scholarly journals MIGRATION OF GLYCOPROTEIN FROM THE GOLGI APPARATUS TO THE SURFACE OF VARIOUS CELL TYPES AS SHOWN BY RADIOAUTOGRAPHY AFTER LABELED FUCOSE INJECTION INTO RATS

1974 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Bennett ◽  
C. P. Leblond ◽  
Antonio Haddad

A single intravenous injection of L-[3H]fucose, a specific glycoprotein precursor, was given to young 35–45 g rats which were sacrificed at times varying between 2 min and 30 h later. Radioautography of over 50 cell types, including renewing and nonrenewing cells, was carried out for light and electron microscope study. At early time intervals (2–10 min after injection), light microscope radioautography showed a reaction over nearly all cells investigated in the form of a discrete clump of silver grains over the Golgi region. This reaction varied in intensity and duration from cell type to cell type. Electron microscope radioautographs of duodenal villus columnar cells and kidney proximal and distal tubule cells at early time intervals revealed that the silver grains were restricted to Golgi saccules. These observations are interpreted to mean that glycoproteins undergoing synthesis incorporate fucose in the saccules of the Golgi apparatus. Since fucose occurs as a terminal residue in the carbohydrate side chains of glycoproteins, the Golgi saccules would be the site of completion of synthesis of these side chains. At later time intervals, light and electron microscope radioautography demonstrated a decrease in the reaction intensity of the Golgi region, while reactions appeared over other parts of the cells: lysosomes, secretory material, and plasma membrane. The intensity of the reactions observed over the plasma membrane varied considerably in various cell types; furthermore the reactions were restricted to the apical surface in some types, but extended to the whole surface in others. Since the plasma membrane is covered by a "cell coat" composed of the carbohydrate-rich portions of membrane glycoproteins, it is concluded that newly formed glycoproteins, after acquiring fucose in the Golgi apparatus, migrate to the cell surface to contribute to the cell coat. This contribution implies turnover of cell coat glycoproteins, at least in nonrenewing cell types, such as those of kidney tubules. In the young cells of renewing populations, e.g. those of gastro-intestinal epithelia, the new glycoproteins seem to contribute to the growth as well as the turnover of the cell coat. The differences in reactivity among different cell types and cell surfaces imply considerable differences in the turnover rates of the cell coats.

1981 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Bennett ◽  
D O'Shaughnessy

To study the site of incorporation of sialic acid residues into glycoproteins in hepatocytes, we gave 40-g rats and 15-g Swiss albino mice a single intravenous injection of [3H]N-acetylmannosamine (8 mCi) and then sacrificed them after 2 and 10 min. To trace the subsequent migration of the labeled glycoproteins, we injected 40-g rats with 4 mCi of [3H]N-acetylmannosamine and sacrificed them after 20 and 30 min, 1, 4, and 24 h, and 3 and 9 d. Concurrent biochemical experiments were carried out to test the specificity of injected [3H]N-acetylmannosamine as a precursor for sialic acid residues of glycoproteins. In radioautographs from rats and mice sacrificed 10 min after injection, grain counts showed that over 69% of the silver grains occurred over the Golgi region. The majority of these grains were localized over the trans face of the Golgi stack, as well as over associated secretory vesicles and possibly GERL. In rats, the proportion of grains over the Golgi region decreased with time to 37% at 1 h, 11% at 4 h, and 6% at 24 h. Meanwhile, the proportion of grains over the plasma membrane increased from 4% at 10 min to 29% at 1 h and over 55% at 4 and 24 h; two-thirds of these grains lay over the sinusoidal membrane, and the remainder were equally divided over the lateral and bile canalicular membranes. Many silver grains also appeared over lysosomes at the 4- and 24-h time intervals, accounting for 15-17% of the total. At 3 and 9 d after injection, light microscope radioautographs revealed a grain distribution similar to that seen at 24 h, with a progressive decrease in the intensity of labeling such that by 9 d only a very light reaction remained. Because our biochemical findings indicated that [3H]N-acetylmannosamine is a fairly specific precursor for the sialic acid residues of glycoproteins (and perhaps glycolipids), the interpretation of these results is that sialic acid is incorporated into these molecules in the Golgi apparatus and that the latter then migrate to secretion products, to the plasma membrane, and to lysosomes in a process of continuous renewal. It is possible that some of the label seen in lysosomes at later time intervals may have been derived from the plasma membrane or from material arising outside the cells.


