Galanin

GAL
Identifiers
AliasesGAL, GAL-GMAP, GALN, GLNN, GMAP, ETL8, galanin and GMAP prepropeptide
External IDsOMIM: 137035 MGI: 95637 HomoloGene: 7724 GeneCards: GAL
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

51083

14419

Ensembl

ENSG00000069482

ENSMUSG00000024907

UniProt

P22466

P47212

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_015973

NM_010253
NM_001329667

RefSeq (protein)

NP_057057

NP_001316596
NP_034383

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 68.68 – 68.69 MbChr 19: 3.41 – 3.41 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
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Galanin
Identifiers
CAS Number
ChemSpider
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ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
Formula C146H213N43O40
Molar mass 3210.56 g/mol
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Galanin is a neuropeptide encoded by the GAL gene,[3] that is widely expressed in the brain, spinal cord, and gut of humans as well as other mammals. Galanin signaling occurs through three G protein-coupled receptors.[4]

The functional role of galanin remains largely unknown; however, galanin is predominantly involved in the modulation and inhibition of action potentials in neurons. Galanin has been implicated in many biologically diverse functions, including: nociception, waking and sleep regulation, cognition, feeding, regulation of mood, regulation of blood pressure, it also has roles in development as well as acting as a trophic factor.[5] Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus may govern parental behaviour.[6] Galanin is linked to a number of diseases including Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy as well as depression, eating disorders and cancer.[7][8] Galanin appears to have neuroprotective activity as its biosynthesis is increased 2-10 fold upon axotomy in the peripheral nervous system as well as when seizure activity occurs in the brain. It may also promote neurogenesis.[4]

Galanin is predominantly an inhibitory, hyperpolarizing neuropeptide[9] and as such inhibits neurotransmitter release. Galanin is often co-localized with classical neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, serotonin, and norepinephrine, and also with other neuromodulators such as neuropeptide Y, substance P, and vasoactive intestinal peptide.[10]

Discovery

Galanin was first identified from porcine intestinal extracts in 1978 by Professor Viktor Mutt and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden[11] using a chemical assay technique that detects peptides according to its C-terminal alanine amide structure. Galanin is so-called because it contains an N-terminal glycine residue and a C-terminal alanine.[12] The structure of galanin was determined in 1983 by the same team, and the cDNA of galanin was cloned from a rat anterior pituitary library in 1987.[11]

Tissue distribution

Galanin is located predominantly in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Within the central nervous system, highest concentrations are found in the hypothalamus, with lower levels in the cortex and brainstem. Gastrointestinal galanin is most abundant in the duodenum, with lower concentrations in the stomach, small intestine, and colon.[13]

Structure

Endogenously occurring galanin sequences
Species 1 6 11 16 21 26 !
Pig G W T L N S A G Y L L G P H A I D N H R S F H D K Y G L A *
Human G W T L N S A G Y L L G P H A V G N H R S F S D K N G L T S **
Cow G W T L N S A G Y L L G P H A L D S H R S F Q D K H G L A *
Rat G W T L N S A G Y L L G P H A I D N H R S F S D K H G L T*
* C-terminal amide ** C-terminal free acid

Galanin is a peptide consisting of a chain of 29 amino acids (30 amino acids in humans) produced from the cleavage of a 123-amino acid protein known as prepro galanin, which is encoded by the GAL gene.[3] The sequence of this gene is highly conserved among mammals, showing over 85% homology between rat, mouse, porcine, bovine, and human sequences.[10] In these animal forms, the first 15 amino acids from the N-terminus are identical, but amino acids differ at several positions on the C-terminal end of the protein.

