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Thakkar P, Pauza AG, Murphy D, Paton JFR. Carotid body: an emerging target for cardiometabolic co-morbidities. Exp Physiol 2023; 108:661-671. [PMID: 36999224 PMCID: PMC10988524 DOI: 10.1113/ep090090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the topic of this review? Regarding the global metabolic syndrome crisis, this review focuses on common mechanisms for high blood sugar and high blood pressure. Connections are made between the homeostatic regulation of blood pressure and blood sugar and their dysregulation to reveal signalling mechanisms converging on the carotid body. What advances does it highlight? The carotid body plays a major part in the generation of excessive sympathetic activity in diabetes and also underpins diabetic hypertension. As treatment of diabetic hypertension is notoriously difficult, we propose that novel receptors within the carotid body may provide a novel treatment strategy. ABSTRACT The maintenance of glucose homeostasis is obligatory for health and survival. It relies on peripheral glucose sensing and signalling between the brain and peripheral organs via hormonal and neural responses that restore euglycaemia. Failure of these mechanisms causes hyperglycaemia or diabetes. Current anti-diabetic medications control blood glucose but many patients remain with hyperglycemic condition. Diabetes is often associated with hypertension; the latter is more difficult to control in hyperglycaemic conditions. We ask whether a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of glucose control could improve treatment of both diabetes and hypertension when they co-exist. With the involvement of the carotid body (CB) in glucose sensing, metabolic regulation and control of sympathetic nerve activity, we consider the CB as a potential treatment target for both diabetes and hypertension. We provide an update on the role of the CB in glucose sensing and glucose homeostasis. Physiologically, hypoglycaemia stimulates the release of hormones such as glucagon and adrenaline, which mobilize or synthesize glucose; however, these counter-regulatory responses were markedly attenuated after denervation of the CBs in animals. Also, CB denervation prevents and reverses insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. We discuss the CB as a metabolic regulator (not just a sensor of blood gases) and consider recent evidence of novel 'metabolic' receptors within the CB and putative signalling peptides that may control glucose homeostasis via modulation of the sympathetic nervous system. The evidence presented may inform future clinical strategies in the treatment of patients with both diabetes and hypertension, which may include the CB.
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- Pratik Thakkar
- Manaaki Manawa – the Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health SciencesUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Manaaki Manawa – the Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health SciencesUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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- Molecular Neuroendocrinology Research Group, Bristol Medical School: Translational Health SciencesUniversity of BristolBristolUK
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- Manaaki Manawa – the Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health SciencesUniversity of AucklandAucklandNew Zealand
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is distributed throughout the brain and in peripheral sites but primarily is localized in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. It is a "master" stress hormone that is responsible for the synthesis of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) in the anterior pituitary gland. Behaviorally active peptide hormones, including adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) and B-endorphin, are liberated from POMC by enzymes to activate critical processes during stress. CRH is not detectable in the circulation even during extreme stress. However, during human pregnancy, the human placenta expresses the gene for CRH (pCRH) resulting in detectable levels in maternal plasma that increases 20- to 40-fold over the course of gestation. Placental CRH is identical to CRH of hypothalamic origin in size, structure, immunoreactivity, and bioactivity. However, unlike the negative feedback between adrenal cortisol and hypothalamic CRH, cortisol stimulates the synthesis and release of pCRH. The bidirectional release of pCRH into maternal and fetal compartments is associated with regulating the timing of delivery, remodeling the fetal nervous system, and influencing developmental trajectories. Fetal exposure to pCRH during early and late gestation is associated with unique patterns of cortical thinning in school-age children. Placental CRH is elevated in response to physical and behavioral stress and may be an integrative marker of early adversity.
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Pivonello R, Waaijers M, Kros JM, Pivonello C, de Angelis C, Cozzolino A, Colao A, Lamberts SWJ, Hofland LJ. Dopamine D2 receptor expression in the corticotroph cells of the human normal pituitary gland. Endocrine 2017; 57:314-325. [PMID: 27738887 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-016-1107-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The dopamine D2 receptor is the main dopamine receptor expressed in the human normal pituitary gland. The aim of the current study was to evaluate dopamine D2 receptor expression in the corticotroph cell populations of the anterior lobe and pars intermedia, as well as posterior lobe of the human normal pituitary gland by immunohistochemistry. Human normal pituitary gland samples obtained from routine autopsies were used for the study. In all cases, histology together with immunostaining for adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, prolactin, and neurofilaments were performed and compared to the immunostaining for D2 receptor. D2 receptor was heterogeneously expressed in the majority of the cell populations of the anterior and posterior lobe as well as in the area localized between the anterior and posterior lobe, and arbitrary defined as "intermediate zone". This zone, characterized by the presence of nerve fibers included the residual pars intermedia represented by the colloid-filled cysts lined by the remnant melanotroph cells strongly expressing D2 receptors, and clusters of corticotroph cells, belonging to the anterior lobe but localized within the cysts and adjacent to the posterior lobe, variably expressing D2 receptors. D2 dopamine receptor is expressed in the majority of the cell populations of the human normal pituitary gland, and particularly, in the different corticotroph cell populations localized in the anterior lobe and the intermediate zone of the pituitary gland.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/metabolism
- Corticotrophs/metabolism
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones/metabolism
- Nerve Fibers/metabolism
- Pituitary Gland/cytology
- Pituitary Gland/innervation
- Pituitary Gland/metabolism
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior/cytology
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior/innervation
- Pituitary Gland, Anterior/metabolism
- Pituitary Gland, Intermediate/cytology
- Pituitary Gland, Intermediate/innervation
- Pituitary Gland, Intermediate/metabolism
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/cytology
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/innervation
- Pituitary Gland, Posterior/metabolism
- Prolactin/metabolism
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics
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- Rosario Pivonello
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Sezione di Endocrinologia, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Møller CL, Kjøbsted R, Enriori PJ, Jensen TE, Garcia-Rudaz C, Litwak SA, Raun K, Wojtaszewski J, Wulff BS, Cowley MA. α-MSH Stimulates Glucose Uptake in Mouse Muscle and Phosphorylates Rab-GTPase-Activating Protein TBC1D1 Independently of AMPK. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157027. [PMID: 27467141 PMCID: PMC4965092 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The melanocortin system includes five G-protein coupled receptors (family A) defined as MC1R-MC5R, which are stimulated by endogenous agonists derived from proopiomelanocortin (POMC). The melanocortin system has been intensely studied for its central actions in body weight and energy expenditure regulation, which are mainly mediated by MC4R. The pituitary gland is the source of various POMC-derived hormones released to the circulation, which raises the possibility that there may be actions of the melanocortins on peripheral energy homeostasis. In this study, we examined the molecular signaling pathway involved in α-MSH-stimulated glucose uptake in differentiated L6 myotubes and mouse muscle explants. In order to examine the involvement of AMPK, we investigate α-MSH stimulation in both wild type and AMPK deficient mice. We found that α-MSH significantly induces phosphorylation of TBC1 domain (TBC1D) family member 1 (S237 and T596), which is independent of upstream PKA and AMPK. We find no evidence to support that α-MSH-stimulated glucose uptake involves TBC1D4 phosphorylation (T642 and S704) or GLUT4 translocation.
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Monash Obesity & Diabetes Institute, Metabolic Neurophysiology Laboratory, Monash University, 3168 Clayton, Australia
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, Centenary Hospital for Women, Youth and Children and Australian National University, 2605 Canberra, Australia
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- Monash Obesity & Diabetes Institute, Metabolic Neurophysiology Laboratory, Monash University, 3168 Clayton, Australia
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- Incretin and Obesity Biology, Novo Nordisk A/S, 2760 Maaloev, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Physiology, August Krogh Centre, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Monash Obesity & Diabetes Institute, Metabolic Neurophysiology Laboratory, Monash University, 3168 Clayton, Australia
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Harris BN, Carr JA. The role of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal axis in mediating predator-avoidance trade-offs. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 230-231:110-42. [PMID: 27080550 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Maintaining energy balance and reproducing are important for fitness, yet animals have evolved mechanisms by which the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/HPI) axis can shut these activities off. While HPA/HPI axis inhibition of feeding and reproduction may have evolved as a predator defense, to date there has been no review across taxa of the causal evidence for such a relationship. Here we review the literature on this topic by addressing evidence for three predictions: that exposure to predators decreases reproduction and feeding, that exposure to predators activates the HPA/HPI axis, and that predator-induced activation of the HPA/HPI axis inhibits foraging and reproduction. Weight of evidence indicates that exposure to predator cues inhibits several aspects of foraging and reproduction. While the evidence from fish and mammals supports the hypothesis that predator cues activate the HPA/HPI axis, the existing data in other vertebrate taxa are equivocal. A causal role for the HPA axis in predator-induced suppression of feeding and reproduction has not been demonstrated to date, although many studies report correlative relationships between HPA activity and reproduction and/or feeding. Manipulation of HPA/HPI axis signaling will be required in future studies to demonstrate direct mediation of predator-induced inhibition of feeding and reproduction. Understanding the circuitry linking sensory pathways to their control of the HPA/HPI axis also is needed. Finally, the role that fear and anxiety pathways play in the response of the HPA axis to predator cues is needed to better understand the role that predators have played in shaping anxiety related behaviors in all species, including humans.
