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Involvement of Rab27b in the Regulated Secretion of Pituitary Hormones

Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8512, Japan

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Tetsuro Izumi, Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, 3-39-15 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8512, Japan. E-mail: . tizumi{at}showa.gunma-u.ac.jp

We recently identified a novel set of Rab and its effector, Rab27a/granuphilin, that possibly regulates the exocytosis of insulin-containing, dense core granules in pancreatic ß-cells. In the present study we characterized another isoform, Rab27b, to further investigate the function of the Rab27 subfamily. Among the tissues examined, Rab27b is most abundantly expressed in pituitary tissue, where Rab27a is preferentially expressed. It is also significantly expressed in brain and spleen, where Rab27a is minimally expressed. Rab27a and Rab27b are differentially expressed in pituitary cell types that secrete different peptide hormones. Rab27b associates with secretory granules and granuphilin in the pituitary endocrine cell line AtT20. Furthermore, overexpression of its inactive mutant, Rab27b N133I, significantly inhibits basal and forskolin-induced ACTH secretion in AtT20 cells. These findings indicate that Rab27b is involved in pituitary hormone secretion, which further supports the idea that members of the Rab27 subfamily regulate the exocytosis of dense core granules containing peptide hormones in endocrine cells.

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