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Suppression of S-methylglutathione-induced tentacle ball formation by peptides and nullification of the suppression by TGF-beta in Hydra.

Tentacle ball formation (TBF) in Hydra elicited by S-methylglutathione (GSM) was modulated by a number of biologically active peptides. Hydra fed on Artemia, which had been hatched in a common salt solution supplemented with LiCl and ZnCl(2), easily induced TBF in response to GSM after pretreatment with trypsin. After Hydra were treated with 100 pg/ml trypsin for 10 min, the response to GSM (TBF) was sensitively suppressed by acidic fibroblast growth factor and other biologically active peptides for >10 h. Various peptides, but not transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), suppressed GSM-induced TBF in a specific pattern for each peptide. However, TGF-beta was unique in that it did not suppress the response to GSM, but nullified the suppressive effect of other peptides. Only active TGF-beta nullified the suppressive effect of the peptides, and the latent form of TGF-beta neither suppressed GSM-induced TBF nor nullified the suppressive effect of other peptides. Members of the TGF-beta family suppressed GSM-induced TBF. These results indicate that all peptides examined, except for TGF-beta suppressed the response to GSM in a manner specific to each peptide. This assay system would be useful in identification of biologically active peptides.