amylin, amide, human

Amylin, a 37-amino acid polypeptide that is structurally related to calcitonin, is secreted from the B cells of the pancreas. Amylin has anoretic effects in rats. Amylin may be responsible for the etiology of insulin resistance of type II diabetes mellitu

Amylin, amide, human TFA, a 37-amino acid polypeptide, functions as a pancreatic hormone cosecreted with insulin, playing distinct roles in metabolism and glucose homeostasis by regulating blood sugar through inhibiting glucagon secretion, delaying gastric emptying, and promoting satiety [1].

Neuropeptide Y (29-64), amide, human acetate is involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and protects rat cortical neurons against β-Amyloid toxicity.

Amylin (8-37), human, derived from human Amylin, possesses direct vasodilator effects in isolated mesenteric resistance arteries of rats. Human Amylin is a small pancreatic β-cell hormone that forms aggregates in the absence of insulin and is a key pathological feature of type II diabetes mellitus.

Neuropeptide Y (13-36), amide, human is a neuropeptide Y receptor agonist.

Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide (6-30) amide (human) is an incretin hormone used in diabetes research [1].

Mca-(endo-1a-Dap(Dnp))-TNF-Alpha (-5 to +6) amide (human) is a peptide used as a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based substrate for proteolytic activity assays, with cleavage-induced changes in fluorescence intensity indicating enzymatic activity [1].

PTH-Related Protein (7-34) amide (human, mouse, rat) serves as a potent antagonist of parathyroid hormone (PTH) [1].

GLP-1 (1-36) amide (human, rat) TFA, a variant of GLP-1 (7-36) amide, induces [14C]aminopyrine accumulation in enzymatically dispersed enriched rat parietal cells [1].

(D-Ala2)-GRF (1-29) amide (human) is a potent superagonist of Growth Hormone-Releasing Factor (GRF), exhibiting approximately 50-fold higher GH-releasing activity than GRF (1-29) in both pigs and rats [1].

Amylin (1-37) (human) (hIAPP (1-37)), a peptide hormone located in pancreatic beta-cell secretory granules, is characterized by an amidated C-terminus and a disulfide bond between cysteine residues 2 and 7 [1].

Osteostatin (1-5) amide (human, bovine, dog, horse, mouse, rabbit, rat), also known as Human PTHrP (107-111) amide, is a C-terminal fragment of parathyroid hormone-related protein that inhibits bone resorption [1][2].

Somatorelin (1-44) amide is a synthetic peptide that corresponds to the full 44-amino acid sequence of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), a hormone that stimulates the production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland and is involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation.1,2Somatorelin induces growth hormone release similarly to GHRHin vitroandin vivo.1

Human PTH-(1-31) amide, an analog of PTH, effectively stimulates phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis and promotes the release of adenylyl cyclase [1].

GLP-1 amide is a peptide hormone cleaved from proglucagon in the pancreas.1,2 Mice lacking the glucagon receptor (Gcgr-/-) have approximately nine-fold higher levels of total GLP-1 amide, including GLP-1 (1-36) amide and truncated GLP-1 (7-36) amide , in pancreatic tissue compared to wild-type mice.2References1. Schjoldager, B.T., Mortensen, P.E., Christiansen, J., et al. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) and truncated GLP-1, fragments of human proglucagon, inhibit gastric acid secretion in humans. Dig. Dis. Sci. 34(5), 703-708 (1989).2. Gelling, R.W., Du, X.Q., Dichmann, D.S., et al. Lower blood glucose, hyperglucagonemia, and pancreatic α cell hyperplasia in glucagon receptor knockout mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100(3), 1438-1443 (2003). GLP-1 amide is a peptide hormone cleaved from proglucagon in the pancreas.1,2 Mice lacking the glucagon receptor (Gcgr-/-) have approximately nine-fold higher levels of total GLP-1 amide, including GLP-1 (1-36) amide and truncated GLP-1 (7-36) amide , in pancreatic tissue compared to wild-type mice.2 References1. Schjoldager, B.T., Mortensen, P.E., Christiansen, J., et al. GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) and truncated GLP-1, fragments of human proglucagon, inhibit gastric acid secretion in humans. Dig. Dis. Sci. 34(5), 703-708 (1989).2. Gelling, R.W., Du, X.Q., Dichmann, D.S., et al. Lower blood glucose, hyperglucagonemia, and pancreatic α cell hyperplasia in glucagon receptor knockout mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100(3), 1438-1443 (2003).

PAR2 (1-6) amide is a synthetic peptide agonist of proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) that corresponds to residues 1-6 of the amino terminal tethered ligand sequence of human PAR2 and residues 37-42 of the full-length sequence.1It binds to NCTC 2544 cells expressing human PAR2 (Ki= 9.64 μM in a radioligand binding assay) and induces calcium mobilization in the same cells (EC50= 0.075 μM).2PAR2 (1-6) amide (100 μM) reduces colony formation of A549 lung cancer cells.1It induces superoxide production and degranulation in isolated human eosinophils when used at a concentration of 500 μM.3PAR2 (1-6) amide (5 μmol/kg) induces tear secretion in rats when used in combination with amastatin .4 1.Bohm, S.K., Kong, W., Bromme, D., et al.Molecular cloning, expression and potential functions of the human proteinase-activated receptor-2Biochem. J.314(Pt 3)1009-1016(1996) 2.Kanke, T., Ishiwata, H., Kabeya, M., et al.Binding of a highly potent protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) activating peptide, [3H]2-furoyl-LIGRL-NH2, to human PAR2Br. J. Pharmacol.145(2)255-263(2005) 3.Miike, S., McWilliam, A.S., and Kita, H.Trypsin induces activation and inflammatory mediator release from human eosinophils through protease-activated receptor-2J. Immunol.167(11)6615-6622(2001) 4.Nishikawa, H., Kawai, K., Tanaka, M., et al.Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2)-related peptides induce tear secretion in rats: Involvement of PAR-2 and non-PAR-2 mechanismsJ. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.312(2)324-331(2005)

