Vol. 167, No. 2, 1990 March 16, 1990

BIOCHEMICAL

PRESENCE

OF PANCREATIC MEDULLRRY

Randolph

U. Lewis,

AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS Pages 543-547

TRYPSIN CHROMRFFIN Purnlma

and Wllllam Molecular

Biology

Received

January

12,

IN ADRENAL

CELLS

Ray, Rhonda

Cogulll,

Kruggel

Department,

Laramie,

INHIBITOR

Uniuerslty

of Wyoming,

WY 82071-3944

1990

A bouine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor was isolated from bouine adrenal medullary chromaffin granules. Its N-terminal sequence is: arg-pro-asp-phe-cys-leu-glu-pro-pro-tyr-thr-gly-pro-cys-lys-ala-arg-ile-arg-tyrphe-tyr-asn-ala-lys-ala-gly-leu-cys-gln-thr-phe-ual-tyr-gly-gly-cys-arg-ala-lysarg-asn-asn-phe-lystuhich corresponds precisely with the N-terminus of Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin inhibitor. The presence of this inhibitor in these granules suggests another method of regulating the prohormone proteases present there. fD1990 Academic Press, 1°C.

Adrenal medullary chromaffin cells synthesize, release large quantities of catechlolamines, ATP, various numerous peptides from chromaffin granules the purification of proenkephalin fragments chromaffin non-opioid

granules, peptides

store, proteins

by exocytosis from adrenal

and and

(1). During medullary

we isolated and sequenced seueral opioid and We also obserued and isolated seueral (2,3,4).

other peptides in large amounts which were not part of proenkephalin (5,6,7). These peptides showed no crossreactiuity to antisera directed We have also purified a “trypsin-like against Met- or Leu-enkephalin. enzyme” or proenkephalin processing enzyme from bouine adrenal chromaffin granules. This enzyme cleaues at the paired basic We present here the isolation and residues of proenkephlin (8). sequence granules Pancreatic

of

a protein

which

matches

Trypsin

from the

Inhibitor).

bouine amino

adrenal medullary chromaffin acid sequence of BPTI (Bovine

BPTI is a small

basic protein

with

a MW

of 651 1 which has been found in uarious tissues such as liuer, spleen, lung, parotid gland and pancreas (9,lO). The presence of this inhibitor 0006-291x/90

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from bouine adrenal reported previously.

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Materials

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chromaffin

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granules

has

not

been

and Methods

Bouine adrenal glands were collected from the slaughter house, stored in ice and used within two to three hours. After remoual of the cortex, medullae were used to prepare chromaffin granules by differential centrifugation, followed by a sucrose step gradient (8). The granules were then stored at -8OOC until used. The chromaffin granules were thawed, suspended in 50 mM Tris HCI pH 8, and lysed by sonication. The lysate was centrifuged in a JR20 rotor at 18,000 rpm for 1 h. The supernatant was passed through a trypsin inhibitor column to bind the trypsin-like enzyme. The effluent from the column was collected, acidified with 1 M acetic acid, 1 mM HCI and 0.1% BME and applied to a Sephadex G-l 00 column (5 H 100 cm). The column fractions were pooled in fiue groups or peaks on the basis of molecular weight as described by Lewis, et al (1 1). Peak Ill, which corresponds to a molecular weight range of 5,000-l 0,000 daltons, was resolued further by HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography). The HPLC system coupled to a fluorometric detection system was used with pyridine/acetate buffer (0.2M/O.SM, pH 4.00) and 1 -propanol as the organic modifier to elute the peptides and proteins (12). The details of the chromatographic conditions are described in the “Results” Section. All soluents were distilled ouer ninhydrin. Radioimmunoassays were performed by the procedure described by Lewis et.al. (13). Anti-serum was purchased from lmmuno Nuclear (Stillwater, MN), and 1251-Leu-enkephalin was obtained from New England Nuclear ( Boston, MA). Samples were digested with trypsin (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO.) and carboxypeptidase 8 (Boehringer) prior to use. The HPLC purified peptides were hydrodyzed in uacuo using 6M HCI at 155OC for 35 min as described by Lookhart et al (14). The precolumn deriuatization method using o-phthalaldehyde and reuersed phase HPLC was used for amino acid analysis (15). A Spectraphysics 8700 soluent delivery system using a fluorometer (Schoeffel/ Kratos 950) with an Rlltech 3u Cl8 column (4.6 x 150 cm) from Rainin were used. Buffer “A” contained 50mM sodium acetate pH 5.9 and buffer “B” contained 50 mM sodium acetate with 80% methanol and 1% tetrahydrofuran. The amino acid sequencing was done on the Applied Biosystems (RBI) 470 A gas phase protein sequencer. Approximately 500 p mole of peptide was used for this analysis. Sequencing was done according to the method described by Hewick et al (16). Phenylthiohydantoin amino acids were identified by HPLC on the RBI 120 A system using the Brownlee ODS column. 544

