title: The role of prohormone convertases PC1 (PC3) and PC2 in the cell-specific processing of proglucagon.
abstract: To elucidate the mechanism of the differential processing of proglucagon, we analyzed the processing products of proglucagon in three types of rodent endocrine cells and their relation to prohormone convertases PC1 (PC3) and PC2. Proglucagon gene was transfected into AtT-20 cells and GH3 cells, which are derived from pituitary tumors. InR1-G9 cells, which are insulinoma-derived cells, express an endogenous proglucagon gene. Oxyntomodulin was the predominant processing product in AtT-20 cells, which contained abundant PC1 mRNA. In contrast, glucagon was the major product in GH3 cells, which expressed PC2 mRNA. Oxyntomodulin and glucagon were produced in equal amounts in InR1-G9 cells, which expressed both PC1 and PC2 mRNAs. These findings suggest that PC1 and PC2 preferentially cleave proglucagon into oxyntomodulin and glucagon, respectively, thus contributing to the cell-specific processing of proglucagon.
authors.affiliation: Otemae Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mineo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shingu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwajima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D017931:DNA Primers; D005934:Glucagon / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007340:Insulinoma; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D053772:Oxyntomodulin; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D052336:Proglucagon; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D053772:Oxyntomodulin; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D052336:Proglucagon; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D005934:Glucagon; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D013381:Subtilisins; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases