Bombesin-like immunoreactivity in bovine adrenal medulla |
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Authors: | S Lemaire L Chouinard P Mercier R Day |
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Institution: | 1. Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States;2. Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States;3. Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford, CA, United States;4. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology and College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | The presence of immunoreactive (ir)-bombesin in bovine adrenal medulla, isolated adrenal chromaffin cells and subcellular fractions of the adrenal medulla was demonstrated using a specific antibody to the synthetic peptide. High levels of ir-bombesin were detected in acid (HCl) extracts of the adrenal tissue (27 pmol/g) and isolated cells (0.35 pmol per 10(6) cells). Subpopulations of adrenal chromaffin cells were also obtained by centrifugation of the original cell preparation through a stepwise bovine serum albumin gradient (cell layers I, II and III). The highest concentration of ir-bombesin (0.77 pmol/10(6) cells) was found in a cell population (cell layer I) enriched in noradrenaline (adrenaline/noradrenaline ratio of 0.6). At the subcellular level, ir-bombesin was mainly concentrated in the secretory granules (0.61 pmol/mg protein) along with catecholamines (1097 nmol/mg protein), but a relatively high concentration of ir-bombesin (0.26 pmol/mg protein) was also found in the microsomal fraction. Isolation and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of adrenomedullary ir-bombesin revealed the presence of four molecular forms, one of them corresponding to gastrin releasing peptide (GRP), another one (major peak) eluting closely to synthetic neuromedin B and another one coeluting with GRP-(18-27). HPLC analysis of the molecular forms of ir-bombesin in the microsomes and secretory granules indicated that GRP- and neuromedin B-like materials can be generated between the two fractions. |
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