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. 1984 Jul;81(13):3949–3953. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.13.3949

Alternative modes of enkephalin biosynthesis regulation by reserpine and cyclic AMP in cultured chromaffin cells.

L E Eiden, P Giraud, H U Affolter, E Herbert, A J Hotchkiss
PMCID: PMC345345  PMID: 6330725

Abstract

Exposure of bovine chromaffin cells in primary culture to 5 microM reserpine or 25 microM forskolin results in an increase in enkephalin peptide levels within 24-48 hr; 25 microM forskolin (or cholera toxin at 50 micrograms/ml) causes a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in enkephalin peptide levels, which is maximal after 48 hr of exposure and is totally blocked by addition of cycloheximide (0.5 microgram/ml). Reserpine (5 microM) elicits a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in enkephalin peptide levels within 24 hr, which is only partially blocked by cycloheximide. Chromatographic analysis of cellular extracts shows that forskolin increases levels of both [Met]enkephalin pentapeptide and high molecular weight enkephalin-containing peptides, while reserpine causes an increase in [Met]enkephalin pentapeptide and a concomitant decrease in high molecular weight enkephalin-containing peptides, suggesting enhanced conversion of enkephalin precursor(s) to the mature polypeptide hormone. Measurement of preproenkephalin messenger RNA (mRNAenk) by RNA blot hybridization with a cDNA probe for mRNAenk reveals that forskolin and cholera toxin cause a relatively rapid (less than 17 hr) 3- to 5-fold increase in mRNAenk, while exposure to reserpine elicits a gradual decrease in enkephalin mRNA (a 50%-80% decline) beginning within 24 hr and continuing over a 72-hr period. These results suggest that forskolin and reserpine differentially regulate enkephalin biosynthesis in cultured chromaffin cells, the former by increasing, presumably via a cAMP-dependent mechanism, cellular mRNA coding for preproenkephalin and the latter by a post-translational increase in proenkephalin processing.

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