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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
The 27 amino acid peptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP-27), and its 38 amino acid analogue, PACAP-38, stimulate serotonin-N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity and N-acetylserotonin (NAS) and melatonin content of pineal glands from adult rats. Maximal stimulation of rat pineal NAT by PACAP-38 is not increased further significantly by concurrent stimulation with the two related peptides, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and/or peptide N-terminal histidine C-terminal isoleucine (PHI). Isoproterenol was a more potent inducer of NAT activity than any of these peptides alone or in combination. PACAP-38 also stimulates melatonin production by chicken pineal cells in culture as does VIP. Stimulation by both was not greater than after either alone. Prior stimulation of rat pineal NAT activity with VIP, PHI, or PACAP-38 reduces the magnitude of subsequent stimulation with PACAP-38 or forskolin. Concurrent stimulation of alpha-receptors or treatment with active phorbol ester augments rat pineal response to PACAP-38 stimulation just as it increases the response to VIP, PHI, and beta-receptor stimulation. Pineals from newborn rats respond to PACAP-38 with an increase in NAT activity and the increase is augmented by concomitant alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation. The putative PACAP inhibitor PACAP (6-38) and the putative VIP inhibitor (Ac-Tyr,D-Phe)-GRF 1-29 amide, in 100-1,000-fold excess, did not affect the stimulatory activity of any of the peptides. Pineal melatonin concentration parallels changes in pineal NAT activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adcyap1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenylate Cyclase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoproterenol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Melatonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide PHI, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pituitary Adenylate..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2273-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction between adrenergic and peptide stimulation in the rat pineal: pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurobiochemistry Laboratory T-85, West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center Brentwood Division, UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article