scholarly journals Distribution of cell surface saccharides on pancreatic cells

1979 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Maylie-Pfenninger ◽  
JD Jamieson

We describe here a simple, general procedure for the purification of a variety of lectins, and for the preparation of lectin-ferritin conjugates of defined molar composition and binding properties to be used as probes for cell surface saccharides. The technique uses a "universal" affinity column for lectins and their conjugates, which consists of hog sulfated gastric mucin glycopeptides covalently coupled to agarose. The procedure involes: (a) purification of lectins by chromatography of aqueous extracts of seeds or other lectin-containing fluids over the affinity column, followed by desorption of the desired lectin with its hapten suge; (b) iodination of the lectin to serve as a marker during subsequent steps; (c) conjugation of lectin to ferritin with glutaraldehyde; (d) collection of active lectin-ferritin conjugates by affinity chromatography; and (e) separation of monomeric lectin-ferritin conjugates from larger aggregates and unconjugated lectin by gel chromatography. Based on radioactivity and absorbancy at 310 nm for lectin and ferritin, respectively, the conjugates consist of one to two molecules of lectin per ferrritin molecule. Binding studies of native lectins and their ferritin conjugates to dispersed pancreatic acinar cells showed that the conjugation procedure does not significantly alter either the affinity constant of the lectin for its receptor on the cell surface or the number of sites detected.

1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (3) ◽  
pp. G347-G357 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Streb ◽  
I. Schulz

Ca2+ uptake into isolated exocrine pancreatic cells with highly permeable plasma membrane was determined by measuring the decrease in free Ca2+ concentration of the surrounding incubation medium with a Ca2+-specific electrode. In the presence of Mg-ATP and respiratory substrates the free Ca2+ concentration of the incubation medium decreased rapidly after addition of leaky cells until a stable medium free Ca2+ concentration of 4.2 +/- 0.1 X 10(-7) mol/l was obtained. Changes in the medium free Ca2+ concentration at steady state by addition of Ca2+ or EGTA were buffered by cellular uptake or release, respectively, until the steady-state free Ca2+ concentration was reestablished. When nonmitochondrial Ca2+ uptake was determined in the presence of a combination of mitochondrial inhibitors (10(-5) mol/l antimycin, 5 X 10(-6) mol/l oligomycin, and 10(-2) mol/l azide), the rate of uptake was considerably reduced, while the steady-state concentration was unaltered. In contrast, mitochondrial uptake that could be observed in the presence of the ATPase inhibitor vanadate (2 X 10(-3) mol/l) proceeded at the same rate as the control, but the minimal medium free Ca2+ concentration reached was 2.4 +/- 0.1 X 10(-7) mol/l higher than the control. Addition of secretagogues at steady-state free Ca2+ concentration resulted in a Ca2+ release of 0.73 +/- 0.08 nmol/mg protein. The increase in medium free Ca2+ concentration was entirely transient and followed by reuptake to the prestimulation level. The data indicate that a cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration of 4 X 10(-7) mol/l can be regulated in pancreatic acinar cells by a nonmitochondrial Mg2+-dependent Ca2+ pool.


1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (6) ◽  
pp. G738-G744
Author(s):  
R. S. Izzo ◽  
C. Pellecchia ◽  
M. Praissman

To evaluate the internalization of cholecystokinin, monoiodinated imidoester of cholecystokinin octapeptide [125I-(IE)-CCK-8] was bound to dispersed pancreatic acinar cells, and surface-bound and internalized radioligand were differentiated by treating with an acidified glycine buffer. The amount of internalized radioligand was four- and sevenfold greater at 24 and 37 degrees C than at 4 degrees C between 5 and 60 min of association. Specific binding of radioligand to cell surface receptors was not significantly different at these temperatures. Chloroquine, a lysosomotropic agent that blocks intracellular proteolysis, significantly increased the amount of CCK-8 internalized by 18 and 16% at 30 and 60 min of binding, respectively, compared with control. Dithiothreitol (DTT), a sulfhydryl reducing agent, also augmented the amount of CCK-8 radioligand internalized by 25 and 29% at 30 and 60 min, respectively. The effect of chloroquine and DTT on the processing of internalized radioligand was also considered after an initial 60 min of binding of radioligand to acinar cells. After 180 min of processing, the amount of radioligand internalized was significantly greater in the presence of chloroquine compared with controls, whereas the amount of radioligand declined in acinar cells treated with DTT. Internalized and released radioactivity from acinar cells was rebound to pancreatic membrane homogenates to determine the amount of intact radioligand during intracellular processing. Chloroquine significantly increased the amount of intact 125I-(IE)-CCK-8 radioligand in released and internalized radioactivity while DTT increased the amount of intact radioligand only in internalized samples. This study shows that pancreatic acinar cells rapidly internalize large amounts of CCK-8 and that chloroquine and DTT inhibit intracellular degradation.


