甲状腺ホルモンによって調節されるチロトロピン放出ホルモンのアデノヒポフィセール分解
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1Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie, Germany.
Nature
|November 2, 1987
まとめ
タイロトロピン放出ホルモン (TRH) は前垂体にある甲状腺ホルモンによって調節されるが,脳では調節されない. この膜に結合する酵素は,
科学分野:
- 神経内分泌学の神経内分泌学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 酵素学 酵素学とは
背景:
- 甲状腺ホルモン放出ホルモン (TRH) は前垂体ホルモン分泌を調節する上で重要な役割を果たし,脳の外部下垂体領域で神経学的機能を発揮します.
- TRHは神経伝達と細胞伝達に関与し,その分解は,ピログル-ヒス結合の粒子の酵素によって起こります.
- このTRHを分解する酵素は,以前研究された血清酵素に類似した,高基板特異性を持つ異質的に分布するエクト酵素として識別されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 前垂体と脳における膜に結合するTRH分解酵素の活性調節を調査する.
- 甲状腺の状態が,異なる脳領域におけるこのエクト酵素の活動に及ぼす影響を決定する.
主な方法:
- pyroGlu-His結合でTRHの水解を担当する粒子状の膜結合酵素の特徴.
- シナプトソーマと前垂体下垂体プラズマ膜におけるTRHを分解する酵素の活性に関する測定.
- 前垂体における甲状腺ホルモンによる酵素活性調節と脳組織の比較.
主要な成果:
- 前垂体下垂体プラズマ膜におけるTRHを分解する酵素の活動は,甲状腺ホルモンによって厳密に制御されます.
- 対照的に,脳内のTRHを分解する酵素の活動は,動物の甲状腺状態の影響を受けない.
- この酵素は,血清ベースのTRHを分解する酵素に関する以前の発見と一致して,高い基板特異性を示しています.
結論:
- 甲状腺ホルモンは,前垂体にある膜に結合するTRH分解酵素の活性に厳格な制御を行います.
- 脳内のTRHを分解する酵素の活動は,甲状腺ホルモンの調節とは独立しています.
- これらの発見は,神経内分泌系と中枢神経系におけるTRH代謝の異なる調節を強調しています.
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