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Van Ree JM, Wolterink G, Igarashi Y, Vanderschuren L, Wiegant VM, Rust CJ, Bruning HW. Behavioral studies on the putative gamma-type endorphin receptor using different antibodies. Eur J Pharmacol 1995; 279:187-96. [PMID: 7556400 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00157-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To investigate the significance of endogenous, neuroleptic-like gamma-type endorphins and their putative receptors, polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against gamma-type endorphins, which may bio-inactivate the ligands for the receptors, and monoclonal anti-idiotype antibodies, which presumably bind to the receptors, were injected into the nucleus accumbens of the rat brain. The desenkephalin-gamma-endorphin-induced antagonism of the hypomotility response elicited by challenge with apomorphine injected into the nucleus accumbens was used as test system. Both the anti-desenkephalin-gamma-endorphin antibodies and anti-idiotype antibodies blocked the action of exogenous desenkephalin-gamma-endorphin. Thus, the anti-idiotype antibodies may serve as receptor antagonists. Chronic treatment (injection into the nucleus accumbens) with the anti-idiotype antibodies induced sustained hypermotility, decreased habituation and impaired passive avoidance behavior. In such treated animals local treatment with apomorphine did not elicit hypomotility. It is suggested that gamma-type endorphins influence the setpoint for feedback regulation in dopaminergic neurons equipped with gamma-type endorphin receptor systems.
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- J M Van Ree
- Department of Pharmacology, Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Barna I, Koenig JI. Effects of mediobasal hypothalamic lesion on immunoreactive ACTH/beta-endorphin levels in cerebrospinal fluid, in discrete brain regions, in plasma, and in pituitary of the rat. Brain Res 1992; 593:69-76. [PMID: 1333872 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91265-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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One week after complete destruction of the mediobasal hypothalamus, immunoreactive adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and beta-endorphin levels were determined in cerebrospinal fluid, trunk blood, as well as in brain and pituitary tissue samples collected from anaesthetized and cisternally cannulated rats. Control rats were sham operated. In lesioned rats we observed: (a) 60% decrease in the immunoreactive beta-endorphin concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid, (b) decreased immunoreactive ACTH and beta-endorphin levels in the hypothalamus, in the thalamus and in the amygdala, (c) unaffected immunoreactive ACTH/beta-endorphin levels in the septum and in the hippocampus, (d) decreased immunoreactive beta-endorphin levels both in the anterior and neurointermediate pituitary but unchanged immunoreactive ACTH contents in the anterior lobe, and (e) unaffected immunoreactive ACTH and beta-endorphin levels in the plasma under stressful conditions. From these findings the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) more than 50% of the beta-endorphin-like peptide content of the cerebrospinal fluid originates from the periventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus and thalamus in the rat; (2) the loss of the hypothalamic control probably enhances the intracellular proteolytic degradation of beta-endorphin both in the anterior and neurointermediate pituitary lobe; (3) rats with mediobasal hypothalamic lesion cannot react to the stressful stimuli of ether anaesthesia or cisternal cannulation with elevated plasma immunoreactive ACTH and beta-endorphin levels.
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- I Barna
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest
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Chapter 29 Endorphins and schizophrenia. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)64588-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Sweep CG, Boersma CJ, Wiegant VM. Isoproterenol-stimulated release of beta-endorphin and related peptides from the rat pituitary neurointermediate lobe in vitro: evidence for preferential release of certain molecular forms of beta-endorphin. Neuropeptides 1990; 17:63-73. [PMID: 2280822 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(90)90051-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland synthesizes the multifactorial precursor molecule pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), from which, through a process of post-translational enzymatic processing, beta-endorphin-(1-31) (beta E) and a variety of N alpha-acetylated and C-terminally shortened forms of this peptide are generated. Using an in vitro superfusion system, the release of these endorphins from intact rat neurointermediate lobes (NILs) was investigated under basal and isoproterenol (ISO) stimulated conditions. Superfusion of NILs with the beta-adrenergic agonist ISO (30 min pulse) resulted in a rapid, sustained and concentration-dependent stimulation of the release of beta E-like immunoreactivity (beta E-IR) over basal as determined with an antiserum directed against the C-terminus of the beta E- (1-31) sequence (10(-6) M: + 145%; 10(-7) M: + 73%; 10(-8) m: + 41%). The release of N(alpha)-acetylated-endorphin-like immunoreactivity (AcE-IR) was stimulated to a similar extent. These effects of ISO were antagonized by the competitive alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating the involvement of alpha-adrenoceptors. The beta-related peptides released from the NILs under basal and ISO-stimulated conditions were further characterized, based on their retention times in a reversed-phase HPLC system and their reactivity with specific antisera recognizing respectively the midportion of beta E, the N-terminus of acetylated endorphins, the C-terminus of tau-endorphin (beta