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- Breanna N Harris
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, United States.
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Cawley NX, Li Z, Loh YP. 60 YEARS OF POMC: Biosynthesis, trafficking, and secretion of pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides. J Mol Endocrinol 2016; 56:T77-97. [PMID: 26880796 PMCID: PMC4899099 DOI: 10.1530/jme-15-0323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a prohormone that encodes multiple smaller peptide hormones within its structure. These peptide hormones can be generated by cleavage of POMC at basic residue cleavage sites by prohormone-converting enzymes in the regulated secretory pathway (RSP) of POMC-synthesizing endocrine cells and neurons. The peptides are stored inside the cells in dense-core secretory granules until released in a stimulus-dependent manner. The complexity of the regulation of the biosynthesis, trafficking, and secretion of POMC and its peptides reflects an impressive level of control over many factors involved in the ultimate role of POMC-expressing cells, that is, to produce a range of different biologically active peptide hormones ready for action when signaled by the body. From the discovery of POMC as the precursor to adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and β-lipotropin in the late 1970s to our current knowledge, the understanding of POMC physiology remains a monumental body of work that has provided insight into many aspects of molecular endocrinology. In this article, we describe the intracellular trafficking of POMC in endocrine cells, its sorting into dense-core secretory granules and transport of these granules to the RSP. Additionally, we review the enzymes involved in the maturation of POMC to its various peptides and the mechanisms involved in the differential processing of POMC in different cell types. Finally, we highlight studies pertaining to the regulation of ACTH secretion in the anterior and intermediate pituitary and POMC neurons of the hypothalamus.
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- Niamh X Cawley
- Section on Cellular NeurobiologyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Cellular NeurobiologyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Section on Cellular NeurobiologyEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Møller CL, Pedersen SB, Richelsen B, Conde-Frieboes KW, Raun K, Grove KL, Wulff BS. Melanocortin agonists stimulate lipolysis in human adipose tissue explants but not in adipocytes. BMC Res Notes 2015; 8:559. [PMID: 26459134 PMCID: PMC4604100 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1539-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background The central melanocortin system is broadly involved in the regulation of mammalian nutrient utilization. However, the function of melanocortin receptors (MCRs) expressed directly in peripheral metabolic tissues is still unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the lipolytic capacity of MC1-5R in differentiated adipocytes versus intact white adipose tissue. Results Non-selective MCR agonist α-MSH, MC5R-selective agonist PG-901 and MC4R-selective agonist LY2112688 significantly stimulated lipolysis in intact white adipose tissue, whereas stimulation of MCRs in differentiated adipocytes failed to do so. The lipolytic response of MC5R was decreased in intact human white adipose tissue when co-treating with β-adrenergic antagonist propranolol, suggesting that the effect may be dependent on neuronal innervation via noradrenalin release. Conclusion When developing an anti-obesity therapeutic drug with selective MC4R/MC5R properties, effects on lipolysis in white adipose tissue may be physiologically relevant.
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- Cathrine Laustrup Møller
- Diabetes and Obesity Biology, Novo Nordisk A/S, 2760, Maaloev, Denmark. .,Steno Diabetes Center, Niels Steensensvej 2-4, 2820, Gentofte, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology MEA, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Endocrinology MEA, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Type 2 Diabetes, Novo Nordisk A/S, 2760, Maaloev, Denmark.
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- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Oregon National Primate Research Centre, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97006, USA. .,Obesity Research, Novo Nordisk A/S, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
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Bonnemaison M, Bäck N, Lin Y, Bonifacino JS, Mains R, Eipper B. AP-1A controls secretory granule biogenesis and trafficking of membrane secretory granule proteins. Traffic 2014; 15:1099-121. [PMID: 25040637 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The adaptor protein 1A complex (AP-1A) transports cargo between the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and endosomes. In professional secretory cells, AP-1A also retrieves material from immature secretory granules (SGs). The role of AP-1A in SG biogenesis was explored using AtT-20 corticotrope tumor cells expressing reduced levels of the AP-1A μ1A subunit. A twofold reduction in μ1A resulted in a decrease in TGN cisternae and immature SGs and the appearance of regulated secretory pathway components in non-condensing SGs. Although basal secretion of endogenous SG proteins was unaffected, secretagogue-stimulated release was halved. The reduced μ1A levels interfered with the normal trafficking of carboxypeptidase D (CPD) and peptidylglycine α-amidating monooxygenase-1 (PAM-1), integral membrane enzymes that enter immature SGs. The non-condensing SGs contained POMC products and PAM-1, but not CPD. Based on metabolic labeling and secretion experiments, the cleavage of newly synthesized PAM-1 into PHM was unaltered, but PHM basal secretion was increased in sh-μ1A PAM-1 cells. Despite lacking a canonical AP-1A binding motif, yeast two-hybrid studies demonstrated an interaction between the PAM-1 cytosolic domain and AP-1A. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments with PAM-1 mutants revealed an influence of the luminal domains of PAM-1 on this interaction. Thus, AP-1A is crucial for normal SG biogenesis, function and composition.
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- Mathilde Bonnemaison
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA
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Sedej S, Klemen MS, Schlüter OM, Rupnik MS. Rab3a is critical for trapping alpha-MSH granules in the high Ca²⁺-affinity pool by preventing constitutive exocytosis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78883. [PMID: 24205339 PMCID: PMC3804518 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rab3a is a small GTPase of the Rab3 subfamily that acts during late stages of Ca²⁺-regulated exocytosis. Previous functional analysis in pituitary melanotrophs described Rab3a as a positive regulator of Ca²⁺-dependent exocytosis. However, the precise role of the Rab3a isoform on the kinetics and intracellular [Ca²⁺] sensitivity of regulated exocytosis, which may affect the availability of two major peptide hormones, α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) and β-endorphin in plasma, remain elusive. We employed Rab3a knock-out mice (Rab3a KO) to explore the secretory phenotype in melanotrophs from fresh pituitary tissue slices. High resolution capacitance measurements showed that Rab3a KO melanotrophs possessed impaired Ca²⁺-triggered secretory activity as compared to wild-type cells. The hampered secretion was associated with the absence of cAMP-guanine exchange factor II/ Epac2-dependent secretory component. This component has been attributed to high Ca²⁺-sensitive release-ready vesicles as determined by slow photo-release of caged Ca²⁺. Radioimmunoassay revealed that α-MSH, but not β-endorphin, was elevated in the plasma of Rab3a KO mice, indicating increased constitutive exocytosis of α-MSH. Increased constitutive secretion of α-MSH from incubated tissue slices was associated with reduced α-MSH cellular content in Rab3a-deficient pituitary cells. Viral re-expression of the Rab3a protein in vitro rescued the secretory phenotype of melanotrophs from Rab3a KO mice. In conclusion, we suggest that Rab3a deficiency promotes constitutive secretion and underlies selective impairment of Ca²⁺-dependent release of α-MSH.
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- Simon Sedej
- Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology, European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- * E-mail: (MSR); (SS)
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology, European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular, Biosciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroendocrinology, European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
- Centre for Open Innovations and Research, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
- Centre of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- * E-mail: (MSR); (SS)
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Remmers F, Delemarre-van de Waal HA. Developmental programming of energy balance and its hypothalamic regulation. Endocr Rev 2011; 32:272-311. [PMID: 21051592 DOI: 10.1210/er.2009-0028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Developmental programming is an important physiological process that allows different phenotypes to originate from a single genotype. Through plasticity in early life, the developing organism can adopt a phenotype (within the limits of its genetic background) that is best suited to its expected environment. In humans, together with the relative irreversibility of the phenomenon, the low predictive value of the fetal environment for later conditions in affluent countries makes it a potential contributor to the obesity epidemic of recent decades. Here, we review the current evidence for developmental programming of energy balance. For a proper understanding of the subject, knowledge about energy balance is indispensable. Therefore, we first present an overview of the major hypothalamic routes through which energy balance is regulated and their ontogeny. With this background, we then turn to the available evidence for programming of energy balance by the early nutritional environment, in both man and rodent models. A wealth of studies suggest that energy balance can indeed be permanently affected by the early-life environment. However, the direction of the effects of programming appears to vary considerably, both between and within different animal models. Because of these inconsistencies, a comprehensive picture is still elusive. More standardization between studies seems essential to reach veritable conclusions about the role of developmental programming in adult energy balance and obesity.
