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Query: EC:3.4.21.4 (
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"Light" viral antigen (HAAg) with buoyant density 1.20 g/cm2 and sedimentation coefficient 92S are accumulated together with mature viral particles in Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infected FRhK-4 cells. This HAAg is localized predominantly in
endoplasmic reticulum
fraction of infected cells, while nature virions are localized in cytosol. In contrast to mature virus, "light" HAAg is sensitive to
trypsin
digestion and is not able to hybridize with synthetic oligodeoxinucleotide which is complementary to structural part of HAV RNA. Antigenic properties of mature virus and "light" antigen are compared.
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PMID:[Association of the hepatitis A virus with the membranes of infected cells]. 302 Aug 6
The regulating effect of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) on Leydig cell function was studied using a model of immature porcine Leydig and Sertoli cells cultured in a hormone supplemented defined medium. FSH pretreatment for 2 days of Leydig cells cultured alone was with no effect. FSH pretreatment of Leydig cells cocultured with Sertoli cells increases Leydig cell activity in an FSH dose-dependent manner with a maximal effect observed at 50 ng/ml porcine FSH (pFSH). Leydig cells cultured for 2 days in conditioned medium (CM) by FSH stimulated (FSH-CM) Sertoli cells, as compared to CM by unstimulated (control) (C-CM) Sertoli cells show an increase of their activity with a maximal effect observed at 50 ng/ml pFSH. Leydig cells cultured in CM as compared to non CM, show a marked development of organelles (smooth
endoplasmic reticulum
and mitochondria) involved in the steroidogenic activity. The activity of FSH-CM as compared to C-CM on Leydig cell function was non dialyzable and
trypsin
sensitive. These data suggest that Sertoli cells exert a regulatory action on Leydig cell steroidogenic activity via FSH dependent secreted proteins.
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PMID:Paracrine control of Leydig cell activity by FSH dependent proteins from Sertoli cells: an in vitro study. 308 73
In the various subcellular fractions of rat liver 45-75% of the total dolichol was esterified with a fatty acid. The esterification reaction was localized exclusively in the microsomes, and the transferase activity is 3-fold higher in the cation-insensitive smooth microsomes than in other microsomal subfractions. Although fatty acyl-CoAs tested served as substrates, palmitoyl-CoA was the most rapidly utilized. None of the phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine species tested could be utilized to esterify dolichol with a fatty acid, indicating the absence of transacylation. alpha-Saturated dolichols were esterified at a higher rate than their alpha-unsaturated counterparts. Albumin and low concentrations of Triton X-100 activated the esterification reaction, which was not dependent on mono- or divalent cations, ATP, or CoA. The sensitivity of the transferase activity to
trypsin
indicates localization of the enzyme(s) involved on the outer surface of microsomes (i.e. the cytoplasmic surface of the
endoplasmic reticulum
), as is also the case for enzymes of dolichol biosynthesis. Transferase activity was detected in all tissues examined but at a much lower level than in liver and testis. The patterns of fatty acids in dolichol esters of different organelles exhibited some specificity. Labeling in vivo indicated that esterification of dolichol may play a role in targeting this lipid from the
endoplasmic reticulum
to lysosomes.
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PMID:Esterification of dolichol in rat liver. 312 28
The major secretory product of Clara cells is a low molecular weight protein (CCSP) whose extracellular function, at this time, is not known. The primary translation product of its mRNA is a protein with molecular weight approximately 1 kD greater than that of the native secreted protein (6.0 kD). The primary translation product is not detected in incubated lung tissue, only the secretory protein is found. The primary translation product is
trypsin
sensitive whereas the secretory protein is not. Cell free translation of the mRNA in the presence of microsomes results in cleavage of the signal peptide and the appearance of the lower molecular weight
trypsin
-resistant secretory protein. These data indicate that the low molecular weight Clara cell secretory protein is synthesized as a larger,
trypsin
sensitive, protein. Passage of the protein into the cisternae of the
endoplasmic reticulum
results in loss of the signal peptide and alterations to the tertiary structure of the protein rendering it
trypsin
insensitive.
