scholarly journals Distribution of protein disulfide isomerase in rat epiphyseal chondrocytes.

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1835-1844 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Akagi ◽  
A Yamamoto ◽  
T Yoshimori ◽  
R Masaki ◽  
R Ogawa ◽  
...  

We investigated the intracellular distribution of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) in rat epiphyseal chondrocytes by immunocytochemistry, using a post-embedding protein A-gold technique. Gold particles were localized primarily in the cisternal space of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and nuclear envelopes. The ER cisternae of the chondrocytes in all the differentiating epiphyseal zones--resting, proliferative, pre-hypertrophic, and hypertrophic--were equally and highly labeled. The labeling density of the cisternal space of the dilated ER, probably reflecting marked accumulation of secretory proteins such as procollagen, was always higher than that of the non-dilated ER. In the dilated cisternal space, gold particles were freely and evenly distributed, without preferential binding to the luminal surface of the ER membranes. We suggest that PDI catalyzes the formation of disulfide bonds of various secretory proteins, perhaps type II procollagen, in the cisternal space of the ER in epiphyseal chondrocytes. The exclusive localization of gold particles in the cisternal space of the ER and nuclear envelopes and the lack of gold particles in the Golgi apparatus, including cis-Golgi cisternae, indicate that PDI is an ER-soluble protein in the chondrocytes and is presumably sorted out in some pre-Golgi compartment and not transported to the Golgi apparatus.

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1069-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Akagi ◽  
A Yamamoto ◽  
T Yoshimori ◽  
R Masaki ◽  
R Ogawa ◽  
...  

We investigated immunocytochemically the ultrastructural localization of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) in rat pancreatic exocrine cells by use of the post-embedding protein A-gold technique. We found that not only the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and nuclear envelope but also the trans-Golgi cisternae, secretory granules, and plasma membranes were heavily labeled with gold particles. Labeling density of the gold particles in the rough ER and plasma membranes of the exocrine pancreatic cells was twofold and twentyfold greater, respectively, than that of hepatocytes. In the acinar lumen, amorphous material presumably corresponding to the secreted zymogens was also labeled with gold particles. These results suggest that in rat exocrine pancreatic cells a significant amount of PDI is transported to the plasma membrane and secreted to the acinar lumen.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 2226-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Chen ◽  
Y Lin ◽  
TC Detwiler

Abstract The release of protein disulfide isomerase by activated platelets was hypothesized on the basis of reported intermolecular and intramolecular thiol-disulfide exchange and disulfide reduction involving released thrombospondin in the supernatant solution of activated platelets (Danishefsky, Alexander, Detwiler: Biochemistry, 23:4984, 1984; Speziale, Detwiler: J Biol Chem, 265:17859, 1990; Speziale, Detwiler: Arch Biochem Biophys 286:546, 1991). Protein disulfide isomerase activity, measured by catalysis of the renaturation of ribonuclease inactivated by randomization of disulfide bonds, was detected in the supernatant solution after platelet activation. The activity was inhibited by peptides known to inhibit protein disulfide isomerase; the peptides also inhibited formation of disulfide-linked thrombospondin- thrombin complexes. The reaction catalyzed by the supernatant solution showed a pH dependence distinct from that of the uncatalyzed reaction. The activity was excluded by a 50-Kd dialysis membrane, and it was eluted in the void volume of a gel-filtration column, indicating that it was associated with a macromolecule. The activity was not removed by centrifugation at 100,000 g for 150 minutes indicating that it was not associated with membrane microvesicles. Possible functions for the release of protein disulfide isomerase by activated platelets are discussed.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 2168-2173 ◽  
Author(s):  
DW Essex ◽  
K Chen ◽  
M Swiatkowska

Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is an enzyme that catalyzes the formation as well as the isomerization of disulfide bonds. In this study, antibodies against PDI were used to show PDI antigen on the platelet surface by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy and by flow cytometry. The platelets were not activated, as evidenced by the absence of staining by an antibody against P-selectin. Permeabilized platelets showed little cytosolic PDI by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, suggesting that the majority of platelet PDI is localized to the platelet surface. PDI activity against “scrambled” RNase was shown with intact platelets. The activity was inhibited by inhibitors of PDI and by an antibody against PDI. Other blood cells showed little PDI. Platelet surface PDI may play a role in the various physiological and pathophysiologic processes in which platelets are involved.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (24) ◽  
pp. 9351
Author(s):  
Shingo Kanemura ◽  
Motonori Matsusaki ◽  
Kenji Inaba ◽  
Masaki Okumura

Complicated and sophisticated protein homeostasis (proteostasis) networks in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), comprising disulfide catalysts, molecular chaperones, and their regulators, help to maintain cell viability. Newly synthesized proteins inserted into the ER need to fold and assemble into unique native structures to fulfill their physiological functions, and this is assisted by protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) family. Herein, we focus on recent advances in understanding the detailed mechanisms of PDI family members as guides for client folding and assembly to ensure the efficient production of secretory proteins.


2020 ◽  
Vol 318 (1) ◽  
pp. C40-C47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic Delom ◽  
M. Aiman Mohtar ◽  
Ted Hupp ◽  
Delphine Fessart

The anterior gradient-2 (AGR2) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident protein belonging to the protein disulfide isomerase family that mediates the formation of disulfide bonds and assists the protein quality control in the ER. In addition to its role in proteostasis, extracellular AGR2 is responsible for various cellular effects in many types of cancer, including cell proliferation, survival, and metastasis. Various OMICs approaches have been used to identify AGR2 binding partners and to investigate the functions of AGR2 in the ER and outside the cell. Emerging data showed that AGR2 exists not only as monomer, but it can also form homodimeric structure and thus interact with different partners, yielding different biological outcomes. In this review, we summarize the AGR2 “interactome” and discuss the pathological and physiological role of such AGR2 interactions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 274-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shereen Georges Ghosh ◽  
Lu Wang ◽  
Martin W Breuss ◽  
Joshua D Green ◽  
Valentina Stanley ◽  
...  

BackgroundProtein disulfide isomerase (PDI) proteins are part of the thioredoxin protein superfamily. PDIs are involved in the formation and rearrangement of disulfide bonds between cysteine residues during protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum and are implicated in stress response pathways.MethodsEight children from four consanguineous families residing in distinct geographies within the Middle East and Central Asia were recruited for study. All probands showed structurally similar microcephaly with lissencephaly (microlissencephaly) brain malformations. DNA samples from each family underwent whole exome sequencing, assessment for repeat expansions and confirmatory segregation analysis.ResultsAn identical homozygous variant in TMX2 (c.500G>A), encoding thioredoxin-related transmembrane protein 2, segregated with disease in all four families. This variant changed the last coding base of exon 6, and impacted mRNA stability. All patients presented with microlissencephaly, global developmental delay, intellectual disability and epilepsy. While TMX2 is an activator of cellular C9ORF72 repeat expansion toxicity, patients showed no evidence of C9ORF72 repeat expansions.ConclusionThe TMX2 c.500G>A allele associates with recessive microlissencephaly, and patients show no evidence of C9ORF72 expansions. TMX2 is the first PDI implicated in a recessive disease, suggesting a protein isomerisation defect in microlissencephaly.


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