1979 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Maylié-Pfenninger ◽  
J D Jamieson

The surface saccharide composition of collagenase-dispersed pancreatic cells from adult guinea pig and rat glands was examined by using eight lectins and their ferritin conjugates: Concanavalin A (ConA); Lens culinaris (LCL); Lotus tetragonolobus (LTL); Ricinus communis agglutinins I and II (RCA I, RCA II); Soybean agglutinin (SBA); Ulex europeus lectin (UEL); and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA). Binding studies of iodinated lectins and lectin-ferritin conjugates both revealed one population of saturable, high-affinity receptor sites on the total cell population (approximately 95% acinar cells). Electron microscopy, however, revealed differences in lectin-ferritin binding to the plasmalemma of acinar, centroacinar, and endocrine cells. Whereas acinar cells bound heavily all lectin conjugates, endocrine and centroacinar cells were densely labeled only by ConA, LCL, WGA, and RCA I, and possessed few receptors for LTL, UEL, and SBA. Endocrine and centroacinar cells could be differentiated from each other by using RCA II, which binds to centroacinar cells but not to endocrine cells. Some RCA II receptors appeared to be glycolipids because they were extracted by ethanol and chloroform-methanol in contrast to WGA receptors which resisted solvent treatment but were partly removed by papain digestion. RCA I receptors were affected by neither treatment. The apparent absence of receptors for SBA on endocrine and centroacinar cells, and for RCA II on endocrine cells, was reversed by neuraminidase digestion, which suggested masking of lectin receptors by sialic acid. The absence of LTL and UEL receptors on endocrine and centroacinar cells was not reversed by neuraminidase. We suggest that the differential lectin-binding patterns observed on acinar, centroacinar, and endocrine cells from the adult pancreas surface-carbohydrate-developmental programs expressed during morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation of the gland.


Author(s):  
L. A. Mozheiko

The review analyzes the current data on the main mechanisms of toxic effects of alcohol and its metabolites on pancreatic acinar cells in acute pancreatitis. It is shown that the mechanisms of cellular damage are multicomponent and closely linked by the regulatory factors of the molecular level. At the early stage of the disease, they lead to the following structural and functional changes in acinar cells that promote the premature intracellular trypsinogen activation and autoaggression: sustained rise of cytosolic Ca2+ and excess of mitochondrial matrix Ca2+; destabilization due to lysosomes and zymogen granules; debective autophagy; mitochondrial depolarization; decreased ATP production and necrosis.


1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (1) ◽  
pp. G147-G151 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Seifert ◽  
P. Sawchenko ◽  
J. Chesnut ◽  
J. Rivier ◽  
W. Vale ◽  
...  

In the present study we demonstrate by immunohistochemical techniques that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is present in nerve terminals in the islets of Langerhans. Furthermore, binding studies with 125I-CGRP indicate that dispersed acini from guinea pig pancreas contain a single class of high-affinity binding sites for CGRP with an apparent dissociation constant of 18 nM. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), rat growth hormone-releasing factor (rGRF), cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-OP), and bombesin do not interact with these receptors. Interaction of CGRP with these receptors leads to release of amylase from the acinar cells. Amylase release is half maximal at 0.3 nM CGRP and maximal at 3 nM CGRP. Maximal amylase release with CGRP is one-third of that observed with VIP. CGRP-induced amylase release is dependent on theophylline in the incubation medium. CGRP potentiates the amylase release stimulated by bombesin and CCK-OP but has no effect on amylase release stimulated by VIP, rGRF, and natural glucagon. CGRP stimulates a 25% increase in basal cellular cAMP. These results indicate that guinea pig pancreatic acinar cells contain a novel receptor for CGRP and that interaction of CGRP with this receptor leads to digestive enzyme secretion through a cAMP-mediated pathway. The presence of CGRP in the islets of Langerhans suggests a pathway for CGRP to reach the exocrine pancreas through an insuloacinar portal system.


