Existence of a common precursor to ACTH and endorphin in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituaitary

Wiley - Tập 8 Số 3 - Trang 247-262 - 1978
Betty Eipper1, Richard E. Mains1
1Department of Physiology, C-240, University of Colorado Medical Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262

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AbstractExtracts of rat anterior and intermediate‐posterior pituitary were fractionated by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and assayed for immunoactive ACTH and endorphin. In both lobes the major forms of immunoactive ACTH have apparent molecular weights of 31,000 (31K), 20–21K, 14K, and 4.5K, and the major forms of immunoactive endorphin have apparent molecular weights of 31K (coincident with the peak of immunoactive ACTH), 13K (a βLPH‐like peptide), and 3.5K (a β‐endorphin‐like peptide). However, the quantitative distribution of immunoactivity among the various forms differs greatly between the lobes. Assays using an extreme COOH‐terminal ACTH antiserum indicate that the 31K ACTH/endorphin molecule in rat antierior and intermediate pituitary is similar to the pro‐ACTH/endorphin molecule from mouse pituitary tumor cells. A radioimmunoassay that is specific for the NH2‐terminal non‐ACTH, nonendorphin segment (referred to as 16K fragment) of the mouse pro‐ACTH/endorphin molecule was used to assay extracts of rat pituitary. In addition to detecting material at 31K and 20–21K, the 16K fragment radioimmunoassay detects significant amounts of cross‐reactive material with an apparent molecular weight of 16K in extracts of both lobes. This result also suggests that the structure and processing of the rat 31K ACTH/endorphin molecule is similar to that of mouse tumor cell pro‐ACTH/endorphin.Cell suspensions were prepared from the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituitary and maintained in culture for a 24‐h period. The isolated cells from both lobes incorporate [3H] phenylalanine into immunoprecipitable ACTH‐ and endorphin‐containing molecules. By sequential immunoprecipitation with ACTH and endorphin antisera, it is possible to demonstrate directly that a single molecule (31K ACTH/endorphin) has antigenic determinants for both ACTH and endorphin. Significant amounts of 31K ACTH/endorphin are released into the culture medium by isolated anterior lobe and intermediate lobe cells. The isolated intermediate lobe cells synthesize and secrete relatively large amounts of a β‐endorphin‐like molecule; the isolated anterior lobe cells secrete significant amounts of both a βLPH‐like molecule and a β‐endorphin like molecule. These same quantitative differences between anterior and intermediate lobe tissue were observed in immunoassays of extracts of the separated lobes and probably reflect differences in the processing of the common precursor. The isolated anterior lobe cells can be stimulated to release increased amounts of immunoprecipitable ACTH and endorphin by incubation with a cyclic AMP analog and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor.

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