"alpha-MSH" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 13-amino acid peptide derived from proteolytic cleavage of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE, the N-terminal segment of ACTH. ACTH (1-13) is amidated at the C-terminal to form ACTH (1-13)NH2 which in turn is acetylated to form alpha-MSH in the secretory granules. Alpha-MSH stimulates the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates.
| Descriptor ID |
D000521
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.179 D06.472.699.327.935.531.750.050 D06.472.699.631.525.600.179 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.750.050 D12.644.400.400.935.179 D12.644.400.400.935.531.750.050 D12.644.400.460.050 D12.644.548.365.935.179 D12.644.548.365.935.531.750.050 D12.644.548.691.525.690.179 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.750.050 D12.776.631.650.405.935.179 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.750.050 D12.776.631.650.460.050
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| Concept/Terms |
alpha-MSH- alpha-MSH
- alpha MSH
- alpha-Melanotropin
- alpha Melanotropin
- Acetylated ACTH (1-13)NH2
- alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
- Hormone, alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating
- alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
- MSH, alpha
ACTH (1-13)NH2- ACTH (1-13)NH2
- (Desacetyl)alpha-MSH
- DE-alpha-MSH
- MSH, (Desacetyl)alpha-
- Des-Acetyl MSH
- MSH, Des-Acetyl
- Desacetyl alpha-MSH
- Desacetyl alpha MSH
- alpha-MSH, Desacetyl
- Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone
- Desacetyl alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone
- Hormone, Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating
- alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, Desacetyl
- (Des-Acetyl)-alpha-MSH
- Adrenocorticotropin (1-13)NH2
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "alpha-MSH" by people in Profiles.
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Melanocortin receptor agonist melanotan-II microinjected in the nucleus accumbens decreases appetitive and consumptive responding for food. Neuropeptides. 2022 Dec; 96:102289.
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Gestational hypoxia disrupts the neonatal leptin surge and programs hyperphagia and obesity in male offspring in the Sprague-Dawley rat. PLoS One. 2017; 12(9):e0185272.
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Generation of multiuse peptide libraries for functional screenings. Methods Mol Biol. 1998; 87:107-18.