scholarly journals Membrane-associated phosphoproteins in Plasmodium berghei-infected murine erythrocytes.

1983 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Wiser ◽  
P A Wood ◽  
J W Eaton ◽  
J R Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasmodium Berghei ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Intact Cell ◽  
Erythrocyte Membranes ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Membrane Phosphorylation ◽  
Triton X

Normal and Plasmodium berghei (NYU-2 strain)-infected murine erythrocytes display substantially different patterns of plasma membrane phosphoproteins phosphorylation. Intact erythrocytes (normal and parasite infected) incubated with 32Pi and isolated washed erythrocyte plasma membranes incubated with gamma-32P-ATP were analyzed for phosphoproteins by SDS PAGE and autoradiography. Two new phosphoproteins of molecular weight 45,000 (pp45) and 68,000 (pp68), which are absent in normal erythrocyte membranes, are associated with the membranes of infected erythrocytes subjected to both intact-cell and isolated-membrane phosphorylation conditions. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis indicates that pp45 and pp68 are of parasite origin. Partial or complete proteolytic digestion reveals that pp45 is phosphorylated at similar amino acid residues both in intact cells and in isolated membranes. The pp45 phosphoprotein can be detected at as low as 3% parasitemia and its phosphorylation is not affected by 10 microM cAMP, 1 mM Ca2+, or 5 mM EGTA. Extraction of isolated washed plasma membranes with 0.5% Triton X-100 or 0.1 M NaOH indicates that pp45 is detergent insoluble and only partially extractable with NaOH, suggesting that pp45 is closely associated with the host erythrocyte plasma membrane.

scholarly journals Phosphorylated lymphocyte plasma-membrane proteins

1981 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
A P Johnstone ◽  
J H DuBois ◽  
M J Crumpton
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
B Lymphocyte ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Membrane Phosphorylation ◽  
Spleen Lymphocytes

Lymphocytes were labelled by incubation with [32P]Pi and their plasma membranes isolated. Analysis by one-dimensional and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed a small number of strongly phosphorylated polypeptides. Two of these were especially prominent; they had molecular weights of about 52000 and 90000, were acidic and were apparently not glycosylated. Similar patterns were obtained for quiescent T- and B-lymphocytes from different species and for cultured lymphoblastoid cells, although the relative amounts of the labelled polypeptides varied. Immunoprecipitation analyses of the detergent-solubilized 32P-labelled plasma membranes indicated that the glycosylated polypeptide of the human major transplantation (HLA-A and HLA-B) antigens and its mouse and pig counterparts are phosphorylated. In contrast, no phosphorylation of the membrane-associated immunoglobulin, the mouse Thy-1 antigen or the human HLA-DRw(Ia) antigen was detected. The phosphorylation patterns of human peripheral blood and nude-mouse spleen lymphocytes did not change during the period 5-30min after mitogen stimulation. Therefore a change in the phosphorylation of plasma-membrane protein(s) is probably not an early biochemical event in the initiation of T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte growth, although a rapid transient change cannot be ruled out. Similar plasma-membrane phosphorylation patterns were also obtained by incubating the purified plasma membrane with [gamma-32P]ATP. The phosphorylation of the 90000-mol.wt. polypeptide was particularly rapid and was stimulated by the addition of cyclic AMP.

scholarly journals Fluorescent, short-chain C6-NBD-sphingomyelin, but not C6-NBD-glucosylceramide, is subject to extensive degradation in the plasma membrane: implications for signal transduction related to cell differentiation

1995 ◽  
Vol 309 (3) ◽  
pp. 905-912 ◽  
Author(s):  
J W Kok ◽  
T Babia ◽  
K Klappe ◽  
D Hoekstra
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Synthetic Activity ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Ht29 Cells ◽  
Extensive Degradation

