response in birds and mammals. We also demonstrate TAC1 (encoding the tachykinins substance P and neurokinin A) to be strongly activated by LP within the sheep PT. We show that these PRL secretagogues act on primary pituitary cells and thus are candidates for the elusive PT-expressed tuberalin seasonal hormone regulator.
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- Sandrine M Dupré
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Muñoz M, Pavón A, Rosso M, Salinas MV, Pérez A, Carranza A, González-Ortega A. Immunolocalization of NK-1 receptor and Substance P in human normal placenta. Placenta 2010; 31:649-51. [PMID: 20430440 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A role for Substance P (SP) in human placenta is not known, although is possible that regulates placental physiology through the Neurokinin (NK)-1 receptor. Ten human normal placenta tissues were studied by immunohistochemistry to demonstrate the localization of NK-1 receptor and SP. An immunostaining pattern for NK-1 receptor and SP was observed in the endothelium and myocytes of fetal blood vessels, decidua and trophoblast. The SP is located in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus whereas NK-1 receptor in cytoplasmic. These findings reported here for the fist time, suggest a role for the SP and NK-1 receptor in the placental physiology.
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- M Muñoz
- Research Laboratory on Neuropeptides, Virgen del Rocío University Children's Hospital, Sevilla, Spain.
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Klassert TE, Patel SA, Rameshwar P. Tachykinins and Neurokinin Receptors in Bone Marrow Functions: Neural-Hematopoietic Link. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 2010:51-61. [PMID: 20593004 DOI: 10.2147/jrlcr.s6509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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After many decades of neuropeptide research, advances in the field of tachykinins have considerably increased and shown their implications in several physiological processes. In this review we focus on the role of the tachykinins in the regulation of hematopoietic functions. Evidence has shown that neural control of this process is emerging as a significant category in hematopoietic modulation. In the context of this regulation, we discuss the existence of a complex network involving the neurokinin receptors, tachykinins and cytokines. This network is tightly regulated by each of its components.
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- Tilman E Klassert
- Department of Medicine - Division of Hematology/Oncology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
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Corander MP, Challis BG, Thompson EL, Jovanovic Z, Loraine Tung YC, Rimmington D, Huhtaniemi IT, Murphy KG, Topaloglu AK, Yeo GSH, O'Rahilly S, Dhillo WS, Semple RK, Coll AP. The effects of neurokinin B upon gonadotrophin release in male rodents. J Neuroendocrinol 2010; 22:181-7. [PMID: 20041982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2009.01951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Growing evidence suggests the tachykinin neurokinin B (NKB) may modulate gonadotrophin secretion and play a role in sex-steroid feedback within the reproductive axis. NKB signalling has recently been identified as being necessary for normal human reproductive function, although the precise mechanisms underpinning this role remain to be established. We have used rodents to explore further the role of NKB within the reproductive axis. In particular, we have studied its interactions with kisspeptin, a neuropeptide essential for reproductive function in rodent and human with close anatomical links to NKB within the hypothalamus. Intraperitoneal administration of NKB (50 nmol) to male mice had no effect on circulating luteinsing hormone (LH) levels and, although i.p. kisspeptin (15 nmol) increased LH five-fold, co-administration of NKB and kisspeptin was indistinguishable from kisspeptin alone. Intracerebroventricular administration of NKB (10 nmol) to male mice also had no effect on LH levels, with 1 nmol kisspeptin i.c.v. significantly increasing LH compared to control (0.37 +/- 0.18 versus 5.11 +/- 0.28 ng/ml, respectively). Interestingly, i.c.v. co-administration of NKB and kisspeptin caused a significant increase in LH concentrations compared to kisspeptin alone (8.96 +/- 1.82 versus 5.11 +/- 0.28 ng/ml respectively). We used hypothalamic explants from rats to assess the effect of NKB on gonadotrpohin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion ex vivo. Doses of NKB up to 1000 nm failed to stimulate GnRH secretion, whereas 100 nm kisspeptin robustly increased GnRH secretion. Of note, co-administration of NKB with kisspeptin abrogated the effect of kisspeptin, producing no GnRH release above basal state. Finally, we analysed the expression of Tac2/Tacr3 (genes encoding NKB and NK3R, respectively) within the arcuate nucleus in different nutritional states. After a 48-h fast, the expression of both Tac2 and Tacr3 showed a significant increase, in contrast to levels of Kiss1 and Kiss1r mRNA, which remained unchanged. In male rodent models, NKB and kisspeptin have different effects upon gonadotrophin release and appear to interact in a complex manner.
