Biological active peptides from marine sources related to gut hormones

Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2013 May;14(3):231-4. doi: 10.2174/13892037113149990034.

Abstract

Bioactive peptides obtained from marine species and marine by-products are showing these days a great interest in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications due to their wide range of biological activities. This mini-review focuses on the potential of marine peptides to be used as appetite suppressive molecules in the prevention and/or in the treatment of obesity syndrome. An important and promising aspect in the fight against obesity is the study of anorexigenic gut hormones, like cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), that are synthetized by enteroendocrine cells in the presence of nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract. Recent works which have focused on the interaction between marine peptides and CCK and GLP-1 are here reviewed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Appetite Depressants* / chemistry
  • Appetite Depressants* / metabolism
  • Aquatic Organisms / chemistry*
  • Cholecystokinin / metabolism*
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Peptides* / chemistry
  • Peptides* / metabolism

Substances

  • Appetite Depressants
  • Peptides
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
  • Cholecystokinin