Protein Information

Name Substance P
Synonyms Hs.2563; PPT; NK2; NKA; NKNA; Neurokinin 1; Neurokinin 2; Neurokinin A…

Compound Information

Name acrolein
CAS 2-propenal

Reference List

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2451997 Pickel VM, Joh TH, Chan J: Substance P in the rat nucleus accumbens: ultrastructural localization in axon terminals and their relation to dopaminergic afferents. Brain Res. 1988 Mar 22;444(2):247-64.

Coronal vibratome sections from acrolein-fixed brains were sequentially processed for the localization of: (1) a rat monoclonal antiserum against SP identified by the peroxidase--anti-peroxidase immunocytochemical method, and (2) a rabbit polyclonal antiserum against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) identified by immunoautoradiography.
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14615858 Richardson KA, Gatti PJ: Genioglossal hypoglossal motoneurons contact substance P-like immunoreactive nerve terminals in the cat: a dual labeling electron microscopic study. Exp Brain Res. 2004 Feb;154(3):327-32. Epub 2003 Nov 13.

Two days later, the animals were perfused with acrolein fixative.
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9950884 Robledo RF, Witten ML: NK1-receptor activation prevents hydrocarbon-induced lung injury in mice. Am J Physiol. 1999 Feb;276(2 Pt 1):L229-38.

Recent evidence suggests that neurokinin (NK)-receptor activation may have a protective role in maintaining lung integrity when challenged by airborne toxicants such as sulfur dioxide, ozone, acrolein, or hydrocarbons.
Mice administered [Sar9,Met (O2) 11] substance P, an NK1-receptor agonist, after each JP-8 exposure had the appearance of normal pulmonary values and tissue morphology.
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19507004 Doihara H, Nozawa K, Kojima R, Kawabata-Shoda E, Yokoyama T, Ito H: QGP-1 cells release 5-HT via TRPA1 activation; a model of human enterochromaffin cells. Mol Cell Biochem. 2009 Nov;331(1-2):239-45. Epub 2009 Jun 9.

In this study, QGP-1 cells, a human pancreatic endocrine cell line, were found to highly express TRPA1 and EC cell marker genes, such as tryptophan hydroxylase 1 (TPH1), chromogranin A (CgA), synaptophysin, ATP-dependent vesicular monoamine transporter 1 (VMAT1), metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGluR4), beta1-adrenergic receptor (ADB1), muscarinic 4 acetylcholine receptor (ACM4), substance P, serotonin transporter (SERT), and guanylin.
Furthermore, the TRPA1 agonists AITC, CA, and acrolein concentration dependently evoked an increase in intracellular Ca (2+) influx and the release of 5-HT in QGP-1 cells.
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9503382 Kiss J, Csaki A, Bokor H, Kocsis K, Szeiffert G: Topographic localization of calretinin, calbindin, VIP, substance P, CCK and metabotropic glutamate receptor immunoreactive neurons in the supramammillary and related areas of the rat. Neurobiology. 1997;5(3):361-88.

The following experiments were performed: (a) immunocytochemistry for each of the eight different neuropeptides investigated, in animals pretreated or not with colchicine, and perfused in fixative containing or lacking acrolein; (b) a thorough mapping study of the localization of immunolabelled neurons at three rostrocaudal levels; (c) double-tracing retrograde labelling for two-directional neuronal projections combined with immunocytochemistry, to study neurochemical character of the projecting neurons.
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18307678 Geppetti P, Nassini R, Materazzi S, Benemei S: The concept of neurogenic inflammation. BJU Int. 2008 Mar;101 Suppl 3:2-6.

Neurogenic inflammation encompasses a series of vascular and non-vascular inflammatory responses, triggered by the activation of primary sensory neurons and the subsequent release of inflammatory neuropeptides, including substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide.
Involvement of the TRP cation channel, subfamily A, member 1 (TRPA1) has also been reported in models of neurogenic inflammation and nociception promoted by the cyclophosphamide metabolite, acrolein.
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16725114 Andrade EL, Ferreira J, Andre E, Calixto JB: Contractile mechanisms coupled to TRPA1 receptor activation in rat urinary bladder. Biochem Pharmacol. 2006 Jun 28;72(1):104-14. Epub 2006 Apr 25.


The exposure of urinary bladders to allyl isothiocyanate (100 microM) causes an increase in the prostaglandin E (2) and substance P levels.
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2422251 Pickel VM, Chan J, Milner TA: Autoradiographic detection of [125I]-secondary antiserum: a sensitive light and electron microscopic labeling method compatible with peroxidase immunocytochemistry for dual localization of neuronal antigens. J Histochem Cytochem. 1986 Jun;34(6):707-18.

Adult rat brains were fixed by aortic arch perfusion with acrolein and paraformaldehyde.
These sections were then directly processed for autoradiography or were incubated with rabbit antiserum to substance P (SP) or methionine [Met5]-enkephalin (ME).
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1370598 Zayasu K, Ohrui T, Sekizawa K, Yamaya M, Fukushima T, Sasaki H, Takishima T: Capsaicin desensitization inhibits cigarette smoke-induced increase in cytoplasmic motility of alveolar macrophages in guinea pigs. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Jan;145(1):197-202.

