Vasopressin

Human vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone (ADH), arginine vasopressin (AVP) or argipressin, is a hormone synthesized from the AVP gene as a peptide prohormone in neurons in the hypothalamus, and is converted to AVP. It then travels down the axon terminating in the posterior pituitary, and is released from vesicles into the circulation in response to extracellular fluid hypertonicity (hyperosmolality). AVP has two primary functions. First, it increases the amount of solute-free water reabsorbed back into the circulation from the filtrate in the kidney tubules of the nephrons. Second, AVP constricts arterioles, which increases peripheral vascular resistance and raises arterial blood pressure.

Vasopressin
Clinical data
Pronunciation/ˌvzˈprɛsɪn/
Other namesAntidiuretic hormone (ADH); arginine vasopressin (AVP); argipressin
ATC code
Physiological data
Source tissuesSupraoptic nucleus; paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
Target tissuesSystem-wide
ReceptorsV1A, V1B, V2, OXTR
AgonistsFelypressin, desmopressin
AntagonistsDiuretics
MetabolismPredominantly in the liver and kidneys
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding1%
MetabolismPredominantly in the liver and kidneys
Elimination half-life10–20 minutes
ExcretionUrine
Identifiers
  • 1-{[(4R,7S,10S,13S,16S,19R)-19-Amino-7-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-10-(3-amino-3-oxopropyl)-13-benzyl-16-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-6,9,12,15,18-pentaoxo-1,2-dithia-5,8,11,14,17-pentaazacycloicosan-4-yl]carbonyl}-L-p rolyl-L-arginylglycinamide
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC46H65N15O12S2
Molar mass1084.24 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
Density1.6±0.1 g/cm3
  • c1ccc(cc1)C[C@H]2C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](CSSC[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N2)Cc3ccc(cc3)O)N)C(=O)N4CCC[C@H]4C(=O)N[C@@H](CCCN=C(N)N)C(=O)NCC(=O)N)CC(=O)N)CCC(=O)N
  • InChI=1S/C46H65N15O12S2 /c47-27-22-74-75-23-33(45(73)61-17-5-9-34(61)44(72)56-28(8-4-16-53-46(51)52)39(67)54-21-37(50)65)60-43(71)32(20-36(49)64)59-40(68)29(14-15-35(48)63)55-41(69)31(18-24-6-2-1-3-7-24)58-42(70)30(57-38(27)66)19-25-10-12-26(62)13-11-25/h1-3,6-7,10-13,27-34,62H,4-5,8-9,14-23,47H2,(H2,48,63)(H2,49,64)(H2,50,65)(H,54,67)(H,55,69)(H,56,72)(H,57,66)(H,58,70)(H,59,68)(H,60,71)(H4,51,52,53)/t27-,28-,29-,30-,31-,32-,33-,34-/m0/s1 Y
  • Key:KBZOIRJILGZLEJ-LGYYRGKSSA-N Y
AVP
Identifiers
AliasesAVP, ADH, ARVP, AVP-NPII, AVRP, VP, arginine vasopressin, Vasopressin
External IDsOMIM: 192340 MGI: 88121 HomoloGene: 417 GeneCards: AVP
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

551

11998

Ensembl

ENSG00000101200

ENSMUSG00000037727

UniProt

P01185

P35455

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000490

NM_009732

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000481

NP_033862

Location (UCSC)Chr 20: 3.08 – 3.08 MbChr 2: 130.42 – 130.42 Mb
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A third function is possible. Some AVP may be released directly into the brain from the hypothalamus, and may play an important role in social behavior, sexual motivation and pair bonding, and maternal responses to stress.

Vasopressin induces differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes and promotes heart muscle homeostasis.

It has a very short half-life, between 16 and 24 minutes.

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