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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
ACTH-related peptides are promising neurotrophic and neuroprotective agents, as demonstrated in many in vivo and in vitro studies. They accelerate nerve repair after injury, improving both sensor and motor function. Furthermore, ACTH-related peptides have neuroprotective properties against cisplatin- and taxol-induced neurotoxicity, they improve neuronal function in animals with neuropathy due to experimental diabetes, and they prevent degeneration of myelinated axons in rats suffering from experimental allergic neuritis, a model of peripheral demyelinating neuropathy. Studies in neuronal cultures have corroborated these clinical observations and serve to investigate the mechanism of action of the ACTH-related peptide effects. This paper reviews both in vitro and in vivo effects and emphasizes the mechanism of action. Recent data on melanotrophic receptors and signal transduction systems will be discussed in this context.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
979-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Nerve Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Peripheral Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Receptors, Corticotropin, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Receptors, Neuropeptide, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Receptors, Pituitary Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7479345-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
ACTH-related peptides: receptors and signal transduction systems involved in their neurotrophic and neuroprotective actions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review