1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Oliver ◽  
C L Tolbert ◽  
J F Waters

We examined the uptake and fate of four horseradish peroxidase (HRP) isozymes (Type VI, VII, VIII, and IX) in isolated pancreatic acinar cells. The pattern of uptake was similar for all the isozymes examined, with the exception of Type IX. Very little Type IX HRP was internalized by the cells, and what endocytosis did occur was primarily from the apical cell surface in coated vesicles. In contrast, HRP Type VI, VII, and VIII appeared to be endocytosed largely at the basolateral cell surface. Initially, the tracer was found in smooth vesicles and tubules near the plasma membrane. The tubules resembled the basal lysosomes known to be present in these cells. At the early time points, HRP reaction product was also present in multivesicular bodies (MVBs). By 60 min, the HRP was localized in MVBs, vesicles, and tubules adjacent to the Golgi apparatus. By 12 hr after exposure to the isozymes, the tracer was present in small apical vesicles. At no time could reaction product be localized in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi saccules, or secretory granules. The results of this study suggest that the charge of a soluble-phase marker has little effect on its uptake or intracellular distribution.


1982 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Oliver

In parotid acinar cells, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) administered via the main excretory duct is endocytosed from the apical cell surface in smooth C- or ring-shaped vesicles (Oliver, C. and A. R. Hand. 1979. J. Cell Biol. 76:207). These vesicles ultimately fuse with lysosomes adjacent to the Golgi apparatus. The present investigation extends these findings and examines the uptake and fate of intravenously injected HRP from the lateral and basal cell surfaces of resting and stimulated parotid and pancreatic acinar cells from rats and mice. Isoproterenol and pilocarpine were used to stimulate the parotid gland and the pancreas, respectively. HRP was internalized in smooth and coated vesicles primarily in areas of membrane infoldings. Both the number of coated vesicles and the amount of tracer internalized increased markedly following secretagogue administration. In both resting and stimulated cells, the HRP was rapidly sequestered in a unique system of basally located lysosomes that possess trimetaphosphatase activity, but not acid phosphatase activity. At 1-3 h after HRP administration, reaction product was also found in multivesicular bodies, vesicles, and lysosomes adjacent to the Golgi apparatus. With time, more HRP was localized in Golgi-associated lysosomes. By 6-7 h, tubules in the apical cytoplasm of stimulated cells contained HRP reaction product. When native ferritin was administered retrogradely and HRP injected intravenously, both tracers could be localized in the same lysosome after 4-5 h, indicating that material taken in from all cell surfaces mixes in Golgi-associated lysosomes. The results of this study suggest that two separate and distinct endocytic pathways exist in exocrine acinar cells: one involves membrane retrieval from the apical cell surface; and the other is a stimulation-dependent process at the lateral and basal cell surfaces.


1993 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Velasco ◽  
L Hendricks ◽  
KW Moremen ◽  
DR Tulsiani ◽  
O Touster ◽  
...  

alpha-mannosidases I and II (Man I and II) are resident enzymes of the Golgi complex involved in oligosaccharide processing during N-linked glycoprotein biosynthesis that are widely considered to be markers of the cis- and medial-Golgi compartments, respectively. We have investigated the distribution of these enzymes in several cell types by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. Man II was most commonly found in medial- and/or trans- cisternae but showed cell type-dependent variations in intra-Golgi distribution. It was variously localized to either medial (NRK and CHO cells), both medial and trans (pancreatic acinar cells, enterocytes), or trans- (goblet cells) cisternae, or distributed across the entire Golgi stack (hepatocytes and some enterocytes). The distribution of Man I largely coincided with that of Man II in that it was detected primarily in medial- and trans-cisternae. It also showed cell type dependent variations in its intra-Golgi distribution. Man I and Man II were also detected within secretory granules and at the cell surface of some cell types (enterocytes, pancreatic acinar cells, goblet cells). In the case of Man II, cell surface staining was shown not to be due to antibody cross-reactivity with oligosaccharide epitopes. These results indicate that the distribution of Man I and Man II within the Golgi stack of a given cell type overlaps considerably, and their distribution from one cell type to another is more variable and less compartmentalized than previously assumed.


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