Substance P in an argentaffin carcinoid of the caecum: Biochemical and biological characterization
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Virchows Archiv
- Vol. 392 (1), 21-31
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00430545
Abstract
An argentaffin carcinoid tumour of the caecum which contained serotonin (167 μg/g) and consisted predominantly of EC1-cells, was analysed for the presence of peptides using immunohistochemical, biochemical and pharmacological methods. A very high content of 3.9 μg/g of immunoreactive substance P was found. The distribution of cells staining positively for substance P matched that of cells containing serotonin. While some immunoreactive somatostatin (3.2 ng/g) was present in the tumour, neurotensin, glucagon, gastrin, and motilin were not found. Part of the substance P immunoreactivity measured most likely represents authentic substance P: it behaved like substance P in two Chromatographic systems and in two bioassays, and its activity on the guinea pig ileum was abolished by specific tachyphylaxis towards substance P.Keywords
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