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- M P Corander
- University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Treatment Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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Described in this unit are methods for obtaining, preparing, and testing smooth muscle preparations bearing tachykinin receptors to study the agonist or antagonist properties of test compounds. Concentration-response curves to agonists are constructed to measure their ability to produce smooth muscle contractions and thus evaluate the potency and efficacy of the agonists. Antagonists are tested for their ability to shift the agonist concentration-response curve and to calculate their potency. Two different protocols are described for each of the three tachykinin receptors (NK(1), NK(2), and NK(3)). The NK(1) receptor assays use guinea pig ileum longitudinal muscle myenteric plexus (GPI) and rat urinary bladder (RUB), the NK(2) receptor assays use isolated endothelium-deprived rabbit pulmonary artery (RPA) and hamster trachea (HT), and the NK(3) receptor assays use GPI and rat portal vein (RPV).
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Substance P selectively modulates GABAA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in striatal cholinergic interneurons. Neuropharmacology 2010; 58:413-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Revised: 09/19/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shiina T, Shima T, Hirayama H, Kuramoto H, Takewaki T, Shimizu Y. Contractile responses induced by physalaemin, an analogue of substance P, in the rat esophagus. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 628:202-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2009] [Revised: 11/05/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Neuropeptide Receptors as Possible Targets for Development of Insect Pest Control Agents. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 692:211-26. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6902-6_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Balasubramanian R, Dwyer A, Seminara SB, Pitteloud N, Kaiser UB, Crowley WF. Human GnRH deficiency: a unique disease model to unravel the ontogeny of GnRH neurons. Neuroendocrinology 2010; 92:81-99. [PMID: 20606386 PMCID: PMC3214927 DOI: 10.1159/000314193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Evolutionary survival of a species is largely a function of its reproductive fitness. In mammals, a sparsely populated and widely dispersed network of hypothalamic neurons, the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons, serve as the pilot light of reproduction via coordinated secretion of GnRH. Since it first description, human GnRH deficiency has been recognized both clinically and genetically as a heterogeneous disease. A spectrum of different reproductive phenotypes comprised of congenital GnRH deficiency with anosmia (Kallmann syndrome), congenital GnRH deficiency with normal olfaction (normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism), and adult-onset hypogonadotropic hypogonadism has been described. In the last two decades, several genes and pathways which govern GnRH ontogeny have been discovered by studying humans with GnRH deficiency. More importantly, detailed study of these patients has highlighted the emerging theme of oligogenicity and genotypic synergism, and also expanded the phenotypic diversity with the documentation of reversal of GnRH deficiency later in adulthood in some patients. The underlying genetic defect has also helped understand the associated nonreproductive phenotypes seen in some of these patients. These insights now provide practicing clinicians with targeted genetic diagnostic strategies and also impact on clinical management.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/deficiency
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins/genetics
- Female
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/metabolism
- Gastrointestinal Hormones/genetics
- Gastrointestinal Hormones/metabolism
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/deficiency
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/genetics
- Humans
- Hypogonadism/genetics
- Hypothalamus/growth & development
- Kallmann Syndrome/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Neuropeptides/genetics
- Neuropeptides/metabolism
- Olfaction Disorders/genetics
- Phenotype
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/deficiency
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/metabolism
- Receptors, Kisspeptin-1
- Receptors, LHRH/genetics
- Receptors, LHRH/metabolism
- Receptors, Neurokinin-3/genetics
- Receptors, Neurokinin-3/metabolism
- Receptors, Peptide/genetics
- Receptors, Peptide/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- *William F. Crowley, Jr., Harvard Reproductive Endocrine Sciences Center of Excellence, Massachusetts General Hospital, Bartlett Hall Extension 5th Floor, 55, Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 (USA), Tel. +1 617 726 5390, Fax +1 617 726 5357, E-Mail
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Nerve growth factor mediates mechanical allodynia in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2009; 68:1229-43. [PMID: 19816194 DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e3181bef710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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C57BLKS db/db (db/db) mice develop a neuropathy with features of human type 2 diabetic neuropathy. Here, we demonstrate that these mice develop transient mechanical allodynia at the early stage of diabetes. We hypothesized that nerve growth factor (NGF), which enhances the expression of key mediators of nociception (i.e. substance P [SP] and calcitonin gene-related peptide), contributes to the development of mechanical allodynia in these mice. We found that NGF, SP, and calcitonin gene-related peptide gene expression is upregulated in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of db/db mice before or during the period that they develop mechanical allodynia. There were more small- to medium-sized NGF-immunopositive DRG neurons in db/db mice than in control db+ mice; these neurons also expressed SP, consistent with its role in nociception. Nerve growth factor expression in the hind paw skin was also increased in a variety of dermal cell types and nerve fibers, suggesting the contribution of a peripheral source of NGF to mechanical allodynia. The upregulation of NGF coincided with enhanced tropomyosin-related kinase A receptor phosphorylation in the DRG. Finally, an antibody against NGF inhibited mechanical allodynia and decreased the numbers of SP-positive DRG neurons in db/db mice. These results suggest that inhibition of NGF action is a potential strategy for treating painful diabetic neuropathy.