Neuropeptide Y (29-64), amide, human (TFA) is involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and protects rat cortical neurons against β-Amyloid toxicity.It is showed that Neuropeptide Y (29-64), amide, human (TFA) is able to protect cortical neurons from Aβ25-35 t

Acetyl-(D-Arg2)-GRF (1-29) amide (human) acts as a GRF antagonist and inhibits GH secretion, making it useful in endocrine research [1].

[His1,Nle27] GHRF (1-32), amide, human is a synthetic analog of the growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) with enhanced affinity for the growth hormone-releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) [1].

Human glucagon-like peptide-1-(7-36)-Lys(Biotin) amide, a biotin-labeled variant of glucagon-like peptide-1-(7-36), is a gastrointestinal peptide known for its antidiabetogenic properties, including enhancing insulin secretion [1] [2].

Human PTHrP-(1-34)NH2, also known as PTH-Related Protein (1-34) amide for human, mouse, and rat, is the N-terminal fragment of PTHrP. This peptide induces hypercalcemia and is utilized in the study of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy [1].

Acetyl-Amylin (8-37) (human) is a specific amylin antagonist [1].

Caveolin-1 (82-101) amide (human, mouse, rat), also known as Caveolin-1 scaffolding domain peptide, mitigates aging-related detrimental alterations in various organs and inhibits tyrosine kinases [1].

GIP (1-30) amide (Human) TFA is a glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide fragment. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) is an incretin hormone that stimulates insulin secretion and reduces postprandial glycaemic excursions.

Amylin is a peptide that displays 50% homology with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), Amylin is colocalized with somatostatin in endocrine cells of the gastric fundus. In isolated mouse stomach, amylin caused a concentration-dependent decrease in ac

Endothelin-1 is one of the there isoforms of endothelin (identified as ET-1, -2, -3) with varying regions of expression and binding to at least four known endothelin receptors, ETA, ETB1, ETB2 and ETC.

GIP (1-30) amide (Human) is an insulin-dependent glucose-dependent polypeptide.The sugar-dependent insulin polypeptide (GIP) is an insulin secreting hormone, which can stimulate the secretion of insulin and reduce the occurrence of postpranal-glycemic dis

Amylin (8-37) (human) (hIAPP (8-37)) is the 8-37 fragment of human islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and exhibits a duplex folding with a hairpin structure [1].

Galanin (2-11) amide is a synthetic peptide fragment of the neuropeptide galanin and an agonist of the galanin-2 (GAL2) receptor (EC50= 9.32 nM in a fluorescence imaging plate reader assay).1It selectively binds to the GAL2receptor (IC50= 1.76 nM for the rat receptor) over the GAL1receptor (IC50= 879 nM for the human receptor) but does also bind to the GAL3receptor (Ki= 271 nM for the rat receptor).1,2Intracerebroventricular administration of galanin (2-11) amide (1 nmol/animal) decreases immobility in the forced swim test in rats.3It also reduces the hind paw mechanical pain threshold and increases the hind paw cold sensitivity threshold in rats.1

Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (GLP-1) (7-36)-Lys (Biotin), amide, human, is a human GLP-1 (7-36) amide biotinylated at the C-terminal.

(Asn10,Leu11,D-Trp12)-pTH-Related Protein (7-34) amide (human, mouse, rat) is a potent antagonist of the PTH-1R [1][2].

[Ac-Tyr1,D-Phe2]GRF 1-29, amide (human) is an analog of GRF and a vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) antagonist.

GLP-1 (1-36) amide (human, rat) is a molecular variant of the GLP-1 (7-36) amide and has the capacity to stimulate [14C]aminopyrine accumulation in enzymatically dispersed, enriched rat parietal cells [1].

(Ser8)-GLP-1 (7-36) amide, human, is a glucagon-like peptide-1 amide derived from glucagonogen, a cleavage product of the GLP-1 (1-36) amide peptide. This entero-insulinotropic hormone promotes glucose-dependent insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells and affects gastrointestinal motility and secretion [1].

Agouti-related Protein (AGRP) (83-132) Amide (human) is a segment derived from the agouti-related protein (AGRP), abundantly present in the hypothalamus' arcuate nucleus, and functions predominantly as an inverse agonist for the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R), thereby promoting food intake [1] [2].

GIP (1-30) amide, human acetate is a fragment of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), an incretin hormone that plays a crucial role in stimulating insulin secretion and mitigating postprandial glycemic excursions. This compound has been shown to enhance insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner across concentrations of 10^-9 to 10^-6 M [1].