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Query: UNIPROT:P20366 (substance P)
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An immunocytochemical investigation was carried out on round and spreading hemocytes of Planorbarius corneus by using 20 antisera to vertebrate bioactive peptides. The immunotests showed the presence of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin-bombesin-, calcitonin-, CCK-8 (INC)-, CCK-39-, gastrin-, glucagon-, Met-enkephalin-, neurotensin-, oxytocin-, somatostatin-, substance P-, VIP-, and vasopressin-immunoreactive molecules in the spreading hemocytes. The round hemocytes were only positive to anti-bombesin, anticalcitonin, anti-CCK-8 (INC), anti-CCK-39, anti-neurotensin, anti-oxytocin, anti-substance P and anti-vasopressin antibodies. No immunostaining was observed with anti-CCK-8 (Peninsula), anti-insulin, anti-prolactin, anti-thyroglobulin and anti-thyroxin (T4) antibodies. As probably in vertebrates, these bioactive peptides may modulate immuno cell function.
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PMID:Immunocytochemical evidence of vertebrate bioactive peptide-like molecules in the immuno cell types of the freshwater snail Planorbarius corneus (L.) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). 169 11

By use of two antisera (alpha-CRFA, alpha-CRFB) raised against conjugates of o-CRF and bovine thyroglobulin, cryostat sections of formaldehyde-fixed gelatin models containing o-CRF can be stained. The staining intensity was quantitated by use of an automated microfluorimeter and was shown to be dependent on the concentration of o-CRF (1-300 microM) added to the gel. Determination of the CRF staining intensity after incorporation of o-CRF-related peptides and fragments indicated that both antisera reacted with the C-terminal region of o-CRF. They showed poor cross reactivity with r-CRF fixed in the gel. In the same models, r-CRF could be immunostained efficiently by use of an antiserum (alpha-CRFC) raised to a conjugate of r-CRF and thyroglobulin. This antiserum reacted with the N-terminal and midportion parts but not with the C-terminal fragment of o-CRF fixed in the gels. By use of both o-CRF antisera nerve fibers can be stained in the rat hypothalamus (median eminence) and in the medulla oblongata (spinal trigeminal tract and nucleus) and spinal cord (dorsal horn). Immunoinhibition experiments showed that o-CRF caused a concentration-dependent quenching (0.001-1 microM) of the immunostaining of o-CRF-containing models, rat median eminence and medulla oblongata preparations. alpha-CRFC also stained CRF immunoreactive (CRFi) fibers in the rat hypothalamus with an equal distribution to that found with the o-CRF antisera. However, no immunostaining was found in the spinal trigeminal nucleus and tract and in the dorsal horn, indicating that these fibers store different CRF-related products from those found in the hypothalamus. The CRFi in the medulla oblongata and spinal cord induced by alpha-CRFA was completely abolished 1 week after treatment of adult rats with capsaicin, a substance known to deplete Substance P (SP) from those areas. Gels incorporated with SP showed a concentration-dependent increase (range 10-1000 microM) in immunostaining with both o-CRF sera but not with the r-CRF antiserum. In addition, incubation of o-CRF sera with SP caused a concentration-dependent quenching (range 10-100 microM) of immunostaining in SP-containing models. SP at a concentration of 100 microM was also effective in quenching the CRFi in the dorsal horn and spinal trigeminal area. Quenching was also obtained with the C-terminal part of o-CRF (range 0.002-0.1 microM), which indicates that both CRF antisera contain an immunoglobulin which recognizes determinants on CRF as well as on SP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Corticotropin-releasing factor immunostaining in the rat spinal cord and medulla oblongata: an unexpected form of cross-reactivity with substance P. 243 2

Patients with medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTC) were analyzed according to age, sex, and tumor stage. In addition, the MTC were screened for the predominant histologic pattern, immunocytochemical spectrum (60 tumors), and DNA content (DNA cytophotometry and DNA flow cytometry, 25 tumors). These findings were correlated with follow-up data available for 45 of these patients. Forty-eight percent of the tumors revealed a polygonal cell pattern, whereas 22% showed spindle-cell predominance. All tumors contained cytokeratin, chromogranin A, and calcitonin (CT). Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was present in 92%, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in 77%, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in 75%, and vimentin in 53% of cases. Positivity for neurotensin, somatostatin, neurofilaments, bombesin, and alpha human chorionic gonadotropin (a-hCG) and serotonin ranged between 3% and 27%. All MTC were negative for substance P, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), thyroglobulin (TG), or S-100 protein. Local recurrences and regional lymph node metastases revealed identical staining patterns as the primaries. Prognosis of MTC was found not to be related to histologic features (dominant architectural pattern, cellular shape, presence of amyloid deposits) or immunocytochemical pattern. Instead, survival was significantly correlated to age, sex, and stage of disease. The best prognosis was seen in women younger than 40 years and revealing an early stage of disease. DNA measurements added valuable information in assessing the prognosis of MTC.
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PMID:Prognostic factors in medullary thyroid carcinomas. Survival in relation to age, sex, stage, histology, immunocytochemistry, and DNA content. 244 25

