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  • Title: Concomitant secretion of Y-MSH with ACTH and beta-endorphin in humans.
    Author: Nakao K, Oki S, Tanaka I, Nakai Y, Imura H.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1980 Nov; 51(5):1205-7. PubMed ID: 6252236.
    Abstract:
    Using a specific radioimmunoassay for gamma-melanotropin (gamma-MSH), one of the predicted fragments in the amino-terminal portion of the adrenocorticotropin(ACTH)-beta-lipotropin (beta-LPH) precursor, gamma-MSH-like immunoreactivity (gamma-MSH-LI) was detected in human plasma from 4 of 5 patients with Addison's disease and 2 of 3 patients with Nelson's syndrome. None of the normal subjects or patients with Cushing's disease showed detectable concentrations (more than 150 pg/ml) of gamma-MSH-LI. gamma-MSH-LI was secreted concomitantly with ACTH-like immunoreactivity (ACTH-LI) and beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity (beta-endorphin-LI) in response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia and the administration of lysine-vasopressin. Conversely, intravenous injection of cortisol lowered plasma concentrations of gamma-MSH-LI concomitantly with those of ACTH-LI and beta-endorphin-LI. Gel chromatographic studies of the plasma extracts showed a single peak of gamma-MSH-LI near the elution position of human beta-LPH. These results suggest that gamma-MSH-LI in human plasma is present as a big form and that this big gamma-MSH is secreted concomitantly with ACTH and beta-endorphin.
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