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- Floor Remmers
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
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Pain S, Dezutter C, Reymermier C, Vogelgesang B, Delay E, André V. Age-related changes in pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) and related receptors in human epidermis. Int J Cosmet Sci 2010; 32:266-75. [PMID: 20384899 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2009.00569.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SYNOPSIS Much effort has been placed in cosmetic research for better understanding of the effects of ageing on skin's appearance, structure, mechanical properties and function. It is now of common knowledge that UV radiations induce pre-mature skin ageing notably in the epidermis where UV radiations induce keratinocyte differentiation. As UV radiations have also been shown to regulate the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) peptide family in the skin and because no study has been conducted so far to investigate the age-related changes in POMC and related receptors, we analysed POMC, MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 at mRNA level and MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 at protein level too in primary cultures of normal human keratinocytes obtained from female donors aged from 17 to 75 years old. Regarding the gene expressions, we observed that MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 suffered a dramatic decrease after 50 years of age, whereas POMC increased five-fold. Western blot analysis confirmed these results except for MOR-1 whose expression appeared to decrease at older age, around 70 years old. Immunostainings specific to MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 performed on full-thickness skin biopsies also revealed an intense staining in the basal and spinous layers of a 30-year-old donor, whereas no reactivity could be observed in a 60-year-old one. We conclude that POMC and POMC-related receptors suffer a dramatically disturbed balance with ageing and that this may be implicated in the general process of skin ageing.
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- S Pain
- BASF Beauty Care Solutions, 32 rue Saint Jean de Dieu, 69007 Lyon, France.
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Vaudry D, Falluel-Morel A, Bourgault S, Basille M, Burel D, Wurtz O, Fournier A, Chow BKC, Hashimoto H, Galas L, Vaudry H. Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide and Its Receptors: 20 Years after the Discovery. Pharmacol Rev 2009; 61:283-357. [DOI: 10.1124/pr.109.001370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 829] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Brain-region responsiveness to DT56a (Femarelle) administration on allopregnanolone and opioid content in ovariectomized rats. Menopause 2009; 16:1037-43. [DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31819b351e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Pluchino N, Lenzi E, Merlini S, Giannini A, Cubeddu A, Casarosa E, Begliuomini S, Luisi M, Cela V, Genazzani AR. Selective effect of chlormadinone acetate on brain allopregnanolone and opioids content. Contraception 2009; 80:53-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Revised: 01/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sedej S, Gurung IS, Binz T, Rupnik M. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate-dependent facilitation of the ATP-dependent secretory activity in mouse pituitary cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1152:165-73. [PMID: 19161387 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol-4, 5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P(2)] has been implicated in the priming of large dense-core vesicles in many secretory cells; however, its role in the Ca(2+)-dependent secretory activity in pituitary cells remains elusive. We assessed the effect of elevated intracellular PI(4,5)P(2) on the kinetics of Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis, using a whole-cell patch-clamp technique in wild-type mouse melanotrophs from fresh pituitary tissue slices. We found that 1 micromol/L PI(4,5)P(2) significantly increased Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis of vesicles that need to go through ATP-dependent reactions; however, the exocytosis of release-ready vesicles (ATP-independent release) and voltage-activated Ca(2+) currents remained unaffected. We suggest that PI(4,5)P(2) increases the size of the readily releasable vesicle pool by regulating the effectiveness of vesicular mobilization and fusion in an ATP-dependent manner.
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- Simon Sedej
- European Neuroscience Institute-Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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It is just over 30 years since the definitive identification of the adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) precursor, pro-opiomelanocotin (POMC). Although first characterised in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the pituitary, POMC is also expressed in a number of both central and peripheral tissues including the skin, central nervous tissue and placenta. Following synthesis, POMC undergoes extensive post-translational processing producing not only ACTH, but also a number of other biologically active peptides. The extent and pattern of this processing is tissue-specific, the end result being the tissue dependent production of different combinations of peptides from the same precursor. These peptides have a diverse range of biological roles ranging from pigmentation to adrenal function to the regulation of feeding. This level of complexity has resulted in POMC becoming the archetypal model for prohormone processing, illustrating how a single protein combined with post-translational modification can have a diverse number of roles.
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- A B Bicknell
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
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Jackson S, Hope J, Estivariz F, Lowry PJ. Nature and control of peptide release from the pars intermedia. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2008; 81:141-62. [PMID: 6268376 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720646.ch9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Pro-opiocortin, the precursor of ACTH, LPH and gamma-MSH, is biosynthesized in both the cells of the pars intermedia and the corticotrophs of the pars distalis. In the pars distalis its processing does not vary significantly from species to species whereas in the pars intermedia large differences occur. The release of ACTH, beta-LPH and pro-gamma-MSH from the corticotrophs is under common positive control by hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the nature of the peptides remains unchanged when they are secreted. The release of all five pars intermedia peptides that we have measured in vitro appears to be under tonic dopaminergic inhibition. The secreted peptides have also been identified chromatographically. The lack of unequivocal physiological function in the periphery, the diversity of the pars intermedia peptides and this common control mechanism tend to preclude a simple endocrine role for the pars intermedia. The neural effects of MSH and endorphin are well documented and specific neuronal uptake therefore cannot by dismissed. The absence of pars intermedia in the adult human pituitary suggests that such a site of synthesis of these peptides plays a minor role in learning and behaviour in a species (such as Homo sapiens) that has a highly evolved intelligence and may, instead, need to synthesize the peptides only in the brain.
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Stoeckel ME, Schmitt G, Porte A. Fine structure and cytochemistry of the mammalian pars intermedia. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2008; 81:101-27. [PMID: 6268374 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720646.ch7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Various cytophysiological aspects of the pars intermedia of the pituitary are discussed. Cells containing melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) have been studied under normal and experimental conditions. They react to variations in ionic equilibrium, but without any clear correlation with natraemia and osmotic blood pressure. The MSH-cell stimulation in hypernatraemic mice, which is not inhibited by bromocriptine, seems more specific than the stimulation in hyponatraemic mice, which is blocked by bromocriptine. The existence of a corticotropic cell system has been clearly demonstrated in the mouse (where it is particularly obvious), in the rat and in the cat but its significance is not clear. Although very poorly vascularized, the pars intermedia is rapidly invaded by tracer protein (horseradish peroxidase) injected either intravenously or intracerebroventricularly. The hypophysial cleft rapidly stores the tracer which can be resorbed by macrophagic epithelial cells lying free in the colloid contained in the cleft. Horseradish peroxidase lingers in the pars intermedia but is rapidly eliminated from the other hypophysial lobes after intraventricular (third ventricle) injection. Diffuse innervation of the pars intermedia applies to both glandular (MSH and ACTH) and non-glandular (epithelial and stellate) cells. While aminergic innervation of the pars intermedia is obvious, cholinergic innervation has not been demonstrated ultrastructurally or histochemically. Peptidergic fibres only occasionally penetrate marginal areas of the pars intermedia and seldom establish synaptic contacts with glandular cells. A specific relationship might exist between the pars intermedia and oxytocin fibres in view of the marginal distribution of the latter in the neural lobe. Numerous stellate cells of the pars intermedia react intensely with antiserum to gliofibrillar acid protein, indicating their astrocyte nature, which reinforces the idea of an analogy between the folliculo-stellate system of the hypophysis and the glial cells.
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Mains RE, Eipper BA. Comparison of rat anterior and intermediate pituitary in tissue culture: corticotropin (ACTH) and beta-endorphin. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2008; 81:32-54. [PMID: 6268382 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720646.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The forms of immunoreactive beta-endorphin-sized material in extracts of anterior and intermediate-posterior pituitary from the rat examined by the ion exchange chromatography method of Zakarian & Smyth. The anterior pituitary primarily contained material that co-migrated with synthetic camel beta-endorphin(1-31), whereas the intermediate-posterior pituitary contained relatively little such material. The majority of immunoactive beta-endorphin-sized peptides in the intermediate pituitary eluted at lower concentrations of NaCl than did camel beta-endorphin. Conditions were developed for the stable, long-term tissue culture of dissociated intermediate-posterior pituitary cells. Extracts of cells maintained in tissue culture for 18 h or nine days had the same content of immunoreactive beta-endorphin, 16k fragment, ACTH(18-39) (or CLIP) and ACTH(17-24). Throughout the nine days in culture, characteristic cells that could be immunostained with antibodies to various regions of pro-ACTH/endorphin were present; during the time in culture, non-reactive background cells multiplied rapidly. The major proteolytic processing of pro-ACTH/endorphin remained characteristic of intermediate pituitary tissue throughout the nine days in tissue culture, and did not become similar to the simpler pattern of proteolytic processing found in the anterior pituitary.