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Rangel A, Sánchez-Armass S, Meza U. Protein Kinase C-Mediated Inhibition of Recombinant T-Type CaV3.2 Channels by Neurokinin 1 Receptors. Mol Pharmacol 2009; 77:202-10. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.058727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review the clinical characteristics and possible new mode of treatments for the corneal epithelial disorders associated with neurotrophic keratopathy. RECENT FINDINGS The successful clinical applications of eyedrops containing substance P and insulin-like growth factor-1, or peptides derived therefrom, were reported for the treatment of humans with neurotrophic keratopathy. SUMMARY Neurotrophic keratopathy, a degenerative disease of the cornea, is caused by an impairment of function of the trigeminal nerve and an insufficient supply of neural factors. The combination of substance P, a sensory neurotransmitter, and insulin-like growth factor-1 induced a synergistic stimulatory effect on corneal epithelial migration as well as on corneal wound closure in vivo. We discuss the roles of growth factors and substance P, a sensory neurotransmitter released from the trigeminal nerve, in corneal epithelial wound healing as well as the clinical application of these molecules to the treatment of neurotrophic keratopathy.
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Darmani NA, Ray AP. Evidence for a re-evaluation of the neurochemical and anatomical bases of chemotherapy-induced vomiting. Chem Rev 2009; 109:3158-99. [PMID: 19522506 DOI: 10.1021/cr900117p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Nissar A Darmani
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 91766-1854, USA.
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Chandrashekaran IR, Rao GS, Cowsik SM. Molecular modeling of the peptide agonist-binding site in a neurokinin-2 receptor. J Chem Inf Model 2009; 49:1734-40. [PMID: 19534508 DOI: 10.1021/ci900055x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The neurokinin-2 receptor is a member of the rhodopsin family of G-protein coupled receptors, which represents one of the most relevant target families in small-molecule drug design. NK-2 receptors have been implicated in playing a pathophysiological role in asthma. Activation of the NK-2 receptor by its endogenous peptide agonist, tachykinins, is associated with diverse biological responses like bronchoconstriction, vasodepression, and regulation of endocrine functions. Agonist binding to the receptor is a crucial event in initiating signaling, and therefore characterization of the structural features of the agonists can reveal the molecular basis of receptor activation and help in rational design of novel therapeutics. In this study a molecular model for the interaction of the primary ligand NKA with its G-protein coupled receptor neurokinin-2 receptor has been developed. A three-dimensional model for the NK-2 receptor has been generated by homology modeling using rhodopsin as a template. A knowledge based docking of the NMR derived bioactive conformation of NKA to the receptor has been performed utilizing the ligand binding data obtained from the photoaffinity labeling and site-directed mutagenesis studies. The molecular model for the NKA/NK-2 receptor complex thus obtained sheds light on the topographical features of the binding pocket of the receptor and provides atomic insight into the biochemical data currently available for the receptor. The results of the receptor modeling studies have been used to discuss the molecular determinants for NK-2 receptor selectivity.
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Galat A. On transversal hydrophobicity of some proteins and their modules. J Chem Inf Model 2009; 49:1821-30. [PMID: 19569645 DOI: 10.1021/ci9001316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hydrophobicity of proteins encoded in the genomes of diverse organisms was quantified using two novel concepts: (A) amino acid (AA) bulkiness-dependent hydrophobicity profiles and (B) spatial context of hydrophobicity distribution in AA triads. Both concepts were introduced into an algorithm that was used for extracting protein clusters from diverse genomic databases whose sequence attributes were similar to those in the multiple sequence alignment (MSA) of a given family of proteins. The sequences of the G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) encoded in different genomes were used as templates for testing the above concepts. The following sequence attributes were used for protein clustering: (A) sequence similarity scores (IDs); (B) amino acid composition (AAC); (C) hydrophobicity; (D) AA-bulkiness; and (E) alpha-helical propensity potentials. Diverse GPCRs display variable distributions of AA bulkiness-dependent buildups and declines in the hydrophobicity profiles that may be related to their function-dependent way of packing and allostery in the membrane. It is shown that intramolecular transversal nonbonded interactions between the TM segments in diverse GPCRs involve about 50% of hydrophobic atoms. Similar interaction networks exist between alpha-helices of tetratricopeptide (TPR) motifs-containing immunophilins and other proteins containing alpha-helical bundles.
