Phylogenetic Aspects of Neuropeptides From Invertebrates to Humans, Volume 1200

by Vaudry, Hubert; Shioda, Seiji

• ISBN13: 9781573317986
• ISBN10: 1573317985
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The volume highlights recent and new developments in all fields of neuropeptides in biological homeostasis regulation such as body weight and metabolism, reproduction, osmotic pressure reproduction. Special attention given to the phylogenetic aspects of neuroendocrinology, from invertebrates to mammals including humans. The main target of the neuropeptides presented and discussed are newly found G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) ligands such as orexin, ghrelin, GALP, NPW, neuromedin U, 26FRa, urotensin II and metastin, but other important neuropeptides such as GHRH, CCK, GnIH, ANP are discusssed.This volume is based on a conference held as a satellite symposium of the 9th VIP/PACAP and Related Peptides Symposium in Kagoshima in Oct 5-8th in 2009.NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order ( www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.

Author Biography

Hubert Vaudry is the editor of Phylogenetic Aspects of Neuropeptides: From Invertebrates to Humans, Volume 1200, published by Wiley. Seiji Shioda is the editor of Phylogenetic Aspects of Neuropeptides: From Invertebrates to Humans, Volume 1200, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Coevolution of neuropeptidergic signaling systems: from worm to man	p. 1
Insights into the evolution of proglucagon-derived peptides and receptors in fish and amphibians	p. 15
Oxytocin/vasopressin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone from cephalopods to vertebrates	p. 33
Somatostatin and its receptors from fish to mammals	p. 43
Urotensin II, from fish to human	p. 53
Molecular coevolution of kisspeptins and their receptors from fish to mammals	p. 67
Phylogenetic aspects of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its homologs in vertebrates	p. 75
Evolution of the opioid/ORL-1 receptor gene family	p. 85
Sexual differentiation of kisspeptin neurons responsible for sex difference in gonadotropin release in rats	p. 95
Neuromedin U is necessary for normal gastrointestinal motility and is regulated by serotonin	p. 104
Functional interaction of regulator of G protein signaling-2 with melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1	p. 112
Translational research of ghrelin	p. 120
Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide in the retina: focus on the retinoprotective effects	p. 128
Ghrelin: more than endogenous growth hormone secretagogue	p. 140
The orexin system: roles in sleep/wake regulation	p. 149
Neuropeptide W: a key player in the homeostatic regulation of feeding and energy metabolism?	p. 162
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