C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 12 – N
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
12
N
195/1.235, 530/7
C12N 15/16 (2006.01) A61K 38/22 (2006.01) C07K 14/575 (2006.01) A61K 38/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2002004
FISH CRF ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Fish Corticotropin Releasing Factor (fCRF) from Catostomus commersoni has the formula: H-Ser-Glu-Glu- Pro-Pro-Ile-Ser-Leu-Asp-Leu-Thr-Phe-His-Leu-Leu-Arg-Glu- Val-Leu-Glu-Met-Ala-Arg-Ala-Glu-Gln-Leu-Ala-Gln-Gln-Ala- His-Ser-Asn-Arg-Lys-Met-Met-Glu-Ile-Phe-NH2. fCRF or pharmaceutically or veterinarily acceptable salts thereof, dispersed in an acceptable liquid or solid carrier, can be administered to animals, including humans and other mammals, to achieve a substantial elevation of ACTH, .beta.-endorphin, .beta.-lipotropin, other products of the pro-opiomelanocortin gene and corticosterone levels and/or a lowering of blood pressure over an extended period of time. They may also be used as stimulants to elevate mood and improve memory and learning, as well as diagnostically. one or more of the first three N-terminal residues may be deleted. The N-terminus may be acylated by an acylating agent containing up to 7 carbon atoms. ]
Lederis Karl P.
Okawara Yuji
Richter Dietmar
Macrae & Co.
The Salk Institute For Biological Studies
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