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- Andrzej Galat
- Institute de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay, IBiTec/DSV/CEA, CE-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Radziszewski P, Crayton R, Zaborski J, Członkowska A, Borkowski A, Bossowska A, Majewski M. Multiple sclerosis produces significant changes in urinary bladder innervation which are partially reflected in the lower urinary tract functional status-sensory nerve fibers role in detrusor overactivity. Mult Scler 2009; 15:860-8. [PMID: 19542265 DOI: 10.1177/1352458509106210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Detrusor overactivity is often observed in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and neurotoxins are emerging as second-line therapies albeit with different degrees of success per patient basis. OBJECTIVE To investigate lower urinary tract (LUT) functional status and bladder innervation (calcitonin gene related peptide [CGRP] and substance P [SP] positive nerve fibers) in patients with MS. METHOD Eighteen MS patients with LUT symptoms underwent urodynamic investigations, and six non-MS patients undergoing cystoscopy due to microscopic hematuria served as controls. Cold cut bladder biopsies were taken from the bladder trigone region. Neurotransmitter expression was determined by individual immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS Two distinct groups could be distinguished: group 1 with pronounced neurogenic detrusor overactivity and mild outflow obstruction; group 2 with some degree of neurogenic detrusor overactivity, detrusor hypocontractility during voiding, and high degree of an outflow obstruction. The presence of SP and CGRP immunoreactive + fiber density was observed in greater numbers in group 1. CONCLUSION Density of CGRP and SP positive nerve fibers within the urinary bladder of patients with MS may be suggestive of functional status of the lower urinary tract, namely denser innervation is observed in patients with mild outflow obstruction and strong detrusor overactivity. This observation could be useful when planning second-line treatment (neurotoxins) in these patients. Patients with denser innervation probably will respond better to such a therapy.
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- P Radziszewski
- Department and Clinic of Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
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Mukda S, Møller M, Ebadi M, Govitrapong P. The modulatory effect of substance P on rat pineal norepinephrine release and melatonin secretion. Neurosci Lett 2009; 461:258-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 06/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jin L, Jin BQ, Song CJ, Zhang Y. Murine Monoclonal Antibodies Generated Against Mouse/Rat Hemokinin-1. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2009; 28:259-67. [DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2009.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Liang Jin
- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Immunology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Immunology, Peking University Health Science Centre, Bei Jing, China
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Shahbazi F, Holmgren S, Jensen J. Cod CGRP and tachykinins in coeliac artery innervation of the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua: presence and vasoactivity. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2009; 35:369-376. [PMID: 18836843 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-008-9257-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 07/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The presence and vasoactive effects of native calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), and neurokinin A (NKA) were studied on isolated small branches of the coeliac artery from Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, using immunohistochemistry and myograph recordings, respectively. Immunohistochemistry revealed nerve fibers containing CGRP- and SP/NKA-like material running along the wall of the arteries. CGRP induced vasorelaxation of precontracted arteries with a pD(2) value of 8.54 +/- 0.17. Relaxation to CGRP (10(-8) M) was unaffected by L-NAME (3 x 10(-4) M) and indomethacin (10(-6) M) suggesting no involvement of nitric oxide or prostaglandins in the CGRP-induced relaxation. SP and NKA (from 10(-10) to 3 x 10(-7) M) contracted the unstimulated arteries at concentrations from 10(-8) M and above in 42% and 33%, respectively, of the vessels. It is concluded that the innervation of the cod celiac artery includes nerves expressing CGRP-like and tachykinin-like material, and that a vasodilatory response to CGRP is highly conserved amongst vertebrates while the response to tachykinins is more variable.
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- Fatemeh Shahbazi
- Department of Zoophysiology, Göteborg University, P.O. Box 463, 405 30, Goteborg, Sweden.
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Pinto FM, Ravina CG, Fernández-Sánchez M, Gallardo-Castro M, Cejudo-Román A, Candenas L. Molecular and functional characterization of voltage-gated sodium channels in human sperm. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2009; 7:71. [PMID: 19607678 PMCID: PMC2724540 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND We have investigated the expression of voltage-gated sodium channels in human spermatozoa and characterized their role in sperm motility. METHODS Freshly ejaculated semen was collected from thirty normozoospermic human donors, with each donor supplying 2 different samples. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunofluorescence techniques were used to detect the mRNAs and proteins of interest. Sperm motility was measured by a computer-assisted sperm analysis system (CASA). Cytosolic free calcium was determined by fluorimetry in cells loaded with the fluorescent calcium indicator Fura-2. RESULTS The mRNAs that encode the different Nav alpha subunits (Nav1.1-1.9) were all expressed in capacitated human spermatozoa. The mRNAs of the auxiliary subunits beta1, beta3 and beta4 were also present. Immunofluorescence studies showed that, with the exception of Nav1.1 and Nav1.3, the Nav channel proteins were present in sperm cells and show specific and different sites of localization. Veratridine, a voltage-gated sodium channel activator, caused time- and concentration-dependent increases in progressive sperm motility. In sperm suspensions loaded with Fura-2, veratridine did not modify intracellular free calcium levels. CONCLUSION This research shows the presence of voltage-gated sodium channels in human sperm and supports a role for these channels in the regulation of mature sperm function.
