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- Title
Culture in 10% O<sub>2</sub> enhances the production of active hormones in neuro-endocrine cells by upregulating the expression of processing enzymes.
- Authors
Eri Sato; Yoshinori Maeda; Yui Sato; Airi Hinata; Hiroshi Gomi; Daisuke Koga; Seiji Torii; Tsuyoshi Watanabe; Masahiro Hosaka
- Abstract
To closely mimic physiological conditions, low oxygen cultures have been employed in stem cell and cancer research. Although in vivo oxygen concentrations in tissues are often much lower than ambient 21% O2 (ranging from 3.6 to 12.8% O2), most cell cultures are maintained at 21% O2. To clarify the effects of the O2 culture concentration on the regulated secretion of peptide hormones in neuro-endocrine cells, we examined the changes in the storage and release of peptide hormones in neuro-endocrine cell lines and endocrine tissues cultured in a relatively lower O2 concentration. In both AtT-20 cells derived from the mouse anterior pituitary and freshly prepared mouse pituitaries cultured in 10% O2 for 24 h, the storage and regulated secretion of the mature peptide hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone were significantly increased compared with those in cells and pituitaries cultured in ambient 21% O2, whereas its precursor proopiomelanocortin was not increased in the cells and tissues after being cultured in 10% O2. Simultaneously, the prohormone-processing enzymes PC1/3 and carboxypeptidase E were up-regulated in cells cultured in 10% O2, thus facilitating the conversion of prohormones to their active form. Similarly, culturing the mouse β-cell line MIN6 and islet tissue in 10% O2 also significantly increased the conversion of proinsulin into mature insulin, which was secreted in a regulated manner. These results suggest that culture under 10% O2 is more optimal for endocrine tissues/cells to efficiently generate and secrete active peptide hormones than ambient 21% O2.
- Subjects
ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC hormone; PEPTIDE hormones; TISSUE culture; ENZYMES; STEM cell research; PROINSULIN; ENDOCRINE cells
- Publication
Biochemical Journal, 2019, Vol 476, Issue 5, p827
- ISSN
0264-6021
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1042/BCJ20180832