title: Age-related change in 7B2 (a novel pituitary polypeptide) concentrations in human cerebrospinal fluid.
abstract: Concentrations of 7B2 (a novel pituitary polypeptide) immunoreactivity (7B2-IR) were measured using a specific 7B2 radioimmunoassay (RIA) in cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) from 87 humans. The mean (+/- S.E.M.) concentration of 7B2-IR in CSF was 2022 +/- 68 pM and a statistically significant decrease with aging was observed in those concentrations (R = -0.28, t = 2.73, P less than 0.01), although it was not a strong relation based on the R-value. In the gel permeation chromatography of CSF on Sephadex G-100, a major peak with an apparent mol. wt. of 43 kDa (43K) and a minor peak with that of 11 kDa (11K) were observed.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurose
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nawata
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051859:Neuroendocrine Secretory Protein 7B2; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051859:Neuroendocrine Secretory Protein 7B2; D010907:Pituitary Hormones; C497678:SCG5 protein, human