Characterization of rat hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor.
AUTOR(ES)
Rivier, J
RESUMO
A polypeptide was purified from rat hypothalamic extracts on the basis of its high intrinsic activity to release corticotropin (ACTH) from cultured rat anterior pituitary cells and its immunoactivity in a radioimmunoassay directed against the NH2 terminus (residues 4-20) of ovine hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Based on Edman degradation, peptide mapping, and amino acid analysis, the primary structure of this rat CRF was established to be: H-Ser-Glu-Glu-Pro-Pro-Ile-Ser-Leu-Asp-Leu-Thr-Phe-His-Leu-Leu-Arg-Glu-Val-Leu-Glu-Met-Ala-Arg-Ala-Glu-Gln-Leu-Ala-Gln-Gln-Ala-His-Ser-Asn-Arg-Lys-Leu-Met-Glu-Ile-Ile-NH2. The hypophysiotropic potency of synthetic rat CRF did not deviate significantly from the potencies of the isolated native peptide or of synthetic ovine CRF. The close structural relationship between rat and ovine hypothalamic CRF is indicated by an 83% sequence homology.
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