Quantitation and regulation of pyroglutamyl peptidase II messenger RNA levels in rat tissues and GH3 cells

Neuroendocrinology
J Lin, S Wilk

Abstract

The distribution of the mRNA of the specific thyrotropin-releasing-hormone (TRH)-degrading enzyme pyroglutamyl peptidase II (EC 3.4.19.6) in rat tissues and brain regions and its regulation in rat tissues and in GH3 cells was studied by a reliable and quantitative solution hybridization ribonuclease protection assay. The distribution of pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA levels was uneven with the highest level of mRNA found in brain. Within brain the distribution of pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA was heterogeneous. A single dose of T3 markedly increased the level of pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA in the pituitary (p < 0.01) and in the liver (p < 0.05). In GH3 cells, exposure to T3 at concentrations from 10(-10) to 10(-6) M for time periods of 2-24 h, did not change pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA levels. Acute administration of TRH to rats had no effect on pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA levels. By contrast, TRH down-regulated pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA in GH3 cells. A similar effect was produced in GH3 cells by activators of protein kinase C. These studies reveal fundamental differences in the mechanism of regulation of pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA in pituitary and in GH3 cells. Elevation of pyroglutamyl peptidase II mRNA in ...Continue Reading

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