title: Arginine vasotocin (AVT) and AVT-related peptide are major aldosterone-releasing factors in the bullfrog neurointermediate lobe.
abstract: Two major components which stimulate aldosterone release from Xenopus adrenocortical tissue were isolated from an acid-acetone extract of the neurointermediate lobes of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) using C18 Sep-Pak cartridges, Sephadex G-50, and reverse-phase HPLC columns. One of the components was identified as arginine vasotocin (AVT) from its HPLC profile and amino acid sequence analysis. The other was an AVT-like decapeptide with an extra glycine residue at the C-terminus of nonamidated AVT, which was recently termed hydrin 2. The yields of these two peptides were almost the same. They also showed equipotent activity in stimulating water flux from the isolated urinary bladder of the toad (Bufo japonicus).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, School of Education, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwamuro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuyama
mesh_terms: D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002025:Bufonidae; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011892:Rana catesbeiana / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000187:drug effects; D014668:Vasotocin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: C060258:hydrin 2; D000450:Aldosterone; D014668:Vasotocin