1981 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Bennett ◽  
F W Kan ◽  
D O'Shaughnessy

Biochemical evidence from the preceding paper indicated that [3H]N-acetylmannosamine may be used as a fairly specific precursor for the sialic acid residues of glycoproteins (and perhaps glycolipids) in radioautographs of rat liver and duodenum. In order to study the site of incorporation of this label in cell types of various tissues, we gave 40-g rats and 15-g Swiss albino mice a single intravenous injection of 8 mCi of [3H]N-acetylmannosamine and sacrificed them after 2 and 10 min. To trace the subsequent migration of the labeled glycoproteins, we injected 40-g rats with 4 mCi of [3H]N-acetylmannosamine and sacrificed them after 20 and 30 min, 1, 4, and 24 h, and 3 and 9 d. Light microscope radioautographic analysis revealed that in a great variety of cell types the label was initially localized to the Golgi region. Electron microscope radioautographic analysis of duodenal villous columnar and goblet cells, pancreatic acinar cells and Paneth cells, from rats and mice sacrificed 10 min after injection, showed that the silver grains were localized over Golgi saccules (and adjacent secretion granules). In kidney proximal and distal tubule cells reaction was initially localized to the Golgi apparatus in some areas of the kidney cortex whereas in other areas it was more diffuse. In all cells, the proportion of silver grains over the Golgi apparatus decreased with time after injection while an increasing number of grains appeared over secretion products in secretory cells or over the plasma membrane in other cell types. Lysosomes also became increasingly labeled at later time intervals. The above results suggest that in most cell types sialic acid residues are incorporated into glycoproteins (and perhaps glycolipids), primarily in the Golgi apparatus. With time, these newly synthesized molecules migrate to secretion products, to the plasma membrane, or to the lysosomes.


1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (5) ◽  
pp. G681-G689 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Suchy ◽  
W. F. Balistreri ◽  
J. Hung ◽  
P. Miller ◽  
S. A. Garfield

The role of hepatocyte organelles in the intracellular transport and secretion of conjugated bile acids has not been defined. Therefore we studied the transport and observed the subcellular localization of the bile acid analogue 125I-cholylglycyltyrosine by electron microscope autoradiography to further understand the possible compartmentation of bile acids within the hepatocyte. 125I-cholylglycyltyrosine, which retains a net negative charge, exhibited transport properties similar to native bile acids. After portal vein injection, the compound was recovered intact from bile, and the pattern of excretion paralleled that of [14C]cholylglycine. In addition, cholylglycyltyrosine uptake by isolated hepatocytes was sodium dependent. For autoradiography the analogue was injected into the portal vein, and the liver was perfusion fixed after 30 or 300 s. Light microscope autoradiography performed 30 s after isotope injection demonstrated a steep periportal-to-centrilobular gradient for 125I-cholylglycyltyrosine uptake. At 30 s quantitative grain analysis of electron microscope autoradiographs showed predominant labeling of the plasma membrane and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER). The grain distribution over the region of the plasma membrane decreased from 15% at 30 s to 7% by 300 s and was associated with a sevenfold increase in labeling of the Golgi apparatus and a sixfold increase in labeling of the pericanalicular region. Grain distribution over the SER at 300 s was the same as that noted at 30 s. The hypothesis is presented that bile acids move from the sinusoidal plasma membrane to bile via a pathway that includes the SER and Golgi apparatus.


2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 3930-3942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Freyberg ◽  
Sylvain Bourgoin ◽  
Dennis Shields

Phospholipase D (PLD) hydrolyzes phosphatidylcholine to generate phosphatidic acid, a molecule known to have multiple physiological roles, including release of nascent secretory vesicles from thetrans-Golgi network. In mammalian cells two forms of the enzyme, PLD1 and PLD2, have been described. We recently demonstrated that PLD1 is localized to the Golgi apparatus, nuclei, and to a lesser extent, plasma membrane. Due to its low abundance, the intracellular localization of PLD2 has been characterized only indirectly through overexpression of chimeric proteins. Using antibodies specific to PLD2, together with immunofluorescence microscopy, herein we demonstrate that a significant fraction of endogenous PLD2 localized to the perinuclear Golgi region and was also distributed throughout cells in dense cytoplasmic puncta; a fraction of which colocalized with caveolin-1 and the plasma membrane. On treatment with brefeldin A, PLD2 translocated into the nucleus in a manner similar to PLD1, suggesting a potential role in nuclear signaling. Most significantly, cryoimmunogold electron microscopy demonstrated that in pituitary GH3 cells >90% of PLD2 present in the Golgi apparatus was localized to cisternal rims and peri-Golgi vesicles exclusively. The data are consistent with a model whereby PLD2 plays a role in Golgi vesicular transport.