The involvement of the plasma membrane in the metabolism of the sphingolipids sphingomyelin (SM) and glucosylceramide (GlcCer) was studied, employing fluorescent short-chain analogues of these lipids, 6-[N-(7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-yl) amino]hexanoylsphingosylphosphorylcholine (C6-NBD-SM), C6-NBD-GlcCer and their common biosynthetic precursor C6-NBD-ceramide (C6-NBD-Cer). Although these fluorescent short-chain analogues are metabolically active, some caution is to be taken in view of potential changes in biophysical/biochemical properties of the lipid compared with its natural counterpart. However, these short-chain analogues offer the advantage of studying the lipid metabolic enzymes in their natural environment, since detergent solubilization is not necessary for measuring their activity. These studies were carried out with several cell types, including two phenotypes (differing in state of differentiation) of HT29 cells. Degradation and biosynthesis of C6-NBD-SM and C6-NBD-GlcCer were determined in intact cells, in their isolated plasma membranes, and in plasma membranes isolated from rat liver tissue. C6-NBD-SM was found to be subject to extensive degradation in the plasma membrane, due to neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) activity. The extent of C6-NBD-SM hydrolysis showed a general cell-type dependence and turned out to be dependent on the state of cell differentiation, as revealed for HT29 cells. In undifferentiated HT29 cells N-SMase activity was at least threefold higher than in its differentiated counterpart. In contrast, in all cell types studied, very little if any biosynthesis of C6-NBD-SM from the precursor C6-NBD-Cer occurred. Moreover, in the case of C6-NBD-GlcCer, neither hydrolytic nor synthetic activity was found to be associated with the plasma membrane. These results are discussed in the context of the involvement of the sphingolipids SM and GlcCer in signal transduction pathways in the plasma membrane.

scholarly journals Insertion of isolated insulin receptors into placental membrane vesicles

1992 ◽  
Vol 281 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Christiansen ◽  
J Carlsen
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Insulin Receptors ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Insulin Binding ◽  
Scatchard Analysis ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Receptor Number ◽  
Triton X

Purified human insulin receptors were inserted into placental plasma-membrane vesicles by fusion of membranes with receptor-lysophosphatidylcholine micelles. Scatchard analysis of insulin binding showed that about 10-15% of the added receptors became inserted into the membrane. The receptor number could be increased about 3-fold, corresponding to approx. 5 pmol of receptor/mg of membrane protein. The receptors became firmly bound to the membrane, as they could not be removed by extensive wash. The insertion of exogenous receptors could be demonstrated by immunoblotting. The inserted insulin receptor had the same insulin-binding affinity as the isolated receptor and the endogenous receptor of the membrane. Insulin binding in the presence or absence of Triton X-100 revealed that more than 80% of the exogenous receptors had a right-side-out orientation. Function of the inserted receptors, as observed by insulin-stimulated autophosphorylation, could be demonstrated. About 80% of the added lysophospholipid, corresponding to approx. 160 nmol of lysophospholipid/mg of membrane protein, became integrated into the membrane and was partly metabolized to phospholipid and to non-esterified fatty acid. The method of insertion of isolated insulin receptors using the natural detergent, lysophospholipid, may be a method for insertion of receptors into intact cells, where the lysophospholipid, as in the plasma-membrane vesicles, will be acylated to phospholipid.

scholarly journals Modulation of 5′-nucleotidase activity in plasma membranes and intact cells by the extracellular matrix proteins laminin and fibronectin

1992 ◽  
Vol 282 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Olmo ◽  
J Turnay ◽  
G Risse ◽  
R Deutzmann ◽  
K von der Mark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Inhibitory Activity ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Proteins ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Matrix Proteins ◽  
Nucleotidase Activity ◽  
Intact Cells

Modulation of 5′-nucleotidase activity by the extracellular matrix proteins fibronectin, laminin and their fragments has been studied in plasma membrane preparations as well as in intact BCS-TC2 and Rugli cells. The ectoenzyme on plasma membranes is activated by laminin; fibronectin inhibits the AMPase activity on BCS-TC2 plasma membranes but no inhibitory effect is found in plasma membrane preparations from Rugli cells. These effects are dependent on the preincubation time and protein concentration. When the effect of the extracellular matrix proteins is studied on intact cells, both BCS-TC2 and Rugli cells show similar behaviour. A decrease in the enzyme activity is observed in the presence of fibronectin. The AMPase inhibitory activity is located on its 40 kDa fragment. No inhibitory activity is found in other fibronectin fragments, including the 140 kDa fragment which contains the RGDS cell-adhesion sequence. Laminin and its E1-4 and E8 fragments are able to activate the ecto-5′-nucleotidase activity of both BCS-TC2 and Rugli cells. The effect of the E1-4 fragment on intact cells is greater than that observed for the E8 fragment and uncleaved laminin. Our results suggest a bifunctional role for 5′-nucleotidase as ectoenzyme and cell receptor for extracellular matrix proteins.

