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8662671

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cells immunoreactive to an antiserum specifically directed against vertebrate alpha-Neo-endorphin (alpha-NE) were detected in the internal wall of anterior and posterior suckers of the rhynchobdellid leech Theromyzon tessulatum. These cells have morphological and ultrastructural characteristics close to the "releasing gland cells" of adhesive organs. The epitope recognized by anti-alpha-NE was contained in granules having a diameter of 0.2-0.3 microm. Previous works involving the brain of this leech demonstrate the existence of approximately 14 neurons immunoreactive to the anti-alpha-NE. Following an extensive purification including high pressure gel permeation and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography, epitopes contained in both suckers and central nervous system were isolated. Purity of the isolated peptides was controlled by capillary electrophoresis. Their sequences were determined by a combination of automated Edman degradation, electrospray mass spectrometry measurement, and coelution experiments in reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography with synthetic alpha-NE. The results demonstrate that epitopes recognized by the anti-alpha-NE in the suckers and the central nervous system are identical to vertebrate alpha-NE (YGGFLRKYPK). This finding constitutes the first biochemical characterization of a prodynorphin-derived peptide in invertebrates. Moreover the isolation of this peptide in the annelida establishes the very ancient phylogenetic origin of alpha-NE as well as its conservation in evolution.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13191-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification, sequence analysis, and cellular localization of a prodynorphin-derived peptide related to the alpha-neo-endorphin in the rhynchobdellid leech Theromyzon tessulatum.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre de Biologie Cellulaire, Groupe de Neuroendocrinologie des Hirudinées, SN3, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Lille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article