Goldsmith AM, Sei CA, Lance V, Dores RM. Detection of prodynorphin end products in lizard, turtle, and alligator brain extracts.
Peptides 1992;
13:435-40. [PMID:
1355904 DOI:
10.1016/0196-9781(92)90072-b]
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Abstract
Heterologous radioimmunoassays (RIAs) for the mammalian prodynorphin end products, alpha-neo-endorphin, dynorphin A(1-17), dynorphin A(1-8), and dynorphin B(1-13) were used to screen brain extracts obtained from representatives of the major surviving orders of reptiles: Chelonia (Pseudemys scripta), Squamata (Anolis carolinensis), and Crocodylia (Alligator mississippiensis). Methanol/acid extracts of whole brains obtained from each species were separately fractionated by gel filtration chromatography and reversed-phase HPLC. In all three species, an immunoreactive form of alpha-neo-endorphin was detected with the same retention time as synthetic mammalian alpha-neo-endorphin following reversed-phase HPLC analysis. In all three species, reversed-phase HPLC analysis revealed a novel form of dynorphin B(1-13)-related immunoreactivity. With the available immunological probes, dynorphin A products were only detected in the Anolis brain extracts. Both dynorphin A(1-17) and dynorphin A(1-8) were detected in this species.
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