Elevation of Plasma Neurotensinlike Immunoreactivity after a Meal: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ELEVATED COMPONENTS
AUTOR(ES)
Hammer, Robert A.
RESUMO
The detection of an elevation in neurotensinlike immunoreactivity in peripheral plasma for several hours after a meal has been confirmed and shown to be primarily due to the presence of aminoterminal fragments of neurotensin (NT) rather than to NT itself. We have developed a procedure to separate and characterize these N-terminal cross-reacting substances, and to estimate the contributions of these constitutents to plasma neurotensinlike immunoreactivity. Gel chromatography of pooled plasma extracts on Sephadex G-25 followed by reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography indicated that peptides coeluting with NT and its N-terminal partial sequences NT(1-8) and NT(1-11) were present in plasma. Comparison of plasmas collected before and 1 h after a defined meal, in five experiments, demonstrated no change in C-terminal immunoreactivity and an 8- to 10-fold rise in N-terminal immunoreactivity. Chromatographic analysis of pooled pre- and postmeal plasma in four experiments showed that essentially all of this elevation in neurotensinlike immunoreactivity measured with an N-terminal directed antiserum was due to increases in NT(1-8) and NT(1-11), while NT itself, measured using a C-terminal directed antiserum, did not increase appreciably in peripheral plasma 1 h after the meal. Generation of tritiated substances with the same elution times as NT(1-8) and NT(1-11) did occur after incubation of [3H]NT with whole blood in vitro, providing supporting evidence that these fragments are metabolites of NT. The marked elevation in the circulating levels of these fragments reflects that an increased secretion of NT occurred in response to the test meal. The secreted NT may have acted as a hormone before it was metabolized, or it may only have had a local (paracrine) effect.
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