Differential localization of protein kinase C isozymes in U937 cells: evidence for distinct isozyme functions during monocyte differentiation

1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 1003-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. Kiley ◽  
P.J. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Phorbol Ester ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Intact Cell ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Resting Cells ◽  
U937 Cells ◽  
Pkc Epsilon ◽  
Pkc Isozymes ◽  
Beta 2

U937 human promonocytic leukemia cells express PKC isozymes beta 1, beta 2, epsilon and zeta. Indirect immunocytofluorescence using affinity-purified PKC-specific antibodies indicates that each of the endogenous PKC isozymes in U937 cells display a unique compartmentalization within the intact cell. PKC-beta 1 is distributed between two identifiable pools: a cytoplasmic pool which redistributes to the plasma membrane upon activation with acute phorbol ester-treatment, and a membrane-bound pool associated with intracellular vesicles containing beta 2-integrin adhesion molecules, cd11b and cd11c. The vesicle-associated PKC-beta 1 translocates with the secretory granules to the plasma membrane upon agonist-stimulated activation. PKC-beta 2 is associated with the microtubule cytoskeleton in resting cells. PKC overlay assays indicate that PKC-beta 2 binds to proteins associated with microtubules, and not directly to tubulin. PKC-epsilon is associated with filamentous structures in resting cells and redistributes to the perinuclear region upon activation with phorbol esters. In differentiated U937 cells, PKC-beta 1 remains associated with vesicles translocating from the trans-Golgi region to the plasma membrane and PKC-epsilon is primarily associated with perinuclear and plasma membranes. PKC-zeta, which does not respond to phorbol ester treatment, is primarily cytosolic in undifferentiated cells and accumulates in the nucleus of differentiated cells blocked in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. The data clearly demonstrate that individual PKCs localize to different subcellular compartments and promote the hypothesis that PKC subcellular localization is indicative of unique functions for individual PKC isozymes.

scholarly journals Ponticulin is an atypical membrane protein.

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (6) ◽  
pp. 1421-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
A L Hitt ◽  
T H Lu ◽  
E J Luna
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Signal Sequence ◽  
Metabolic Labeling ◽  
Cortical Actin ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Membrane Spanning

We have cloned and sequenced ponticulin, a 17,000-dalton integral membrane glycoprotein that binds F-actin and nucleates actin assembly. A single copy gene encodes a developmentally regulated message that is high during growth and early development, but drops precipitously during cell streaming at approximately 8 h of development. The deduced amino acid sequence predicts a protein with a cleaved NH2-terminal signal sequence and a COOH-terminal glycosyl anchor. These predictions are supported by amino acid sequencing of mature ponticulin and metabolic labeling with glycosyl anchor components. Although no alpha-helical membrane-spanning domains are apparent, several hydrophobic and/or sided beta-strands, each long enough to traverse the membrane, are predicted. Although its location on the primary sequence is unclear, an intracellular domain is indicated by the existence of a discontinuous epitope that is accessible to antibody in plasma membranes and permeabilized cells, but not in intact cells. Such a cytoplasmically oriented domain also is required for the demonstrated role of ponticulin in binding actin to the plasma membrane in vivo and in vitro (Hitt, A. L., J. H. Hartwig, and E. J. Luna. 1994. Ponticulin is the major high affinity link between the plasma membrane and the cortical actin network in Dictyostelium. J. Cell Biol. 126:1433-1444). Thus, ponticulin apparently represents a new category of integral membrane proteins that consists of proteins with both a glycosyl anchor and membrane-spanning peptide domain(s).