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PMID:In vitro translation of rabbit lung Clara cell secretory protein mRNA. 328 8
Yeast secretory mutant sec53 cells accumulate inactive secretory glycoprotein precursors that remain associated with the
endoplasmic reticulum
(ER) at the restrictive temperature (37 degrees C). The possibility that precursor polypeptides fail to penetrate completely into the ER lumen was tested by examining the protease accessibility of accumulated invertase, mating pheromone precursor prepro-alpha-factor and the vacuolar protein precursor procarboxypeptidase Y in cell lysates. In all three cases, the secretory protein precursors are protected from the action of exogenous protease unless the membrane is permeabilized by including Triton X-100 or saponin in the incubation. These results suggest that the sec53 defect allows complete polypeptide translocation. Consistent with this interpretation, the precursor of invertase accumulates in a signal peptide-processed form. In addition, invertase and prepro-alpha-factor precursors contain a small amount of possibly aberrant carbohydrate. In mutant cells or in wild type cells treated with tunicamycin, a 10-kDa fragment of the N terminus of mature invertase assumes a conformation that is resistant to
trypsin
with or without detergent. This domain may be associated with an ER protein or may simply assume an unusual conformation as a consequence of deficient glycosyl modification.
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PMID:Product of SEC53 is required for folding and glycosylation of secretory proteins in the lumen of the yeast endoplasmic reticulum. 329 55
The hemagglutinin of influenza virus (HA), an acid-activated membrane fusion protein, is synthesized in the
endoplasmic reticulum
and transported through the Golgi complex to the cell surface of infected cells as an uncleaved, fusion-incompetent precursor, HA0. The mature, proteolytically activated HA is known to undergo a rapid, irreversible, acid-induced conformational change which mediates membrane fusion and virus penetration. On the basis of antigenic modifications and the acquisition of
trypsin
susceptibility, we demonstrate here that HA0, while unable to cause fusion, is acid sensitive. It undergoes irreversible conformational changes quite similar to those of HA at mildly acidic pH (pH less than 6.0). The ectodomain of HA0 does not, however, acquire hydrophobic properties and the changes occur in a less concerted manner (the pH dependence is much broader and the rate of conversion slower). These differences are likely to account for the inability of acid-treated HA0 to trigger membrane fusion. It was shown, moreover, that HA0 acquired its acid-sensitive properties immediately following trimerization in the
endoplasmic reticulum
. Since HA0 did not convert to the acid form at any point during its intracellular transport, we concluded that the trans-Golgi compartment, known to be more acidic than the cytosol and involved in constitutive membrane transport, is not likely to have a pH less than 6.0.
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PMID:The influenza hemagglutinin precursor as an acid-sensitive probe of the biosynthetic pathway. 331 51
The biosynthesis and maturation of human sucrase-isomaltase (SI, EC 3.2.1.48-10), was studied in cultured small intestinal biopsy specimens and mucosa explants. Pulse-chase experiments with [35S]methionine revealed one high mannose intermediate of Mr = 210,000 (pro-SIh) which was processed at a slow rate to an endo H-resistant, mature form of Mr = 245,000 (pro-SIc). The fully core-glycosylated form (Mr = 212,000) was detected only when 1-deoxynojirimycin was added to the culture medium, thus indicating that the core sugars undergo rapid processing by rough
endoplasmic reticulum
membrane-bound glycosidases. The data presented showed that
trypsin
specifically and instantaneously (within 1 min) cleaves pro-SIc to two subunits Ic (Mr = 145,000) and Sc (Mr = 130,000). Elastase and chymotrypsin are not effective. Enzymic and chemical deglycosylations of SI with endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase F/glycopeptidase F and trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFMS) as well as probing for the binding capacity of SI to Helix pomatia lectin demonstrated that pro-SIc, Ic, and Sc are N- and O-glycosylated. Furthermore, the results were indicative of a posttranslational O-glycosylation of pro-SI, since (i) the earliest detectable precursor form, pro-SIh, did not bind to H. pomatia lectin and (ii) its deglycosylation products with both endo-beta-N-acetylglucosamidase H and TFMS were identical. Both the Sc and Ic subunits contain eight N-linked glycan units, at least one of which is of the high mannose type and found on Sc. Finally, Sc, but not Ic, was shown to display at least four populations varying in their content of O-linked glycans. The heterogeneous O-glycosylation pattern of Sc could be correlated with the distal position of this subunit (and its O-glycosylation sites) within the pro-SI molecule, thus affecting the extent of O-linked oligosaccharide processing and their subsequent presentation on the mature molecule.
