Changes in Distribution of Molecular Weight Forms of Biologically Active and Immunoreactive Adrenocorticotropic Hormone after Adrenalectomy in Rat Anterior Pituitary

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The concentration of ACTH in extracts of rat anterior pituitary was measured by both radioimmunoassay and bioassay at different stages following adrenalectomy. Both types of ACTH activity decreased the day immediately following adrenalectomy but increased gradually afterwards. Immunological ACTH activity increased to 250% of the control value and biological ACTH activity increased to 490% of control value 3 weeks after adrenalectomy. The increase in biological ACTH activity occurred earlier, and the rate of increase was greater, than that of the immunological ACTH activity.<BR>The distributions of molecular weight forms of ACTH in extracts of anterior pituitary lobes was determined by gel filtration. Three molecular weight forms of immunoassayable ACTH were detected. Biological ACTH activity appeared in the 2nd and the 3rd peaks. A striking change was observed after adrenalectomy in the distribution of biologically active forms of ACTH. The ratio of biological ACTH activity to immunological ACTH activity in each peak changed at various stages after adrenalectomy. This indicated the heterogenous nature of the ACTH included in eachpeak. At 2 and again at 3 weeks, biological activity markedly increased until it exceeded the immunological ACTH activity in the 2nd peak. Dexamethasone had little influence on the elution profile of either immunoassayable and biologically active ACTH in gel filtration. Adrenalectomy may possibly have an effect on the intracellular posttranslational processing of ACTH precursors which leads to the deveploment of biological ACTH activity.
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Changes in Distribution of Molecular Weight Forms of Biologically Active and Immunoreactive Adrenocorticotropic Hormone after Adrenalectomy in Rat Anterior Pituitary

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