Description
Bombesinisagastrin-releasingpeptide(GRP)analogthatstimulatesintestinalfunction;itwasoriginallyfoundinBombinatoadsandbindsbombesinreceptors(BBRs)andGRPreceptors.MammalianhomologsofthiscompoundareneuromedinBandGRP.Bombesinexhibitsantiepileptic/anticonvulsantpotential,potentiatingGABAreleasebyincreasingextracellularCa2+influxandinducingmembranedepolarizationthroughtheinhibitionofinwardlyrectifying(hERG)K+channels.Bombesinalsoexhibitsanorexigenicandcarcinogenic(pro-cancer)activities.
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