E-(1-17); tau E), or the C-terminus of alpha-endorphin (beta E-(1-16); alpha E). In HPLC fractionated superfusates 10 peaks were resolved that reacted with the midportion beta E antiserum. In superfusates collected under basal conditions, three major peaks possessed chromatographical and immunological characteristics of Ac beta E-(1-26), Ac beta E- (1-27) Ac beta E-(1-31). In addition, a prominent peak was found eluting around the retention time of beta E-(1-31), that contained both acetylated and non-acetylated material. Six smaller peaks were observed, with the characteristics of beta E-(1-26) and beta E-(1-27) (these peptides were not resolved with the HPLC system used), Ac tau E, tau E, Aa alpha E, and des-tyrosine-alpha E (DT alpha E), respectively. In superfusates collected during superfusion of NILs with ISO (10(-6) M) all peaks were increased. However, those eluting as beta E-(1-31), beta E-(1-26)/beta E-(1-27), Ac beta E-(1-26) and Ac tau E appeared to be preferentially stimulated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- C G Sweep
- Rudolf Magnus Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sweep CG, Wiegant VM. Effects of chronic treatment of rats with dopamine receptor drugs on the post-translational processing of Beta-endorphin in the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. J Neuroendocrinol 1990; 2:531-7. [PMID: 19215385 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1990.tb00444.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abstract To investigate whether chronic changes in the activity of proopiomelanocortin cells in the neurointermediate lobe (NIL) of the pituitary gland are associated with changes in the enzymatic processing of beta-endorphin (betaE), the effects of treatment of rats with the dopamine receptor antagonist haloperidol or the dopamine receptor agonist bromocriptine (2.5 mg.kg(-1) sc, once daily for 21 days) were studied on the content of betaE-related peptides in the NIL and on the release of these peptides from NILs in an in vitro superfusion system. Treatment with haloperidol increased, and with bromocriptine decreased the tissue content and the release of N(alpha)-acetyl-, beta-, gamma- and alpha-endorphin-immunoreactivity (AcE-, betaE-, gammaE, and alphaE-IR). The endorphin-IR was further characterized using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography and specific radioimmunoassay systems, and the following peptides were identified: des-tyrosine alpha-endorphin (DTalphaE), alphaE, AcalphaE, gammaE, AcgammaE, betaE-(1-31), AcbetaE-(1-31), AcbetaE-(1-27), AcbetaE-(1-26) and betaE-(1-26)/betaE-(1-27) (the latter peptides were not separated with the high-performance liquid chromatography system used). Analysis of NIL superfusates indicated that all peptides found in the tissue were released in vitro. In addition, an as yet unidentified acetylated IR-endorphin component was found which was not observed in extracts of NIL tissue, and therefore was probably formed during release. Following haloperidol treatment, the levels of all betaE-related peptides detected were increased in the tissues as well as superfusates, the increase in AcbetaE-(1-27) being most and that in betaE-(1-26)/betaE-(1-27) least pronounced. Following bromocriptine treatment, the concentrations of all peptides in tissues and superfusates were decreased as compared to vehicle controls. The acetylated endorphins, in particular AcbetaE-(1-27), were most affected and betaE-(1-26)/betaE-(1-27) least affected. The results indicate that chronic modulation of the synthesizing and secretory activity of proopiomelanocortin cells in the NIL is parallelled by changes in the enzymatic processing of betaE.
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- C G Sweep
- Rudolf Magnus Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Utrecht, Vondellaan 6, 3521 GD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sweep CG, Boersma CJ, Wiegant VM. Effects of chronic treatment with haloperidol and bromocriptine on the processing of beta-endorphin to gamma- and alpha-endorphin in discrete regions of the rat pituitary gland and brain. Neuropharmacology 1990; 29:61-8. [PMID: 1689470 DOI: 10.1016/0028-3908(90)90084-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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beta-Endorphin is the putative precursor molecule of gamma- and alpha-endorphin. To investigate whether long-term changes in the activity of cells producing beta-endorphin are paralleled by alterations in the enzymatic processing of beta-endorphin, the effects of chronic treatment of rats with dopamine (DA) receptor ligands were examined on the content of immunoreactivity of beta-, gamma- and alpha-endorphin of dissected regions of the pituitary gland and the brain. Treatment with the DA receptor antagonist, haloperidol, resulted in a significant increase in the concentration of immunoreactivity for beta-, gamma-, and alpha-endorphin in the neurointermediate lobe, and of beta-endorphin in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Levels of immunoreactivity of alpha-melanotropin and beta-endorphin in plasma were elevated, but those of corticosterone were decreased. This indicates that, in the intermediate lobe, both the biosynthetic and the secretory activity of cells producing beta-endorphin had increased, whereas in the anterior lobe, the secretory activity of beta-endorphin cells had decreased. No effects were observed on the ratios beta-endorphin/gamma-endorphin and beta-endorphin/alpha-endorphin in the intermediate lobe. In the anterior lobe however, the ratio beta-endorphin/alpha-endorphin had significantly increased. The effects of chronic treatment with the DA receptor agonist, bromocriptine, on levels of hormones in pituitary and plasma were opposite to those induced by haloperidol. In the brain, treatment with haloperidol selectively increased the content of immunoreactivity for beta-, gamma- and alpha-endorphin of the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and did not affect levels of peptides in the other regions of the brain studied.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C G Sweep