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Loh YP. Processing, turnover and release of corticotropins, endorphins and melanotropin in the toad pituitary intermediate lobe. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2008; 81:55-78. [PMID: 6268383 DOI: 10.1002/9780470720646.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The significance of glycosylation of the ACTH/alpha-MSH-endorphin precursor in the biosynthesis, processing and secretion of its peptide products was examined in the toad neurointermediate (intermediate - posterior) lobe, with the aid of a specific inhibitor of glycosylation, tunicamycin. Tunicamycin did not affect the synthesis of the precursor but prevented its glycosylation. In the presence of tunicamycin the precursor underwent rapid intracellular degradation. Precursor molecules that escaped complete degradation were processed to an ACTH molecule with approximately 19 000 molecular weight and to other atypical peptides, which were released. In vitro studies showed that trypsinization of the non-glycosylated precursor resulted in its random proteolysis while large forms of ACTH were cleaved from the glycosylated precursor. The results indicate that glycosylation of the ACTH/alpha-MSH-endorphin precursor may confer specific conformational properties upon the molecule, thus regulating its limited proteolysis. Turnover and release studies revealed two different pools of ACTH, beta-LPH and alpha-MSH-related peptides in the toad intermediate lobe. One pool contained ACTH, beta-LPH, alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin, which were rapidly synthesized and released, or degraded within 6 h of synthesis if their release was inhibited. The other pool was stored and was stable for at least 10 h, if prevented from being released. Peptides in this stored pool primarily included ACTH, alpha-MSH and beta-LPH; beta-endorphin was a minor component of this pool. The release from both pools of peptides was inhibited by dopamine, while the stored pool was selectively inhibited from release by L-isoprenaline (L-isoproterenol).
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Mirabeau O, Perlas E, Severini C, Audero E, Gascuel O, Possenti R, Birney E, Rosenthal N, Gross C. Identification of novel peptide hormones in the human proteome by hidden Markov model screening. Genes Dev 2007; 17:320-7. [PMID: 17284679 PMCID: PMC1800923 DOI: 10.1101/gr.5755407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Peptide hormones are small, processed, and secreted peptides that signal via membrane receptors and play critical roles in normal and pathological physiology. The search for novel peptide hormones has been hampered by their small size, low or restricted expression, and lack of sequence similarity. To overcome these difficulties, we developed a bioinformatics search tool based on the hidden Markov model formalism that uses several peptide hormone sequence features to estimate the likelihood that a protein contains a processed and secreted peptide of this class. Application of this tool to an alignment of mammalian proteomes ranked 90% of known peptide hormones among the top 300 proteins. An analysis of the top scoring hypothetical and poorly annotated human proteins identified two novel candidate peptide hormones. Biochemical analysis of the two candidates, which we called spexin and augurin, showed that both were localized to secretory granules in a transfected pancreatic cell line and were recovered from the cell supernatant. Spexin was expressed in the submucosal layer of the mouse esophagus and stomach, and a predicted peptide from the spexin precursor induced muscle contraction in a rat stomach explant assay. Augurin was specifically expressed in mouse endocrine tissues, including pituitary and adrenal gland, choroid plexus, and the atrio-ventricular node of the heart. Our findings demonstrate the utility of a bioinformatics approach to identify novel biologically active peptides. Peptide hormones and their receptors are important diagnostic and therapeutic targets, and our results suggest that spexin and augurin are novel peptide hormones likely to be involved in physiological homeostasis.
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- INMM, 00143 Rome, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, University Tor Vergata Rome, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- European Bioinformatics Institute, EBI-EMBL, CB10 1SD Hinxton, United Kingdom
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Genazzani AR, Pluchino N, Begliuomini S, Pieri M, Centofanti M, Freschi L, Casarosa E, Luisi M. Drospirenone increases central and peripheral β-endorphin in ovariectomized female rats. Menopause 2007; 14:63-73. [PMID: 17075429 DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000230348.05745.7d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Drospirenone is the unique progestin derived from 17-spironolactone used for contraception and hormone therapy. Few data are available concerning the effects of drospirenone on the central nervous system and neuroendocrine milieu. The opioid beta-endorphin and the neurosteroid allopregnanolone are considered markers of neuroendocrine functions, and their synthesis and activity are regulated by gonadal steroids. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a 2-week oral treatment with drospirenone, estradiol valerate, and combined therapy of drospirenone + estradiol valerate on central and peripheral beta-endorphin and allopregnanolone levels in ovariectomized female rats. DESIGN Seven groups of Wistar ovariectomized rats received oral drospirenone (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/kg per day), estradiol valerate (0.05 mg/kg per day), or drospirenone (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/kg per day) + estradiol valerate (0.05 mg/kg per day). One group of fertile and one group of ovariectomized rats were used as controls. beta-endorphin levels were measured in frontal and parietal lobes, hippocampus, hypothalamus, anterior and neurointermediate pituitary, and plasma, and allopregnanolone content was assessed in frontal and parietal lobes, hippocampus, hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, adrenal glands, and serum. RESULTS Ovariectomy induced a significant decrease in beta-endorphin and allopregnanolone content in all brain areas analyzed and in circulating levels, whereas it increased allopregnanolone content in the adrenal gland. Estradiol valerate replacement increased beta-endorphin and allopregnanolone levels in all brain areas analyzed and in plasma/serum. Drospirenone treatment significantly increased beta-endorphin levels in all brain areas analyzed (with the only exception being the parietal lobe), whereas it produced no effect on allopregnanolone levels. The addition of drospirenone to estradiol valerate did not modify the effects of estradiol valerate on beta-endorphin or allopregnanolone levels. Drospirenone showed an additive and synergistic effect with estradiol in the neurointermediate lobe on beta-endorphin synthesis. CONCLUSIONS Drospirenone significantly increases central and circulating beta-endorphin levels and does not seem to interfere with allopregnanolone production.
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- Andrea Riccardo Genazzani
- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Child Development, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Kreft M, Blaganje M, Grilc S, Rupnik M, Zorec R. Glutamate stimulation increases hormone release in rat melanotrophs. Neurosci Lett 2006; 404:299-302. [PMID: 16814468 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Revised: 06/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In melanotrophs, neuroendocrine cells from the intermediate lobe of the rat pituitary gland, glutamate causes a rise in intracellular [Ca2+] suggesting the presence of ionotropic NMDA and non-NMDA AMPA/K receptors. However, the Ca(2+)-dependent release of the major peptide hormone, alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), in response to glutamate stimulation has not been studied yet in this cell model. Significant spontaneous secretion of the peptide, which results in hormone deposits on the perimeter of the cells, has been confirmed by using confocal microscopy. Co-staining with a membrane area marker FM 1-43, which co-localized with the immunocytochemically marked hormone deposits, showed that fusion-competent sites on the plasma membrane coincided with secretion-competent sites. Stimulation of the cells with glutamate and high K+ saline induced a significant increase in the plasma membrane area covered with alpha-MSH deposits compared to control cells incubated with glutamate and CNQX, a glutamate channel blocker. The optical approach to monitor the secretory activity of a single neuroendocrine cell revealed that glutamate stimulates the release of alpha-MSH at distinct exocytotic membrane domains only.
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- Marko Kreft
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Zaloska 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Morgan C, Cone RD. Melanocortin-5 receptor deficiency in mice blocks a novel pathway influencing pheromone-induced aggression. Behav Genet 2006; 36:291-300. [PMID: 16408249 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-9024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2003] [Accepted: 06/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The rodent preputial gland secretes aggression-promoting pheromones and expresses melanocortin-5 receptor (MC5R), but the functional relationship is poorly understood. We investigated whether MC5R deficiency in male mice alters stimulatory melanocortin influences on preputial growth and pheromone-induced aggression. In wild-type (MC5R(+/+)) pairs, repeated NDP-MSH injection decreased attack latency and increased aggression in initial attackers. Similar NDP-MSH treatment in MC5R-deficient (MC5R(-/-)) pairs failed to alter attack latency or aggression frequency, but aggression increased in vehicle-injected opponents. NDP-MSH treatment promoted preputial hypertrophy, and in MC5R(+/+) mice paired against non-aggressive stimulus opponents it decreased attack latency and increased aggression. MC5R(-/-) mice were insensitive to behavioral and physiological effects of NDP-MSH, and preputialectomized mice were insensitive to behavioral effects of NDP-MSH. The results suggest that MC5R inactivation reduced a pheromonal signal for aggression that acts on donors, rather than their opponents.
