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Intracellular sites of proteolytic processing of pro-opiomelanocortin in melanotrophs and corticotrophs in rat pituitary
S Tanaka, M Nomizu and K Kurosumi
Department of Morphology, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
A synthetic peptide (ST-1) corresponding to the cleavage site between ACTH and beta-lipotropic hormone moieties of murine pro- opiomelanocortin (POMC) was constructed and its polyclonal antibody was generated. This antiserum immunoprecipitated only POMC from extracts of AtT-20 cells. Moreover, an antiserum raised against porcine ACTH immunoprecipitated both ACTH[1-39] and POMC. When ultra-thin frozen sections of melanotrophs in rat pars intermedia were immunolabeled with anti-ST-1 followed by protein A-gold, gold particles indicating the presence of POMC were selectively found in the electron-dense secretory granules in the Golgi area. In addition, the immunolabeling was also observed in the cisternae of the Golgi apparatus and rough endoplasmic reticulum. In contrast, with a polyclonal antibody specific for alpha- melanocyte-stimulating hormone the gold particles were found exclusively in the electron-lucent secretory granules, with none seen in the electron-dense secretory granules. With anti-ACTH serum, gold particles were observed in the electron-dense and -lucent secretory granules. In corticotrophs in the pars distalis, many gold particles indicating the presence of POMC were observed in the Golgi and peripheral secretory granules, but the percentage of immunolabeling in the peripheral secretory granules varied from cell to cell. On the other hand, ACTH immunolabeling was found in almost all the secretory granules. This finding suggests that the processing of POMC in corticotrophs might occur in the relatively peripheral granules. These results suggest that the intracellular sites of POMC processing are somewhat different between melanotrophs and corticotrophs in the pituitary.
Volume 39,
Issue 6,
pp. 809-821,
06/01/1991
Copyright © 1991 by The Histochemical Society
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