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  • Title: Posttranslational processing of opioid pro-opiomelanocortin products in piglets.
    Author: Moss IR, Inman JG, Slaughter CA.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1989 Feb; 256(2 Pt 2):R429-34. PubMed ID: 2521780.
    Abstract:
    We have measured levels of beta-lipotropin, beta-endorphin, and N-acetyl-beta-endorphin in the plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and caudal medullary brain containing the respiratory-related portion of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) of 2.5 +/- 1.0- (SD) and 38.2 +/- 3.7-day-old naive uninstrumented piglets. Time of day, ambient atmosphere, temperature, handling, sound, light, and nutritional status were kept constant. Experimental procedure included decapitation and rapid collection, processing, and freezing of tissues until analysis by radioimmunoassay. Young, compared with older piglets, have higher measured levels of beta-lipotropin in the plasma and CSF and of N-acetyl-beta-endorphin in all three body compartments. Although measured levels of beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity are also higher in the plasma and CSF of the young group, the calculated level of beta-endorphin is higher only in the CSF. In the NTS, both the measured and calculated active endorphin appear higher in the older group, but this difference is not significant. Excess beta-endorphin in the CSF of neonates may explain the relative immaturity of their respiratory functions at birth.
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