Tissue-specific regulation of peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase expression.

Endocrinology
E A ThieleB A Eipper

Abstract

Peptidyl-glycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM; EC 1.14.17.3) is present in a variety of tissues, where it plays a vital role in the processing of numerous peptide substrates, often conferring bioactivity. PAM is present in high amounts in heart atrial myocytes and the pituitary gland, where activity is present in both soluble and membrane forms. We used AtT-20 cells, a mouse corticotrope tumor cell line, and primary heart atrial cultures to establish the occurrence of tissue-specific regulation of PAM expression. In the AtT-20 cells, PAM expression is regulated in parallel with the source of its peptide substrate, pro-ACTH/endorphin. PAM mRNA levels are increased to 132 +/- 5% of control values by treatment with (Bu)2-cAMP and decreased to 55 +/- 7% of control values by treatment with dexamethasone. Treatment with (Bu)2cAMP decreases PAM specific activity in the AtT-20 cells to 68 +/- 4% of the control value, presumably due to secretion of enzyme from the cells; dexamethasone treatment decreases PAM specific activity to 57 +/- 1% of the control value. In contrast, in heart atrial cultures, dexamethasone stimulates PAM expression. In atrial cultures exposed to dexamethasone for 48 h, PAM mRNA and PAM specific activity are ...Continue Reading

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