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- Francisco M Pinto
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Avda. Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Avda. Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Avda. Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Avda. Americo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Cottrell GS, Padilla BE, Amadesi S, Poole DP, Murphy JE, Hardt M, Roosterman D, Steinhoff M, Bunnett NW. Endosomal endothelin-converting enzyme-1: a regulator of beta-arrestin-dependent ERK signaling. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:22411-22425. [PMID: 19531493 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.026674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Neuropeptide signaling at the cell surface is regulated by metalloendopeptidases, which degrade peptides in the extracellular fluid, and beta-arrestins, which interact with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to mediate desensitization. beta-Arrestins also recruit GPCRs and mitogen-activated protein kinases to endosomes to allow internalized receptors to continue signaling, but the mechanisms regulating endosomal signaling are unknown. We report that endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) degrades substance P (SP) in early endosomes of epithelial cells and neurons to destabilize the endosomal mitogen-activated protein kinase signalosome and terminate signaling. ECE-1 inhibition caused endosomal retention of the SP neurokinin 1 receptor, beta-arrestins, and Src, resulting in markedly sustained ERK2 activation in the cytosol and nucleus, whereas ECE-1 overexpression attenuated ERK2 activation. ECE-1 inhibition also enhanced SP-induced expression and phosphorylation of the nuclear death receptor Nur77, resulting in cell death. Thus, endosomal ECE-1 attenuates ERK2-mediated SP signaling in the nucleus to prevent cell death. We propose that agonist availability in endosomes, here regulated by ECE-1, controls beta-arrestin-dependent signaling of endocytosed GPCRs.
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- Graeme S Cottrell
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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- University Hospital Mun̈ster, Department of Internal Medicine D, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, D-48149 Mun̈ster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research, and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cell Biology and Immunobiology of the Skin, University of Mun̈ster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 58, 48149 Mun̈ster, Germany
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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Tuluc F, Lai JP, Kilpatrick LE, Evans DL, Douglas SD. Neurokinin 1 receptor isoforms and the control of innate immunity. Trends Immunol 2009; 30:271-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2009.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bassi GS, Broiz AC, Gomes MZ, Brandão ML. Evidence for mediation of nociception by injection of the NK-3 receptor agonist, senktide, into the dorsal periaqueductal gray of rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2009; 204:13-24. [PMID: 19093101 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1434-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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RATIONALE Ultrasound vocalizations (USVs) at approximately 22 kHz are usual components of the defensive response of rats. However, depending on the neural substrate that is activated, such as the dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG), USV emissions may be reduced. Activation of neurokinin-1 (NK-1)-mediated mechanisms of the dPAG causes analgesia, reduced 22 kHz USVs, and anxiogenic-like effects in rats exposed to the elevated plus maze (EPM). Involvement of other types of neurokinin receptors in this activation has not yet been evaluated. OBJECTIVES The present study examined whether local injections of the selective NK-3 agonist senktide (1-100 pmol/0.2 microL) into the dPAG can (1) cause anxiogenic effects in the EPM, (2) influence novelty-induced 22 kHz USVs, or (3) change nociceptive reactivity in the tail-flick test. RESULTS Senktide elicited a significant increase in exploratory behavior, an effect accompanied by hyperalgesia and an increase in the number of 22 kHz USVs. The nociceptive effects, increased locomotor activity, and USV emissions elicited by local injections of senktide (50 pmol/0.2 microL) were reduced by prior injections of the selective NK-3 receptor antagonist SB222200 (50 pmol/0.2 microL) into the dPAG. CONCLUSIONS These findings show that NK-3 receptors in the dPAG mediate nociceptive responses in this area, contrasting with the known fear-related processes mediated by NK-1 receptors in the dPAG. Both hyperalgesia and fear-related processes are accompanied by emissions of 22 kHz USVs.
