BNP (1-32), human

Short Summary : Brain natriuretic peptide

Category : Cardiovascular

Purity : 0.98

CAS Number : 114471-18-0

Formula : C143H244N50O42S4

Molecular Weight : 3464.04

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Solubility : Soluble in Water

Storage : Store at -20°C

Description : Basic natriuretic peptide (BNP), now known as B-type natriuretic peptide (also BNP) or GC-B, is a 32 amino acid polypeptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive stretching of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes). The release of BNP is modulated by calcium ions(1). BNP is named as such because it was originally identified in extracts of porcine brain, although in humans it is produced mainly in the cardiac ventricles. The physiologic actions of BNP are similar to ANP and include decrease in systemic vascular resistance and central venous pressure as well as an increase in natriuresis. Thus, the net effect of BNP and ANP is a decrease in blood volume which lowers systemic blood pressure and afterload, yielding an increase in cardiac output, partly due to a higher ejection fraction. The main clinical utility of either BNP or NT-BNP is that a normal level rules out acute heart failure in the emergency setting(2). Recombinant BNP, Nesiritide is used to treat decompensated heart failure(3).
Figure1 Formula of BNP 1-32
Figure2 signal pathway of Basic natriuretic peptide
Ref:
1. Ziskoven D, Forssmann WG, Holthausen U, Menz G, Addicks K, Rippegater G: Calcium Calmodulinantagonists Influences the release of Cardiodilatin/ANP from Atrial Cardiocytes. Handbook Endocrinology of the Heart, edited by Kaufmann W, Wambach G, 01/1989; Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York;
2. Maisel A, Krishnaswamy P, Nowak R, McCord J, Hollander J, Duc P, Omland T, Storrow A, Abraham W, Wu A, Clopton P, Steg P, Westheim A, Knudsen C, Perez A, Kazanegra R, Herrmann H, McCullough P (2002). “Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure”. N Engl J Med 347 (3): 161–7.
3. O’Connor CM, Starling RC, Hernandez AF, et al. Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure. TheNew Englandjournal of medicine 2011;365:32-43.

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