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Item No. 24456

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Galanin is a neuropeptide with diverse biological activities.1,2,3,4,5 It inhibits forskolin-induced cAMP production in cells expressing GAL1 or GAL3 receptors (EC50s = 31.6 and 91 nM, respectively) and stimulates inositol phosphate accumulation in cells expressing GAL2 receptors (EC50 = 173.3 nM).1 Galanin binds to and inhibits contraction of guinea pig gastric smooth muscle cells induced by carbachol (Item No. 14486; IC50s = 7.9 and 4 nM, respectively).2 In vivo, Galanin (6 nmol, i.c.v.) increases feeding behavior in rats and increases latency to hindpaw withdrawal in response to heat and mechanical stimulation in a rat model of carrageenin-induced inflammation when administered at a dose of 2 nmol injected into the nucleus accumbens.3,4 Galanin (5 μg, i.c.v.) also inhibits acetylcholine (Item No. 23829) release induced by scopolamine in the ventral hippocampus of freely moving rats.5
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1. Pharmacological stimulation of GAL1R but not GAL2R attenuates kainic acid-
2. Interaction of galanin fragments with galanin receptors on isolated smooth muscle cells from guinea pig stomach: Identification of a novel galanin receptor subtype. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 272(1), 371-378 (1995).
3. Activity of centrally administered galanin fragments on stimulation of feeding behavior and on galanin receptor binding in the rat hypothalamus. J. Neurosci. 10(11), 3695-3700 (1990).
4. Involvements of galanin and its receptors in antinociception in nucleus accumbens of rats with inflammatory pain. Neurosci. Res. 97, 20-25 (2015).
5. Galanin attenuates the effects of scopolamine but not exposure to a novel environment on acetylcholine release in the rat ventral hippocampus. Psychobiol. 27(1), 57-62 (1999).