title: Endocrinomic profile of neurointermediate lobe pituitary prohormone processing in PC1/3- and PC2-Null mice using SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
abstract: Pro-vasopressin and pro-oxytocin are prohormones processed in the neurointermediate lobe pituitary to form the biologically active peptide hormones, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin. Neurointermediate lobe pituitaries from normal (+/+), heterozygous (+/-), PC2-Null (-/-), PC1/3-Null and oxytocin-Null mice were analyzed by SELDI-TOF mass spectroscopy for the peptide hormone products, AVP, oxytocin and neurophysin I and II. Molecular ion species with masses characteristic of oxytocin, AVP, neurophysin I and II, i.e. 1009.41, 1084.5, 9677 and 9679 daltons respectively, were identified in all but the oxytocin-Null mice by comparison with synthetic standards or by C-terminal sequence analysis. Other ion species were found specifically in PC2-Null, heterozygote or normal mice. The results indicate that, in mice, both PC1/3 or PC2 enzyme activity are capable, but not required to correctly process pro-vasopressin or pro-oxytocin to their constituent active peptide hormones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA.
authors.forename: Atira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hardiman
authors.forename: Theodore C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Grunwald
authors.forename: Machi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Ziaorong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Donald F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Cool
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009481:Neurophysins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D045664:Proprotein Convertase 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome
chemical_list: D009481:Neurophysins; D011498:Protein Precursors; D020543:Proteome; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D010121:Oxytocin; C046278:oxytocin, Gly-Lys-Arg-; D045664:Proprotein Convertase 1; D045706:Proprotein Convertase 2