RGD Reference Report - Age-related changes in peptide-23/pancreatitis-associated protein and pancreatic stone protein/reg gene expression in the rat and regulation by growth hormone-releasing hormone. - Rat Genome Database

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Age-related changes in peptide-23/pancreatitis-associated protein and pancreatic stone protein/reg gene expression in the rat and regulation by growth hormone-releasing hormone.

Authors: Chakraborty, C  Katsumata, N  Myal, Y  Schroedter, IC  Brazeau, P  Murphy, LJ  Shiu, RP  Friesen, HG 
Citation: Chakraborty C, etal., Endocrinology. 1995 May;136(5):1843-9.
RGD ID: 9850133
Pubmed: PMID:7720628   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1210/endo.136.5.7720628   (Journal Full-text)

Peptide-23 is a 16-kilodalton protein secreted by rat pituitary cells that was first identified because it was regulated by GRF and somatostatin in a similar fashion to GH. Cloning of peptide-23 complementary DNA revealed that it is identical to pancreatitis-associated protein (PAP) and a member of the c-lectin gene family. We examined the expression of peptide-23/PAP and a structurally related protein, pancreatic stone protein (PSP/reg), in the rat gastrointestinal tract. Here we report age-related changes in the expression and GRF regulation of peptide-23. Both peptide-23/PAP messenger RNA (mRNA) and PSP/reg mRNA were virtually undetectable in the small intestine of newborn and 1- and 2-week-old rats. A dramatic increase in the expression of both genes was seen at the time of weaning in the third week postpartum. The abundance of both of these mRNA decreases after 3 and 6 months of age. Peptide-23/PAP mRNA is most abundant in the ileum, whereas PSP/reg is maximally expressed in the pancreas and duodenum. Human GRF analog pellets were implanted sc into adult male rats for 2 weeks to study the chronic effects of GRF on the expression of these genes. Both peptide-23/PAP and PSP/reg mRNA levels in duodenum and jejunum were increased in these rats compared with levels in control rats. However, no increase in peptide-23/PAP mRNA in response to GRF treatment was seen in the ileum, where the level of expression of this gene is very high, and GRF had no effect on peptide-23/PSP expression in the heart, pituitary, or hypothalamus, where expression is normally undetectable. In situ hybridization was used to localize peptide-23/PSP in the small intestine and pancreas of GRF-treated rats. An increase in peptide-23/PAP mRNA was restricted to acinar cells close to islets, whereas little expression was seen in acinar cells distant from islets, suggesting that either peptide-23/PAP may have some paracrine action on the islets, or alternatively, an islet-derived factor may function as a paracrine modulator of peptide-23/PAP expression. These data demonstrate that GRF modulates peptide-23/PAP expression in the gastrointestinal tract in a similar fashion to that previously reported for pituitary cells in primary culture.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
midgut development  IEP 9850133; 9850133 RGD 
response to growth hormone-releasing hormone  IEP 9850133 RGD 
response to peptide hormone  IEP 9850133growth hormone-releasing hormoneRGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Reg1a  (regenerating family member 1 alpha)
Reg3b  (regenerating family member 3 beta)


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