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MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 469-486Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20031
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RF-amide peptides; hypothalamus; hypophysiotropic activity; nociception; preproprotein; G protein-coupled receptor
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Recently, we identified a novel hypothalamic neuropeptide with a C-terminal LPLRF-amide sequence in the quail brain. This avian neuropeptide was shown to inhibit gonadotropin release from the cultured anterior pituitary. This peptide is the first hypothalamic peptide that inhibited gonadotropin release reported in vertebrates. Me, therefore, termed it gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH). After this finding, we found that GnIH-related peptides were present in the brains of other vertebrates. such as mammals, amphibians, and fish. These GnIH-related peptides possessed a LPXRF-amide (X = L or Q) Motif at their C-termini in all investigated animals. Mass spectrometric analyses combined with immunoaffinity chromatography were powerful techniques for the identification of mature endogenous LPXRF-amide peptides. The identified LPXRF-amide peptides were found to be localized in the hypothalamus and brainstem areas, and to regulate pituitary hormone release. Subsequently cDNAs that encode LPXRF-amide peptides were characterized in vertebrate brains. In this review we summarize the identification, localization, and function a new member of the hypothalamic RF-amide peptide family. LPXRF-amide peptides in vertebrates. Recent studies on the receptors for LPXRF-amide peptides will also be reviewed. (c) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Mass Spec Rev 24:469-486, 2005.
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