The effect of FMRF-amide-like peptides on electrical activity in isolated mammalian spinal cord

被引:11
作者
Huang, EYK
Bagust, J [1 ]
Sharma, RP
Walker, RJ
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Southampton SO16 7PX, Hants, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Dept Biochem, Southampton SO16 7PX, Hants, England
关键词
spinal cord; peptides;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-0102(98)00009-1
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
FMRFamide and seven FMRFamide-like peptides were manually synthesized on solid phase and their effects tested upon the amplitude of the dorsal root-ventral root monosynaptic reflex (MSR) and dorsal horn field potentials (FP) in an isolated preparation of rat spinal cord. FLFQPQRFamide (NPFF) and AGEGLSSPFWSLAAPQRFamide (NPAF) both depressed a fast component of the FP with similar potencies. FMRFamide also inhibited the FP but its potency was much lower. NPFF and NPAF potentiated the amplitude of the MSR while FMRFamide had no effect. PQRFamide, PFRFamide, FFRFamide, DPQRFamide and Fmoc-FLFQPQRFamide were also examined on the MSR. PQRFamide and PFRFamide potentiated the MSR whereas FFRFamide and DPQRFamide caused a small depression at high concentrations. The increase in amplitude of the MSR induced by NPFF was completely abolished when the N-terminal was left protected with an Fmoc-group. The results suggest that PFRFamide and PQRFamide may act as agonists of NPFF and NPAF whereas the other peptides did not show such activity. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:7
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