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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-9
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The evolution of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) family of peptides has been unclear despite sequence information from many vertebrates. We describe here two NPY-related peptides deduced from cDNA clones of the river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), a cyclostome providing one of the best models of a primitive vertebrate brain. One peptide corresponds to NPY as it has 83% identity to human NPY and its mRNA is expressed in the lateral brainstem, dorsal spinal cord and retina. The second lamprey peptide corresponds anatomically to peptide YY (PYY) as its mRNA is found in gut cells and in medial brainstem neurons. Its sequence is 60-70% identical to both PYY and NPY of mammals. These data suggest that the gene duplication leading to NPY and PYY had already occurred in the ancestral vertebrate 450 million years ago. The expression of the presumed PYY homolog in both gut and central nervous system indicates that PYY has served the dual role as a hormone and a neuropeptide from an early stage in vertebrate evolution. The similarities in the location of NPY- and PYY-expressing cells between lamprey and mammals suggest that the functions of these peptides may have been conserved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0360-4012
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
633-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Lampreys, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Neuropeptide Y, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Peptide Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Peptide YY, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Sequence Homology, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:8028041-Vertebrates
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuropeptide role of both peptide YY and neuropeptide Y in vertebrates suggested by abundant expression of their mRNAs in a cyclostome brain.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Genetics, Uppsala University, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't