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- Gabriel S Bassi
- Instituto de Neurociências & Comportamento-INeC, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Kassina senegalensis skin tachykinins: Molecular cloning of kassinin and (Thr2, Ile9)-kassinin biosynthetic precursor cDNAs and comparative bioactivity of mature tachykinins on the smooth muscle of rat urinary bladder. Biochimie 2009; 91:613-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Comparison of Caenorhabditis elegans NLP peptides with arthropod neuropeptides. Trends Parasitol 2009; 25:171-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2008] [Revised: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Poels J, Birse RT, Nachman RJ, Fichna J, Janecka A, Vanden Broeck J, Nässel DR. Characterization and distribution of NKD, a receptor for Drosophila tachykinin-related peptide 6. Peptides 2009; 30:545-56. [PMID: 19022310 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neuropeptides related to vertebrate tachykinins have been identified in Drosophila and are referred to as drosotachykinins, or DTKs. Two Drosophila G protein-coupled receptors, designated NKD (neurokinin receptor from Drosophila; CG6515) and DTKR (Drosophila tachykinin receptor; CG7887), display sequence similarities to mammalian tachykinin receptors. Whereas DTKR was shown to be activated by DTKs [Birse RT, Johnson EC, Taghert PH, Nässel DR. Widely distributed Drosophila G-protein-coupled receptor (CG7887) is activated by endogenous tachykinin-related peptides. J Neurobiol 2006;66:33-46; Poels J, Verlinden H, Fichna J, Van Loy T, Franssens V, Studzian K, et al. Functional comparison of two evolutionary conserved insect neurokinin-like receptors. Peptides 2007;28:103-8] and was localized by immunocytochemistry in Drosophila central nervous system (CNS), agonist-dependent activation and distribution of NKD have not yet been investigated in depth. In the present study, we have challenged NKD-expressing mammalian and insect cells with a library of Drosophila neuropeptides and discovered DTK-6 as a specific agonist that can induce a calcium response in these cells. In addition, we have produced antisera to sequences from NKD protein to analyze receptor distribution. We found that NKD is less abundantly distributed in the central nervous system than DTKR, and only NKD was found in the intestine. In fact, the two receptors are distributed in mutually exclusive patterns in the CNS. The combined distribution of the receptors in brain neuropils corresponds well with the distribution of DTKs. Most interestingly, NKD appears to be activated only by DTK-6, known to possess an Ala-substitution in an otherwise conserved C-terminal core motif. Our findings suggest that NKD and DTKR provide substrates for two functionally and spatially separated peptide signaling systems.
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- Jeroen Poels
- Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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RE-1-silencing transcription factor shows tumor-suppressor functions and negatively regulates the oncogenic TAC1 in breast cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:4408-13. [PMID: 19246391 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809130106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Breast cancer remains the most prevalent cancer among women in the United States. Substance P, a peptide derived from the TAC1 gene, mediates oncogenic properties in breast and other cancers. TAC1 expression facilitates the entry of breast cancer cells into bone marrow. The transcriptional repressor element 1-silencing transcription factor (REST) has been implicated in both oncogenic and tumor-suppressor functions. REST binds to the 5' untranslated region of the TAC1 promoter and suppresses its expression. This study investigated a role for REST in TAC1 induction in breast cancer. Western blots and real-time PCR indicated that REST expression in breast cancer cells was inversely proportional to the cells' aggressiveness, for both cell lines and primary breast cancer cells. REST knockdown in low-metastatic T47D cells and nontumorigenic MCF12A cells resulted in increases in TAC1 induction, proliferation, and migration. These parameters were negatively affected by ectopic expression of REST in highly aggressive MDA-MB-231 cells. Together, these findings show a central role for REST in the oncogenic function of TAC1 and suggest a tumor-suppressor role for REST in breast cancer.
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Douglas SD, Lai JP, Tuluc F, Schwartz L, Kilpatrick LE. Neurokinin-1 receptor expression and function in human macrophages and brain: perspective on the role in HIV neuropathogenesis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1144:90-6. [PMID: 19076368 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1418.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Substance P (SP) is upregulated in HIV infection in adult men and women, as determined by increased plasma levels. There is a reciprocal and bidirectional relationship between substance P and HIV in HIV-infected monocyte-derived macrophages and cell lines (e.g., THP-1). Substance P up-regulates HIV and HIV up-regulates SP protein expression. Neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) antagonists inhibit HIV infectivity through downregulation of the chemokine receptor, CCR5, and downregulation of HIV LTR. Neurokinin-1 receptor is expressed in full-length and truncated forms. The full-length NK1R is capable of signaling, whereas the truncated NK1R primes the chemokine receptor CCR5. Both full-length and truncated NK1R are expressed in several brain regions in human autopsy brains. SP-NK1R interactions have regulatory roles in inflammation and infection. The differential expression of truncated and full-length NK1R has important biological consequences. These include receptor-receptor interaction (e.g., NK1R-CCR5); changes in expression during cell differentiation (e.g., THP-1 cells); and differences in regional tissue distribution (e.g., differences in different brain regions). NK1R-SP receptor pathways are important cell regulatory pathways.
