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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Marks, Neville
• Berg, Martin J.
• Kastin, Abba J.
• Coy, David H.

Titel

Evidence for conversion of N-Tyr-MIF-1 into MIF-1 by a specific brain aminopeptidase

Ist Teil von

• Neurochemistry international, 1984, Vol.6 (3), p.347-353

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

Quelle

Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect (DFG Nationallizenzen)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• N-Tyr-MIF-1 (Tyr-Pro-Leu-Gly·NH 2), an immunoreactive neuropeptide exhibiting saturable high affinity binding in rat brain was found to be converted into MIF-1 (Pro-Leu-Gly·NH 2) by a specific brain aminopeptidase present in rat brain homogenates or cytosol, but with low activity associated with synaptosomal plasma membranes and microsomes. Conversion occurred at a rate of 16 μmol per g w/wt per h and was unaffected by puromycin but inhibited by bestatin (I 50, 5 × 10 −5 M). Aminopeptidases purified from cytosolic fractions of rat brain (arylamidase), mouse brain (Mn 2+-activated aminopeptidase) or porcine kidney (leucine aminopeptidase) were inactive towards N-Tyr-MIF-1 but degraded MIF-1 with release of Leu-Gly·NH 2 as detected by RP-HPLC procedures. Morphiceptin (Tyr-Pro-Phe-Pro·NH 2), a μ opioid agonist, also acted as a substrate for the N-Tyr-MIF-1 converting enzyme with cleavage of the Tyr-Pro bond. These tetrapeptides, but not MIF-1 or its N-blocked analogs, were degraded in vitro by a metalloendopeptidase purified from kidney membranes. Since dipeptide products were not detected for crude extracts, a significant role for brain metalloendopeptidase on turnover can be excluded. Thus the results point to the presence of a specific (X-Pro-degrading) aminopeptidase in brain cytosol as an enzyme responsible for converting N-Tyr-MIF-1 and inactivating morphiceptin.