Adenylate cyclase activity in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells: some properties of the enzyme associated with purified plasma membrane fractions

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard P. Schimmer
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Tumor Cell Line ◽  
Cyclase Activity ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase Activity ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase System ◽  
Adrenocortical Tumor ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Fractions enriched in plasma membranes were prepared from the Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cell line and were characterized with respect to adenylate cyclase activity. Optimal requirements of the adenylate cyclase system for guanyl nucleotides, Mg2+, ATP, and corticotropin (ACTH) were determined. The sensitivity of the adenylate cyclase system to ACTH1–24 in plasma membrane fractions was comparable with that observed in isolated intact cells. Polycations such as poly-L-arginine and histone competitively inhibited the action of ACTH1–24, supporting the view that the affinity of ACTH for the adenylate cyclase system is determined by the basic core of amino acids at residues 15–18. ACTH1–24 was at least one order of magnitude more potent than ACTH1–39 in stimulating adenylate cyclase activity in plasma membrane fractions.

scholarly journals Phagocytosis induced by thyrotropin in cultured thyroid cells is associated with myosin light chain dephosphorylation and stress fiber disruption

1993 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
WJ Deery ◽  
JP Heath
Keyword(s):  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Stress Fiber ◽  
Basal Cells ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Thyroid Cells ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Latex Beads ◽  
Cell Homogenate ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Mlc Phosphorylation

The actin/myosin II cytoskeleton and its role in phagocytosis were examined in primary cultures of dog thyroid cells. Two (19 and 21 kD) phosphorylated light chains of myosin (P-MLC) were identified by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of antimyosin immunoprecipitates, and were associated with the Triton X-100 insoluble, F-actin cytoskeletal fraction. Analyses of Triton-insoluble and soluble 32PO4-prelabeled protein fractions indicated that TSH (via cAMP) or TPA treatment of intact cells decreases the MLC phosphorylation state. Phosphoamino acid and tryptic peptide analyses of 32P-MLCs from basal cells showed phosphorylation primarily at threonine and serine residues; most of the [32P] appeared associated with a peptide containing sites typically phosphorylated by MLC kinase. Even in the presence of the agents which induced dephosphorylation, the phosphatase inhibitor, calyculin A, caused a severalfold increase in MLC phosphorylation at several distinct serine and threonine sites which was also associated with actomyosin and cell contraction. Phosphorylation of cell homogenate proteins or the cytoskeletal fraction with [gamma-32P]ATP indicated that Ca2+, EGTA, or trifluoperazine (TFP) has little effect on the phosphorylation of MLC. Both fluorescent phalloidin and antimyosin staining of cells showed distinct dorsal and ventral stress fiber complexes which were disrupted within 30 min by TSH and cAMP; TPA appeared to cause disruption of dorsal, and rearrangement of ventral complexes. Concomitant with MLC dephosphorylation and stress fiber disruption, TSH/cAMP, but not TPA, induced dorsal phagocytosis of latex beads. While stimulation of either A or C-kinase disrupts dorsal stress fibers and rearranges actomyosin, another event(s) mediated by A-kinase appears necessary for phagocytic activity.

Binding of phytohemagglutinin to porcine lymphocyte receptors. Time-course studies and comparative binding isotherms using whole cells or cellular receptors incorporated into phospholipid vesicles

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 1033-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Dupuis ◽  
Bânû Bastin
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Lymphocyte Activation ◽  
Mass Action ◽  
Affinity Constant ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Binding Process ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Receptor Sites