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- Steven D Douglas
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Joseph Stokes Jr Research Institute at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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de la Flor R, Dawson LA. Augmentation of antipsychotic-induced neurochemical changes by the NK3 receptor antagonist talnetant (SB-223412). Neuropharmacology 2009; 56:342-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2008] [Revised: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 09/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Gallicchio M, Benetti E, Rosa AC, Fantozzi R. Tachykinin receptor modulation of cyclooxygenase-2 expression in human polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 156:486-96. [PMID: 19154444 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigated the ability of natural and synthetic selective NK receptors agonists and antagonists to modulate cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH The presence of all three tachykinin in PMNs was assessed by Western blot and PCR techniques. Natural and synthetic ligands selective for the tachykinin receptors were used to modulate COX-2 protein (measured with Western blotting) and activity [as prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) output]. Effects of substance P (SP) on phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) activation were studied to analyse the signalling pathway involved in COX-2 up-regulation mediated by SP. KEY RESULTS Stimulation of NK receptors with the natural ligands SP, neurokinin A (NKA) and neurokinin B, in the pmol.L(-1)-micromol.L(-1) concentration range, modulated COX-2 expression and PGE(2) release in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Experiments with synthetic selective agonists [Sar(9), Met(O(2))(11)]SP, [beta-Ala(8)] NKA(4-10), senktide or selective antagonists L703,606, SR48,968 or SR142801, confirmed that COX-2 up-regulation was mediated by NK receptors. We found that mainly p38, p42 and p46 MAPKs were phosphorylated by SP and SB202190, PD98059 and SP600125, which are selective inhibitors of these kinases, blocked SP-induced COX-2 expression. SP also induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB concentration-dependently, with a maximum effect at 1 nmol.L(-1). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Human PMNs possess functional NK(1), NK(2) and NK(3) receptors, which mediate the induction of COX-2 expression and NF-kappaB activation by SP.
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- M Gallicchio
- Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Italy.
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Erin N, Afacan B, Ersoy Y, Ercan F, Balcı MK. Gibberellic acid, a plant growth regulator, increases mast cell recruitment and alters Substance P levels. Toxicology 2008; 254:75-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Prall BC, Cline MA. Anorexigenic effects of central neuropeptide K are associated with hypothalamic changes in juvenile Gallus gallus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2008; 159:130-5. [PMID: 18786538 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The central mechanisms that mediate neuropeptide K (NPK) associated anorexia are poorly understood in any species, and information in this area of avian biology is totally lacking. Thus, the effects of intracerebroventricular NPK treatment were studied in Cobb-500 chicks (Gallus gallus). In Experiment 1, NPK caused decreased feed intake, but did not affect water intake or whole blood glucose concentration. In Experiment 2, NPK-treated chicks had increased c-Fos immunoreactivity in the parvicellular division of the paraventricular nucleus and arcuate nucleus. The lateral hypothalamus, ventromedial hypothalamus, dorsomedial hypothalamus, periventricular nucleus, magnocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus, and the superchiasmatic nucleus were not affected by NPK treatment. In Experiment 3, the number of feed pecks, exploratory pecks, jumps, escape attempts, and distance moved were decreased, while time spent standing was increased. None of the NPK-treated chicks sat or entered deep rest. In Experiment 4, blockage of corticotrophin releasing factor receptors did not affect NPK-induced anorexia. Thus, we conclude that NPK is a regulator of chick appetite and the effects may be mediated directly in the arcuate nucleus and parvicellular division of the paraventricular nucleus.
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- Brian C Prall
- Department of Biology (6931), Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA
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Shafer AM, Nakaie CR, Deupi X, Bennett VJ, Voss JC. Characterization of a conformationally sensitive TOAC spin-labeled substance P. Peptides 2008; 29:1919-29. [PMID: 18775458 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To probe the binding of a peptide agonist to a G-protein coupled receptor in native membranes, the spin-labeled amino acid analogue 4-amino-4-carboxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidino-1-oxyl (TOAC) was substituted at either position 4 or 9 within the substance P peptide (RPKPQQFFGLM-NH2), a potent agonist of the neurokinin-1 receptor. The affinity of the 4-TOAC analog is comparable to the native peptide while the affinity of the 9-TOAC derivative is approximately 250-fold lower. Both peptides activate receptor signaling, though the potency of the 9-TOAC peptide is substantially lower. The utility of these modified ligands for reporting conformational dynamics during the neurokinin-1 receptor activation was explored using EPR spectroscopy, which can determine the real-time dynamics of the TOAC nitroxides in solution. While the binding of both the 4-TOAC substance P and 9-TOAC substance P peptides to isolated cell membranes containing the neurokinin-1 receptor is detected, a bound signal for the 9-TOAC peptide is only obtained under conditions that maintain the receptor in its high-affinity binding state. In contrast, 4-TOAC substance P binding is observed by solution EPR under both low- and high-affinity receptor states, with evidence of a more strongly immobilized peptide in the presence of GDP. In addition, to better understand the conformational consequences of TOAC substitution into substance P as it relates to receptor binding and activation, atomistic models for both the 4- and 9-TOAC versions of the peptide were constructed, and the molecular dynamics calculated via simulated annealing to explore the influence of the TOAC substitutions on backbone structure.
