title: Pancreatic beta-endorphin-like polypeptides.
abstract: Acid extracts of porcine pancreas acetone powders (but not of other tissues) have been shown to contain material which will react firstly in a radioimmunoassay for beta-endorphin, and secondly, compete with 3H-Naloxone and 3H-enkephalinamide in the radio-receptor assay. This material had a molecular weight of approximately 7,000 as judged by both P-10 and G-50 exclusion chromatography, even in the presence of 4 M urea. The G-50 partially purified and desalted fraction demonstrated a dose-dependent analgesia in mice and also influenced mouse behavior in vivo in a manner analogous to that produced by synthetic human beta-endorphin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004723:Endorphins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000032:analysis*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D001615:beta-Endorphin
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins; D001615:beta-Endorphin