A 66-kDa protein of bovine hypophyseal Pars tuberalis induces luteinizing hormone release from rat Pars distalis



Título del documento: A 66-kDa protein of bovine hypophyseal Pars tuberalis induces luteinizing hormone release from rat Pars distalis
Revista: Biocell
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000320483
ISSN: 0327-9545
Autors:
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Institucions: 1Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, San Luis. Argentina
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Període: Dic
Volum: 32
Número: 3
Paginació: 211-218
País: Argentina
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés In this study, evidence for a factor secreted by bovine hypophyseal pars tuberalis that stimulates luteinizing hormone (LH) release from rat pars distalis cells is shown. The secretion products of bovine pars tuberalis cells into the culture medium were assayed on dispersed rat pars distalis cells in 30 min incubations and superfusion experiments. The culture medium from pars tuberalis total cell populations, added at a dose of 6 μg per tube, induced the greater LH release from pars distalis cells, without effect on follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) release. After pars tuberalis cells separation on a discontinuos Percoll gradient, only the culture medium of cells from 50 and 60% strength Percoll were able to release LH from rat pars distalis cells. Therefore, cell fractions from 50 and 60% strenght Percoll were cultured together. To elicit maximal LH release (6 times the basal output), with the addition of 2 μg of pars tuberalis protein was required, suggesting that these cells produce the factor or factors which affect pars distalis gonadotrope cells. After applying the pars tuberalis culture medium on 12% SDS-PAGE, the band with biological activity was that of 66-kDal. Fifty ng protein of its eluate released almost 9 times the basal output of LH from pars distalis cells. Results suggest a modulating effect of a protein from the bovine pars tuberalis on rat cultured gonadotrope cells from the pars distalis
Disciplines Química,
Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Paraules clau: Bioquímica,
Bovinos,
Reproducción y genética animal,
Hipófisis,
Gonadotropinas,
Hormona folículo estimulante,
Prolactina
Keyword: Chemistry,
Veterinary medicine and animal husbandry,
Biochemistry,
Animal reproduction and genetics,
Bovines,
Hypophysis,
Gonadotropins,
Follicle stimulating hormone,
Prolactin
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