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Query: UNIPROT:P20366 (substance P)
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Studies in the rabbit retina have shown that infusion of exogenous acetylcholine (ACh) into the vitreal chamber leads to an increase in the amount of substance P (SP) immunoreactivity (Goebel and Pourcho, submitted). This increase was determined to be independent of new peptide synthesis, suggesting that the elevated level of SP is the result of ACh inhibition of an SP-degrading protease. This phenomenon has now been confirmed in vitro in both tissue slice and retinal homogenate assays. These studies have shown that ACh decreases the rate of SP hydrolysis in a concentration dependent manner. Recovery of SP hydrolytic activity following ACh inhibition was found to be directly proportional to the amount of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in the membrane fraction. Specific protease inhibitors were used to determine the relative contributions of membrane associated retinal enzymes to SP-hydrolysis. In the presence of 1 mM 1,10-phenanthroline or p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid all SP-hydrolytic activity was abolished, indicating that the enzyme(s) responsible for the degradation of the peptide is a metallopeptidase. The ACh sensitive retinal enzyme was found to be concentrated in the membrane fraction where it accounts for approximately 70% of the SP hydrolytic activity. Although the precise identity of this enzyme remains to be determined, the present evidence indicates that it shares many of the characteristics of the enzyme substance P-degrading endopeptidase (Endo et al. 1988, 1989). Enkephalinase activity was also found, contributing to 28% of the hydrolytic activity in the membrane fraction. However, the activity of this enzyme was insensitive to elevated levels of ACh. After initial cleavage of SP by the primary hydrolytic enzymes, further degradation of the fragments appears to be carried out by membrane associated serine protease(s). The activity exhibited by this class of enzymes was inhibited by DFP treatment and was not sensitive to ACh. Although AChE does not make a major contribution to the hydrolysis of SP, it does participate in peptide degradation via its esterase activity which controls the level of ACh, thereby modulating the primary SP-hydrolytic enzyme.
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PMID:Hydrolysis of substance P in the rabbit retina: II. The role of a membrane-associated acetylcholine-sensitive metalloendopeptidase. An in vitro study. 137 Nov 83

The hydrolysis of substance P by membrane peptidases prepared from the rat substantia nigra was studied in the presence of selective inhibitors. Substance P degradation by synaptic and mitochondrial membranes was completely inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline (1 mM), a non-specific metallopeptidase inhibitor. Captopril and bestatine, selective inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme and aminopeptidases respectively, were without effects. However, phosphoramidon (1 microM), a putative 'enkephalinase' inhibitor, selectively inhibited substance P degradation by synaptic membranes. These results suggest that a phosphoramidon-sensitive endopeptidase may be the principal enzyme responsible for substance P degradation in substantia nigra.
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PMID:Degradation of substance P by membrane peptidases in the rat substantia nigra: effect of selective inhibitors. 245 Mar 19

Carboxypeptidase H (CPH) is one of several processing enzymes required for the conversion of peptide hormone precursors into their smaller active forms. In this study, high levels of CPH activity was found in a liver metastasis of a human ileal carcinoid which expresses beta-preprotachykinin mRNA and the tachykinin neuropeptides, substance P and substance K. This human CPH showed properties of a zinc-metallopeptidase that is structurally similar to bovine and rat CPH. Immunoblots of the human ileal carcinoma with anti-bovine CPH showed that CPH activity is represented by two proteins of apparent molecular masses 57 and 55 kDa. Cell-free translation of poly(A)+ RNA followed by immunoprecipitation with anti-bovine CPH showed that human CPH mRNA encodes a precursor protein of apparent molecular mass 75 kDa. These data demonstrate that human CPH is synthesized as a zymogen, prepro-CPH, which must be cleaved to form catalytically active CPH.
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PMID:Identification of zymogen and mature forms of human carboxypeptidase H. A processing enzyme for the synthesis of peptide hormones. 245 70

