title: Effects of cardioactive peptides on myocardial cAMP levels in the snail Helix aspersa.
abstract: Several cardioactive peptides from the pulmonate snail Helix aspersa were tested for their effects on myocardial cAMP levels, but only the family of small cardioactive peptides (SCPs) were clearly effective. SCP increased cAMP in a dose dependent manner; the time course was phasic. The structure-activity relations of this effect were examined with a set of 3 synthetic analogs having characteristics, at the carboxyterminal, of both the SCPs and FMRFamide-related peptides. The adenylate cyclase activator forskolin mimicked the mechanical effect of SCPs on the heartbeat. We conclude that the effect of SCPs on the Helix heart may be mediated by cAMP.
authors.affiliation: Whitney Laboratory, University of Florida, St. Augustine 32086, USA. gere@aug.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Doble
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000819:agonists / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019835:FMRFamide; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D007447:Invertebrate Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; C063193:alanyl-prolyl-glycyl-tryptophanamide; D012701:Serotonin; D019835:FMRFamide; C041307:small cardioactive peptide B; D000242:Cyclic AMP