Peptider med förmåga att stimulera de färgalstrande cellerna melanocyter hos däggdjur och melanoforer hos lägre ryggradsdjur. Genom att stimulera syntes och distribution av melanin i dessa celler ökar de pigmenteringen av hud och annan vävnad. MSH, som fås från proopiomelanokortin (POMC), produceras av melanotroper i pars intermedia, kortikotroper i adenohypofysen och hypotalamusnervcellerna i arkuatuskärnan.
Peptides with the ability to stimulate pigmented cells MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. By stimulating the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in these pigmented cells, they increase coloration of skin and other tissue. MSHs, derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), are produced by MELANOTROPHS in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY; CORTICOTROPHS in the ANTERIOR LOBE OF PITUITARY, and the hypothalamic neurons in the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS.
Intermediner — Melanocytstimulerande hormoner
Melanocyte Stimulating Hormones — Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone — Hormone, Melanocyte-Stimulating — Melanophore Stimulating Hormone — Hormone, Melanophore Stimulating — Stimulating Hormone, Melanophore — MSH — Melanophore-Stimulating Hormone — MSH (Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones) — Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone — Hormone, Melanocyte Stimulating — Stimulating Hormone, Melanocyte — Melanotropin