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[Clinical importance of adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)].
Orvosi Hetilap 2023 August 21
The pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) was isolated and characterized from sheep hypothalami. Its amino acid sequence, gene, receptors and receptor genes and its distribution in the mammalian organism were soon described. PACAP is a member of the secretin peptide family. Its closest relative is the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP). Its widespread occurrence suggests that it plays a significant role in physiological processes. With the aim of animal models, the role of PACAP was intensively investigated worldwide in a possible treatment of various diseases. The first part of this work contains the most important experimental data regarding the structure, genes and occurrence of the peptide and its receptors in mammalian body. In the second part, we overviewed the ever-increasing data on human material according to organ systems. The review contains the data where there is a chance to use PACAP for therapeutic purposes in the clinical practice. Determining the concentration of PACAP in the blood would help in establishing a clinical and differential diagnosis. In the future, there may be a possibility for non-invasive therapy of tumors expressing PACAP receptors. PACAP regulates the pituitary functions, stimulates vasopressin release, adrenalin secretion, insulin secretion. It is smooth muscle relaxant, immunosuppressant. PACAP is a neurotransmitter, it is neuroprotective in various diseases of the nervous system and cytoprotective in peripheral organs. PACAP inhibits apoptosis and the formation of pro-inflammatory factors and stimulates the anti-inflammatory factors and development of tumor cells. PACAP participates in regulating the daily rhythm of physiological functions. Orv Hetil. 2023; 164(33): 1300-1310.
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