PACAP (1-38) (human, mouse, ovine, porcine, rat) (trifluoroacetate salt)

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) (1-38) is a PACAP receptor agonist with IC50 values of 4, 2, and 1 nM, respectively, for rat PAC1, rat VPAC1, and human VPAC2 recombinant receptors expressed in CHO cells.1 It binds to PACAP receptors in rat brain membrane (IC50 = 4.45 nM) and to SH-SY5Y and SK-N-MC human neuroblastoma and T47D human breast cancer cells (IC50s = 3.6, 13, and 4.7 nM, respectively).2,3 It also stimulates cAMP accumulation in H-SY5Y, SK-N-MC, and T47D cells (EC50s = 0.37, 0.26, and 0.73 nM, respectively).3 In vivo, in newborn pigs, PACAP (1-38) (1 μM) induces vasodilation of pial arterioles by 43%.4WARNING This product is not for human or veterinary use.