DISTRIBUTION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNOREACTIVITY TO THE PUTATIVE C-TERMINUS OF RAT PANCREASTATIN

被引:48
作者
CURRY, WJ [1 ]
JOHNSTON, CF [1 ]
SHAW, C [1 ]
BUCHANAN, KD [1 ]
机构
[1] QUEENS UNIV BELFAST,INST CLIN SCI,DEPT MED,WELLCOME RES LABS,GROSVENOR RD,BELFAST BT12 6BJ,ANTRIM,NORTH IRELAND
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
Chromogranin A; Gel permeation chromatography; HPLC; Immunocytochemistry; Pancreastatin; Radioimmunoassay;
D O I
10.1016/0167-0115(90)90096-F
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The presumptive C-terminal nonapeptide of rat pancreastatin was synthesised based upon the sequence of rat chromogranin A (CGA) analogous to that of porcine pancreastatin as contained within porcine CGA. Antisera were produced which were used to determine the qualitative and quantitative distribution of pancreastatin-like immunoreactivity in rat tissues by immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay respectively. Pancreastatin-like immunoreactivity was most abundant in pituitary, adrenal, gastric corpus and thyroid with considerably lower levels detected in the remainder of the gastroentero-pancreatic system and brain. Immunoreactivity was localised exclusively in endocrine cells and the relative abundance of immunoreactive cells paralleled the levels obtained radioimmunometrically. Chromatographic characterisation of pancreastatin-like immunoreactivity revealed molecular heterogeneity. Immunoreactive peptides of similar size to synthetic rat pancreastatin were present in gastrointestinal tissues and thyroid. These data indicate a tissue specific processing of CGA in the rat. © 1990.
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页码:207 / 219
页数:13
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