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PMID:Biosynthesis of the human sucrase-isomaltase complex. Differential O-glycosylation of the sucrase subunit correlates with its position within the enzyme complex. 336 77
The reformation of functioning organelles at the end of mitosis presents a problem in vesicle targeting. Using extracts made from Xenopus laevis frog eggs, we have studied in vitro the vesicles that reform the nuclear envelope. In the in vitro assay, nuclear envelope growth is linear with time. Furthermore, the final surface area of the nuclear envelopes formed is directly dependent upon the amount of membrane vesicles added to the assay. Egg membrane vesicles could be fractionated into two populations, only one of which was competent for nuclear envelope assembly. We found that vesicles active in nuclear envelope assembly contained markers (BiP and alpha-glucosidase II) characteristic of the
endoplasmic reticulum
(ER), but that the majority of ER-derived vesicles do not contribute to nuclear envelope size. This functional distinction between nuclear vesicles and ER-derived vesicles implies that nuclear vesicles are unique and possess at least one factor required for envelope assembly that is lacking in other vesicles. Consistent with this, treatment of vesicles with
trypsin
destroyed their ability to form a nuclear envelope; electron microscopic studies indicate that the
trypsin
-sensitive proteins is required for vesicles to bind to chromatin. However, the protease-sensitive component(s) is resistant to treatments that disrupt protein-protein interactions, such as high salt, EDTA, or low ionic strength solutions. We propose that an integral membrane protein, or protein tightly associated with the membrane, is critical for nuclear vesicle targeting or function.
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PMID:A trypsin-sensitive receptor on membrane vesicles is required for nuclear envelope formation in vitro. 339 6
Rat adipocytes in primary culture have been used to study the intracellular processing of growth hormone (GH) receptors. Pretreatment of adipocytes with 20 micrograms/ml cycloheximide resulted in a rapid decline (t1/2 approximately 45 min) of the 125I-human growth hormone (hGH) binding capacity of the cells. This decline occurred at a faster rate in the presence of extracellular unlabeled hGH (400 ng/ml) and was not due to receptor occupancy. These data suggest that GH receptors turn over rapidly and constitutively on the plasma membrane and in the absence of protein synthesis are not replaced. Dissociation of GH-receptor complexes was shown not to occur at pH 5.5, the pH encountered in the acidic pre-lysosomal compartments (endosomes) where intracellular dissociation of many hormone-receptor complexes takes place. These data, together, suggest that the majority of GH receptors are not recycled but instead suffer the same fate as the majority of GH, i.e. degradation. To determine the rate of appearance of GH receptors at the cell surface, adipocytes were first treated with
trypsin
and then incubated at 37 degrees C to permit incorporation of any available GH receptors into the plasma membrane. Binding of 125I-hGH recovered to pre-
trypsin
levels by 2 h. This recovery was completely blocked by concomitant treatment with monensin, cytochalasin B, colchicine and 2,4-dinitrophenol. NH4Cl had no effect on receptor recovery. These data suggest that once GH receptors are synthesized in the rough
endoplasmic reticulum
, they travel via the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane (by processes involving both microfilaments and microtubules) and are then inserted into the plasma membrane in an energy-dependent step.
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PMID:Intracellular processing of growth hormone receptors by adipocytes in primary culture. 339 60
A counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) test for the detection of liver-kidney microsome specific antibodies in human sera is described. By testing different subcellular preparations the LKM antigen was found in the membranes of the smooth
endoplasmic reticulum
subfraction. The antigen was sensitive to
trypsin
digestion and behaved as an anionic protein in the experimental conditions used in the test. All sera positive for LKM in immunofluorescence gave a precipitin line of identity while none of the control sera gave a positive reaction. The CIE titers ranged between neat and 1/4096. A significant correlation was observed between the LKM titers obtained in immunofluorescence and those obtained in CIE. Moreover, by absorption experiments, it was concluded that the antigen preparation reactive in CIE was able to abolish the immunofluorescence pattern of LKM positive sera on rat liver and kidney sections. The LKM target antigen, although previously considered a structural protein of microsomal membranes, was shown to solubilize spontaneously during the isolation of microsomal membranes. Counterimmunoelectrophoresis appears to be an appropriate test for anti-LKM antibodies in human sera.
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PMID:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) for the detection of anti-liver-kidney microsome (LKM) antibodies in the sera of patients with chronic liver disease. 339 49
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