The phosphomannosyl recognition system for intracellular and intercellular transport of lysosomal enzymes.
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Ligatin, a lectin that recognizes phosphorylated sugars, has been demonstrated in mammalian tissues to bind specific hydrolases to cell surfaces. Ligatin exists as a filament that can be released from membranes still complexed with its bound hydrolases by treatment of membrane preparations with CaCl2 and/or pH 8.0. The ligatin-hydrolase complexes subsequently can be dissociated with ethyleneglycol-bis(beta-amino-ethyl ether) N, N'-tetraacetic acid, resulting in a concurrent depolymerization of the ligatin filament. From membrane preparations of cerebrum, this procedure solubilized ligatin and a membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7). Binding of the cosolubilized acetylcholinesterase to ligatin could be demonstrated in vivo by affinity chromatography using the immobilized lectin. Ligatin-hydrolase complexes have been shown to be dissociated by specific phosphorylated sugars (mannose 6-phosphate and glucose 1-phosphate). These sugars were also effective in eluting bound brain acetylcholinesterase from ligatin affinity columns. Analysis of labeled glycitols produced by tritiated borohydride reduction confirmed the presence of phosphorylated sugars on the ligatin-cosolubilized material from brain.
Swainsonine, an indolizidine alkaloid, found in plants of the genus Swainsona, has been shown to be a strong inhibitor in vitro of the alpha-D-mannosidase activity in normal human fibroblasts. Therefore, inhibition of alpha-D-mannosidase activity in extracts of harvested cells grown with swainsonine in the medium has been used to follow the association of the alkaloid with normal human fibroblasts in culture. Swainsonine that could not be removed by extensive washing became associated with the cells within 1 min, and it is concluded that the alkaloid is internalized rapidly by the cells. The amount of swainsonine taken up into the cells depended on the length of time in contact and the concentration of swainsonine in the medium, but at 37 degrees C a plateau of internalized swainsonine occurred after 2 hr with extracellular concentrations of swainsonine of 100 microM or greater. At lower concentrations of swainsonine the rate of uptake was found to be temperature-dependent, increasing greatly at 20 degrees C. The rapidity and temperature sensitivity of the uptake, together with the observation that mannose or mannose-6-phosphate did not prevent the association, suggest that swainsonine enters the cells by permeation rather than by endocytosis. When swainsonine is withdrawn from the culture medium, there is a decrease with time of cell-associated swainsonine. The kinetics of uptake and release of swainsonine and its slightly basic nature make it likely that swainsonine is concentrated initially in the lysosomes. This rapid, but reversible, concentration of swainsonine in lysosomes would be consistent with the observed effects of the toxin in vivo.
In a previous report we demonstrated that phosphorylated oligosaccharides isolated from acid hydrolases were subject to pinocytosis by phosphomannosyl receptors present on the cell surface of human fibroblasts [9]. However, limiting quantities of oligosaccharides precluded detailed comparison of the kinetics of pinocytosis of these phosphorylated oligosaccharides to those of the acid hydrolases from which they were derived. In this report we present studies comparing the kinetics of pinocytosis of acid hydrolases from NH4Cl-induced fibroblast secretions with those of concanavalin A-binding glycopeptides prepared from them by pronase digestion. The uptake of both secretion acid hydrolases and 125I-labeled glycopeptides was linear for at least 3 hr, saturable, inhibited competitively by mannose 6-phosphate, and destroyed by prior treatment of the ligand with alkaline phosphatase. The inhibition constants of excess unlabeled glycopeptide for the uptake of 125I-labeled glycopeptides (Ki of 1.5 X 10(-6) M) and for the uptake of secretion acid hydrolases (Ki of 2.2 X 10(-6) M) were remarkably similar. Furthermore, the Ki for mannose 6-phosphate inhibition of pinocytosis of glycopeptide uptake (3 X 10(-5) M) compares closely to that previously determined for the pinocytosis of intact "high-uptake" acid hydrolases (3-6 X 10(-5) M). "High-uptake" fractions of both ligands were prepared and quantified by affinity chromatography on immobilized phosphomannosyl receptors purified from bovine liver. Only 10% of the concanavalin A-binding glycopeptides bound to the immobilized phosphomannosyl receptors, while 80% of the acid hydrolases from which they were prepared bound and were eluted with 10 mM mannose 6-phosphate. However, the fraction of each type of ligand that binds to the immobilized phosphomannosyl receptors accounts for all the uptake activity of that ligand.
The cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor (215,000 daltons) was isolated from embryonic bovine tracheal cells and embryonic human skin fibroblasts labelled with [3H]palmitic acid. The tritium label was detected in the protein upon fluorographic analysis of SDS-polyacrylamide gels of the purified receptor. The label was not sensitive to hydroxylamine, methanolic KOH, or beta-mercaptoethanol, but labelled fatty acid was recovered from the protein by acidic methanolysis. Labelled receptor protein could not be isolated from cells grown in the presence of [3H]myristic acid. The results suggest the presence of amide-linked palmitic acid in the structure of the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor.
Latent recombinant transforming growth factor-beta 2 (LrTGF-beta 2) complex has been purified from serum-free media conditioned by Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with a plasmid encoding the TGF-beta 2 (414) precursor. Under neutral conditions, LrTGF-beta 2 had an apparent molecular weight of 130 kDa. The complex contained both mature and pro-region sequences. Acidification of LrTGF-beta 2 resulted in the release of mature 24 kDa TGF-beta 2 from the high molecular weight pro-region-containing complex, suggesting that TGF-beta 2 was non-covalently associated with this complex. These results were confirmed by crosslinking experiments performed on partially purified LrTGF-beta 2. Protein sequence analysis of the purified TGF-beta 2 pro-region indicated that signal peptide cleavage occurred between ser(20) and leu(21). The pro-region, which previously was found to contain mannose-6-phosphate, bound to the mannose-6-phosphate receptor. Proteolytic cleavage of mature TGF-beta 2 from pro-TGF-beta 2 was inhibited by monensin and chloroquine suggesting that binding to this receptor and subsequent transport to acidic vesicles may be involved in the processing of rTGF-beta 2 precursor.
The endocytosis and intracellular transport of mannose-6-phosphate conjugated to bovine serum albumin (Man-6-P:BSA) by mouse T-lymphoma cells were investigated in detail using several methods of analysis, both morphological and biochemical. Man-6-P:BSA was labeled with fluorescein or 125I and used to locate both surface and intracellular Man-6-P binding sites by light or electron microscopy, respectively. Incubation of cells with either fluorescent- or 125I-labeled Man-6-P:BSA at 0 degree C revealed a uniform distribution of the Man-6-P binding sites over the cell surface. Competition experiments indicate that the Man-6-P:BSA binding sites on the cell surface are the same receptors that can recognize lysosomal hydrolases. After as little as 1 min incubation at 37 degrees C, endocytosis of Man-6-P binding sites was clearly observed to occur through regions of the plasma membrane and via vesicles that also bound anticlathrin antibody. After a 5-15-min incubation of cells at 37 degrees C, the internalized ligand was detected first in the cis region of the Golgi apparatus and then in the Golgi stacks using both autoradiography and immunocytochemistry to visualize the ligand. The appearance of Man-6-P:BSA in the Golgi region after 15-30 min was confirmed by subcellular fractionation, which demonstrated an accumulation of Man-6-P:BSA in light membrane fractions that corresponded with the Golgi fractions. After a 30-min incubation at 37 degrees C, the internalized Man-6-P binding sites were localized primarily in lysosomal structures whose membrane but not lumen co-stained for acid phosphatase. These results demonstrate a temporal participation of clathrin-containing coated vesicles during the initial endocytosis of Man-6-P binding sites and that one step in the Man-6-P:BSA transport pathway between plasma membrane and the lysosomal structure can involve a transit through the Golgi stacks.
