title: Calcium-dependent pro-cholecystokinin V-9-M immunoreactive peptide release from rat brain slices and CCK-secreting rat medullary thyroid carcinoma cells in culture.
abstract: The release of peptides immunoreactive for a synthetic peptide (V-9-M) contained in the amino-terminal of pro-CCK was examined. The potassium-evoked release of V-9-M immunoreactive peptides from rat cerebral cortical slices in vitro was calcium dependent. Cholecystokinin-secreting rat medullary thyroid carcinoma cells also secreted significant quantities of these peptides. Sephadex column chromatography of the release media from slices and cells showed two V-9-M immunoreactive peptides, one larger and one smaller than V-9-M itself. Previous behavioral studies have suggested that V-9-M has a distinct neuropharmacological profile. These results demonstrate that V-9-M-like peptides are released along with CCK-8 and are consistent with the hypothesis that V-9-M-like peptides may be neurotransmitters or neuromodulators or may be involved in the sorting or transport of CCK-8.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University Medical Center, MO 63104.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Beinfeld
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D002766:Cholecystokinin; C060250:V-9-M cholecystokinin nonapeptide; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium