This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Purchase Article View Shopping Cart Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Copyright Permission Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Fricker, L. D. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Fricker, L. D.

Neuropeptidomics to Study Peptide Processing in Animal Models of Obesity

Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Lloyd Fricker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461. E-mail: fricker{at}aecom.yu.edu.

Neuropeptidomics is the analysis of the neuropeptides present in a tissue extract. Most neuropeptidomic studies use mass spectrometry to detect and identify the peptides, which provides information on the precise posttranslationally modified form of each peptide. Quantitative peptidomics uses isotopic labels to compare the levels of peptides in extracts from two different samples. This technique is ideal for examining neuropeptide levels in a variety of systems and is especially suited for studies of mice lacking peptide-processing enzymes. This review is focused on the neuropeptidomics technique and its application to the analysis of mice with a mutation that inactivates carboxypeptidase E, a critical enzyme in the biosynthesis of many neuroendocrine peptides. Mice without carboxypeptidase E activity are overweight, and a key question is the identification of the peptide or peptides responsible. The quantitative peptidomics approach has provided some insights toward the answer to this question.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				P. J. Lyons, M. B. Callaway, and L. D. Fricker Characterization of Carboxypeptidase A6, an Extracellular Matrix Peptidase J. Biol. Chem., March 14, 2008; 283(11): 7054 - 7063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]