Perturbation of regulated secretion in the pancreatic acinar cell line, AR42J

1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (2) ◽  
pp. G257-G266
Author(s):  
E. Sachs ◽  
J. D. Jamieson

The regulated secretory pathway comprises accelerated discharge of proteins in response to hormonal stimuli, their presence in secretory granules (SG), and a long intracellular residence time. Dexamethasone induction of AR42J results in an increase in granule content and responsiveness to cholecystokinin (CCK). We studied the effects of conditions implicated in sorting of secretory proteins into the regulated pathway using [35S]methionine pulse-chase protocols that examine transport of secretory proteins from the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER)----SG and specifically from the Golgi complex (GC)----SG. The latter uses a chase at 20 degrees C to allow accumulation of labeled proteins in the trans-Golgi, followed by a shift to 37 degrees C that initiates their transport to SG under test conditions. Quantitation of CCK-8-stimulated discharge of prestored amylase and of newly synthesized labeled proteins that have entered SG during the chase enables us to examine the effect of perturbants over selected parts of the pathway. The effects of acidic intracellular compartments, the cytoskeleton, protein synthesis, ATP, and temperature on pre- and post-Golgi entry of proteins into the regulated pathway were studied. NH4Cl, monensin, Na azide, incubation at 20 degrees C, and pertussis toxin retarded RER----SG transport without affecting amylase discharge. Only incubation with 20 mM NH4Cl or 1 microM monensin inhibited transfer of newly synthesized proteins from the late GC----SG. RER----Golgi or intra-Golgi transport thus appears to require ATP and possibly guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins. Acidic compartments appear to be essential for sorting of secretory proteins from the GC----SG.

1998 ◽  
Vol 332 (3) ◽  
pp. 593-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter ARVAN ◽  
David CASTLE

Secretory granules are specialized intracellular organelles that serve as a storage pool for selected secretory products. The exocytosis of secretory granules is markedly amplified under physiologically stimulated conditions. While granules have been recognized as post-Golgi carriers for almost 40 years, the molecular mechanisms involved in their formation from the trans-Golgi network are only beginning to be defined. This review summarizes and evaluates current information about how secretory proteins are thought to be sorted for the regulated secretory pathway and how these activities are positioned with respect to other post-Golgi sorting events that must occur in parallel. In the first half of the review, the emerging role of immature secretory granules in protein sorting is highlighted. The second half of the review summarizes what is known about the composition of granule membranes. The numerous similarities and relatively limited differences identified between granule membranes and other vesicular carriers that convey products to and from the plasmalemma, serve as a basis for examining how granule membrane composition might be established and how its unique functions interface with general post-Golgi membrane traffic. Studies of granule formation in vitro offer additional new insights, but also important challenges for future efforts to understand how regulated secretory pathways are constructed and maintained.


1987 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
T L Burgess ◽  
C S Craik ◽  
L Matsuuchi ◽  
R B Kelly

The mouse anterior pituitary tumor cell line, AtT-20, targets secretory proteins into two distinct intracellular pathways. When the DNA that encodes trypsinogen is introduced into AtT-20 cells, the protein is sorted into the regulated secretory pathway as efficiently as the endogenous peptide hormone ACTH. In this study we have used double-label immunoelectron microscopy to demonstrate that trypsinogen colocalizes in the same secretory granules as ACTH. In vitro mutagenesis was used to test whether the information for targeting trypsinogen to the secretory granules resides at the amino (NH2) terminus of the protein. Mutations were made in the DNA that encodes trypsinogen, and the mutant proteins were expressed in AtT-20 cells to determine whether intracellular targeting could be altered. Replacing the trypsinogen signal peptide with that of the kappa-immunoglobulin light chain, a constitutively secreted protein, does not alter targeting to the regulated secretory pathway. In addition, deletion of the NH2-terminal "pro" sequence of trypsinogen has virtually no effect on protein targeting. However, this deletion does affect the signal peptidase cleavage site, and as a result the enzymatic activity of the truncated trypsin protein is abolished. We conclude that neither the signal peptide nor the 12 NH2-terminal amino acids of trypsinogen are essential for sorting to the regulated secretory pathway of AtT-20 cells.


2009 ◽  
Vol 418 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hansruedi Stettler ◽  
Nicole Beuret ◽  
Cristina Prescianotto-Baschong ◽  
Bérengère Fayard ◽  
Laurent Taupenot ◽  
...  