We have recently shown that degradation of bone collagen by osteoclasts occurs via proteolytic enzyme activity that depends on an acidic milieu. Since bone resorption occurs in an extracellular, acidic compartment located at the cell-matrix attachment site, the osteoclast must deliver the acid collagenolytic enzymes to the cell surface. These observations raise the possibility that the mannose-6-phosphate (M-6-P) receptor, known to sort acidic proteases in other cells, is involved in trafficking lysosomal enzymes to the plasmalemma of bone resorbing cells. To this end we studied receptor-mediated uptake, distribution and release, by isolated chicken osteoclasts, of 125I-hexosaminidase, a M-6-P bearing enzyme. We found that at 4 degrees C, the bone-resorbing polykaryons bind approximately 10,000 molecules of radioligand/cell with a Kd of 0.7 nM, which is endocytosed by osteoclasts at 37 degrees C by a calcium-independent process. Furthermore, 125I-hexosaminidase uptake is unaffected by mannosylated albumin, documenting specificity of the receptor-mediated event. Release of endocytosed enzyme from the cell is also much more rapid than its degradation, attesting to a pathway of uptake and secretion. By autoradiography, the M-6-P bearing ligand is concentrated at the site of osteoclast-bone attachment. Thus, osteoclasts also have the capacity to deliver M-6-P bearing degradative enzymes to their surface at the site of matrix degradation.
The role of receptor-bound urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in cellular activation of latent transforming growth factor-beta (LTGF-beta) was investigated in a model system of mouse LB6 cells transfected with either a human uPA receptor cDNA (LhuPAR+), a human prouPA cDNA (LhuPA), or a control neomycin-resistance cDNA (Lneo). When LhuPAR+ cells were co-cultured with LhuPA cells, the plasmin-dependent fibrinolytic activity generated was more than that observed in either homotypic cultures with fivefold greater number of LhuPA cells or co-cultures containing LhuPA and Lneo cells instead of the LhuPAR+ cells. The preferential activation of TGF-beta by co-cultures with the greatest plasmin-generation potential, LhuPAR+ and LhuPA cells, was confirmed by three independent bioassays. In the first assay, a 48% decrease in PA activity, a measure of active TGF-beta production, was observed with BAE cells treated with conditioned medium (CM) from co-cultures of LhuPA and LhuPAR+ cells. Inclusion of neutralizing antibodies to TGF-beta abrogated the inhibitory effect of CM on PA activity demonstrating that the inhibitory molecule was TGF-beta. Addition of the amino terminal fragment of uPA (ATF) or omission of plasminogen from co-cultures blocked both the fibrinolytic activity and the generation of TGF-beta activity in the CM. In the second assay, CM from co-cultures of LhuPA and LhuPAR+ cells inhibited the migration of BAE cells in a wound assay. Controls with anti-TGF-beta IgG indicated that the inhibition was due to TGF-beta. In the third assay, proliferation of mink lung epithelial cells was inhibited by CM generated by co-cultures of LhuPA and LhuPAR+ cells as compared to CM from the same cells cultured in the absence of plasminogen or to CM from a co-culture of LhuPA with LhuPAR- cells. Excess mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) blocked the generation of TGF-beta as assayed by both the BAE migration and PA assays, presumably because it interfered with cell-surface localization of LTGF-beta. Additionally, small numbers of LhuPA and LhuPAR+ cells co-cultured with BAE cells inhibited the BAE cell PA activity via the paracrine action of TGF-beta. These results support the conclusion that plasmin-dependent activation LTGF-beta by LB6 cells is promoted by the surface localization of uPA by its receptor.
Recent studies suggest that heparin, mannose-6-phosphate (M6P), and castanospermine (CS) may mediate their anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the passage of leukocytes through the subendothelial basement membrane (BM). In order to test this hypothesis, heparin, M6P, and CS were examined for their ability to prevent the in vitro degradation of a 35SO4-labeled extracellular matrix (ECM) by neutrophils, lymphocytes, endothelial cells (ECs), and platelets, the labeled ECM degradation products being analyzed by gel filtration chromatography. All three compounds inhibited 35SO4-labeled ECM degradation, but M6P and CS were cell-type specific in their effects. Heparin inhibited the heparanase activity of all cell types examined, confirming the results of previous studies using similar in vitro techniques. M6P selectively inhibited lymphocyte heparanase but not that of platelets, neutrophils, or ECs. CS selectively inhibited phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-induced EC heparanase and sulfatase activity but did not affect the constitutive expression of degradative enzymes by non-stimulated ECs. These findings provide important clues to the mode of action of these compounds and the characteristic inflammatory pathology associated with the use of each anti-inflammatory agent. In particular, the data support the view that leukocytes markedly differ in the mechanisms they use to degrade BM/ECM to enable extravasation and that some degree of cooperation with EC is required in this process.
Mannose-6-p is an activator of the 14C-mannose incorporation from GDP-14C-mannose in the mono- and oligosaccharides and in the mannopolymers of the cell wall proteophosphomannan produced by the food protein yeast Candida spec. H. Moreover, mannose-6-p is a precursor of proteophosphomannan: 14C-Mannose-6-p has been incorporated in absence of GTP. Corresponding behaviour shows glucose-6-p by synthesis of beta-glucan and glycogen. Mutants of Candida spec. H with different efficiency in the biosynthesis of mannan, beta-glucan and glycogen incorporate hexose-6-p in a different extent.
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The lysosome is a membrane delimited cytoplasmic organelle that contains at least 50 hydrolytic enzymes and associated cofactors. The biomedical importance of these enzymes is highlighted by the many lysosomal storage disorders that are associated with mutations in genes encoding lysosomal proteins, and there is also evidence that lysosomal activities may be involved in more widespread human diseases. The aim of this study was to characterize the human brain lysosomal proteome with the goal of establishing a reference map to investigate human diseases of unknown etiology and to gain insights into the cellular function of the lysosome. Proteins containing mannose 6-phosphate (Man6-P), a carbohydrate modification used for targeting resident soluble lysosomal proteins to the lysosome, were affinity-purified using immobilized Man6-P receptor. Fractionation by two-dimensional electrophoresis resolved a complex mixture comprising approximately 800 spots. Constituent proteins in each spot were identified using a combination of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (both peptide mass fingerprinting and tandem mass spectrometry) [corrected] on in-gel tryptic digests and N-terminal sequencing. In a complementary analysis, we also analyzed a tryptic digest of the unfractionated mixture by liquid chromatography MS/MS. In total, 61 different proteins were identified. Seven were likely contaminants associated with true Man6-P glycoproteins. Forty-one were known lysosomal proteins of which 11 have not previously been reported to contain Man6-P. An additional nine proteins were either uncharacterized or proteins not previously reported to have lysosomal function. We found that the human brain Man6-P-containing lysosomal proteome is highly complex and contains more proteins with a much greater number of individual isoforms than found in previous studies of Man6-P glycoproteomes.
The lysosomal matrix is estimated to contain about 50 different proteins. Most of the matrix proteins are acid hydrolases that depend on mannose 6-phosphate receptors (MPR) for targeting to lysosomes. Here, we describe a comprehensive proteome analysis of MPR-binding proteins from mouse. Mouse embryonic fibroblasts defective in both MPR (MPR 46-/- and MPR 300-/-) are known to secrete the lysosomal matrix proteins. Secretions of these cells were affinity purified using an affinity matrix derivatized with MPR46 and MPR300. In the protein fraction bound to the affinity matrix and eluted with mannose 6-phosphate, 34 known lysosomal matrix proteins, 4 candidate proteins of the lysosomal matrix and 4 non-lysosomal contaminants were identified by mass spectrometry after separation by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis or by multidimensional protein identification technology. For 3 of the candidate proteins, mammalian ependymin-related protein-2 (MERP-2), retinoid-inducible serine carboxypeptidase (RISC) and the hypothetical 66.3-kDa protein we could verify that C-terminally tagged forms bound in an M6P-dependent manner to an MPR-affinity matrix and were internalized via MPR-mediated endocytosis. Hence these 3 proteins are likely to represent hitherto unrecognized lysosomal matrix proteins.
