title: Effect of the carboxyl-terminal of endokinins on SP-induced pain-related behavior.
abstract: The preprotachykinin C gene encodes four endokinins, A, B, C, and D. Endokinins A and B and substance P (SP) are typical tachykinin peptides since their carboxyl-terminal regions share an F-F-G-L-M-amide, while endokinins C and D share an F-Q-G-L-L-amide. It is demonstrated that pretreatment with a peptide consisting of a common sequence between endokinins C and D (EKC/D) attenuates the induction of scratching behavior and thermal hyperalgesia by intrathecal administration of SP or EKA/B (the carboxyl-terminal dacapeptide common in endokinins A and B), suggesting that leucine at the carboxyl-terminal of EKC/D may have a crucial role in eliciting these effects. When the effect of [Leu(11)]-SP and [Leu(10)]-EKA/B on SP-induced pain-related behavior was examined, the induction of pain-related behavior was markedly attenuated by pretreatment with these peptides. This indicates that leucine at the carboxyl-terminal of these peptides plays a crucial role in eliciting this antagonistic effect.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naono
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimori
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013373:Substance P / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D015320:Tachykinins; C044206:preprotachykinin; D013373:Substance P