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Peptidomics of Cpefat/fat mouse brain regions: implications for neuropeptide processing
Authors:Xin Zhang  Fa‐Yun Che  Iryna Berezniuk  Kemal Sonmez  Lawrence Toll  Lloyd D Fricker
Institution:1. Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA;2. Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA;3. Information and Computing Sciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA;4. Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, USA
Abstract:Quantitative peptidomics was used to compare levels of peptides in wild type (WT) and Cpefat/fat mice, which lack carboxypeptidase E (CPE) activity because of a point mutation. Six different brain regions were analyzed: amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, prefrontal cortex, striatum, and thalamus. Altogether, 111 neuropeptides or other peptides derived from secretory pathway proteins were identified in WT mouse brain extracts by tandem mass spectrometry, and another 47 peptides were tentatively identified based on mass and other criteria. Most secretory pathway peptides were much lower in Cpefat/fat mouse brain, relative to WT mouse brain, indicating that CPE plays a major role in their biosynthesis. Other peptides were only partially reduced in the Cpefat/fat mice, indicating that another enzyme (presumably carboxypeptidase D) contributes to their biosynthesis. Approximately 10% of the secretory pathway peptides were present in the Cpefat/fat mouse brain at levels similar to those in WT mouse brain. Many peptides were greatly elevated in the Cpefat/fat mice; these peptide processing intermediates with C‐terminal Lys and/or Arg were generally not detectable in WT mice. Taken together, these results indicate that CPE contributes, either directly or indirectly, to the production of the majority of neuropeptides.
Keywords:carboxypeptidase D  carboxypeptidase E  neuropeptide biosynthesis  peptide processing  prohormone convertase  ProSAAS
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