title: Corticotropin releasing factor stimulation of protein carboxylmethylation in mouse pituitary tumor cells.
abstract: A putative role for the protein carboxylmethylase (PCM) enzyme has been suggested in exocytotic secretion. The involvement of 3H-methyl incorporation into protein carboxylmethyl esters during corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)-induced ACTH secretion from AtT-20/D16-16 mouse pituitary cells was investigated. Protein carboxylmethylation and ACTH secretion both increased as a function of extracellular CRF concentration, and both processes were temporally parallel up to 60 min incubation. The less potent [Met(O)21]-CRF also stimulated increases in protein carboxylmethylation and ACTH secretion. The free acid analogue of CRF did not alter either process. A combination of the PCM inhibitors, 3-deazaadenosine and L-homocysteine thiolactone, reduced both CRF-stimulated protein carboxylmethylation and ACTH release. Dexamethasone, known to inhibit ACTH secretion and synthesis, inhibited both CRF-stimulated protein carboxylmethylation and ACTH secretion.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011497:Protein O-Methyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003907:Dexamethasone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011496:Protein Methyltransferases; D011497:Protein O-Methyltransferase