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  • Title: Detection and partial characterization of proopiomelanocortin-related end-products from the pars intermedia of the toad, Bombina orientalis.
    Author: Dores RM, Truong T, Steveson TC.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1992 Aug; 87(2):197-207. PubMed ID: 1327951.
    Abstract:
    Steady-state analyses were performed on the proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-related end-products present in acid extracts of the pars intermedia of the anuran amphibian, Bombina orientalis. Sephadex G-75 gel filtration chromatography indicated that immunoreactive alpha-MSH-sized material and N-acetylated beta-endorphin-related material are the major POMC-related products present in this tissue. The alpha-MSH-sized immunoreactivity was further fractionated by reversed phase HPLC. The major peak of immunoreactivity isolated by this procedure eluted with the same retention time as synthetic ACTH(1-13)amide. Cation exchange chromatography supported the conclusion that the major storage form of alpha-MSH in the pars intermedia of Bombina is ACTH(1-13)amide. Analysis of Bombina pars intermedia in culture indicated that mono-acetylated and di-acetylated alpha-MSH were the major forms of alpha-MSH secreted into the medium. The major peak of N-acetylated beta-endorphin-related material was further analyzed by cation exchange chromatography and Sephadex G-25 gel filtration column chromatography. The major storage form of beta-endorphin in this tissue is N-acetylated, has a net positive charge at pH 2.75 of +1, and has an apparent molecular weight of 1.2K. The beta-endorphin present in the pars intermedia of this tissue does not undergo further N-acetylation at the time of secretion. These results indicate that in the pars intermedia of the archaeobatrachian, Bombina orientalis, the N-acetylation of alpha-MSH is a cosecretory processing event, whereas N-acetylation of beta-endorphin is a post-translational processing event. These results are compared to other archaeobatrachian and neobatrachian pituitary POMC systems that have been analyzed.
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