Protein Information

Name MT 2
Synonyms CES 1; CES1; MT 2A; MT II; MT IIa; MT 2; MT2; MT2A…

Compound Information

Name piperazine
CAS piperazine

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
15740781 Shimazaki T, Chaki S: Anxiolytic-like effect of a selective and non-peptidergic melanocortin 4 receptor antagonist, MCL0129, in a social interaction test. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2005 Mar;80(3):395-400. Epub 2005 Jan 16.

We investigated the involvement of MC4 receptor in a social interaction test, using Ac-[Nle (4),Asp (5),D-Phe (7),Lys (10)] alpha-MSH-(4-10)-NH2 (MT II), an MC4 receptor agonist, and 1-[(S)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-isopropylpiperadin-1-yl) ethyl]-4-[4-(2-meth oxynaphthalen-1-yl) butyl] piperazine (MCL0129), a selective and nonpeptide MC4 receptor antagonist.
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18582863 Kimura Y, Naitou Y, Wanibuchi F, Yamaguchi T: 5-HT (2C) receptor activation is a common mechanism on proerectile effects of apomorphine, oxytocin and melanotan-II in rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008 Jul 28;589(1-3):157-62. Epub 2008 May 24.


In this study, in order to clarify these matters, we examined the effects of a selective 5-HT (2B)/5-HT (2C) receptors antagonist, 1-(1-methylindol-5-yl)-3-(3-pyridyl) urea (SB200646) and a selective 5-HT (2C) receptor antagonist, 6-chloro-5-methyl-1-[6-(2-methylpyridin-3-yloxy) pyridin-3-yl carbamoyl] indoline (SB242084) on penile erections induced by a dopamine receptor agonist, 10, 11-dihydroxyaporphine (apomorphine), oxytocin, or a melanocortin receptor agonist, melanotan-II (MT-II) in rats.
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12704411 Johnson KJ, Peng KW, Allen C, Russell SJ, Galanis E: Targeting the cytotoxicity of fusogenic membrane glycoproteins in gliomas through protease-substrate interaction. Gene Ther. 2003 May;10(9):725-32.

Use of the broad-spectrum MMP inhibitors, 1,10-phenanthroline and N-hydroxy-piperazine-carboxamide completely abolished the ability of MMP constructs to induce fusion.
Establishment of stable tranfectants expressing the membrane-type MMPs, MT-1 MMP and MT-2 MMP did restore fusion in the MMP-poor cell line TE671 after transfection with GALV M40, thus indicating that both membrane-type MMPs and soluble MMPs activate the MMP cleavable constructs.
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12643943 Mattson RJ, Catt JD, Keavy D, Sloan CP, Epperson J, Gao Q, Hodges DB, Iben L, Mahle CD, Ryan E, Yocca FD: Indanyl piperazines as melatonergic MT2 selective agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 Mar 24;13(6):1199-202.


Optimization of a benzyl piperazine pharmacophore produced N-acyl-4-indanyl-piperazines that bind with high affinity to melatonergic MT (2) receptors. (R)-4-(2,3-dihydro-6-methoxy-1H-inden-1-yl)-N-ethyl-1-piperazine-carboxami de fumarate (13) is a water soluble, selective MT (2) agonist, which produces advances in circadian phase in rats at doses of 1-56 mg/kg that are no different from those of melatonin at 1 mg/kg.
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