UBIQUITINATED PROTEIN CONJUGATES ARE SPECIFICALLY ENRICHED IN THE LYSOSOMAL SYSTEM OF FIBROBLASTS

被引:91
作者
LASZLO, L [1 ]
DOHERTY, FJ [1 ]
OSBORN, NU [1 ]
MAYER, RJ [1 ]
机构
[1] EOTVOS LORAND TUG EGYET,DEPT GEN ZOOL,H-1088 BUDAPEST,HUNGARY
关键词
(3T3-L1 fibroblasts); Electron microscopy; Epoxysuccinyl-leucylamido-(4-guanadino)butane; Lysosome; Ubiquitin;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)80593-8
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Ubiquitin-protein conjugates are found by imniunogold electron microscopy to be enriched (12-fold) in the lysosomal compartment of 3T3-L1 fibroblasts. Treatment of fibroblasts with the cysteine protease inhibitor E-64 leads to an expansion of the lysosomal compartment and as a result an increase in the cellular content of ubiquitin-protein conjugates. There is no change in the specific enrichment of ubiquitin-protein conjugates in the lysosomal compartment following E-64 treatment. The results suggest that some ubiquitin-protein conjugates may normally be degraded lysosomally following sequestration by microautophagy and imply that protein ubiquitination may be one of the signals for protein uptake into lysosomes. © 1990.
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页码:365 / 368
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