Acrolein decreased lambda 0 in animals with and without capsaicin.
However, substance P (SP) increased lambda 0, and repeated administration of SP produced a significant tachyphylaxis in animals with and without capsaicin pretreatment in a fashion similar to that noted with cigarette smoke inhalation.
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10562632 Morris JB, Stanek J, Gianutsos G: Sensory nerve-mediated immediate nasal responses to inspired acrolein. . J Appl Physiol. 1999 Nov;87(5):1877-86.

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19418724 Linares-Fernandez B, Alfieri AB: [Changes in nitric oxide, prostaglandins and myeloperoxidase activity in acrolein-induced cystitis in rats]. Invest Clin. 2009 Mar;50(1):23-33.

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7685755 Turner CR, Stow RB, Hubbs SJ, Gomes BC, Williams JC: Acrolein increases airway sensitivity to substance P and decreases NEP activity in guinea pigs. J Appl Physiol. 1993 Apr;74(4):1830-9.

Experiments performed in the presence of thiorphan suggested that the acrolein-induced reduction in NEP may contribute to increased airway sensitivity to aerosolized substance P, but the increase in airway sensitivity to intravenous substance P may occur by additional mechanisms.
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17950047 Hazari MS, Rowan WH, Winsett DW, Ledbetter AD, Haykal-Coates N, Watkinson WP, Costa DL: Potentiation of pulmonary reflex response to capsaicin 24h following whole-body acrolein exposure is mediated by TRPV1. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2008 Feb 1;160(2):160-71. Epub 2007 Sep 15.

These data suggest that although potentiation of pulmonary chemoreflex response 24h post-acrolein is mediated by TRPV1 and release of substance P, cardiopulmonary inhibition during whole-body acrolein exposure is mediated through other mechanisms.
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8032584 Ahluwalia A, Maggi CA, Santicioli P, Lecci A, Giuliani S: Characterization of the capsaicin-sensitive component of cyclophosphamide-induced inflammation in the rat urinary bladder. Br J Pharmacol. 1994 Apr;111(4):1017-22.

The effect of acrolein in vitro was significantly reduced by pretreatment of the bladder with a combination of tachykinin NK1 and NK2 receptor antagonists, RP 67,580 (3 microM) and SR 48,968 (1 microM).
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19028774 Faroon O, Roney N, Taylor J, Ashizawa A, Lumpkin MH, Plewak DJ: Acrolein health effects. Toxicol Ind Health. 2008 Aug;24(7):447-90.

Levels of acrolein between 22 and 249 ppm for 10 min induced a dose-related decrease in substance P (a short-chain polypeptide that functions as a neurotransmitter or neuromodulator).
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7534773 Van Bockstaele EJ, Gracy KN, Pickel VM: Dynorphin-immunoreactive neurons in the rat nucleus accumbens: ultrastructure and synaptic input from terminals containing substance P and/or dynorphin. J Comp Neurol. 1995 Jan 2;351(1):117-33.

We examined the immunogold-silver localization of dynorphin and immunoperoxidase labeling for substance P in single coronal sections through the core subregion of the nucleus accumbens of acrolein-fixed rat brain tissue.
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1696540 Springall DR, Edginton JA, Price PN, Swanston DW, Noel C, Bloom SR, Polak JM: Acrolein depletes the neuropeptides CGRP and substance P in sensory nerves in rat respiratory tract. Environ Health Perspect. 1990 Apr;85:151-7.
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9214539 Borhegyi Z, Leranth C: Substance P innervation of the rat hippocampal formation. J Comp Neurol. 1997 Jul 21;384(1):41-58.

Light and electron microscopic substance P (SP) immunostaining was performed on hippocampal sections of colchicine-pretreated, control, untreated fimbria-fornix-transected (5 days), as well as perforant path-stimulated Sprague-Dawley rats fixed in 5% acrolein.
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8306034 Ben-Jebria A, Marthan R, Rossetti M, Savineau JP, Ultman JS: Human bronchial smooth muscle responsiveness after in vitro exposure to acrolein. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Feb;149(2 Pt 1):382-6.

The effect of acrolein exposure on human bronchial smooth muscle was also assessed by examining the contractile responses to potassium chloride (KCl), histamine, and neurokinin A (NKA) in both the absence and the presence of phosphoramidon.
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7510277 Turner CR, Stow RB, Talerico SD, Christian EP, Williams JC: Protective role for neuropeptides in acute pulmonary response to acrolein in guinea pigs. J Appl Physiol. 1993 Dec;75(6):2456-65.

To determine the potential role of neuropeptides in acrolein-induced airway responses, capsaicin-treated guinea pigs were exposed to acrolein aerosol in a regimen causing increased airway sensitivity to substance P.
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17684094 Trevisani M, Siemens J, Materazzi S, Bautista DM, Nassini R, Campi B, Imamachi N, Andre E, Patacchini R, Cottrell GS, Gatti R, Basbaum AI, Bunnett NW, Julius D, Geppetti P: 4-Hydroxynonenal, an endogenous aldehyde, causes pain and neurogenic inflammation through activation of the irritant receptor TRPA1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Aug 14;104(33):13519-24. Epub 2007 Aug 7.

TRPA1 is an excitatory ion channel expressed by a subpopulation of primary afferent somatosensory neurons that contain substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide.
Environmental irritants such as mustard oil, allicin, and acrolein activate TRPA1, causing acute pain, neuropeptide release, and neurogenic inflammation.
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