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Besults The acid extractable according

to size on a Sephadex

corresponding pumped eluted

to a range

I-propanol

was run from

and 34 were

pooled,

were

eluted

with

20-40%

in 35 min.

propanol

indicated

euaporated

column

buffer

symmetric

uacuum,

washed

a clean

Cl8 column

and “pulsed

resuspended The peptides

loading

the sample

and eluting

in lml

33 of

in 150 min and

These fractions

were

times

with

to concentrate.

it with

were

and protein

eluted

three

and

Fractions

peak which

off”

pooled

at pH 4.00.

in 150 min.

of O-20% 1-propanol

a pure peptide.

were

The peptides

pyridine

on to a 5u Cl8 column.

under

Fractions,

(E.M.Science).

concentrated,

a gradient

into fiue peaks

daltons,

O-40% propanol

uacuum

A single

diuided

G-100 column.

in 0.5 M acetate/

The gradient

fl and loaded

were

of 5,000 to 10,000

onto a Cl8 cartridge with

Buffer

peptides

at 11.25% then

water,

applied

to

This was done by

a step gradient

of 40%

propanol. Amino purified

acid analysis

peptide.

Amino acid sequencing

in Fig. 1. The sequence sequence

data base.

homology

with

agrees

was tested The protein

Bouine

and the sequence this data

and sequencing

trypsin

uery

closely

revealed

sequence

on the

the sequence against

by

shown

the protein

data bank indicated

(Fig.1.)

reported with

performed

for homology

inhibitor

of BPTI were

were

100%

Amino acid analysis Kassell

et al (17) and

our amino acid analysis

data.

Discussion The presence and a trypsin-like

of both the bouine

enzyme

181 in bouine

pancreatic adrenal

trypsin medullary

arg-pro-asp-phe-cys-leu-glu-pro-pro-tyr-thr-glypro-cys-iys-aia-arg-ii~-arg-tyr-phe-tyr-asn-aiaiys-aia-giy-ieu-cys-gin-thr-phe-uai-tyr-giy-giycys-arg-aia-iys-arg-asn-esn-phe-iysFigure 1. Sequence of Adrenal 545

BPTI Peptide.

inhibitor chromaffin

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granules

suggest

function.

Protein

forms

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the inhibitor

tissues

Although

the presence

reported

in seueral

chromaffin

gene

a bouine

from

the BPTI coding

granuales genomic

region

BPTI may

be produced

polypeptide

precursor

inhibitors

a lysate

why prior

actiuity.

fraction

has high biological

to their

biological

secretory

trypsin

aCtiUatiOn

of trypsinogen granules

medullary

chromaffin

proenkephalin

that

data).

action

have

granules.

must

a similar

which

form

from

of

a larger function

[19].

of

This could

inhibitor

column,

trypsin-like the eluted

As proteases be controlled

mediate according

is the presence

of a

which

premature

preuents

protein

from

inhibitory

This could

proteins

the mature

the column

1191. This inhibitory

or other

showed

which

little

from

in the pancreas

might

A BPTI

a trypsin

One such example

inhibitor

chromaffin

elution

their

need.

before.

proteolysis

uery

(unpublished

processes,

reported

physiological

through

shows

after

actiuity

adrenal

processing

unnecessary

granules While

in bouine

that

One suggested

to passing

of chromaffin

prOteaSe

many

[211.

spleen,

nor immediately

proteolytic

is to preuent

be the reason

preceded

has been

glands,

was isolated

codon indicating through

in multiple

inhibitor

parotid

has not been

uras neither

by a termination

trypsin

presence

library

a key physiological

and microorganisms.

namely

their

COMMUNICATIONS

and present

pancreatic

tissues,

RESEARCH

haue

plants

of bouine

followed

these

in animals,

118,19,201,

medullary

may

are ubiquitous

bovine

and pancreas

BIOPHYSICAL

protein

inhibitors

in various

liuer,

AND

slow

role or stop

bouine

in the adrenal processing

of

by a trypsin-like

are cleaued

enzyme. The peptide 47 a.a. and that bouine data

determination, this

sequence

pancreatic beyond

peptide

we haue

that

isolated

was sequenced

matched

with

trypsin

inhibitor

which

residue

was not sufficient

but the amino containing

acid

the first

sequence 546

the first

47 a-a. sequence

has 58 a.a.

composition

the complete

through

to make data

of

The sequence an accurate is consistent

of BPTI.

with

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2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

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Presence of pancreatic trypsin inhibitor in adrenal medullary chromaffin cells.

A bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor was isolated from bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin granules. Its N-terminal sequence is: arg-pro-asp-phe-cys-...
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