We have carried out a screen of 622 deletion strains generated during the EUROFAN B0 project to identify non-essential genes related to the mannosylphosphate content of the cell wall. By examining the affinity of the deletants for the cationic dye alcian blue and the ion exchanger QAE-Sephadex, we have selected 50 strains. On the basis on their reactivity (blue colour intensity) in the alcian blue assay, mutants with a lower phosphate content than wild-type cells were then arranged in groups defined by previously characterized mutants, as follows: group I (mnn6), group II (between mnn6 and mnn9) and group III (mnn9). Similarly, strains that behaved like mnn1 (i.e. a blue colour deeper than wild-type) were included in group VI. To confirm the association between the phenotype and a specific mutation, strains were complemented with clones or subjected to tetrad analysis. Selected strains were further tested for extracellular invertase and exoglucanase. Within groups I, II and III, we found some genes known to be involved in oligosaccharide biosynthesis (ALG9, ALG12, HOC1), secretion (BRE5, COD4/COG5, VPS53), transcription (YOL072w/THP1, ELP2, STB1, SNF11), cell polarity (SEP7, RDG1), mitochondrial function (YFH1), cell metabolism, as well as orphan genes. Within group VI, we found genes involved in environmentally regulated transduction pathways (PAL2 and RIM20) as well as others with miscellaneous or unknown functions. We conclude that mannosylphosphorylation is severely impaired in some deletants deficient in specific glycosylation/secretion processes, but many other different pathways may also modulate the amount of mannosylphosphate in the cell wall.
The constitutive transport of hexoses in yeast has been re-examined with a new radioactive experimental approach devised to distinguish between association or independence of the transport step with phosphorylation of the sugar substrate. The approach takes advantage of the fact that the label of [2-3H]mannose disappears once it has been phosphorylated by the yeast, due to its conversion to fructose-6-phosphate. Our results with wild-type yeast and this fermentable sugar support the view that the transport of hexoses in yeast does not involve phosphorylation of the substrate. Other features of the transport process have been examined using this experimental procedure and are also reported.
Flow cytometry was used to test the role of the propeptide of procathepsin D in the activation of human peripheral lymphocytes and neutrophils. A selective inhibition of the activation was achieved by antibodies targeted against the propeptide. Synthetic peptide corresponding to the cathepsin D propeptide had a very similar effect as procathepsin D itself. The interaction of procathepsin D with the cells was blocked by the propeptide as monitored in experiments with fluorescently labeled procathepsin D. Our data indicate that procathepsin D activation of human neutrophils and leukocytes described earlier is mediated through the propeptide of the procathepsin D.
We have studied the rapid kinetics of glucose-6-phosphatase (Glc6Pase) toward glucose 6-phosphate (Glc6P) and mannose 6-phosphate (Man6P) in intact and detergent-treated microsomes, using a radiometric assay based on the use of [U(-)14C]hexose 6-phosphates. We show that a hysteretic transition of Glc6Pase from a rapid hydrolytic form to slower kinetic form within the intact membrane occurs for both substrates with the same relaxation time. During the hysteretic transition, preceding the steady-state rate of hydrolysis, Glc6Pase is able to hydrolyze both Glc6P and Man6P at very similar rates. Only Glc6P is significantly hydrolyzed at steady state. Moreover, the initial rates of hydrolysis of both Glc6P and Man6P in intact microsomes are higher than the respective rates of hydrolysis after detergent treatment of the membrane at high substrate concentrations (10 and 20 microM), while these rates are not different at lower substrate concentrations. These data show that the marked specificity of Glc6Pase at steady state in the membrane is acquired owing to a hysteretic transition induced by the hydrolytic phenomenon, independently of the nature of the prior phosphate donor. The role of the membrane in this phenomenon is crucial, since the transition does not occur in its absence.