A specific radioimmunoassay for the angiotensin-derived peptide [des-Leu10]-angiotensin I (AI-dL) is described. Antisera obtained from rabbits injected with immunogen prepared by coupling bovine beta-thyroglobulin to the peptide with carbodiimide were specific to this peptide and did not recognise related angiotensin peptides such as AI, AII, AIII, nor did they recognise other peptides such as bradykinin, substance P, bombesin or dynorphin(1-8). Immunoreactive AI-dL was detected for the first time in the plasma of rats and humans following purification by HPLC at concentrations of 78 and 40 pg/ml, respectively. Concentrations of AI-dL are increased following chronic administration of captopril to rats.
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PMID:Radioimmunoassay for immunoreactive [des-Leu10]-angiotensin I. 278 Apr 12

Twenty-seven cases of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland (MCT) were studied by light microscopy, immunocytochemistry, and electron microscopy. Immunoreactivity for neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and calcitonin was present in all tumors. The numbers of peptides and serotonin demonstrated in each case varied from one to eight. Bombesin was present in 18 of the 27 cases, serotonin in 15, leu-enkephalin in 8, somatostatin in 8, gastrin in 3, substance P in 1, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in 1, and ACTH in 1. Insulin and glucagon were not encountered in any of the tumors. Immunoreactivity for thyroglobulin was seen in five primary tumors as well as in one lymph node metastasis. The finding of concurrent production of calcitonin and thyroglobulin within the same tumor is enough to question the dogma of the separate origin of follicular cells and C-cells. We were unable to attach any clinical importance to the production of multiple peptides and/or amines.
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PMID:Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland: an immunocytochemical study. 390 54

A highly purified preparation of a cation-sensitive neutral endopeptidase was obtained from bovine pituitaries. The enzyme constitutes almost 0.1% of the protein in bovine pituitary homogenates. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the enzyme showed a single protein band, and in gel filtration experiments on calibrated Sepharose 6B columns the enzyme eluted slightly ahead of thyroglobulin, suggesting an apparent molecular weight of about 700,000. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in SDS-containing buffers indicated the presence of three major components with molecular weights ranging from about 24,000 to 28,000. The enzyme hydrolyzes bonds between hydrophobic and small neutral amino acids in both model synthetic substrates and biologically active peptides such as substance P, LH-RH, and bradykinin. Peptide bonds in which the carbonyl group is contributed by a glutamyl or arginyl residue are also hydrolyzed, especially if they are preceded in the sequence by hydrophobic amino acids. Leupeptin exclusively inhibited enzymatic activity toward the arginine-containing substrates. This observation, together with the high molecular weight and broad specificity of the enzyme, raised the possibility that the isolated enzyme represents a proteolytic complex composed of units with distinctly different activities. Preliminary attempts to dissociate the enzyme into catalytic units of lower molecular weight were not successful and led to loss of activity.
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PMID:Cation-sensitive neutral endopeptidase: isolation and specificity of the bovine pituitary enzyme. 677 72

Antibodies to neuropeptide receptors can be used to localize and characterize the receptors in tissues and cell lines. Two strategies were used to study the rat substance P receptor (SPR, NK-1) by immunological methods. First, a polyclonal antiserum was raised by immunizing rabbits with a peptide corresponding to the 15 amino acid residues (KTMTESSSFYSNMLA, SPR393-407) at the intracellular C-terminus of the rat SPR coupled to bovine thyroglobulin. An antiserum was obtained with a titer for half-maximal binding of 125I-SPR393-407 of 1:70,000. Nonradioactive SPR393-407 inhibited 50% of binding at a concentration of 10 pM. Binding of 125I-SPR393-407 to the antiserum was also displaced in a parallel manner by membrane proteins from tissues expressing high levels of the SPR (brain and submaxillary gland). Second, a chimeric SPR construct of a hydrophilic Flag peptide (DYKDDDDK) genetically engineered in sequence with the extracellular N-terminus of rat SPR was generated by polymerase chain reaction. The Flag-SPR chimera was expressed in rat kidney epithelial cells (KNRK) and judged to be fully functional, assessed by binding of 125I-substance P (apparent Kd of 5.63 nM) and calcium mobilization in response to substance P (EC50 of 0.66 nM). Antibodies to SPR393-407 and the Flag peptide stained the plasma membrane of KNRK cells expressing the native SPR or the Flag-SPR chimera. Staining was abolished by preincubation with SPR393-407 or the Flag peptide. Cells transfected with vector alone were unstained. The SPR antiserum recognized a broad protein band on Western blots of membranes prepared from cells expressing SPR but not from cells transfected with vector alone. The signal was quenched by preincubation of the antiserum with SPR393-407. By immunohistochemistry, the SPR antiserum was found to bind to neurons in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord and to ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus of the rat ileum near substance P-immunoreactive nerve fibers. Staining was abolished by preabsorption of the antiserum with SPR393-407. These antibodies can be used to localize the SPR in tissues and cells and to examine the function of the receptor in cell lines.
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PMID:Characterization of antibodies to the rat substance P (NK-1) receptor and to a chimeric substance P receptor expressed in mammalian cells. 750 85