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Endocrinology, Vol 124, 1703-1710, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Is atrial natriuretic peptide synthesized and internalized by gonadotrophs?

G Morel, JG Chabot, F Gossard and S Heisler
CNRS UA 559, Faculte de Medecine Lyon-Sud, Laboratoire d'Histologie- Embryologie, Oullins, France.

The present study was designed to determine whether atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) could be both synthesized and internalized by rat anterior pituitary gonadotrophs. ANP synthesis was assessed by in situ hybridization of ultrathin frozen sections of anterior pituitary to a biotinylated 30-base oligonucleotide to rat ANP mRNA. As revealed by the immunogold technique, only gonadotrophs were labeled by the probe. At the subcellular level, ANP mRNA was observed at both the nuclear and cytoplasmic levels in gonadotrophs, and labeling of the latter compartment was quantitatively more intense. Internalization of ANP was investigated by an in vivo ultrastructural autoradiographic approach. Intravenous injection of [125I]ANP resulted in rapid labeling within 1 min of the plasma membrane, cytoplasmic matrix, secretory vesicle, and mitochondrial compartments and the Golgi apparatus; these compartments were labeled throughout the remainder of the time course studied (1-30 min). Peak labeling of the plasma membrane compartment was at 1 min and diminished from that point; labeling in the Golgi apparatus peaked 5 min postinjection, while in the other compartments labeling was fairly uniform over the time course. The lysosomal compartment was also radiolabeled; however, only 2 and 5 min after injection of [125I]ANP. The findings demonstrate that gonadotrophs can both synthesize and internalize extracellular ANP. These observations can be extended to suggest that ANP has both autocrine and paracrine actions in the anterior pituitary gland. Since the peptide neither stimulates nor antagonizes the release of any anterior pituitary hormone, these actions are probably unrelated to the adenohypophyseal secretory function.


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