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- Caurnel Morgan
- Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97239, USA.
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Sikdar SK, Kreft M, Pangrsic T, Grilc S, Zorec R. FM1-43 measurements of local exocytotic events in rat melanotrophs. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:6575-80. [PMID: 16293249 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2005] [Revised: 10/11/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We have explored the existence of fusion- and secretion-competent sites on the plasma membrane of peptide secreting rat pituitary melanotrophs at rest, and following stimulation with glutamate. We monitored changes in fluorescence of FM1-43, a styryl dye which labels plasma membrane. The results show spontaneous local increases in FM1-43 reporting changes in membrane surface area due to cumulative exocytosis. Addition of glutamate, further increased the occurrence of these events. Statistical analysis of local FM1-43 fluorescence changes suggests that this is due to the recruitment of inactive exocytotic domains and due to the stimulation of already active exocytotic domains.
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- S K Sikdar
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana Medical School, Zaloska 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Sedej S, Rose T, Rupnik M. cAMP increases Ca2+-dependent exocytosis through both PKA and Epac2 in mouse melanotrophs from pituitary tissue slices. J Physiol 2005; 567:799-813. [PMID: 15994184 PMCID: PMC1474225 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.090381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP regulates Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis through a classical protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent and an alternative cAMP-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF)/Epac-dependent pathway in many secretory cells. Although increased cAMP is believed to double secretory output in isolated pituitary cells, the direct target(s) for cAMP action and a detailed and high-time resolved analysis of the effect of intracellular cAMP levels on the secretory activity in melanotrophs are still lacking. We investigated the effect of 200 microM cAMP on the kinetics of secretory vesicle depletion in mouse melanotrophs from fresh pituitary tissue slices. The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was used to depolarize melanotrophs and increase the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). Exogenous cAMP elicited an about twofold increase in cumulative membrane capacitance change and approximately 34% increase of high-voltage activated Ca(2+) channel amplitude. cAMP-dependent mechanisms did not affect [Ca(2+)](i), since the application of forskolin failed to change [Ca(2+)](i) in melanotrophs, a phenomenon readily observed in anterior lobe. Depolarization-induced secretion resulted in two distinct kinetic components: a linear and a threshold component, both stimulated by cAMP. The linear component (ATP-independent) probably represented the exocytosis of the release-ready vesicles, whereas the threshold component was assigned to the exocytosis of secretory vesicles that required ATP-dependent reaction(s) and > 800 nM [Ca(2+)](i). The linear component was modulated by 8-pCPT-2Me-cAMP (Epac agonist), while either H-89 (PKA inhibitor) or Rp-cAMPS (the competitive antagonist of cAMP binding to PKA) completely prevented the action of cAMP on the threshold component. In line with this, 6-Phe-cAMP, (PKA agonist), increased the threshold component. From our study, we suggest that the stimulation of cAMP production by application of oestrogen, as found in pregnant mice, increases the efficacy of the hormonal output through both PKA and cAMP-GEFII/Epac2-dependent mechanisms.
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- Simon Sedej
- European Neuroscience Institute--Göttingen, Germany
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Turner JE, Sedej S, Rupnik M. Cytosolic Cl- ions in the regulation of secretory and endocytotic activity in melanotrophs from mouse pituitary tissue slices. J Physiol 2005; 566:443-53. [PMID: 15890700 PMCID: PMC1464753 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.088997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cl- ions are known regulators of Ca2+ -dependent secretory activity in many endocrine cells. The suggested mechanisms of Cl- action involve the modulation of GTP-binding proteins, voltage-activated calcium channels or maturation of secretory vesicles. We examined the role of cytosolic Cl- ([Cl-]i) and Cl- currents in the regulation of secretory activity in mouse melanotrophs from fresh pituitary tissue slices by using the whole-cell patch-clamp. We confirmed that elevated [Cl-]i augments Ca2- -dependent exocytosis and showed that Cl- acts on secretory vesicle maturation. The latter process was abolished by a V-type H- -ATPase blocker (bafilomycin), intracellular 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (DIDS), a Cl- channel blocker, and tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea implicated in secretory vesicle maturation. In a small subset of cells, block of plasmalemmal Cl- current by DIDS reversibly enhanced endocytosis. The direct activation of G-proteins by GTP-gamma-S, a non-hydrolysable GTP analogue, did not restore the impaired secretion observed in low [Cl-]i conditions. The amplitude of voltage-activated calcium currents was unaffected by the [Cl-]i. Furthermore, two Cl- -permeable channels, calcium-activated Cl- channels and GABAA receptors, appeared as major regulators of intracellular Cl- homeostasis. In conclusion, the predominant underlying mechanism of Cl- action is mediated by intracellular Cl- fluxes during vesicle maturation, rather than activation of G-proteins or modulation of voltage-activated Ca2+channels.
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- Jan-Eric Turner
- European Neuroscience Institute-Göttingen, Waldweg 33, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Sedej S, Tsujimoto T, Zorec R, Rupnik M. Voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels and their role in the endocrine function of the pituitary gland in newborn and adult mice. J Physiol 2004; 555:769-82. [PMID: 14724188 PMCID: PMC1664877 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.058271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We have prepared fresh pituitary gland slices from adult and, for the first time, from newborn mice to assess modulation of secretory activity via voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels (VACCs). Currents through VACCs and membrane capacitance have been measured with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Melanotrophs in newborns were significantly larger than in adults. In both newborn and adult melanotrophs activation of VACCs triggered exocytosis. All pharmacologically isolated VACC types contributed equally to the secretory activity. However, the relative proportion of VACCs differed between newborns and adults. In newborn cells L-type channels dominated and, in addition, an exclusive expression of a toxin-resistant R-type-like current was found. The expression of L-type VACCs was up-regulated by the increased oestrogen levels observed in females, and was even more emphasized in the cells of pregnant females and oestrogen-treated adult male mice. We suggest a general mechanism modulating endocrine secretion in the presence of oestrogen and particularly higher sensitivity to treatments with L-type channel blockers during high oestrogen physiological states.
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- Simon Sedej
- European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Waldweg 33, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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The endogenous melanocortin, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), is a neurohormone secreted by the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary. Alpha-MSH promotes intermale aggression in mice by influencing pheromone secretion, but the role of specific melanocortin receptors has not been determined. We assessed mice made deficient in the gene for the melanocortin-5 receptor (MC5R) to determine its role in pheromone-regulated behavior. In heterotypic pairs assessed in the social interaction test (SIT), MC5R-deficient mice exhibited less aggressive behavior and more defensive behavior than their wild-type opponents. By contrast, when assessed in homotypic pairs and against stimulus animals in the SIT, MC5R-deficient and wild-type mice behaved similarly. Moreover, urine from MC5R deficient mice stimulated more aggression than did urine from wild-type mice. The results suggest that MC5R deficiency disinhibits an aggression-suppressing pheromonal signal.
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- Caurnel Morgan
- Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Bäck N, Litonius E, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Fluoride causes reversible dispersal of Golgi cisternae and matrix in neuroendocrine cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2004; 83:389-402. [PMID: 15506563 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A role for heterotrimeric G proteins in the regulation of Golgi function and formation of secretory granules is generally accepted. We set out to study the effect of activation of heterotrimeric G proteins by aluminum fluoride on secretory granule formation in AtT-20 corticotropic tumor cells and in melanotrophs from the rat pituitary. In AtT-20 cells, treatment with aluminum fluoride or fluoride alone for 60 min induced complete dispersal of Golgi, ER-Golgi intermediate compartment and Golgi matrix markers, while betaCOP immunoreactiviy retained a juxtanuclear position and TGN38 was unaffected. Electron microscopy showed compression of Golgi cisternae followed by conversion of the Golgi stacks into clusters of tubular and vesicular elements. In the melanotroph of the rat pituitary a similar compression of Golgi cisternae was observed, followed by a progressive loss of cisternae from the stacks. As shown in other cells, brefeldin A induced redistribution of the Golgi matrix protein GM130 to punctate structures in the cytoplasm in AtT-20 cells, while mannosidase II immunoreactivity was completely dispersed. Fluoride induced a complete dispersal of mannosidase II and GM130 immunoreactivity. The effect of fluoride was fully reversible with reestablishment of normal mannosidase II and GM130 immunoreactivity within 2 h. After 1 h of recovery, showing varying stages of reassembly, the patterns of mannosidase II and GM130 immunoreactivity were identical in individual cells, indicating that Golgi matrix and cisternae reassemble with similar kinetics during recovery from fluoride treatment. Instead of a specific aluminum fluoride effect on secretory granule formation in the trans-Golgi network, we thus observe a unique form of Golgi dispersal induced by fluoride alone, possibly via its action as a phosphatase inhibitor.