2011 ◽  
Vol 300 (2) ◽  
pp. R251-R263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghassan Bkaily ◽  
Levon Avedanian ◽  
Johny Al-Khoury ◽  
Chantale Provost ◽  
Moni Nader ◽  
...  

Plasma membrane endothelin type A (ETA) receptors are internalized and recycled to the plasma membrane, whereas endothelin type B (ETB) receptors undergo degradation and subsequent nuclear translocation. Recent studies show that G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and ion transporters are also present and functional at the nuclear membranes of many cell types. Similarly to other GPCRs, ETA and ETB are present at both the plasma and nuclear membranes of several cardiovascular cell types, including human cardiac, vascular smooth muscle, endocardial endothelial, and vascular endothelial cells. The distribution and density of ETARs in the cytosol (including the cell membrane) and the nucleus (including the nuclear membranes) differ between these cell types. However, the localization and density of ET-1 and ETB receptors are similar in these cell types. The extracellular ET-1-induced increase in cytosolic ([Ca]c) and nuclear ([Ca]n) free Ca2+ is associated with an increase of cytosolic and nuclear reactive oxygen species. The extracellular ET-1-induced increase of [Ca]c and [Ca]n as well as intracellular ET-1-induced increase of [Ca]n are cell-type dependent. The type of ET-1 receptor mediating the extracellular ET-1-induced increase of [Ca]c and [Ca]n depends on the cell type. However, the cytosolic ET-1-induced increase of [Ca]n does not depend on cell type. In conclusion, nuclear membranes' ET-1 receptors may play an important role in overall ET-1 action. These nuclear membrane ET-1 receptors could be targets for a new generation of antagonists.


2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. L413-L417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn P. Merker ◽  
Bruce R. Pitt ◽  
Augustine M. Choi ◽  
Paul M. Hassoun ◽  
Christopher A. Dawson ◽  
...  

This symposium was organized to present some aspects of current research pertaining to lung redox function. Focuses of the symposium were on roles of pulmonary endothelial NADPH oxidase, xanthine oxidase (XO)/xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH), heme oxygenase (HO), transplasma membrane electron transport (TPMET), and the zinc binding protein metallothionein (MT) in the propagation and/or protection of the lung or other organs from oxidative injury. The presentations were chosen to reflect the roles of both intracellular (metallothionein, XO/XDH, and HO) and plasma membrane (NADPH oxidase, XO/XDH, and unidentified TPMET) redox proteins in these processes. Although the lung endothelium was the predominant cell type under consideration, at least some of the proposed mechanisms operate in or affect other cell types and organs as well.


1964 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natale Pennelli ◽  
Luigi Mazzarella ◽  
Wim Misdorp

The ultrastructure of a dog mastocytoma examined with the electron microscope after fixation in glutaraldehyde, post-fixation in osmiumtetroxide and butyl-methyl methacrylate embedding is described. The ultrastructural characteristics with particular regard to the submicroscopic morphology of specific granules were studied in details, also with the aid of comparative observations on thick sections stained by Giemsa and toluidine blue. On the basis of their observations, the authors describe the following characteristics of neoplastic mastcells: microvilli, a well-developed Golgi region, centrioles, mithocondria, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and 4 different types of granules. Other mastcells, with various degree of regressive phoenomena, had almost no microvilli, multiple interruptions of plasma membrane, mithocondrial swelling as well as vacuolar and fibrillar aspect of the cytoplasm. The morphology of different types of intracytoplasmic granules is discussed also in the light of parallel observations made by other authors. Expulsions of granules were not observed. The hypothesis of the phospholipidic nature of the lamellar component of granules is suggested.


1979 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
A L Hubbard ◽  
H Stukenbrok

