title: In vitro effects of homologous natriuretic peptides on growth hormone and prolactin release in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus.
abstract: C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) cDNA was cloned from the tilapia brain and its inferred mature sequence was chemically synthesized together with previously cloned tilapia A-type and B-type natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP). The cloned CNP belongs to the CNP-1 type of teleosts. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction showed that the ANP and BNP genes were hardly expressed in the tilapia brain and pituitary, whereas the CNP gene was expressed strongly in the brain and slightly in the pituitary. Effects of homologous natriuretic peptides (100 nM each) on growth hormone (GH) and prolactin (PRL) release were examined using dispersed tilapia pituitary cells. Tilapia ANP and BNP stimulated GH and PRL release during 4-8, and 8-24 h of incubation. BNP appeared to be more potent than ANP, also stimulating GH and PRL release during 0-4 h of incubation. CNP stimulated GH release only during 4-8 h of incubation; CNP was without effect on PRL release. All three NPs stimulated GH and PRL mRNA expression in dispersed pituitary cells following 24 h of incubation. ANP and BNP significantly elevated intracellular cGMP accumulation in dispersed pituitary cells after 15 min of exposure, whereas no effect of CNP was observed. These results indicate a long-lasting stimulation of GH and PRL release by ANP and BNP that is mediated, at least in part, by the guanylyl cyclase-linked NP receptor.
authors.affiliation: Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P.O. Box 1346, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA.
authors.forename: Bradley K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Tadaomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naka
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: E Gordon
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Grau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D020098:Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011388:Prolactin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017210:Tilapia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D020098:Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D006152:Cyclic GMP