These slight differences in protein structure have far-reaching implications on their function. For example, porcine and rat galanin inhibit glucose-induced insulin secretion in rats and dogs but have no effect on insulin secretion in humans. This demonstrates that it is essential to study the effects of galanin and other regulatory peptides in their autologous species.[14]

The galanin family of protein consists of four proteins, of which GAL was the first to be identified. The second was galanin message-associated protein (GMAP), a 59- or 60-amino acid peptide also formed from the cleavage of prepro galanin.[12] The other two peptides, galanin-like peptide (GALP) and alarin, were identified relatively recently and are both encoded for in the same gene, the prepro GALP gene. GALP and alarin are produced by different post-transcriptional splicing of this gene.[15]

Galanin
Identifiers
Symbol Galanin
Pfam PF01296
InterPro IPR008174
PROSITE PDOC00673
Galanin message associated peptide (GMAP)
Identifiers
Symbol GMAP
Pfam PF06540
InterPro IPR013068

Receptors

Galanin signalling occurs through three classes of receptors, GALR1, GALR2, and GALR3, which are all part of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily. Galanin receptors are expressed in the central nervous system, in the pancreas, and on solid tumours. The level of expression of the different receptors varies at each location, and this distribution changes after injury to neurons.[4] Experiments into the function of the receptor subtypes involve mostly genetic knockout mice. The location of the receptor and the combination of receptors that are inhibited or stimulated heavily affect the outcome of galanin signalling.[4]

Clinical characteristics

Alzheimer's disease

One of the pathological features of the brain in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease is the presence of overgrown GAL-containing fibres innervating the surviving cholinergic neurons.[16] Another feature is an increase in the expression of GAL and GAL receptors, in which increases of up to 200% have been observed in postmortem brains of Alzheimer's patients.[4][15] The cause and role of this increase is poorly understood.[16][17]

It has been suggested that the hyper-innervation acts to promote the death of these neurons and that the inhibitory effect of galanin on cholinergic neurons worsened the degeneration of cognitive function in patients by decreasing the amount of acetylcholine available to these neurons.[4][16]

A second hypothesis has been generated based on data that suggest GAL is involved in protecting the hippocampus from excitotoxic damage and the neurons in the cholinergic basal forebrain from amyloid toxicity.[18] It is interesting to note that studies of gene expression of CBF tissue suggests that the hyperinnervation of cholinergic neurons by GAL up regulates the transcription of factors that promote neuron function and survival. It is still unclear as to whether galanin acts to protect cholinergic neurons and promote their firing or whether it worsens the symptoms of this disease.

Epilepsy

Galanin in the hippocampus is an inhibitor of glutamate but not of GABA. This means that galanin is capable of increasing the seizure threshold [4] and, therefore, is expected to act as an anticonvulsant. To be specific, GalR1 has been linked to the suppression of spontaneous seizures.[19][20] An agonist antiepileptic drug candidate is NAX 5055.[21][22]

In development

It has been shown that galanin plays a role in the control of the early post-natal neural development of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG).[11] Galanin-mutant animals show a 13% decrease in the number of adult DRG cells as well as a 24% decrease in the percentage of cells expressing substance P. This suggests that the cell loss by apoptosis that usually occurs in the developing DRG is regulated by galanin and that the absence of galanin results in an increase in the number of cells that die.

After injury

In vitro experiments show that DRG cells removed from galanin mutants have impaired abilities to extend neurites in culture, in that the number of cells producing neurites is decreased by a third and the mean length of these processes was halved when compared to wild-type controls. In vivo, many of the actions of galanin in the brain after an injury are similar to those observed in the developing DRG. Adult mutant animals have been shown to be 35% less capable of regenerating the sciatic nerve after crush injury, which is linked to long-term functional problems.

