Protein Information

Name GHSR
Synonyms GH releasing peptide receptor; GHRP; GHS R; GHSR; Ghrelin receptor; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor; Growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1; Ghrelin receptors…

Compound Information

Name piperazine
CAS piperazine

Reference List

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19058784 Fujitsuka N, Asakawa A, Hayashi M, Sameshima M, Amitani H, Kojima S, Fujimiya M, Inui A: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors modify physiological gastrointestinal motor activities via 5-HT2c receptor and acyl ghrelin. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 May 1;65(9):748-59. Epub 2008 Dec 5.


The improving effect on GI motility by 5-HT2c receptor (5-HT2cR) antagonist disappeared after treatment with a growth-hormone secretagogue receptor antagonist, whereas ghrelin or ghrelin-releasing drug such as TJ-43 changed SSRI-induced fed-like motor activities to fasted activities.
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20137933 Yu M, Lizarzaburu M, Beckmann H, Connors R, Dai K, Haller K, Li C, Liang L, Lindstrom M, Ma J, Motani A, Wanska M, Zhang A, Li L, Medina JC: Identification of piperazine-bisamide GHSR antagonists for the treatment of obesity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Mar 1;20(5):1758-62. Epub 2010 Jan 20.

Piperazine-bisamide analogs were discovered as partial agonists of human growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) in a high throughput screen.
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