TY - JOUR
T1 - Recognition of Neuropeptides FMRFamide and LPLRFamide by Chicken Cerebellum Avian Pancreatic Polypeptide Binding Sites
AU - Ganeshan, Kanjana
AU - Perlman, Michael O.
AU - Perlman, Janet M.
AU - Adamo, Martin L.
AU - Hazelwood, Robert L.
AU - Dyckes, Douglas F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the USPHS (AM26432 to D.F.D.) the Robert A. Welch Foundation (E-927 to D.F.D.) and NSF (PCM-84-00816 to R.L.H.) 9 1987 185 4 409 412
PY - 1987/9
Y1 - 1987/9
N2 - Binding isotherms were constructed for the binding of synthetic tetrapeptide and pentapeptide fragments to membranes prepared from chicken cerebellar tissue. Both the tetrapeptide (FMRFamide), which was originally isolated from ganglia of mollusks, and the pentapeptide (LPLRFamide) previously isolated from chicken brain are known to increase blood pressure and modulate brain neurons in rats. The C-terminal dipeptide sequences of the two peptides are identical and both show similarity to the dipeptide sequence established for the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family. Specific high-affinity binding sites exist for the latter peptide, sites which are competed for (though with less affinity) by neuropeptide Y (NPY). Affinity for cerebellar membranes was virtually equivalent for the synthetic peptide LPLRFamide and FRMFamide; the binding affinities (IC50) of all fragments tested (C-terminal pentapeptides of avian PP and NPY, and FMRFamide and LPLRFamide) fell in the same approximate range. Since the N-terminal residues of FMRFamide and LPLRFamide are not homologous with equivalent residues of APP or NPY, our results indicate that only Arg-Tyr-NH2 or Arg-Phe-NH2 sequences are necessary for binding of the carboxy terminus peptides of the PP family. In this respect, these sequences are functionally equivalent.
AB - Binding isotherms were constructed for the binding of synthetic tetrapeptide and pentapeptide fragments to membranes prepared from chicken cerebellar tissue. Both the tetrapeptide (FMRFamide), which was originally isolated from ganglia of mollusks, and the pentapeptide (LPLRFamide) previously isolated from chicken brain are known to increase blood pressure and modulate brain neurons in rats. The C-terminal dipeptide sequences of the two peptides are identical and both show similarity to the dipeptide sequence established for the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) family. Specific high-affinity binding sites exist for the latter peptide, sites which are competed for (though with less affinity) by neuropeptide Y (NPY). Affinity for cerebellar membranes was virtually equivalent for the synthetic peptide LPLRFamide and FRMFamide; the binding affinities (IC50) of all fragments tested (C-terminal pentapeptides of avian PP and NPY, and FMRFamide and LPLRFamide) fell in the same approximate range. Since the N-terminal residues of FMRFamide and LPLRFamide are not homologous with equivalent residues of APP or NPY, our results indicate that only Arg-Tyr-NH2 or Arg-Phe-NH2 sequences are necessary for binding of the carboxy terminus peptides of the PP family. In this respect, these sequences are functionally equivalent.
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U2 - 10.3181/00379727-185-42562
DO - 10.3181/00379727-185-42562
M3 - Article
C2 - 3615408
AN - SCOPUS:0023403907
VL - 185
SP - 409
EP - 412
JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
JF - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N. Y.)
SN - 1535-3702
IS - 4
ER -