Characterization and Modulation of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Neurointermediate Pituitary Gland
作者:
Lydie Jeandel,
Alain Van Dorsselaer,
Bernadette Lutz-Bucher,
Bernard Koch,
期刊:
Neuroendocrinology
(Karger Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 45,
issue 2
页码: 146-151
ISSN:0028-3835
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1159/000124716
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: CRF;Neurohypophysis;Median eminence;Glucocorticoids
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The present study attempts to determine whether part of the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-like materials present in the ‘posterior pituitary’ is composed of authentic CRF and examines whether the concentration of that peptide may be modulated by circulating glucocorticoids. Analysis of crude extracts of neurointermediate lobes () of rat pituitaries by reverse-phase HPLC, coupled with a specific radioimmunoassay (RIA), revealed the presence of a major component eluting with the same retention time as rat CRF (rCRF) and, importantly, which was indistinguishable by RIA from the synthetic peptide. Also, two minor forms eluted earlier than rCRF upon HPLC; one of these forms matched the elution position of r[Met(O)21,38]CRF. All three species did show biological activity and stimulated ACTH release from pituitary cells. Essentially the same elution profile was generated by median eminence (ME) extracts. Immunoreactive CRF (CRFi) content of the was about 3% of that ot the ME and was found to undergo a significant increase as a result of long-term adrenalectomy while, in contrast, CRFi content of the ME was decreased. This effect of adrenalectomy was completely antagonized by dexamethasone treatment. This study thus provides strong evidence for the presence of authentic CRF within the of the rat pituitary and also shows that tissue concentration of that peptide was modulated by glucocortico
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