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- Nils Bäck
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Kreft M, Kuster V, Grilc S, Rupnik M, Milisav I, Zorec R. Synaptotagmin I increases the probability of vesicle fusion at low [Ca2+] in pituitary cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 284:C547-54. [PMID: 12388083 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00333.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Synaptotagmin I (Syt I), a low-affinity Ca(2+)-binding protein, is thought to serve as the Ca(2+) sensor in the release of neurotransmitter. However, functional studies on the calyx of Held synapse revealed that the rapid release of neurotransmitter requires only approximately micromolar [Ca(2+)], suggesting that Syt I may play a more complex role in determining the high-affinity Ca(2+) dependence of exocytosis. Here we tested this hypothesis by studying pituitary cells, which possess high- and low-affinity Ca(2+)-dependent exocytic pathways and express Syt I. Using patch-clamp capacitance measurements to monitor secretion and the acute antisense deletion of Syt I from differentiated cells, we have shown that the rapid and the most Ca(2+)-sensitive pathway of exocytosis in rat melanotrophs requires Syt I. Furthermore, stimulation of the Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis by cytosol dialysis with solutions containing 1 microM [Ca(2+)] was completely abolished in the absence of Syt I. Similar results were obtained by the preinjection of antibodies against the CAPS (Ca(2+)-dependent activator protein for secretion) protein. These results indicate that synaptotagmin I and CAPS proteins increase the probability of vesicle fusion at low cytosolic [Ca(2+)].
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- M Kreft
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Chowdhury HH, Kreft M, Zorec R. Distinct effect of actin cytoskeleton disassembly on exo- and endocytic events in a membrane patch of rat melanotrophs. J Physiol 2002; 545:879-86. [PMID: 12482893 PMCID: PMC2290733 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We used the cell-attached mode of patch-clamp technique to measure discrete attofarad steps in membrane capacitance (C(m)), reporting area changes in the plasma membrane due to unitary exocytic and endocytic events. To investigate the role of the actin cytoskeleton in elementary exocytic and endocytic events, neuroendocrine rat melanotrophs were treated with Clostridium spiroforme toxin (CST), which specifically depolymerises F-actin. The average amplitude of exocytic events was not significantly different in control and in CST-treated cells. However, the amplitude of endocytic events was significantly smaller in CST-treated cells as compared to controls. The frequency of exocytic events increased by 2-fold in CST-treated cells relative to controls. In control cells the average frequency of exocytic events (upsilon;(exo)) was lower than the frequency of endocytic events (upsilon;(endo)) with a ratio upsilon;(exo)/upsilon;(endo) < 1. In the toxin treated cells, the predominant process was exocytosis with a ratio (upsilon;(exo)/upsilon;(endo) > 1). To study the coupling between the two processes, the slopes of regression lines relating upsilon;(exo) and upsilon;(endo) in a given patch of membrane were studied. The slopes of regression lines were similar, whereas the line intercepts with the y-axis were significantly different. The increased frequency of unitary exocytic events in CST-treated cells is consistent with the view, that the actin cytoskeleton acts as a barrier for exocytosis. While the disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton diminishes the size of unitary endocytic events, suggesting an important role of the actin cytoskeleton in determining the size of endocytic vesicles, the coupling between exocytosis and endocytosis in a given patch of membrane was independent of the state of the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Helena H Chowdhury
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Lu J, Swinnen E, Proost P, De Vreese B, Vankelecom H, Denef C. Isolation and structure-bioactivity characterization of glycosylated N-pro-opiomelanocortin isoforms. J Neuroendocrinol 2002; 14:869-79. [PMID: 12421340 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00851.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The N-terminal fragment of mouse pro-opiomelanocortin (N-POMC) was isolated from AtT-20 cell-conditioned medium on the basis of immunoreactivity to an anti-POMC1-50 monoclonal antibody by a concentration step, a cation exchange step, reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and size exclusion HPLC. Two groups of N-POMC isoforms with a molecular weight (MW) of approximately 11 kDa and 13 kDa, respectively, were identified by mass spectrometry and N-terminal amino acid sequencing. C-terminal sequencing indicated that 11 kDa isoforms correspond to POMC1-74 and 13 kDa isoforms to POMC1-95. Isoforms from both groups enhanced the prolactin mRNA content (measured by means of TaqMan real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) in cultured rat pituitary cell aggregates in a dose-dependent manner, but not all of them showed this activity. POMC1-74 compounds were significantly more potent than POMC1-95 isoforms. The observed effects were abolished by coincubation with the monoclonal anti-POMC1-50 antibody, showing the specificity of this biological action. Incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine into DNA of immunostained lactotrophs was enhanced by only a minor part of the isoforms. Some of these had no effect on prolactin mRNA expression. The N-POMC isoforms appeared to be N- and at least in part O-glycosylated. After enzymatic N-deglycosylation of selected N-POMC isoforms, the stimulatory effect on the prolactin mRNA level was depressed (in case of the POMC1-95 isoforms) or totally abolished (in case of the POMC1-74 isoforms). The present findings show that N-POMC is a mixture of differentially glycosylated isoforms, that the isoforms of POMC1-74 are the biologically more effective forms and that different isoforms induce different biological responses in the same cell population. The data also show the essential role of N-glycosylation in the biological response.
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- J Lu
- Laboratory of Cell Pharmacology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Medical School, Gasthuisberg O&N, Belgium
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Sei C, Toneff T, Aaron W, Hook VYH. Regulation of cellular alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin during stimulated secretion from intermediate pituitary cells: involvement of aspartyl and cysteine proteases in the control of cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin. Peptides 2002; 23:1409-18. [PMID: 12182941 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(02)00079-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The regulation of cellular levels of alpha-melanocyte stimulating factor (alpha-MSH) and beta-endorphin in response to stimulated secretion from intermediate pituitary cells in primary culture was investigated in this study. Regulation of the cell content of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin occurred in two phases consisting of (a) initial depletion of cellular levels of these peptide hormones during short-term secretion (3 h) induced by isoproterenol, forskolin, or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) which was followed by (b) long-term (24 h) increases in cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin in response to stimulated secretion induced by isoproterenol and PMA. In short-term experiments (3 h), cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin were reduced by 30-50% during stimulated secretion of these peptide hormones by isoproterenol (agonist for the beta-adrenergic receptor), forskolin that activates protein kinase A (PKA), and PMA that activates protein kinase C (PKC). Moreover, dopamine inhibited isoproterenol-induced depletion of cellular alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin. During long-term incubation of cells (24 h) with isoproterenol, cellular alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin were increased to twice that of controls (unstimulated cells). Treatment with PMA for 24 h also increased cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin. Moreover, cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin were decreased during long-term treatment of cells with an aspartyl protease inhibitor, pepstatin A, and with the cysteine protease inhibitor E64c. These results implicate aspartyl and cysteine proteases in the cellular production of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin that requires proteolytic processing of their common precursor proopiomelanocortin (POMC). These findings demonstrate the parallel regulation of cellular levels of alpha-MSH and beta-endorphin during their cosecretion, which may involve aspartyl and cysteine proteases in the metabolism of these peptide hormones.
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- Catherine Sei
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Corticotrophs were long thought to be a static, homogeneous population of cells that respond positively to hypothalamic stimulation, are inhibited by glucocorticoid feedback and secrete a single biologically active peptide, ACTH(1-39). Our current understanding is that this is an oversimplification and corticotrophs are a dynamic and more complex group of cells. The biosynthetic precursors of ACTH and other cleavage products of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) have been found to be secreted by anterior pituitary cells, to circulate and to have biological activity. POMC and the biosynthetic intermediate, pro-ACTH, exert activity antagonistic to ACTH(1-39) on glucocorticoid secretion by adrenal cells, and other derivatives of POMC are mitogenic to adrenocortical cells. In terms of responses to hypothalamic and peripheral factors, corticotrophs are functionally heterogeneous. This is reflected in the sensitivity of individual subtypes of corticotrophs to CRH, vasopressin and glucocorticoids. There is a functional plasticity amongst the various types of corticotrophs. During gestation, in fetal sheep, changes occur in the overall ACTH-secretory responses to CRH relative to vasopressin, the proportions of total corticotrophs that respond to the respective peptides and the average secretory response of individual cells. Corticotrophs also respond to locally produced pituitary factors. Local actions of leukaemia inhibitory factor are demonstrated by the effects of immunoneutralization of the peptide in pituitary cells. Urocortin and preproTRH(178-199) are locally produced peptides with potent stimulatory and inhibitory actions on corticotrophs, respectively. The specific roles of these peptides are under investigation.
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- J Schwartz
- Department of Physiology, University of Adelaide, Australia.