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- Aaron M Shafer
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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Functional characterisation of hemokinin-1 in mouse uterus. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 601:148-53. [PMID: 18977217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Revised: 10/01/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The preprotachykinin gene Tac4 expressed in murine uterus and placenta is thought to encode a peptide RSRTRQFYGLM-NH(2), mouse hemokinin 1. We have examined the uterotonic effects of mouse hemokinin 1 and its N-terminally truncated analogue, mouse hemokinin 1(2-11) on mouse uterus. Mouse hemokinin 1(2-11) was equieffective with but slightly less potent than substance P in tissues from non-pregnant Swiss mice. On myometrium from Balb C mice primed with oestrogen the positions of concentration-response curves to substance P and the mouse hemokinins were similar to those of neurokinin A, but the maximum responses were lower. The tachykinin NK(1) receptor antagonist, 1-{2-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1-(3-isopropoxyphenylacetyl) piperidin-3-yl]ethyl}-4phenyl-1-azonia-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (SR 140333), reduced the effects of the agonists in tissues from both groups of mice. In myometria from late pregnant (Days 17-18) Balb C mice the responses to mouse hemokinin 1(2-11) were less potent than in those from oestrogen-primed mice. Human hemokinin 1, the human orthologue of mouse hemokinin 1, was more effective than mouse hemokinin 1(2-11), while endokinin D was inactive. Mouse hemokinin 1 effects were blocked by SR 140333 alone and in combination with ((S)-N-methyl-N[4-acetylamino-4-phenylpiperidino)-2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)butyl]benzamide (SR 48968) but not by SR 48968 alone. Thus the mouse hemokinins are tachykinin NK(1) receptor-preferring uterotonic agonists in non-pregnant mice but lack action at the myometrial tachykinin NK(2) receptors present in late pregnant mice.
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Chernova I, Lai JP, Li H, Schwartz L, Tuluc F, Korchak HM, Douglas SD, Kilpatrick LE. Substance P (SP) enhances CCL5-induced chemotaxis and intracellular signaling in human monocytes, which express the truncated neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R). J Leukoc Biol 2008; 85:154-64. [PMID: 18835883 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0408260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Substance P (SP) is a potent modulator of monocyte/macrophage function. The SP-preferring receptor neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) has two forms: a full-length NK1R (NK1R-F) isoform and a truncated NK1R (NK1R-T) isoform, which lacks the terminal cytoplasmic 96-aa residues. The distribution of these receptor isoforms in human monocytes is not known. We previously identified an interaction among SP, NK1R, and HIV viral strains that use the chemokine receptor CCR5 as a coreceptor, suggesting crosstalk between NK1R and CCR5. The purpose of this study was to determine which form(s) of NK1R are expressed in human peripheral blood monocytes and to determine whether SP affects proinflammatory cellular responses mediated through the CCR5 receptor. Human peripheral blood monocytes were found to express NK1R-T but not NK1R-F. SP interactions with NK1R-T did not mobilize calcium (Ca2+), but SP mobilized Ca2+ when the NK1R-F was transfected into monocytes. However, the NK1R-T was functional in monocytes, as SP enhanced the CCR5 ligand CCL5-elicited Ca2+ mobilization, a response inhibited by the NK1R antagonist aprepitant. SP interactions with the NK1R-T also enhanced CCL5-mediated chemotaxis, which was ERK1/2-dependent. NK1R-T selectively activated ERK2 but increased ERK1 and ERK2 activation by CCL5. Activation of NK1R-T elicited serine phosphorylation of CCR5, indicating that crosstalk between CCL5 and SP may occur at the level of the receptor. Thus, NK1R-T is functional in human monocytes and activates select signaling pathways, and the NK1R-T-mediated enhancement of CCL5 responses does not require the NK1R terminal cytoplasmic domain.
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- Irene Chernova
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3615 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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