scholarly journals Release of oligomannoside-type glycans as a marker of the degradation of newly synthesized glycoproteins

1994 ◽  
Vol 298 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Villers ◽  
R Cacan ◽  
A M Mir ◽  
O Labiau ◽  
A Verbert

The N-glycosylation of proteins is accompanied by the release of soluble oligosaccharide material. Besides oligosaccharide phosphates originating from the cleavage of lipid intermediates, neutral free oligosaccharides represent the major part of this material and are heterogeneous depending on whether the reducing end has one or two N-acetylglucosamine residues. The present study focuses on the intracellular origin of neutral free oligosaccharides in a CHO cell line. Kinetic and pulse-chase experiments clearly indicate that oligosaccharides possessing a chitobiosyl unit are derived from oligosaccharide pyrophosphodolichol, whereas oligosaccharides possessing one N-acetyl-glucosamine residue are derived from newly synthesized glycoprotein. This relationship is confirmed by comparing the glycosylation pattern of lipid donors and glycoproteins with those of neutral free oligosaccharides under various incubation conditions (inhibition of protein synthesis, presence of processing inhibitors, presence or absence of glucose). Degradation of newly synthesized glycoprotein and formation of neutral oligosaccharides with one N-acetylglucosamine residue are inhibited at 16 degrees C but not affected by lysosomotropic agents such as leupeptin or NH4Cl. Together with the fact that the degradation of newly synthesized glycoproteins and the subsequent release of the glycan are recovered in permeabilized cells, these results suggest that this phenomenon occurs in the rough endoplasmic reticulum or in a closely related compartment.

2014 ◽  
Vol 395 (9) ◽  
pp. 959-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shihui Guo ◽  
Wolfgang Skala ◽  
Viktor Magdolen ◽  
Hans Brandstetter ◽  
Peter Goettig

Abstract Most kallikrein-related peptidases (KLKs) are N-glycosylated with N-acetylglucosamine2-mannose9 units at Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr sequons during protein synthesis and translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum. These N-glycans are modified in the Golgi machinery, where additional O-glycosylation at Ser and Thr takes place, before exocytotic release of the KLKs into the extracellular space. Sequons are present in all 15 members of the KLKs and comparative studies for KLKs from natural and recombinant sources elucidated some aspects of glycosylation. Although glycosylation of mammalian KLKs 1, 3, 4, 6, and 8 has been analyzed in great detail, e.g., by crystal structures, the respective function remains largely unclear. In some cases, altered enzymatic activity was observed for KLKs upon glycosylation. Remarkably, for KLK3/PSA, changes in the glycosylation pattern were observed in samples of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer with respect to healthy individuals. Potential functions of KLK glycosylation in structural stabilization, protection against degradation, and activity modulation of substrate specificity can be deduced from a comparison with other glycosylated proteins and their regulation. According to the new concept of protein sectors, glycosylation distant from the active site might significantly influence the activity of proteases. Novel pharmacological approaches can exploit engineered glycans in the therapeutical context.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (2) ◽  
pp. C308-C316 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Rajasekaran ◽  
S. A. Langhans-Rajasekaran ◽  
R. M. Gould ◽  
E. Rodriguez-Boulan ◽  
T. Morimoto

In this report we demonstrate that the changes in size of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) can be determined by quantifying the membrane-bound ribosomal population separated by cell fractionation and sucrose density gradient analysis. Total cell membranes, rather than microsomes, were used as the source of membrane-bound ribosomes to eliminate potential losses during the preparation of microsomes. Bound ribosomes were assayed after quantitative release and recovery from total cell membranes using puromycin in the presence of high-salt buffer. Using this analysis, we demonstrate a 4.2-fold increase in RER in estrogen-treated male Xenopus laevis liver. Furthermore, we show that the ratio of the distribution of free to membrane-bound ribosomes in a nonsecretory cell line (HeLa) was 3.3, while this ratio in a secretory cell line (AR42J) was 1.2, indicating that cells active in secretion contain more RER. We suggest that this biochemical technique provides a simpler assay to detect changes in the size of the RER.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 1064-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Yatscoff ◽  
K. B. Freeman

Mitochondrial proteins labelled with [35S]methionine for 1 h in whole Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in the presence of cycloheximide or emetine, known inhibitors of cytosolic protein synthesis, have been enumerated and characterized by their electrophoretic mobility in sodium dodecyl sulfate slab gel electrophoresis. Ten distinct electrophoretic bands were observed. The components were relatively stable during a 2 h postlabelling period. The same 10 bands were also seen with the CHO cell line tsH1, labelled at 40 °C, a temperature at which cytosolic but not mitochondrial protein synthesis is inhibited in this cell line, and with isolated mitochondria labelled in the presence of cycloheximide. An 11th band was present when [3H]leucine but not [35S] methionine was used for labelling. The width of the major band suggested that it consists of two components making a total of at least 12 proteins synthesized in mitochondria. The molecular weights of these mitochondrial proteins ranged from 5000 to 50000 and there was a sixfold difference in the relative molar amounts synthesized in a 1-h period in the presence of [3H]leucine or [3SS] methionine.No differences in number or electrophoretic mobility of the mitochondrially synthesized proteins were found among the seven CHO cell lines examined. These results suggest the stability of the mitochondrial genome in the CHO cell line.


