title: HPLC analysis of somatostatin related peptides in putamen of Huntington's disease patients.
abstract: Size exclusion high performance liquid chromatography of post mortem human putamen samples revealed three somatostatin-immunoreactive peaks. The two major peaks cochromatographed with synthetic somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28, respectively whereas the presumed somatostatin precursor preceded these peaks. In 11 samples obtained post mortem from patients suffering from Huntington's Disease somatostatin-like immunoreactivity was increased by about 55% in the mean. This increase was mainly due to increases in somatostatin-14 and--to a minor extent--of somatostatin-28, whereas the presumed precursor was not significantly changed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D011699:Putamen / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; C029993:somatostatin-like peptides