Add time:07/12/2019         Source:sciencedirect.com

Lysates of isolated rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages were found to generate xenopsin-related peptides when incubated with a liver extract used as a source of precursor. The lysosomal enzyme, cathepsin D, was also shown to display this property and to share with the lysate a similar pH dependence (optimum, ∼pH 3.5) and sensitivity to the acid protease inhibitor, pepstatin A (ID50: lysate, 10 nM; cathepsin D, 30 nM). When subjected to HPLC on μ-Bondapak C-18, the xenopsin-related peptides generated by the lysate eluted near to those formed by cathepsin D and when tested in a radioreceptor assay for neurotensin, they displayed similar cross-reactivities (peak 2, ∼50%; peak 1, ∼100%). These results indicate that cathepsin D from lysed granulocytes can process precursor protein(s) to form radioreceptor-active xenopsin-related peptides.

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