Convertase PC2 and the neuroendocrine polypeptide 7B2 are co-induced and processed during neuronal differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells.
Convertases of the subtilisin/kexin family are responsible for the biological activation of a variety of pro-proteins, pro-hormones, and pro-trophic factors, and thus can modulate various aspects of embryonic development. We investigated the expression of each convertase by Northern hybridization during cell differentiation in vitro, using the mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line P19 as a model. The neuroendocrine convertase PC2 and 7B2, its specific binding protein, are co-induced during neuronal differentiation of P19 cells with retinoic acid, whereas the other convertases are not or follow different patterns of temporal expression. The mature forms of PC2 and 7B2 proteins are detected together by immunoblotting following induction of mRNA expression, indicating that these proteins are processed early during brain development. These results demonstrate that PC2 and 7B2 gene expression and protein processing are in a close temporal association during neuronal differentiation and point to the value of the P19 cell model to study the significance and the regulation of this relationship in mammalian brain development.
Jeannotte
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Département de chimie et de biochimie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
Paquin
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Petit-Turcotte
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Day
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D000818:Animals; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D045683:Furin; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D016256:Lewis X Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D008648:Mesoderm; D051379:Mice; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051859:Neuroendocrine Secretory Protein 7B2; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D010907:Pituitary Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2; D045702:Proprotein Convertase 5; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D016256:Lewis X Antigen; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051859:Neuroendocrine Secretory Protein 7B2; D016900:Neurofilament Proteins; D010907:Pituitary Hormones; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C061195:neurofilament protein M; D014212:Tretinoin; C513086:Pcsk6 protein, mouse; D045702:Proprotein Convertase 5; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013381:Subtilisins; C473805:propeptide convertase 5, mouse; D045683:Furin; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2