We have studied the binding of 125I-labeled phytohemagglutinin (PHA) to porcine splenic lymphocytes (107 cells∙mL−1) at 37 °C. Our data show that PHA binding is dependent on the incubation period and that a maximum quantity of 4.53 ± 0.13 μg is bound when 200 μg of PHA is added. The binding process is rapid and saturation can readily be achieved in less than 2 min. These observations suggest, in accordance with the mass-action principle, that the binding equilibrium can be rapidly displaced towards PHA–receptor complex formation when sufficient amounts of PHA are added. Our data further suggest that receptor sites are exposed at the cell surface and that putative cryptic receptor sites are unlikely to play a major role in the initial part of the binding process. We have studied this aspect by comparing Scatchard plots for PHA binding to receptors in intact lymphocytes and to lymphocyte-derived receptors incorporated into liposomes. In one case, partially purified plasma membranes were solubilized and incorporated into phosphatidylcholine–phosphatidylserine (PC–PS) vesicles prepared by detergent dialysis. In another case, PHA-receptor glycoproteins were purified by affinity chromatography and reassembled into PC–PS vesicles, using the same technique. Scatchard plot analyses showed nonlinear profiles with a concavity turned upward for PHA binding to receptors of intact cells or of PC–PS vesicles with plasma membranes, and a concavity turned downward for vesicles with purified glycoproteins. These observations suggest that PHA-receptor environment plays a determining role in the binding process of the lectin. Numerical data from binding experiments were obtained by computer-assisted nonlinear regression analysis, using a one ligand–two sites model. The (apparent) high-affinity constant (K1) for intact lymphocytes or partially purified plasma membrane components reassembled into liposomes was 4.6 × 107 M−1 and the (apparent) low-affinity constants (K2) were 4.4 × 106 ± 1.5 × 106 M−1 (intact lymphocytes) and 1.7 × 106 ± 0.6 × 106 M−1 (plasma membranes constituents reassembled into liposomes). The value obtained for reconstituted PHA-glycoprotein receptors (K) was 0.70 × 107 ± 0.10 × 107 M−1. The apparent number of sites was n1 = 0.19 × 106 ± 0.05 × 106 (high affinity) and n2 = 2.50 × 106 ± 0.50 × 106 (low affinity) sites per intact lymphocyte cell. In the case of the reconstituted systems, the number of sites per microgram protein of the PC–PS vesicles were n1 = 0.79 × 1010 ± 0.18 × 1010 and n2 = 31.8 × 1010 ± 8.5 × 1010 for the partially purified plasma membrane and n = 26.6 × 1010 ± 2.9 × 1010 for the purified PHA receptor glycoproteins. Data presented here are discussed in terms of the lymphocyte activation model of Prujansky and colleagues, which suggests that positively cooperative lectin binding is a sine qua non condition for lymphocyte activation.

scholarly journals Ganglioside GM3 sialidase activity in fibroblasts of normal individuals and of patients with sialidosis and mucolipidosis IV. Subcellular distribution and some properties

1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Lieser ◽  
E Harms ◽  
H Kern ◽  
G Bach ◽  
M Cantz
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
External Surface ◽  
Human Fibroblasts ◽  
Sodium Cholate ◽  
Ganglioside Gm3 ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Sialidase Activity ◽  
Ionic Detergent ◽  
Mucolipidosis Iv ◽  
Triton X

Sensitive assays for the determination of the ganglioside sialidase activity of fibroblast homogenates were established using ganglioside GM3, 3H-labelled in the sphingosine moiety, as a substrate. Ganglioside GM3 sialidase activity was greatly stimulated by the presence of the non-ionic detergent Triton X-100 and was further enhanced by salts such as NaCl; the optimal pH was 4.5. The subcellular localization of this activity was determined by fractionation using free-flow electrophoresis and found to be exclusively associated with the marker for the plasma membrane, but not with that for lysosomes. This Triton-stimulated ganglioside sialidase activity was selectively inhibited by preincubating intact cells in the presence of millimolar concentrations of Cu2+, suggesting that the activity resides on the external surface of the plasma membrane. In normal fibroblasts homogenates, ganglioside GM3 sialidase was also greatly stimulated by sodium cholate. In contrast to the Triton X-100-activated reaction, however, it was not diminished by prior incubation of intact cells in the presence of Cu2+. Only after cell lysis was Cu2+ inhibitory. the cholate-stimulated ganglioside sialidase activity thus paralleled the behaviour of the lysosomal 4-methylumbelliferyl-alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid (4-MU-NeuAc) sialidase. In fibroblasts from sialidosis patients, the cholate-stimulated ganglioside GM3 sialidase activity, but not that of the Triton-activated enzyme, was profoundly diminished. In fibroblasts from patients with mucolipidosis IV (ML IV), both the Triton X-100- and the cholate-stimulated ganglioside GM3 sialidase activities were in the range of normal controls. The Triton-activated enzyme was associated with the plasma membrane in the same manner as in normal cells. Our findings suggest that, in human fibroblasts, there exist two sialidases that degrade ganglioside GM3: one on the external surface of the plasma membrane, and another that is localized in lysosomes and seems identical with the activity that acts on sialyloligosaccharides and 4-MU-NeuAc. As neither activity was found to be deficient in ML IV fibroblasts, our results argue against the hypothesis of a primary involvement of a ganglioside GM3 sialidase in the pathogenesis of ML IV.

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