Prepro-TRH-(160-169)
Prepro-TRH-(160-169) is one of the connecting peptides of thyrotropin-releasing hormone prohormone (pro-TRH), potentiates TRH-induced thyrotropin (TSH) release.
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- CAS No.: 122018-91-1
- Formula: C54H75N11O18S
- Molecular Weight:1198.30
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Storage:
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Biological Activity
Description
In Vitro
In primary cultures of rat anterior pituitary cells, Prepro-TRH-(160-169) (Ps4) is able to increase intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) rapidly, in 15 s[2].
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In Vivo
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Chemical Information
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CAS No. 122018-91-1
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Molecular Weight 1198.30
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Formula C54H75N11O18S
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Sequence Shortening
SFPWMESDVT
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Shipping
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Storage
Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis.
Protocols
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Research Protocol for Endocrine Diseases
Endocrine diseases often arise from disrupted hormone production, hormone signaling, or target-tissue responsiveness; for diabetes-focused endocrine disease models, insulin signaling regulates glucose uptake, hepatic glucose output, lipid metabolism, and β-cell compensation. Type 2 diabetes develops through interacting defects in insulin resistance, β-cell dysfunction, adipose inflammation, hepatic glucose overproduction, altered incretin signaling, and ectopic lipid metabolism. A major unresolved question is whether endocrine dysfunction is driven primarily by target-tissue insulin resistance, intrinsic β-cell failure, immune/inflammatory stress, or combined multi-organ failure that differs by disease stage.
Purity & Documentation
References
[1]. H Yang, et al. Prepro-TRH-(160-169) potentiates gastric acid secretion stimulated by TRH microinjected into the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. Neurosci Lett. 1994 Jun 6;174(1):43-6. [Content Brief]
[2]. J P Roussel, et al. Somatostatin blocks the potentiation of TRH-induced TSH secretion from perifused pituitary fragments and the change in intracellular calcium concentrations from dispersed pituitary cells elicited by prepro-TRH (PS4) or by tri-iodothyronine. J Mol Endocrinol. 1997 Aug;19(1):87-97. [Content Brief]
Calculators
Concentration (start) × Volume (start) = Concentration (final) × Volume (final)