• 제목/요약/키워드: Neurophysin

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Cinnamon clownfish Amphiprion melnaopus의 이소토신 유전자 구조와 삼투압 조절이 미치는 영향 (Investigation of the Gene Encoding Isotocin and its Expression in Cinnamon Clownfish, Amphiprion melanopus)

  • 노경언;최미진;민병화;노섬;김종명
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.164-173
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    • 2016
  • Isotocin (IT)은 포유류의 oxytocin과 유사한 호르몬으로 어류의 행동 조절과 스트레스에 대한 반응, 그리고 삼투압 조절에 이르기까지 다양한 생리반응에 관여한다고 추정된다. 해수 관상어인 cinnamon clownfish의 IT 유전자 구조와 기능을 연구하기 위하여 genomic DNA와 뇌의 cDNA 주형으로부터 유전자를 확보하였다. 세 개의 exon과 156개의 아미노산을 표지하는 ORF로 이루어진 IT 전구물질 유전자는 19개 아미노산으로 이루어진 신호 부위, 9개 아미노산 호르몬 부위, 3개 아미노산의 효소 조절 부위, 그리고 125개 아미노산의 neurophysin 호르몬 부위로 구성되었다. 조직별 RT-PCR 분석결과는 IT 전구물질 유전자가 뇌와 생식소에서 발현됨을 보여준다. 해수 (34 ppt) 적응 개체의 아가미에서는 염류세포 바깥 표면에 apical crypt가 보이는데 비하여, 15 ppt로 낮춘 저염분 적응 개체의 아가미는 표면이 pavement cell로 덮여있는 평평한 구조를 보여준다. 아가미 세포의 Na+/K+-ATPase 활성은 저염분 순응 초기에 증가하다 시간이 지날수록 정상 수준을 회복하는 양상을 보여주는데, 이는 prolactin과 같이 저염분 초기순응 및 항상성 유지에 관여함을 의미한다. 하지만 저염분 순응 시 미량 증가하는 IT 전구체 mRNA는 초기 삼투조절에 미치는 역할이 미미함을 보여준다.

Regulation of Prolactin Secretion: Dopamine is the Prolactin-release Inhibiting Factor (PIF), but also Plays a Role as a Releasing Factor (PRF)

  • Shin, Seon H.;Song, Jin-Hyang;Ross, Gregory M.
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.103-113
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    • 1999
  • Many in-depth reviews related to regulations of prolactin secretion are available. We will, therefore, focus on controversial aspects using personal opinion in this review. The neuroendocrine control of prolactin secretion from the anterior pituitary gland involves multiple factors including prolactin-release inhibiting factor (PIF) and prolactin releasing factor (PRF). The PIF exerts a tonic inhibitory control in the physiological conditions. The PIF should be able to effectively inhibit prolactin release or a lifetime, but the inhibitory action of dopamine cannot be sustained for a long period of time. Perifusion of a high concentration of dopamine (l ,000 nM) could not sustain inhibitory action on prolactin release but when a small amount of ascorbic acid (0.1 mM) is added in a low concentration of dopamine (3 nM) solution, prolactin release was inhibited for a long period. Ascorbate is essential for dopamine action to inhibit prolactin release. We have, therefore, concluded that the PIF is dopamine plus ascorbate. The major transduction system for dopamine to inhibit prolactin release is the adenylyl cyclase system. Dopamine decreases cyclic AMP concentration by inhibiting adenylyl cyclase, and cyclic AMP stimulates prolactin release. However, the inhibitory mechanism of dopamine on prolactin release is much more complex than simple inhibition of CAMP production. The dopamine not only inhibits cyclic AMP synthesis but also inhibits prolactin release by acting on a link(s) after the CAMP event in a chain reaction for inhibiting prolactin release. Low concentrations of dopamine stimulate prolactin release. Lactotropes are made of several different subtypes of cells and several different dopamine receptors are found in pituitary. The inhibitory and stimulatory actions induced by dopamine can be generated by different subtype of receptors. The GH$_4$ZR$_7$ cells express only the short isoform (D$_{2s}$) of the dopamine receptor, as a result of transfecting the D$_{2s}$ receptors into GH$_4$C$_1$ cells which do not express any dopamine receptors. When dopamine stimulates or inhibits prolactin release in GH$_4$ZR$_7$ cells, it is clear that the dopamine should act on dopamine D$_{2s}$ receptors since there is no other dopamine receptor in the GH$_4$ZR$_7$. Dopamine is able to stimulate prolactin release in a relatively low concentration while it inhibits in a high concentration in GH$_4$ZR$_7$. These observations indicate that the dopamine D$_2$ receptor can activate stimulatory and/or inhibitory transduction system depending upon dopamine concentrations.

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