Conlon J M, Dafgård E, Falkmer S, Thim L
Clinical Research Group for Gastrointestinal Endocrinology, Max-Planck-Society, University of Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
Biochem J. 1987 Aug 1;245(3):851-5. doi: 10.1042/bj2450851.
The pancreatic islets of the holocephalan fishes contain, in addition to A-, B- and D-cells, X-cells, which are immunoreactive towards antisera directed against the N-terminal region of glucagon but not towards antisera directed against the C-terminal region. A 36-amino-acid-residue peptide was isolated from the pancreas of a holocephalan fish, the Pacific ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei), that shows homology (69%) to mammalian glucagon in its N-terminal region and is reactive towards an N-terminally directed antiserum. Reactivity towards C-terminally directed antisera is prevented by the presence of a 7-residue C-terminal extension to the glucagon sequence that shows limited homology to the C-terminal region of glucagon-37 (oxyntomodulin). It is proposed that this peptide represents a major storage product of the islet X-cell.
全头亚纲鱼类的胰岛除了含有A细胞、B细胞和D细胞外,还含有X细胞,这些X细胞对针对胰高血糖素N端区域的抗血清有免疫反应,但对针对C端区域的抗血清没有免疫反应。从一种全头亚纲鱼类——太平洋兔银鲛(Hydrolagus colliei)的胰腺中分离出一种36个氨基酸残基的肽,该肽在其N端区域与哺乳动物胰高血糖素具有同源性(69%),并且对N端定向抗血清有反应。胰高血糖素序列的C端有一个7个残基的延伸,该延伸与胰高血糖素-37(胃泌酸调节素)的C端区域有有限的同源性,这阻止了对C端定向抗血清的反应。有人提出,这种肽代表胰岛X细胞的主要储存产物。