Gene Review:
Ucn2 - urocortin 2
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
Ucn II, Urocortin II, Urocortin-2
Ohata,
Shibasaki,
Ikeda,
Tojo,
Otsubo,
Udagawa,
Hosoya,
Tajima,
Nakao,
Kawamura,
Zorrilla,
Reinhardt,
Valdez,
Inoue,
Rivier,
Vale,
Koob,
Kageyama,
Suda,
Nemoto,
Mano-Otagiri,
Shibasaki,
Amat,
Tamblyn,
Paul,
Bland,
Amat,
Foster,
Watkins,
Maier,
Yoneda,
Nakamura,
Nakade,
Tamano,
Kono,
Watanobe,
Shimada,
Hiraishi,
Terano,
Staub,
Spiga,
Lowry,
- Urocortin 2 induces tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in PC12 cells. Nemoto, T., Mano-Otagiri, A., Shibasaki, T. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2005)
- Effects of urocortin 2 and 3 on motor activity and food intake in rats. Ohata, H., Shibasaki, T. Peptides (2004)
- Urocortin 2 increases c-Fos expression in topographically organized subpopulations of serotonergic neurons in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus. Staub, D.R., Spiga, F., Lowry, C.A. Brain Res. (2005)
- Urocortin II: a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) neuropeptide family that is selectively bound by type 2 CRF receptors. Reyes, T.M., Lewis, K., Perrin, M.H., Kunitake, K.S., Vaughan, J., Arias, C.A., Hogenesch, J.B., Gulyas, J., Rivier, J., Vale, W.W., Sawchenko, P.E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2001)
- Effect of central corticotropin releasing factor on hepatic circulation in rats: the role of the CRF2 receptor in the brain. Yoneda, M., Nakamura, K., Nakade, Y., Tamano, M., Kono, T., Watanobe, H., Shimada, T., Hiraishi, H., Terano, A. Gut (2005)
- Role of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor-2 in stress-induced suppression of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion in the rat. Li, X.F., Bowe, J.E., Lightman, S.L., O'Byrne, K.T. Endocrinology (2005)
- Urocortin-related peptides increase interleukin-6 output via cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate-dependent pathways in A7r5 aortic smooth muscle cells. Kageyama, K., Suda, T. Endocrinology (2003)
- Urocortin 2 acts centrally to delay gastric emptying through sympathetic pathways while CRF and urocortin 1 inhibitory actions are vagal dependent in rats. Czimmer, J., Million, M., Taché, Y. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. (2006)
- Intravenous urocortin II decreases blood pressure through CRF(2) receptor in rats. Chen, C.Y., Doong, M.L., Rivier, J.E., Taché, Y. Regul. Pept. (2003)
- Urocortin, but not urocortin II, protects cultured hippocampal neurons from oxidative and excitotoxic cell death via corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor type I. Pedersen, W.A., Wan, R., Zhang, P., Mattson, M.P. J. Neurosci. (2002)
- Human urocortin 2, a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)2 agonist, and ovine CRF, a CRF1 agonist, differentially alter feeding and motor activity. Zorrilla, E.P., Reinhardt, L.E., Valdez, G.R., Inoue, K., Rivier, J.E., Vale, W.W., Koob, G.F. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. (2004)
- Distribution of urocortin 2 in various tissues of the rat. Yamauchi, N., Otagiri, A., Nemoto, T., Sekino, A., Oono, H., Kato, I., Yanaihara, C., Shibasaki, T. J. Neuroendocrinol. (2005)
- Effects of urocortin II on neonatal rat cardiac myocytes and non-myocytes. Ikeda, K., Tojo, K., Otsubo, C., Udagawa, T., Hosoya, T., Tajima, N., Nakao, K., Kawamura, M. Peptides (2005)
- Microinjection of urocortin 2 into the dorsal raphe nucleus activates serotonergic neurons and increases extracellular serotonin in the basolateral amygdala. Amat, J., Tamblyn, J.P., Paul, E.D., Bland, S.T., Amat, P., Foster, A.C., Watkins, L.R., Maier, S.F. Neuroscience (2004)
- Selective activation of corticotropin-releasing factor-2 receptors on neurochemically identified neurons in the rat dorsal raphe nucleus reveals dual actions. Pernar, L., Curtis, A.L., Vale, W.W., Rivier, J.E., Valentino, R.J. J. Neurosci. (2004)