2004 ◽  
Vol 271 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francois Foulquier ◽  
Sandrine Duvet ◽  
Andre Klein ◽  
Anne-Marie Mir ◽  
Frederic Chirat ◽  
...  

1972 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Hochberg ◽  
F. W. Stratman ◽  
Rainer N. Zahlten ◽  
H. P. Morris ◽  
H. A. Lardy

Exposed thiol groups do not appear to be related to the binding of 32P-labelled polyribosomes to stripped rough endoplasmic reticulum in vitro. Treating stripped rough endoplasmic reticulum with GSSG did not diminish binding of polyribosomes, suggesting that binding in vitro has no correlation with the inhibition of protein synthesis in vitro reported by Kosower et al. (1971). Thiol reagents, which are known to dissociate ribosomes, did not significantly decrease binding of 32P-labelled polyribosomes to stripped rough endoplasmic reticulum. Denaturing the protein of 32P-labelled polyribosomes or stripped rough endoplasmic reticulum of liver or hepatoma with heat, trichloroacetic acid, or HClO4 did not alter the binding in vitro. Therefore, the practice of measuring the binding of 32P-labelled polyribosomes to stripped rough endoplasmic reticulum in vitro (Shires et al., 1971b) is an unsuitable indicator of biological significance in the intact cell.


1998 ◽  
Vol 335 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noomi ASKER ◽  
Magnus A. B. AXELSSON ◽  
Sven-Olof OLOFSSON ◽  
Gunnar C. HANSSON

Biosynthetic studies on the human MUC5AC mucin were performed by immunoprecipitations with antisera recognizing only the non-O-glycosylated apomucin in the colon adenocarcinoma cell line LS 174T. Pulse–chase studies and subcellular fractionations showed that MUC5AC formed dimers in the rough endoplasmic reticulum within 15 min of the initiation of biosynthesis. No non-O-glycosylated species larger than dimers were identified. The dimerization was N-glycosylation-dependent, because tunicamycin treatment significantly lowered the rate of dimerization. When the biosynthesis of MUC5AC apomucin was compared with that of MUC2 apomucin, also produced in the LS 174T cell line, both apomucins were assembled in similar ways with respect to their rates of dimerization with and without inhibition of N-glycosylation. No heterodimerization was observed between the human MUC5AC and the MUC2 apomucins despite the extensive sequence similarities in the positions of the cysteine residues in the C-termini proposed to be involved in mucin dimerization.


Author(s):  
Lawrence Moon

After axonal injury, chromatolysis (fragmentation of Nissl substance) occurs in both intrinsic neurons (whose processes are within the CNS) and extrinsic neurons (whose axons extend outside the CNS). Electron microscopy shows that chromatolysis involves fission of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. In intrinsic neurons (which do not regenerate axons) or in extrinsic neurons denied axon regeneration, chromatolysis is often accompanied by degranulation (loss of ribosomes from rough endoplasmic reticulum), disaggregation of polyribosomes and degradation of monoribosomes into dust-like particles. Ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum may also be degraded in autophagic vacuoles by Ribophagy and Reticulophagy, respectively. In other words, chromatolysis is disruption of parts of the protein synthesis infrastructure. Whereas some neurons may show transient or no chromatolysis, severely injured neurons can remain chromatolytic and never again synthesise normal levels of protein; some may atrophy or die. What molecule(s) cause fragmentation or degranulation of rough endoplasmic reticulum, disaggregation of polyribosomes and degradation of monoribosomes? Ribonucleases can modify (and perhaps fragment) rough endoplasmic reticulum; various endoribonucleases can degrade mRNA causing polyribosomes to unchain and disperse; they can disassemble monoribosomes; Ribonuclease 5 can control rRNA synthesis and degrade tRNA; Ribonuclease T2 can degrade ribosomes, rough endoplasmic reticulum and RNA within autophagic vacuoles; and Ribonuclease IRE1α acts as a stress sensor within the endoplasmic reticulum. Regeneration might be improved after axonal injury by protecting the protein synthesis machinery from catabolism; targeting ribonucleases could be a profitable strategy.


1969 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Ashley ◽  
Theodore Peters

The sites of synthesis of proteins and their subsequent migration in rat liver have been studied during a 75 min period after labeling of liver-slice proteins by exposure to leucine-H3 for 2 min. Incorporation of the label into protein began after 1 min and was maximal by 4 min. Electron microscopic radioautography showed that synthesis of proteins in hepatocytes occurs mainly on ribosomes, particularly those in rough endoplasmic reticulum and, to some extent, in nuclei and mitochondria. Most of the newly formed proteins leave the endoplasmic reticulum in the course of 40 min, and concurrently labeled proteins appear in Golgi bodies, smooth membranes, microbodies, and lysosomes. A likely pathway for the secretion of some or all plasma proteins is from typical rough endoplasmic reticulum to a zone of reticulum which is partially coated with ribosomes, to the Golgi apparatus, and thence to the cell periphery. The formation of protein by reticuloendothelial cells was measured and found to be about 5% of the total protein formed by the liver.


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