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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 21, 9637-9643, 07, 1986

Cell-specific post-translational processing of preproglucagon expressed from a metallothionein-glucagon fusion gene

DJ Drucker, S Mojsov and JF Habener

Glucagon is a peptide hormone of 29 amino acids encoded by a preprohormone which contains in tandem the sequences of glucagon and two additional glucagon-like peptides (GLPs) structurally related to glucagon and separated by intervening peptides. Glucagon arises by cleavage from the prohormone within the A cells of the pancreatic islets but in the intestine remains as part of a partially processed precursor (glicentin). To determine whether additional glucagon-like peptides are processed from preproglucagon and to analyze for potential cellular specificity in the processing of preproglucagon, we introduced and expressed a metallothionein-glucagon fusion gene in a fibroblast and two endocrine (pituitary and pancreatic islet) cell lines. Chromatographic analyses of cell extracts utilizing specific radioimmunoassays to chemically synthesized peptides demonstrate the liberation of intact glucagon, glicentin, GLP-I(1-37), GLP-I(7-37), GLP- II, and an intervening peptide amidated at its carboxyl terminus. The peptides were present in distinct yet different patterns in the two endocrine but not the fibroblast cell lines. The cell-specific liberation of the glucagon-like and intervening peptides suggests their potential as new bioactive peptides. The cellular specificity in the processing of preproglucagon indicates that the genetic determinants of the processing activity are complex and are expressed in a cell- specific manner.
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