Metabolism of parathyroid hormone. Degradation of 125I-labelled hormone by a kidney enzyme

A study was made of the enzymic degradation of (125)I-labelled parathyroid hormone by rat kidney microsomes. Incubation with microsomes resulted in rapid destruction of the labelled hormone. The microsomal factor was not separable by dialysis, and the reaction was favoured by pH values in the physio...

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Published in:Biochemical journal 1969-02, Vol.111 (4), p.509-514
Main Authors: Martin, T J, Melick, R A, de Luise, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Calcitonin - metabolism
Chromatography, Gel
Depression, Chemical
Dialysis
Female
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
In Vitro Techniques
Insulin - metabolism
Iodine Isotopes
Kidney - enzymology
Kinetics
Male
Microsomes - enzymology
Parathyroid Hormone - metabolism
Rats
Trichloroacetic Acid
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Summary:A study was made of the enzymic degradation of (125)I-labelled parathyroid hormone by rat kidney microsomes. Incubation with microsomes resulted in rapid destruction of the labelled hormone. The microsomal factor was not separable by dialysis, and the reaction was favoured by pH values in the physiological range. Velocity of the reaction varied directly as the substrate concentration, and additional crude parathyroid hormone (trichloroacetic acid-precipitated, 3.68mg./ml.) inhibited destruction of labelled hormone. There was much less inhibition with added trichloroacetic acid-precipitated calcitonin (3.92mg./ml.) and virtually none with added pig insulin (3.80mg./ml.). Gel filtration of control medium on P6 (Bio-Gel) yielded one radioactive peak at the void volume. After incubation with microsomes three further peaks were obtained on gel filtration. Only the void-volume peak contained intact (125)I-labelled parathyroid hormone, indicating that the microsomal enzyme degraded labelled hormone to a number of smaller fragments.
ISSN:0264-6021
0306-3283
1470-8728
DOI:10.1042/bj1110509