Parental role in mice

Galanin-expressing neurons in the medial preoptic area of the brain would be responsible for regulating aggression towards pups by male mice. [23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 1 2 Evans H, Baumgartner M, Shine J, Herzog H (December 1993). "Genomic organization and localization of the gene encoding human preprogalanin". Genomics. 18 (3): 473–7. PMID 7508413. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(11)80002-9.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mitsukawa K, Lu X, Bartfai T (June 2008). "Galanin, galanin receptors and drug targets". Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65 (12): 1796–805. PMID 18500647. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-8153-8.
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  6. ↑ Wu Z, Autry AE, Bergan JF, Watabe-Uchida M, Dulac CG (May 2014). "Galanin neurons in the medial preoptic area govern parental behaviour". Nature. 509 (7500): 325–30. PMC 4105201 Freely accessible. PMID 24828191. doi:10.1038/nature13307.
  7. ↑ Lundström L, Elmquist A, Bartfai T, Langel U (2005). "Galanin and its receptors in neurological disorders". Neuromolecular Med. 7 (1–2): 157–80. PMID 16052044. doi:10.1385/NMM:7:1-2:157.
  8. ↑ Berger A, Santic R, Hauser-Kronberger C, Schilling FH, Kogner P, Ratschek M, Gamper A, Jones N, Sperl W, Kofler B (June 2005). "Galanin and galanin receptors in human cancers". Neuropeptides. 39 (3): 353–9. PMID 15944034. doi:10.1016/j.npep.2004.12.016.
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  10. 1 2 Bartfai, T., (2000). "Galanin – A neuropeptide with important central nervous system actions". Archived from the original on December 2, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
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  12. 1 2 Hökfelt T, Tatemoto K (June 2008). "Galanin--25 years with a multitalented neuropeptide". Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65 (12): 1793–5. PMID 18500648. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-8152-9.
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  15. 1 2 Lang R, Gundlach AL, Kofler B (August 2007). "The galanin peptide family: receptor pharmacology, pleiotropic biological actions, and implications in health and disease". Pharmacol. Ther. 115 (2): 177–207. PMID 17604107. doi:10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.05.009.
  16. 1 2 3 Counts SE, Perez SE, Mufson EJ (June 2008). "Galanin in Alzheimer's disease: neuroinhibitory or neuroprotective?". Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 65 (12): 1842–53. PMC 2911017 Freely accessible. PMID 18500641. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-8159-2.
  17. ↑ Counts SE, Perez SE, Ginsberg SD, De Lacalle S, Mufson EJ (May 2003). "Galanin in Alzheimer disease". Mol. Interv. 3 (3): 137–56. PMID 14993421. doi:10.1124/mi.3.3.137.
  18. ↑ Ding X, MacTavish D, Kar S, Jhamandas JH (February 2006). "Galanin attenuates beta-amyloid (Abeta) toxicity in rat cholinergic basal forebrain neurons". Neurobiol. Dis. 21 (2): 413–20. PMID 16246567. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2005.08.016.
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Further reading

