Regulation of bioactive beta-endorphin processing in rat pars intermedia.

Abstract:

:Acid extracts of rat pituitary neuro-intermediate lobes have been shown by ion-exchange chromatography and radio-immunoassay to contain predominantly the inactive derivatives of beta-endorphin, alpha, N-acetyl beta-endorphin 1-27 and alpha, N-acetyl beta-endorphin 1-26; the biologically active form, beta-endorphin 1-31, is a minor component. In contrast, it was found that beta-endorphin generated in neuro-intermediate lobe cells in monolayer culture was less processed: the principal peptides related to bioactive beta-endorphin 1-31. When the cultured cells were incubated in the presence of 10(-5) M dopamine or 10(-6) M alpha-ergocryptine there was a marked increase in the degree of proteolysis and acetylation: the processing pattern reverted to that characteristic of the neuro-intermediate lobe in situ, with alpha-N-acetyl beta-endorphin 1-26 and alpha, N-acetyl beta-endorphin 1-27 as the prominent peptides. The results demonstrate that dopaminergic agents can influence the processing of beta-endorphin-related peptides in rat pars intermedia, indicating a new level at which the bioactivity may be regulated.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Ham J,Smyth DG

doi

10.1016/0014-5793(84)80778-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-10-01 00:00:00

pages

407-11

issue

2

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

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0014-5793(84)80778-4

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175

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