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Poberaj I, Rupnik M, Kreft M, Sikdar SK, Zorec R. Modeling excess retrieval in rat melanotroph membrane capacitance records. Biophys J 2002; 82:226-32. [PMID: 11751311 PMCID: PMC1302464 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75389-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We have used the patch-clamp technique to monitor changes in membrane capacitance (C(m)) elicited by fast and spatially homogeneous rises in cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) using flash photolysis of NP-EGTA. Average peak [Ca(2+)](i) amplitudes of 20-25 microM triggered three different types of responses in C(m): (i) In 42% of cells, a rise in [Ca(2+)](i) activated a monotonic increase in C(m) followed by a slow decline to resting values; (ii) In 30% of cells, the rise in C(m) was clearly characterized by two dynamic components, consisting of a rapid and a slow exo-endocytosis cycle; (iii) In 28% of cells, after the initial rapid rise in C(m), endocytosis exhibited excess retrieval that was characterized by a decline in C(m) below resting C(m). The aim of this work is to develop a unified mathematical model with a minimum number of parameters that would describe all the observed types of responses. Three models were considered: Model A, a model with a single component of exo-endocytosis cycle; model B, a model consisting of a sum of two independent dynamic components; and model C, a model in which, in addition to the two dynamic components as in model B, excess retrieval due to a lipid flow through the reversal closing of the fusion pore during the rapid component of exo-endocytosis cycle was considered. The results show that the latter model describes all the types of responses in C(m) recorded in rat melanotrophs. The association of excess retrieval exclusively with the rapid, but not the slow, exocytosis indicates that some fusing vesicles mediate a lipidic flux during the reversal closing of the fusion pore, whereas those entering the slow phase of exocytosis may fuse with the plasma membrane completely and are retrieved by other endocytic machinery, independent of the lipid flow that might have occurred as the fusion pore opened permanently.
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- Igor Poberaj
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The pituitary intermediate lobe (IL) in mammals is an area of uniform endocrine cells which synthesize and release specific peptide products of the proopiomelanocortin gene. The lobe receives direct synaptic connections onto the endocrine cells from hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons. This review updates information on the dopaminergic as well as the gamma-aminobutyric acid inhibitory neuroregulation for the IL. It also provides a discussion of stimulatory molecules which are likely to affect peptide release, particularly the neurotransmitter serotonin, which may be present via uptake into the dopaminergic nerve terminals. Other stimulatory molecules discussed which are likely to significantly affect peptide secretion are norepinephrine, corticotropin-releasing factor, and several opiate peptides. A new direction of study involves the potential interaction of neurotrophic factors, which are present in all areas of the pituitary, and may be suggested to have a supportive role for the neural elements of the IL. The endocrine cells of the IL and their direct hypothalamic innervation are considered to be an easily accessed peripheral model for study of both neural-endocrine and neurotrophic-target cell interactions.
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- L C Saland
- Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5223, USA.
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El Meskini R, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Cell type-specific metabolism of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase in anterior pituitary. Endocrinology 2000; 141:3020-34. [PMID: 10919291 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.8.7620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) is a bifunctional enzyme expressed in each major anterior pituitary cell type. We used primary cultures of adult male rat anterior pituitary to examine PAM expression, processing, and secretion in the different pituitary cell types and to compare these patterns to those observed in transfected AtT-20 corticotrope tumor cells. Immunostaining and subcellular fractionation identified PAM in pituitary secretory granules and additional vesicular compartments; in contrast, in AtT-20 cells, transfected PAM was primarily localized to the trans-Golgi network. PAM expression was highest in gonadotropes, with moderate levels in somatotropes and thyrotropes and lower levels in corticotropes and lactotropes. Under basal conditions, less than 1% of the cell content of monooxygenase activity was secreted per h, a rate comparable to the basal rate of release of individual pituitary hormones. General secretagogues stimulated PAM secretion 3- to 5-fold. Stimulation with specific hypothalamic releasing hormones demonstrated that different pituitary cell types secrete characteristic sets of PAM proteins. Gonadotropes and thyrotropes release primarily monofunctional monooxygenase. Somatotropes secrete primarily bifunctional PAM, whereas corticotropes secrete a mixture of mono- and bifunctional proteins. As observed in transfected AtT-20 cells, pituitary cells rapidly internalize the PAM/PAM-antibody complex from the cell surface. The distinctly different steady-state localizations of endogenous PAM in primary pituitary cells and transfected PAM in AtT-20 cell lines may simply reflect the increased storage capacity of primary pituitary cells.
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- R El Meskini
- Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Actin cytoskeleton and exocytosis in rat melanotrophs. Pflugers Arch 2000. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03376553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rupnik M, Kreft M, Sikdar SK, Grilc S, Romih R, Zupancic G, Martin TF, Zorec R. Rapid regulated dense-core vesicle exocytosis requires the CAPS protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:5627-32. [PMID: 10792045 PMCID: PMC25879 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.090359097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although many proteins essential for regulated neurotransmitter and peptide hormone secretion have been identified, little is understood about their precise roles at specific stages of the multistep pathway of exocytosis. To study the function of CAPS (Ca(2+)-dependent activator protein for secretion), a protein required for Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis of dense-core vesicles, secretory responses in single rat melanotrophs were monitored by patch-clamp membrane capacitance measurements. Flash photolysis of caged Ca(2+) elicited biphasic capacitance increases consisting of rapid and slow components with distinct Ca(2+) dependencies. A threshold of approximately 10 microM Ca(2+) was required to trigger the slow component, while the rapid capacitance increase was recorded already at a intracellular Ca(2+) activity < 10 microM. Both kinetic membrane capacitance components were abolished by botulinum neurotoxin B or E treatment, suggesting involvement of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor)-dependent vesicle fusion. The rapid but not the slow component was inhibited by CAPS antibody. These results were further clarified by immunocytochemical studies that revealed that CAPS was present on only a subset of dense-core vesicles. Overall, the results indicate that dense-core vesicle exocytosis in melanotrophs occurs by two parallel pathways. The faster pathway exhibits high sensitivity to Ca(2+) and requires the presence of CAPS, which appears to act at a late stage in the secretory pathway.
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- M Rupnik
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical School, Ljubljana, Slovenia SI-1001
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Chowdhury HH, Popoff MR, Zorec R. Actin cytoskeleton depolymerization with clostridium spiroforme toxin enhances the secretory activity of rat melanotrophs. J Physiol 1999; 521 Pt 2:389-95. [PMID: 10581310 PMCID: PMC2269662 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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1. We measured membrane capacitance (Cm) in cultured rat melanotrophs pretreated with Clostridium spiroforme toxin (CST), which specifically depolymerizes cortical filamentous actin (F-actin). Phalloidin staining confirmed that CST treatment depolymerised the F-actin. 2. In control cells, cytosol dialysis with 1 microM Ca2+i increased Cm by 23 +/- 4 % (n = 11) relative to the resting Cm 400 s after the start of patch rupture. In CST-treated cells the increase in Cm was 32 +/- 5 % (n = 15), not significantly different from controls. The rate of Cm increase was affected transiently by CST treatment, peaking at 1 min after patch rupture. The maximal rate of Cm increase was 4.27 +/- 0.85 fF s-1 (n = 12; measured 200 s after the start of patch rupture) in controls and 8.0 +/- 1.35 fF s-1 (n = 23; measured 75 s after the start of patch rupture) in CST-treated cells (P < 0.01). 3. In control cells cytosol dialysis with 0 microM Ca2+i decreased Cm by 9 +/- 3 % (n = 7), in CST-treated cells Cm increased by 11 +/- 3 % (n = 7) relative to resting Cm 400 s after the start of cytosol dialysis. The rate of change in Cm remained constant (controls: -1 to -2 fF s-1; CST treatment: 1-2 fF s-1). 4. Transient and sustained effects of CST treatment on changes in Cm at high or low [Ca2+]i, respectively, suggest a distinct role of cytoskeleton in Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent changes in Cm. Transient enhancement of the rate of Cm by CST is consistent with a barrier role of cytoskeleton in regulated exocytosis. The sustained effect of CST on Ca2+-independent changes in Cm suggests cytoskeletal involvement in endocytosis.
