α-MSH
Ac-SYSMEHFRWGKPV-acid
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Description
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Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a non-selective agonist of melanocortin receptors involved in metabolic and immune homeostasis.
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Data Sheet Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Catalogue number crb1000488 Molecular Weight 1664.8 Sequence (one letter code) Ac-SYSMEHFRWGKPV-acid
Sequence (three letter code) Acetyl-Ser-Tyr-Ser-Met-Glu-His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Gly-Lys-Pro-Val-OH
Aliase alpha-Melanotropin, alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone Purity >95% cas 581-05-5 Storage - 20°C References Vecsernyes et al (2017) Alpha–Melanocyte-stimulating Hormone Induces Vasodilation and Exerts Cardioprotection Through the Heme-Oxygenase Pathway in Rat Hearts. J. Cardiovasc. Pharmacol. 69(5) 286 PMID: 28195947
Taylor (2013) Alpha-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (α-MSH) Is a Post-Caspase Suppressor of Apoptosis in RAW 264.7 Macrophages. PLoS ONE 8(8) e74488 PMID: 24009773
Capsoni et al (2015) α-Melanocyte-stimulating-hormone (α-MSH) modulates human chondrocyte activation induced by proinflammatory cytokines. BMC Musculoskelet. Disord. 16(1) PMID: 26093672
Manufactured in: United Kingdom Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is a melanocortin family neuropeptide which plays important roles in metabolic and immune homeostasis. It is formed from the cleavage of adrenocorticotropic hormone, the cleavage product of proopiomelanocortin hormone. α-MSH is expressed ubiquitously to varying degrees in a wide variety of cells including the hypothalamus, monocytes and retinal pigment epithelial cells. α-MSH is a non-selective agonist of melanocortin receptors.
α-MSH is a suppresser of inflammation from both innate and adaptive immune pathways, it is involved in hair and skin pigmentation (through MC1 receptor activation), has reproductive functions, cardio protective functions and regulates food intake and energy metabolism. The N-terminal of the peptide is protected by an acetyl group.