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  • Title: Peptides with NH2-terminal tryptophan in adrenocorticotrophic hormone and melanocyte-stimulating hormone granules of adenohypophysis.
    Author: Håkanson R, Sundler F, Larsson LI, Ekman R, Sjöberg NO.
    Journal: J Histochem Cytochem; 1975 Jan; 23(1):65-74. PubMed ID: 163855.
    Abstract:
    Fluorescence microscopy has demonstrated formaldehyde-ozone-induced fluorescence in the pars intermedia cells (melanocyte-stimulating hormone cells) and in certain cells of the pars distalis of the mammalian pituitary. From histochemical and chemical evidence the fluorescence is believed to reflect the presence of peptides with NH2-terminal tryptophan. In the pars distalis of hamster, cat and pig pituitary, the cells that exhibit formaldehyde-ozone-induced fluorescence have now been identified as adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) cells by immunohistochemistry. Granules from pig pituitaries were purified by passage through a succession of Millipore filters followed by centrifugation on a continuous sucrose gradient. Two granular fractions were identified by electron microscopy and found to contain high concentrations of peptides with NH2-terminal tryptophan as well as high ACTH bioactivity. These fractions, when pelleted and analyzed histochemically, displayed formaldehyde-ozone-induced fluorescence and ACTH-like immunoreactivity.
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