Electron microscope autoradiographic and biochemical methods were used to study the intracellular fates of several 125I-glycoproteins, known to be specifically bound and internalized by the different cell types in the liver. At the earliest times examined (1--2 min), 125I-glycoproteins (ASGP) were localized predominantly along the sinusoidal front of hepatocytes. Analysis of the distribution of autoradiographic grains indicated that: (a) approximately 40--60% of the 125I-ligand could be ascribed to the plasmalemma; (b) a significant fraction had already been internalized; yet (c) very little 125I-ligand was present in the lysosome-Golgi region. Between 4 and 15 min after administration of 125I-ASGPs, there was a dramatic redistribution of autoradiographic grains from regions of the plasmalemma and peripheral cytoplasm (30% decrease) to the lysosome-Golgi region (30% increase). At longer times (30 min), there was continued drainage of 125I-ASGP into this region. The grain density over secondary lysosomes was 60--90 times higher than that over recognizable Golgi elements, clearly indicating that lysosomes were the ultimate destination of the 125I-ASGP. However, no more than 60% of the total 125I-ligand could be localized to lysosome-rich regions of the hepatocyte, with the remaining 40% primarily in the intermediate cytoplasm. Biochemical evidence for proteolysis of the internalized 125I-ASGP (presumably within lysosomes) was obtained when [125I]-mono-iodotyrosine was found in the liver (i.e., hepatocytes) at times later than 15 min. The temporal redistribution observed for mannose and N-acetylglucosamine-terminated glycoproteins (ahexosamino-orosomucoid and agalacto-orosomucoid, respectively) in endothelial cells indicated that the 125I-ligands resided in macropinocytic vesicles (1--15 min) before their ultimate residence in dense bodies (15 min). The same 125I-ligands were also localized to structures resembling secondary lysosomes in Kupffer cells. The lysosomal nature of "these organelles" was implied from the appearance of [125I]mono-iodotyrosine in the liver at later times. 125I-beta-glucuronidase followed the same intracellular pathway in both cell types but was not degraded.


1989 ◽  
Vol 93 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.G. Sleight ◽  
M.N. Abanto

The transport and metabolism of a fluorescent phosphatidylcholine analog, 1-palmitoyl-2-(N-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole)- aminocaproyl-phosphatidylcholine [palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC), in BHK, CHO-K1, CHO-15B, MDCK, VA-2, Vero, V79 and WI-38 cells has been investigated. When liposomes containing (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC were incubated with cells at 2 degrees C, spontaneous transfer of the fluorescent lipid from the liposomes to the cells' plasma membranes occurred. Most of the lipid transferred to the cells could be removed by incubating the cells in the presence of nonfluorescent liposomes or media containing 10% serum, suggesting that the fluorescent probe resided exclusively in the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane at 2 degrees C. After insertion into the plasma membrane, internalization of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC occurred when the cells were warmed to 37 degrees C. This resulted in four different labeling patterns: (1) little or no internalization of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC into punctate vesicles was observed in Vero cells. (2) Transport of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC to the region of the Golgi apparatus and to a small number of intracellular vesicles was observed in both V79 and CHO-K1 cell lines. (3) A large number of fluorescently labeled intracellular vesicles with little or no labeling in the region of the Golgi apparatus appeared after the internalization of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC in BHK, CHO-15B, MDCK and WI-38 cell lines. (4) Accumulation of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC in small vesicles, mitochondria and the nuclear envelope was observed in VA-2 cells. In addition, cells having a defect in glycoprotein processing and those transformed with simian virus 40 (SV40) internalized the fluorescent lipid probe differently compared with parental lines. Neither differences in rates of endocytosis nor rates of (palmitoyl, C6-NBD)-PC degradation between cell types appears to cause the observed dissimilarities in intracellular lipid transport. We suggest that these different cell types may have dissimilar pathways of intracellular lipid trafficking or differential regulation of a common transport pathway, and that the predominant pathway of lipid translocation can be altered in cells by changing the composition of their glycoproteins or by viral transformation.


1974 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges Pelletier

The incorporation of [3H]fucose in the somatotrophic and gonadotrophic cells of the rat adenohypophysis has been studied by electron microscope autoradiography to determine the site of synthesis of glycoproteins and to follow the migration of newly synthesized glycoproteins. The pituitaries were fixed 5 min, 20 min, 1 h, and 4 h after the in vivo injection of [3H]fucose and autoradiographs analyzed quantitatively. At 5 min after [3H]fucose administration, 80–90% of the silver grains were localized over the Golgi apparatus in both somatotrophs and gonadotrophs. By 20 min, the Golgi apparatus was still labeled and some radioactivity appeared over granules. At 1 h and 4 h, silver grains were found predominantly over secretory granules. The kinetic analysis showed that in both protein-secreting cells (somatotrophs) and glycoprotein-secreting cells (gonadotrophs), the glycoproteins have their synthesis completed in the Golgi apparatus and migrate subsequently to the secretory granules. It is concluded from these in vivo studies that glycoproteins which are not hormones are utilized for the formation of the matrix and/or of the membrane of the secretory granules. The incorporation of [3H]fucose in gonadectomy cells (hyperstimulated gonadotrophs) was also studied in vitro after pulse labeling of pituitary fragments in medium containing [3H]fucose. The incorporation of [3H]fucose was localized in both the rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the Golgi apparatus. Later, the radioactivity over granules increased while that over the Golgi apparatus decreased. The concentration of silver grains over the dilated cisternae of the rough ER was not found to be modified at the longest time intervals studied.


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