Expression of prepro-VIP derived peptides in the gastrointestinal tract of normal, hypothyroid and hyperthyroid rats.
Neuropeptides
; 30(3): 237-47, 1996 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) is a widespread neuropeptide involved in the autonomic nervous control of smooth muscle activity, blood flow and secretion. To study the biosynthetic processing of the VIP precursor in the gut of normal, hypo- and hyperthyroid rats we used antisera against the five functional domains of the precursor molecule, prepro-VIP 22-79, peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI), prepro-VIP 111-122, VIP and prepro-VIP 156-170, to quantify and characterize VIP precursor peptides by radioimmunoassay and chromatography and examine their cellular localization and co-localization by immunohistochemistry. All five peptides were expressed in the gut but not in equimolar amounts as expected from the structure of the VIP precursor. A high concentration of PHV, the C-terminally extended form of PHI which includes prepro-VIP 111-122, was found in the small intestine. Immunohistochemically the prepro-VIP derived peptides were shown to coexist in neuronal elements. Changes in thyroid hormone status induced moderate changes in peptide expression in the gut, the most prominent being a 2-fold increase in all prepro-VIP derived peptides in the gastric fundus of hypothyroid rats. The findings indicate that differences in the post-translational processing of prepro-VIP exist in neurons of the rat gut and that hypo- and hyperthyroidism induce differential changes in peptide expression.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Precursores de Proteínas
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Péptido Intestinal Vasoactivo
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Sistema Digestivo
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Hipertiroidismo
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Hipotiroidismo
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuropeptides
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Dinamarca