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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensin IV and LVV-hemorphin 7 promote robust enhancing effects on learning and memory. These peptides are also competitive inhibitors of the insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase, suggesting that the biological actions of these peptides may result from inhibition of IRAP activity. However, the normal function of IRAP in the brain is yet to be determined. The present study investigated the sub-cellular distribution of IRAP in four neuronal cell lines and in the mouse brain. Using sub-cellular fractionation, IRAP was found to be enriched in low density microsomes, while lower levels of IRAP were also present in high density microsomes, plasma membrane and mitochondrial fractions. Dual-label immunohistochemistry confirmed the presence of IRAP in vesicles co-localized with the vesicular maker VAMP2, in the trans Golgi network co-localized with TGN 38 and in endosomes co-localized with EEA1. Finally using electron microscopy, IRAP specific immunoreactivity was predominantly associated with large 100-200 nm vesicles in hippocampal neurons. The location, appearance and size of these vesicles are consistent with neurosecretory vesicles. IRAP precipitate was also detected in intracellular structures including the rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi stack and mitochondrial membranes. The sub-cellular localization of IRAP in neurons demonstrated in the present study bears striking parallels with distribution of IRAP in insulin responsive cells, where the enzyme plays a role in insulin-regulated glucose uptake. Therefore, we propose that the function of IRAP in neurons may be similar to that in insulin responsive cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
967-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Cystinyl Aminopeptidase, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Intracellular Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Neurosecretory Systems, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Secretory Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:17504262-Vesicle-Associated Membrane Protein 2
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Sub-cellular localization of insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase, IRAP to vesicles in neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Florey Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't