In endocrine cells, prohormones and granins are segregated in the TGN (trans-Golgi network) from constitutively secreted proteins, stored in concentrated form in dense-core secretory granules, and released in a regulated manner on specific stimulation. The mechanism of granule formation is only partially understood. Expression of regulated secretory proteins, both peptide hormone precursors and granins, had been found to be sufficient to generate structures that resemble secretory granules in the background of constitutively secreting, non-endocrine cells. To identify which segment of CgA (chromogranin A) is important to induce the formation of such granule-like structures, a series of deletion constructs fused to either GFP (green fluorescent protein) or a short epitope tag was expressed in COS-1 fibroblast cells and analysed by fluorescence and electron microscopy and pulse-chase labelling. Full-length CgA as well as deletion constructs containing the N-terminal 77 residues generated granule-like structures in the cell periphery that co-localized with co-expressed SgII (secretogranin II). These are essentially the same segments of the protein that were previously shown to be required for granule sorting in wild-type PC12 (pheochromocytoma cells) cells and for rescuing a regulated secretory pathway in A35C cells, a variant PC12 line deficient in granule formation. The results support the notion that self-aggregation is at the core of granule formation and sorting into the regulated pathway.


2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland P Kuiper ◽  
Gerard JM Martens

En route through the secretory pathway of neuroendocrine cells, prohormones pass a series of membrane-bounded compartments. During this transport, the prohormones are sorted to secretory granules and proteolytically cleaved to bioactive peptides. Recently, progress has been made in a number of aspects concerning secretory protein transport and sorting, particularly with respect to transport events in the early regions of the secretory pathway. In this review we will deal with some of these aspects, including: i) selective exit from the endoplasmic reticulum via COPII-coated vesicles and the potential role of p24 putative cargo receptors in this process, ii) cisternal maturation as an alternative model for protein transport through the Golgi complex, and iii) the mechanisms that may be involved in the sorting of regulated secretory proteins to secretory granules. Although much remains to be learned, interesting new insights into the functioning of the secretory pathway have been obtained.Key words: regulated secretory pathway, p24 family, vesicular transport, POMC, protein sorting, secretory granule, Xenopus laevis.


2007 ◽  
Vol 293 (2) ◽  
pp. C558-C565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srirangapatnam G. Venkatesh ◽  
Jinlian Tan ◽  
Sven-Ulrik Gorr ◽  
Douglas S. Darling

Exocrine cells have an essential function of sorting secreted proteins into the correct secretory pathway. A clear understanding of sorting in salivary glands would contribute to the correct targeting of therapeutic transgenes. The present work investigated whether there is a change in the relative proportions of basic proline-rich protein (PRP) and acidic PRPs in secretory granules in response to chronic isoproterenol treatment, and whether this alters the sorting of endogenous cargo proteins. Immunoblot analysis of secretory granules from rat parotids found a large increase of basic PRP over acidic PRPs in response to chronic isoproterenol treatment. Pulse chase experiments demonstrated that isoproterenol also decreased regulated secretion of newly synthesized secretory proteins, including PRPs, amylase and parotid secretory protein. This decreased efficiency of the apical regulated pathway may be mediated by alkalization of the secretory granules since it was reversed by treatment with mild acid. We also investigated changes in secretion through the basolateral (endocrine) pathways. A significant increase in parotid secretory protein and salivary amylase was detected in sera of isoproterenol-treated animals, suggesting increased routing of the regulated secretory proteins to the basolateral pathway. These studies demonstrate that shifts of endogenous proteins can modulate regulated secretion and sorting of cargo proteins.


1997 ◽  
Vol 138 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Castle ◽  
Amy Y. Huang ◽  
J. David Castle

Previous studies have suggested that salivary amylase and proline-rich protein are sorted differently when expressed in AtT-20 cells (Castle, A.M., L.E. Stahl, and J.D. Castle. 1992. J. Biol. Chem. 267:13093– 13100; Colomer, V., K. Lal, T.C. Hoops, and M.J. Rindler. 1994.EMBO (Eur. Mol. Biol. Organ.) J. 13:3711– 3719). We now show that both exocrine proteins behave similarly and enter the regulated secretory pathway as judged by immunolocalization and secretagogue- dependent stimulation of secretion. Analysis of stimulated secretion of newly synthesized proline-rich protein, amylase, and endogenous hormones indicates that the exogenous proteins enter the granule pool with about the same efficiency as the endogenous hormones. However, in contrast to the endogenous hormones, proline-rich protein and amylase are progressively removed from the granule pool during the process of granule maturation such that only small portions remain in mature granules where they colocalize with the stored hormones. The exogenous proteins that are not stored are recovered from the incubation medium and are presumed to have undergone constitutive-like secretion. These results point to a level of sorting for regulated secretion after entry of proteins into forming granules and indicate that retention is essential for efficient storage. Consequently, the critical role of putative sorting receptors for regulated secretion may be in retention rather than in granule entry.