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Sweep CG, Van Ree JM, Wiegant VM. Characterization of beta-endorphin-immunoreactivity in limbic brain structures of rats self-administering heroin or cocaine. Neuropeptides 1988; 12:229-36. [PMID: 2976900 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(88)90060-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effects of intravenous self-administration of 30 micrograms infusions of either heroin or cocaine, or saline on the concentrations of beta-endorphin-immunoreactivity (beta E-IR) in the anterior part of the rat brain limbic system were studied. Self-administration of heroin and cocaine for 5 daily sessions resulted in a marked reduction of the concentrations of beta E-IR in the nucleus accumbens, rostral striatum, septum and hippocampus at the time of the scheduled next session on day 6. In pooled extracts of these regions from rats receiving saline, combined application of high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) fractionation and specific radioimmunoassays revealed the presence of a number of beta E-related peptides co-chromatographing with synthetic non-acetylated and acetylated alpha, beta- and gamma-type endorphins. Similar profiles were found after HPLC fractionation of extracts of these regions from rats self-administering heroin and cocaine. Rats self-administering heroin or cocaine, however, showed decreased amounts of all detected forms of beta-endorphin as compared to saline rats. These findings indicate that both self-administration of an opiate that induces psychic as well as physical dependence and of a non-opiate stimulant inducing psychic but not physical dependence, results in a significant decrease of beta E and related peptides in limbic brain regions of the rat. All forms of beta E detected after HPLC were equally affected, suggesting an overall effect of the drugs on peptide turnover. These results suggest that beta E and related peptides may be involved in the neurochemical mechanisms underlying psychic dependence to drugs.
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- C G Sweep
- Rudolf Magnus Institute, Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wiegant VM, Verhoef CJ, Burbach JP, de Wied D. Increased concentration of alpha- and gamma-endorphin in post mortem hypothalamic tissue of schizophrenic patients. Life Sci 1988; 42:1733-42. [PMID: 2452335 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(88)90039-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The concentrations of alpha-, beta- and gamma-endorphin were determined by radioimmunoassay in HPLC fractionated extracts of post mortem hypothalamic tissue obtained from schizophrenic patients and controls. The hypothalamic concentration of alpha- and gamma-endorphin was significantly higher in patients than in controls (+72.9% and +50.5% respectively). No difference was found in the concentration of beta-endorphin, the putative precursor of alpha- and gamma-endorphins. These results suggest a deviant metabolism of beta-endorphin in the brain of schizophrenic patients. Whether this phenomenon is related to the psychopathology, or is a consequence of ante mortem farmacotherapy, remains to be established.
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- V M Wiegant
- Rudolf Magnus Institute for Pharmacology, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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van Ree JM, Verhoeven WM, de Wied D. Animal and clinical research on neuropeptides and schizophrenia. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1987; 72:249-67. [PMID: 2441432 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60213-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Wiegant VM, Verhoef J, Burbach JP, van Amerongen A, Gaffori O, Sitsen JM, de Wied D. N alpha-Acetyl-gamma-endorphin is an endogenous non-opioid neuropeptide with biological activity. Life Sci 1985; 36:2277-85. [PMID: 2861546 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(85)90316-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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N alpha-acetyl-gamma-endorphin (Ac gamma E) was identified in the rat neurointermediate pituitary, based on its immunological properties, comigration with synthetic Ac gamma E on HPLC and resistance to aminopeptidase-M degradation. The peptide appeared to be the main form of gamma-endorphin (gamma E) in this tissue and in brain areas remote from the hypothalamus (hippocampus, septum, amygdala). The anterior pituitary, the hypothalamus and the thalamus contained almost exclusively the non-acetylated form of gamma E. In contrast to gamma E, Ac gamma E was completely devoid of specific affinity for brain opiate binding sites. Yet, the peptide mimicked gamma E in that it potently attenuated passive avoidance behaviour in rats, when injected topically into the nucleus accumbens. It is concluded that Ac gamma E is an endogenous neuropeptide with non-opioid biological activity. N alpha-acetylation may not merely represent a mechanism for the inactivation of opioid activities of endorphins, but rather allow the organism to select specific sets of biological activities that reside in the endorphin structure.
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Identification of N alpha-acetyl-alpha-endorphin and N alpha-acetyl-gamma-endorphin isolated from the neurointermediate lobe of the rat pituitary gland. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)88831-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Burbach JP. Action of proteolytic enzymes on lipotropins and endorphins: biosynthesis, biotransformation and fate. Pharmacol Ther 1984; 24:321-54. [PMID: 6087385 DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(84)90008-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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