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Beta-endorphin C-terminal peptide evokes arachidonic acid release from cortical neurones.

The release of free [3H]arachidonic acid and its metabolites (AAM) from mouse embryo cortical neurones cultured in serum-free medium stimulated by beta-endorphin C-terminal dipeptide (glycl-L-glutamine, Gly-Gln) was investigated. Gly-Gln but not the related dipeptide, glycyl-glutamic acid, caused a 2-fold elevation of AAM release which was blocked in the absence of extracellular calcium, in the presence of 5 mM magnesium and by the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitor, mepacrine. Other proopiomelanocortin (POMC) peptides did not elicit AAM release. The response to Gly-Gln was unaffected by D-amino-2-phospho-5-valeric acid (AP5) and 7-chlorokynurenic acid (7-ClKY), antagonists respectively at the ligand and allosteric glycine binding sites of the NMDA glutamate receptor subtype. However, it was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by antagonists at the phencyclidine ( PCP) and sigma sites. The results suggest that Gly-Gln causes AAM release by activating PLA2 through the mediation of a PCP/sigma-like receptor.[1]

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