1993 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.S. Schweitzer

PC12 cells secrete the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) while at rest, and increase the overall rate of this secretion 2-fold upon depolarization. This behavior is different from the release of other markers by the constitutive or regulated secretory pathways in PC12 cells. Both the resting and stimulated release of AChE are unchanged after treatment with a membrane-impermeable esterase inhibitor, demonstrating that it represents true secretion and not shedding from the cell surface. The stimulation release of AChE is Ca(2+)-dependent, while the unstimulated release is not. Analysis of the molecular forms of AChE secreted by PC12 cells indicates that the release of AChE actually involves two concurrent but independent secretory processes, and that the G4 form of the enzyme is secreted constitutively, while both the G2 and G4 forms are secreted in a regulated manner, presumably from regulated secretory vesicles. Compared with other regulated secretory proteins, a much smaller fraction of cellular AChE is secreted, and the intracellular localization of this enzyme differs from that of other regulated secretory proteins. The demonstration that a cell line that exhibits regulated secretion of acetylcholine (ACh) is also capable of regulated secretion of AChE provides additional evidence for the existence of multiple regulated secretory pathways within a single cell. Moreover, there appears to be a selective packaging of different molecular forms of AChE into the regulated versus the constitutive secretory pathway. Both the specificity of sorting of AChE and the regulation of its secretion suggest that AChE may play a more dynamic role in synaptic function than has been recognized previously.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennan S. Dirk ◽  
Christopher End ◽  
Emily N. Pawlak ◽  
Logan R. Van Nynatten ◽  
Rajesh Abraham Jacob ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe regulated secretory pathway is a specialized form of protein secretion found in endocrine and neuroendocrine cell types. Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is a pro-hormone that utilizes this pathway to be trafficked to dense core secretory granules (DCSGs). Within this organelle, POMC is processed to multiple bioactive hormones that play key roles in cellular physiology. However, the complete set of cellular membrane trafficking proteins that mediate the correct sorting of POMC to DCSGs remain unknown. Here, we report the roles of the phosphofurin acidic cluster sorting protein – 1 (PACS-1) and the clathrin adaptor protein 1 (AP-1) in the targeting of POMC to DCSGs. Upon knockdown of PACS-1 and AP-1, POMC is readily secreted into the extracellular milieu and fails to be targeted to DCSGs.


1989 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Rosa ◽  
U Weiss ◽  
R Pepperkok ◽  
W Ansorge ◽  
C Niehrs ◽  
...  

We have investigated the sorting and packaging of secretory proteins into secretory granules by an immunological approach. An mAb against secretogranin I (chromogranin B), a secretory protein costored with various peptide hormones and neuropeptides in secretory granules of many endocrine cells and neurons, was expressed by microinjection of its mRNA into the secretogranin I-producing cell line PC12. An mAb against the G protein of vesicular stomatitis virus--i.e., against an antigen not present in PC12 cells--was expressed as a control. The intracellular localization and the secretion of the antibodies was studied by double-labeling immunofluorescence using the conventional and the confocal microscope, as well as by pulse-chase experiments. The secretogranin I antibody, like the control antibody, was transported along the secretory pathway to the Golgi complex. However, in contrast to the control antibody, which was secreted via the constitutive pathway, the secretogranin I antibody formed an immunocomplex with secretogranin I, was packaged into secretory granules, and was released by regulated exocytosis. Our results show that a constitutive secretory protein, unaltered by genetic engineering, can be diverted to the regulated pathway of secretion by its protein-protein interaction with a regulated secretory protein. The data also provide the basis for immunologically studying the role of luminally exposed protein domains in the biogenesis and function of regulated secretory vesicles.


2002 ◽  
Vol 115 (14) ◽  
pp. 2941-2952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. De Lisle

Packaging of proteins into regulated secretory granules is mediated by the mildly acidic pH of the trans Golgi network and immature secretory granules. This need for an acidic pH indicates that ionic interactions are important. The mouse pancreatic acinar cell contains four major sulfated glycoproteins,including the zymogen granule structural component Muclin. I tested the hypothesis that sulfation and the O-linked glycosylation to which the sulfates are attached are required for normal formation of zymogen granules in the exocrine pancreas. Post-translational processing was perturbed with two chemicals: sodium chlorate was used to inhibit sulfation and benzyl-N-acetyl-α-galactosaminide was used to inhibit O-linked oligosaccharide elongation. Both chemicals resulted in the accumulation in the Golgi region of the cell of large vacuoles that appear to be immature secretory granules, and the effect was much more extensive with benzyl-N-acetyl-α-galactosaminide than chlorate. Both chemical treatments inhibited basal secretion at prolonged chase times, and again benzyl-N-acetyl-α-galactosaminide had a greater effect than chlorate. In addition, benzyl-N-acetyl-α-galactosaminide, but not chlorate, totally inhibited stimulated secretion of newly synthesized proteins. These data provide evidence for a role of sulfated O-linked glycoproteins in protein condensation and maturation of zymogen granules. Under maximal inhibition of O-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis, anterograde post-Golgi traffic in the regulated pathway is almost totally shut down, demonstrating the importance of these post-translational modifications in progression of secretory proteins through the regulated pathway and normal granule formation in the pancreatic acinar cell.


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