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Acth: The Uninhibitable (Or Is It)?, Anthony Baglio, Jonathan Forsberg, Daniel Mcfarlane, Justin Nichols, Heather G. Kuruvilla
Acth: The Uninhibitable (Or Is It)?, Anthony Baglio, Jonathan Forsberg, Daniel Mcfarlane, Justin Nichols, Heather G. Kuruvilla
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Adrenal corticotropic hormone, or ACTH, is a peptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. The full-length peptide is 39 amino acids long. ACTH signals through a G-protein linked receptor in humans, using the adenylyl cyclase pathway. Potassium and chloride channels have also been implicated in human ACTH signaling.
Tetrahymena thermophila are free-living, ciliated ptotozoans. These organisms exhibit avoidance behavior toward many polycationic peptides, which serve as chemorepellents. The reason for this is unknown; however, it is hypothesized that natural predators of T. thermophila secrete polycationic peptides, and that polycation avoidance allows T. thermophila to escape predation. We obtained a …