  • Vrontakis ME (Dec 2002). "Galanin: a biologically active peptide". Current Drug Targets. CNS and Neurological Disorders. 1 (6): 531–41. PMID 12769595. doi:10.2174/1568007023338914. 
  • Mufson EJ, Counts SE, Perez SE, Binder L (Jun 2005). "Galanin plasticity in the cholinergic basal forebrain in Alzheimer's disease and transgenic mice". Neuropeptides. 39 (3): 233–7. PMID 15893372. doi:10.1016/j.npep.2004.12.005. 
  • Robinson JK, Bartfai T, Langel U (Jun 2006). "Galanin/GALP receptors and CNS homeostatic processes". CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets. 5 (3): 327–34. PMID 16787232. doi:10.2174/187152706777452281. 
  • McKnight GL, Karlsen AE, Kowalyk S, Mathewes SL, Sheppard PO, O'Hara PJ, Taborsky GJ (Jan 1992). "Sequence of human galanin and its inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from RIN cells". Diabetes. 41 (1): 82–7. PMID 1370155. doi:10.2337/diabetes.41.1.82. 
  • Gai WP, Geffen LB, Blessing WW (Aug 1990). "Galanin immunoreactive neurons in the human hypothalamus: colocalization with vasopressin-containing neurons". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 298 (3): 265–80. PMID 1698834. doi:10.1002/cne.902980302. 
  • Burleigh DE, Furness JB (Jun 1990). "Distribution and actions of galanin and vasoactive intestinal peptide in the human colon". Neuropeptides. 16 (2): 77–82. PMID 1701228. doi:10.1016/0143-4179(90)90115-F. 
  • Fried G, Meister B, Rådestad A (Oct 1990). "Peptide-containing nerves in the human pregnant uterine cervix: an immunohistochemical study exploring the effect of RU 486 (mifepristone)". Human Reproduction. 5 (7): 870–6. PMID 1702449. 
  • Hyde JF, Engle MG, Maley BE (Jul 1991). "Colocalization of galanin and prolactin within secretory granules of anterior pituitary cells in estrogen-treated Fischer 344 rats". Endocrinology. 129 (1): 270–6. PMID 1711463. doi:10.1210/endo-129-1-270. 
  • Bennet WM, Hill SF, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR (Sep 1991). "Galanin in the normal human pituitary and brain and in pituitary adenomas". The Journal of Endocrinology. 130 (3): 463–7. PMID 1719117. doi:10.1677/joe.0.1300463. 
  • Schmidt WE, Kratzin H, Eckart K, Drevs D, Mundkowski G, Clemens A, Katsoulis S, Schäfer H, Gallwitz B, Creutzfeldt W (Dec 1991). "Isolation and primary structure of pituitary human galanin, a 30-residue nonamidated neuropeptide". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88 (24): 11435–9. PMC 53150 Freely accessible. PMID 1722333. doi:10.1073/pnas.88.24.11435. 
  • Bauer FE, Christofides ND, Hacker GW, Blank MA, Polak JM, Bloom SR (1986). "Distribution of galanin immunoreactivity in the genitourinary tract of man and rat". Peptides. 7 (1): 5–10. PMID 2423990. doi:10.1016/0196-9781(86)90052-5. 
  • Bauer FE, Adrian TE, Christofides ND, Ferri GL, Yanaihara N, Polak JM, Bloom SR (Oct 1986). "Distribution and molecular heterogeneity of galanin in human, pig, guinea pig, and rat gastrointestinal tracts". Gastroenterology. 91 (4): 877–83. PMID 2427385. 
  • Tainio H, Vaalasti A, Rechardt L (1987). "The distribution of substance P-, CGRP-, galanin- and ANP-like immunoreactive nerves in human sweat glands". The Histochemical Journal. 19 (6–7): 375–80. PMID 2444569. doi:10.1007/BF01680455. 
  • Maggi CA, Santicioli P, Patacchini R, Turini D, Barbanti G, Beneforti P, Giuliani S, Meli A (Nov 1987). "Galanin: a potent modulator of excitatory neurotransmission in the human urinary bladder". European Journal of Pharmacology. 143 (1): 135–7. PMID 2446889. doi:10.1016/0014-2999(87)90744-8. 
  • Marti E, Gibson SJ, Polak JM, Facer P, Springall DR, Van Aswegen G, Aitchison M, Koltzenburg M (Dec 1987). "Ontogeny of peptide- and amine-containing neurones in motor, sensory, and autonomic regions of rat and human spinal cord, dorsal root ganglia, and rat skin". The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 266 (3): 332–59. PMID 2447134. doi:10.1002/cne.902660304. 
  • Beal MF, Clevens RA, Chattha GK, MacGarvey UM, Mazurek MF, Gabriel SM (Dec 1988). "Galanin-like immunoreactivity is unchanged in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease dementia cerebral cortex". Journal of Neurochemistry. 51 (6): 1935–41. PMID 2460590. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.1988.tb01181.x. 
  • Berrettini WH, Kaye WH, Sunderland T, May C, Gwirtsman HE, Mellow A, Albright A (1989). "Galanin immunoreactivity in human CSF: studies in eating disorders and Alzheimer's disease". Neuropsychobiology. 19 (2): 64–8. PMID 2465504. doi:10.1159/000118436. 
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