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Assembly and secretion of fibrinogen. Degradation of individual chains
Hep G2 cells produce surplus A alpha and gamma fibrinogen chains. These excess chains, which are not secreted, exist primarily as free gamma chains and as an A alpha-gamma complex. We have determined the intracellular location and the degradative fate of these polypeptides by treatment with endoglyc...
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Published in: | The Journal of biological chemistry 1992-11, Vol.267 (32), p.23151-23158 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Hep G2 cells produce surplus A alpha and gamma fibrinogen chains. These excess chains, which are not secreted, exist primarily
as free gamma chains and as an A alpha-gamma complex. We have determined the intracellular location and the degradative fate
of these polypeptides by treatment with endoglycosidase-H and by inhibiting lysosomal enzyme activity, using NH4Cl, chloroquine,
and leupeptin. Free gamma chain and the gamma component of A alpha-gamma are both cleaved by endoglycosidase-H, indicating
that the gamma chains accumulate in a pre-Golgi compartment. Lysosomal enzyme inhibitors did not affect the disappearance
of free gamma chains but inhibited A alpha-gamma by 50%, suggesting that A alpha-gamma is degraded in lysosomes. The degradative
fate of individual chains was determined in transfected COS cells which express but do not secrete single chains. Leupeptin
did not affect B beta chain degradation, had very little affect on gamma chain, but markedly inhibited A alpha chain degradation.
Antibody to immunoglobulin heavy chain-binding protein (GRP 78) co-immunoprecipitated B beta but not A alpha or gamma chains.
Preferential binding of heavy chain-binding protein to B beta was also noted in Hep G2 cells and in chicken hepatocytes. Taken
together these studies indicate that B beta and gamma chains are degraded in the endoplasmic reticulum, but only B beta is
bound to BiP. By contrast A alpha chains and the A alpha-gamma complex undergo lysosomal degradation. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9258 1083-351X |
DOI: | 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)50069-7 |