The metallopeptidase enkephalinase known to participate in the inactivation of endogenous enkephalins and, possibly, other neuropeptides such as tachykinins, was visualized by autoradiography using a [125I]iodinated monoclonal antibody. A detailed mapping of the enzyme in rat brain and spinal cord was established on 10-micron serial sections prepared in a frontal plane as well as a few sections in a sagittal plane. On adjacent sections, and for the purpose of comparison, substance P-like and enkephalin-like immunoreactivities were also visualized by autoradiography using a 125I-monoclonal antibody and a polyclonal antibody detected by a secondary 125I-anti-rabbit antibody respectively. Histological structures were identified on adjacent Nissl-stained sections. Using the highly sensitive 125I-probe, enkephalinase immunoreactivity was found to be distributed in a markedly heterogeneous manner in all areas of the central nervous system. Immunoreactivity was undetectable in white matter areas, for example the corpus callosum or fornix, and had a laminar pattern in, for example, the cerebral cortex or hippocampal formation. Hence, although immunodetection was not performed at the cellular level, a major neuronal localization of the peptidase is suggested. The latter is consistent with the detection of a strong immunoreactivity in a pathway linking the striatum to the globus pallidum, the entopeduncular nucleus and the substantia nigra, as well as with a series of biochemical and lesion data. The strong immunoreactivity also present in choroid plexuses and ependymal cells as well as in the intermediate lobe and in scattered cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary suggests that populations of glial and endocrine cells also express the peptidase. The highest density of enkephalinase immunoreactivity was observed in basal ganglia and limbic areas (caudate putamen, globus pallidus, nucleus accumbens, olfactory tubercles) as well as in areas involved in pain control mechanisms (superficial layers of the spinal nucleus of the trigeminal nerve or of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord) which also display the highest immunoreactivities for both enkephalins and substance P (except in globus pallidus for the latter). These localizations account for the opioid-like analgesic and motor effects of enkephalinase inhibitors inasmuch as a selective or predominant participation of the peptidase in enkephalin inactivation is assumed. A number of other areas appear richly endowed in both enkephalinase and enkephalins whereas substance P is hardly detectable. This is particularly the case for the olfactory bulb, bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract, the cerebellum (where enkephalinase mainly occurs in the molecular layer) and the hippocampal formation (namely in the molecular layer of the dentate gyrus).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Detailed immunoautoradiographic mapping of enkephalinase (EC 3.4.24.11) in rat central nervous system: comparison with enkephalins and substance P. 247 16

The electric organ of Torpedo marmorata contains a membrane-bound, captopril-sensitive metallopeptidase that resembles mammalian angiotensin converting enzyme (peptidyl dipeptidase A; EC 3.4.15.1). The Torpedo enzyme has now been purified to apparent homogeneity from electric organ by a procedure involving affinity chromatography using the selective inhibitor lisinopril immobilised to Sepharose via a 28-A spacer arm. The purified protein, like the mammalian enzyme, acted as a peptidyl dipeptidase in cleaving dipeptides from the C-terminus of a variety of peptide substrates, including angiotensin I, bradykinin, [Met5]enkephalin, [Leu5]enkephalin, and the model substrate hippuryl (benzoylglycyl; BzGly)-His-Leu. The hydrolysis of BzGly-His-Leu was activated by Cl-. Enzyme activity was inhibited by classical angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, including captopril, enalaprilat (MK422), and lisinopril (MK521). Torpedo angiotensin converting enzyme, like its mammalian counterpart, was also able to act as an endopeptidase in hydrolysing the amidated neuropeptide substance P. Hydrolysis of substance P occurred primarily at the Phe8-Gly9 bond with release of the C-terminal tripeptide, Gly-Leu-MetNH2, and this hydrolysis was blocked by selective inhibitors. The Torpedo enzyme was recognised by a polyclonal antibody to pig kidney angiotensin converting enzyme on immunoelectrophoretic (Western) blot analysis. Thus, on the basis of substrate specificity, inhibitor sensitivity, and immunological criteria, the Torpedo enzyme closely resembles mammalian angiotensin converting enzyme. However, the Torpedo enzyme appears somewhat larger (Mr = 190,000) than the pig kidney enzyme (Mr = 180,000) on sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The endogenous peptide substrate(s) for Torpedo electric organ angiotensin converting enzyme and the physiological role of the enzyme in this tissue remain to be evaluated.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a peptidyl dipeptidase resembling angiotensin converting enzyme from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata. 302 62

Neuronal and astroblast-rich cultures from rat brain degrade exogenously added substance P. The rate of degradation is decreased by diisopropylfluorophosphate, phosphoramidon and bacitracin, but not by N-ethylmaleimide or bestatin. When diisopropylfluorophosphate, phosphoramidon and bacitracin are simultaneously present in the culture medium, the degradation of substance P is completely inhibited. These results indicate that the hydrolysis of substance P by intact cells is catalyzed by the post-proline dipeptidylaminopeptidase (EC 3.4.14.5), the thermolysin-like metallopeptidase ("enkephalinase", EC 3.4.24.11) and a yet uncharacterized bacitracin-sensitive activity. While the thermolysin-like metallopeptidase is mainly associated with glial cells, the specific activity of the other enzymes is five times higher in the neuronal culture.
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PMID:Degradation of substance P by neurones and glial cells. 608 91