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- H H Chowdhury
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical School, p.p. 2211, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenija
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Kreft M, Gasman S, Chasserot-Golaz S, Kuster V, Rupnik M, Sikdar SK, Bader M, Zorec R. The heterotrimeric Gi(3) protein acts in slow but not in fast exocytosis of rat melanotrophs. J Cell Sci 1999; 112 ( Pt 22):4143-50. [PMID: 10547373 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.22.4143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Besides having a role in signal transduction some trimeric G-proteins may be involved in a late stage of exocytosis. Using immunocytochemistry and confocal microscopy we found that Gi(3)-protein resides mainly in the plasma membrane, whereas Gi(1/2-)protein is preferentially associated with secretory granules. To study the function of trimeric Gi(3)- and Gi(1/2)-proteins, secretory responses in single rat melanotrophs were monitored by patch-clamp membrane capacitance measurements. We report here that mastoparan, an activator of trimeric G-proteins, enhances calcium-induced secretory activity in rat melanotrophs. The introduction of synthetic peptides corresponding to the C-terminal domain of the (α)-subunit of Gi(3)- and Gi(1/2)-proteins indicated that Gi(3)peptide specifically blocked the mastoparan-stimulated secretory activity, which indicates an involvement of a trimeric Gi(3)-protein in mastoparan-stimulated secretory activity. Flash photolysis of caged Ca(2+)-elicited biphasic capacitance increases consisting of a fast and a slower component. Injection of anti-Gi(3) antibodies selectively inhibited the slow but not the fast component of secretory activity in rat melanotrophs. We propose that the plasma membrane-bound Gi(3)-protein may be involved in regulated secretion by specifically controlling the slower kinetic component of exocytosis.
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- M Kreft
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology, Institute of Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, P.O.B 2211, Slovenia
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Vázquez-Martínez RM, Malagón MM, van Strien FJ, Jespersen S, van der Greef J, Roubos EW, Gracia-Navarro F. Analysis by mass spectrometry of POMC-derived peptides in amphibian melanotrope subpopulations. Life Sci 1999; 64:923-30. [PMID: 10201641 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00018-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have previously shown that the melanotrope population of the pituitary intermediate lobe of Rana ridibunda is composed of two subpopulations, of low (LD) and high density (HD), that show distinct ultrastructural features and display different synthetic and secretory rates. To investigate whether LD and HD melanotrope cells also differ in proopiomelanocortin (POMC) processing, we have analyzed the POMC-end products in single cells from both subpopulations by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS). The mass spectra revealed the presence of 8 POMC-derived peptides in HD and LD melanotrope cells, indicating a similar processing of the precursor in both subpopulations. However, the relative abundance of three POMC-end products (i.e. lys-gamma1-MSH, acetyl-alpha-MSH, and CLIP fragment) was higher in the HD subset. Moreover, two peptides with molecular weights of 1030 and 1818 Da, respectively, were detected that could not be assigned to any product deduced from the frog POMC sequence. The relative amount of the 1030 Da peptide was higher in LD melanotrope cells. Taken together, our results suggest that POMC processing is differentially regulated in the two melanotrope cell subsets.
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Lledo P, Zorec R, Rupnik M, Mason WT. Mediation of Secretory Cell Function by G Protein—Coupled Receptors. Compr Physiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Miller MM, Bennett HP, Billiar RB, Franklin KB, Joshi D. Estrogen, the ovary, and neutotransmitters: factors associated with aging. Exp Gerontol 1998; 33:729-57. [PMID: 9951619 DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5565(98)00018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Our studies in the C57BL/6J mouse have been designed to examine the interactions of aging and the ovary, and their mutual effects on neuroendocrine function. In the pituitary, ovarian status and not age determines responsiveness to gonadotropin hormone releasing hormone (GnRH), but estrogen (E2) is an important mediator in CNS changes, and removal of the ovary (OVX) is deleterious to the neuroendocrine hypothalamus. OVX for just six days in young animals results in synaptic loss between noradrenergic terminals and gonadotropin hormone releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. Long-term OVX, hypothesized to protect against neuroendocrine aging, fails to guard against any studied age-related changes. Some age-related changes occur as early as midlife. Although neuron number remains constant at middle age, opiatergic neurons undergo significant functional changes by producing opiate antagonist peptides. This change appears to be caused by alterations in the prohormone convertases, which cleave propeptide to peptide. Altered peptides may trigger the loss of reproductive capacity. The midlife shift in opiate peptide production is a component of natural developmental processes that begin in the neonate and continue through old age. In the cholinergic system, E2 mediates numbers of cholinergic receptors, cholinergic neurons, and cholinergic-modulated memory systems in both young and old animals. Regardless of age, ovarian steroids, if present at physiologic levels, are beneficial to the neuroendocrine CNS, and long-term deprivation from ovarian-produced factors is deleterious in the systems we have examined. Our studies have shown that deprivation from ovarian steroid hormones in the female appears to be a major factor in the health of the CNS and in events associated with aging.
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- M M Miller
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Sikdar SK, Kreft M, Zorec R. Modulation of the unitary exocytic event amplitude by cAMP in rat melanotrophs. J Physiol 1998; 511 ( Pt 3):851-9. [PMID: 9714865 PMCID: PMC2231147 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.851bg.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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1. Secretory responses were measured in single rat pituitary melanotrophs as the relative increase in membrane capacitance (Cm) 8 min after the start of dialysis with solutions containing 0.45 microM Ca2+. In the added presence of cAMP (0.2 mM) in the patch pipette solution, capacitance responses increased 2- to 3-fold in comparison with controls. 2. To study whether cAMP-dependent mechanisms affect cytosolic calcium activity ([Ca2+]i), dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP, 10 mM) was added to intact melanotrophs and [Ca2+]i was measured using fura-2 AM. Addition of dbcAMP caused a transient reduction in [Ca2+]i to 82 +/- 21 nM from a resting value of 100 +/- 19 nM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 32, P < 0.002), indicating that the cAMP-induced increase in secretory activity was not the result of cAMP acting to increase [Ca2+]i, which then increased secretory activity. 3. To investigate whether cAMP affects the secretory apparatus directly, the interaction of a single secretory granule with the plasmalemma was monitored by measuring discrete femtofarad steps in Cm. The signal-to-noise ratio of recordings was increased by pre-incubating the cells with a hydrophobic anion, dipicrylamine. 4. Recordings of unitary exocytic events (discrete 'on' steps in Cm) showed that the amplitude of 'on' steps - a parameter correlated to the size of exocytosing secretory granules - increased from 4.2 +/- 0.2 fF (n = 356) in controls to 7.9 +/- 0.2 fF in the presence of cAMP (n = 329, P < 0.001), while the frequency of unitary exocytic events was similar in controls and in the presence of cAMP. 5. The results suggest that a cAMP-dependent mechanism mediates the fusion of larger granules with the plasmalemma.
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- S K Sikdar
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Paras CD, Kennedy RT. Amperometry and cyclic voltammetry of tyrosine and tryptophan-containing oligopeptides at carbon fiber microelectrodes applied to single cell analysis. ELECTROANAL 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.1140090303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bäck N, Soinila S. Effect of monensin on secretory granules and basal beta-endorphin secretion in the melanotroph of the rat pituitary. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1996; 28:591-7. [PMID: 8894662 DOI: 10.1007/bf02331379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effect of monensin on the Golgi complex, formation of secretory granules and basal beta-endorphin secretion in cultured melanotrophs from the rat pituitary was studied. Earlier studies on the effect of monensin on regulated secretion have generally showed only minor effects on secretory granules. The initial (within 5 min) effect of monensin on the melanotroph was the appearance of large vacuoles at the trans-side of the thiamine pyrophosphatase-positive trans-most Golgi cisternae. This was associated with a dose-dependent inhibition of the condensation of electron-dense secretory products. After 1 h of treatment with 1 microM monensin the Golgi stack was completely vacuolized. At the same time mature secretory granules were enlarged to severalfold their original size, and after 4 h of treatment secretory granules were no longer observed. Despite the marked effects on granule formation and mature secretory granules monensin did not affect the basal release of beta-endorphin-immunoreactive material during continued incubation for up to 4 h, indicating that basal peptide secretion can bypass the monensin block.
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- N Bäck
- Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Cangemi L, Adage T, Morabito A, Portaleone P. N-Acetyltransferase mechanism for alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone regulation in rat ageing. Neurosci Lett 1995; 201:65-8. [PMID: 8830315 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12135-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) is a proopiomelanocortin-derived peptide involved in such behavioural activities as arousal, grooming, memory, learning and attention. Because of these effects, alpha-MSH can be considered the 'adaptation neuropeptide'. Two alpha-MSH major forms were described: acetyl alpha-MSH and des-acetyl alpha-MSH. Since the acetylated form of alpha-MSH is biologically significantly more effective than des-acetyl alpha-MSH, we studied the activity of N-acetyltransferase, the enzyme responsible for MSH acetylation, during ageing in rat hippocampus and pituitary. We observed a substantial decrease of enzyme activity during lifetime, suggesting that the lower synthesis of the more efficient acetylated alpha-MSH form can be related to the reduced adaptive capabilities of aged subjects.
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- L Cangemi
- Institute of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy, University of Torino, Italy
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