Neutral endopeptidase 24.11, a membrane-bound metallopeptidase, cleaves, and degrades vasoactive peptides such as atrial natriuretic peptide, endothelin, angiotensin I, substance P, and bradykinin. Therefore, the presence of this metallopeptidase may contribute to the regulation of vascular tone and local inflammatory responses in the vascular endothelium and elsewhere. We determined neutral endopeptidase in cultured human endothelial cells from different vascular beds and studied its regulation by protein kinase C. Neutral endopeptidase was detected in all cultured endothelial cell types. Lowest concentrations were measured in human endothelial cells from umbilical veins (360 +/- 14 pg/mg protein), followed by pulmonary and coronary arteries; higher concentrations were found in endothelial cells from the cardiac microcirculation (1099 +/- 73 pg/mg protein). Neutral endopeptidase content increased during cell growth but was not affected by endothelial cell growth factor or modifications of the growth medium. Stimulation of protein kinase C with 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-rac-glycerol (0.1 to 1 mumol/L) and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (0.01 to 0.1 mumol/L) induced a time- and concentration-dependent increase of endothelial cells that was inhibited by cycloheximide (5 mumol/L), an inhibitor of protein synthesis. Incubation with phospholipase C (1 mumol/L) and thrombin (10 IU/mL) induced upregulation of neutral endopeptidase, resulting in 158 +/- 26% and 150 +/- 22% increases, respectively, compared with controls. The thrombin effect was inhibited by calphostin C (1 mumol/L), an inhibitor of protein kinase C. Endothelial neutral endopeptidase is constitutively expressed in endothelial cells from different origins and is inducible by thrombin via activation of the protein kinase C pathway.
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PMID:Regulation and differential expression of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 in human endothelial cells. 763 30

An aminopeptidase of the B-type, with an apparent M(r) 72,000 and pI = 4.9, was isolated from rat testes and characterized. The enzyme was able to remove only Arg and/or Lys residues from L-amino acid beta-naphthylamide derivatives and from the N-terminus of several peptides. No cleavage occurred in the case of Arg-Pro bonds as found in bradykinin and substance P. The enzyme was sensitive to cysteinyl reagents and to aminopeptidase inhibitors, such as bestatin, amastatin and arphamenines A and B. The aminopeptidase activity, tested with L-Arg beta-naphthylamide and with Arg0-Met-enkephalin as substrates, was inhibited by o-phenanthroline, and restored by Zn2+ suggesting its metallopeptidase character. The partial characterization of an aminopeptidase-B activity in rat brain cortex identified a protein which is biochemically and immunologically related to the testis enzyme. By immunohistochemistry, the aminopeptidase-B was found to be particularly abundant in the seminiferous tubules at late stages of spermatogenesis and was clearly detected in a restricted area of elongated spermatids. Remarkably, the enzyme was observed to concentrate massively in the residual bodies. Since this aminopeptidase-B was able in vitro to trim out N-terminal Arg and/or Lys residues from peptides mimicking processing intermediates, it is proposed that this enzyme may be involved in propeptide and proprotein processing mechanisms in the course of spermatid differentiation.
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PMID:Aminopeptidase-B in the rat testes: isolation, functional properties and cellular localization in the seminiferous tubules. 767 45

Five membrane peptidase activities have been identified on cultured human osteoblast-like cells. These consisted of the four exopeptidases aminopeptidase-A, aminopeptidase-N, aminopeptidase-W and carboxypeptidase-M, and the endopeptidase, endopeptidase-24.11. The presence of endopeptidase-24.11 was confirmed immunochemically by immunofluorescent staining and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The inclusion of phosphoramidon partially inhibited the hydrolysis of human calcitonin by a membrane fraction prepared from osteoblast-like cell membranes, thus implicating endopeptidase-24.11 in its inactivation. Another metallopeptidase also contributed substantially to calcitonin hydrolysis. Purified porcine endopeptidase-24.11 (1 microgram) was shown to hydrolyse calcitonin with a half-life of 23 min, which compared to a half-life of 0.5 min for substance P under similar conditions. Sequence data revealed that the initial site of hydrolysis of calcitonin was between residues Lys18 and Phe19. The expression of endopeptidase-24.11 by cultured osteoblast-like cells was shown to be modified by various agents: expression was decreased by phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (160 nM for 48 h) and increased in the presence of calcitonin (1.5 nM for 48 h) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (0.01-1 microM for 72 h).
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PMID:Membrane peptidases on human osteoblast-like cells in culture: hydrolysis of calcitonin and hormonal regulation of endopeptidase-24.11. 843 84

Although prior studies suggest that hypoxia may increase pulmonary vascular permeability, the mechanisms responsible for that effect remain uncertain. Neprilysin (neutral endopeptidase) is a cell surface metallopeptidase that degrades several vasoactive peptides including substance P and bradykinin. We hypothesized that hypoxia could reduce lung neprilysin expression, leading to increased vascular leak. Weanling rats were exposed to normobaric hypoxia (inspired O(2) fraction = 0.1). Lung neprilysin activity was significantly decreased after 24 and 48 h of hypoxia (P < 0.006). The decrease in enzyme activity was associated with decreased lung neprilysin protein content and decreased lung neprilysin mRNA expression. Immunohistochemistry showed a predominantly perivascular distribution of neprilysin, with clear reductions in neprilysin immunoreactivity after exposure to hypoxia. Exposure to hypoxia for 24 h also caused marked increases in vascular leak (P = 0.008), which were reversed by the administration of recombinant neprilysin. The hypoxia-induced increase in leak was also reversed by substance P and bradykinin receptor antagonists. We conclude that in young rats hypoxia decreases lung neprilysin expression, which contributes to increased pulmonary vascular leak via substance P and bradykinin receptors.
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PMID:Hypoxia decreases lung neprilysin expression and increases pulmonary vascular leak. 1155 98


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