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Pharmacological and nutritional modulation of autophagy in a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gill cell line, RTgill-W1. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2020; 56:659-669. [PMID: 32901427 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-020-00490-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Autophagy is involved in the modulation of nutrition, immunity, and disease in humans and animals. To understand the impact of autophagy modulation on a rainbow trout gill cell line, RTgill-W1, treatments including reduced nutrition (2% fetal bovine serum compared with 10% control), rapamycin, 3-methyladenine, deoxynivalenol, and chloroquine were tested. Western blot and immunofluorescence were used to detect microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain protein and quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the expression of 10 autophagy-related genes. At 3-d post-treatment, reduced nutrition significantly (p < 0.05) increased autophagy while deoxynivalenol significantly (p < 0.01) suppressed it compared to controls. These phenomena were confirmed by using immunofluorescence to detect the number of autophagosomes in RTgill-W1. Chloroquine is critical to allow observation of microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain protein in this model. The commonly used autophagy-modulating chemicals rapamycin and 3-methyladenine either activated or suppressed microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain protein, respectively, as expected from the literature, but did not act in a consistently significant manner. Expression of five of the 10 Atg genes, including lc3, gabarap, atg4, atg7, and atg12, were altered in a similar pattern to microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain protein. The consistent trend of autophagy-related gene upregulation including becn1, lc3, gabarap, and atg9 following treatment with 3-methyladenine and chloroquine is suggestive of a novel feedback regulation in the autophagy machinery.
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The mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) controls cell growth and metabolism in response to various environmental inputs, especially amino acids. In fact, the activity of mTORC1 is highly sensitive to changes in amino acid levels. Over past decades, a variety of proteins have been identified as participating in the mTORC1 pathway regulated by amino acids. Classically, the Rag guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), which reside on the lysosome, transmit amino acid availability to the mTORC1 pathway and recruit mTORC1 to the lysosome upon amino acid sufficiency. Recently, several sensors of leucine, arginine, and S-adenosylmethionine for the amino acid-stimulated mTORC1 pathway have been coming to light. Characterization of these sensors is requisite for understanding how cells adjust amino acid sensing pathways to their different needs. In this review, we summarize recent advances in amino acid sensing mechanisms that regulate mTORC1 activity and highlight these identified sensors that accurately transmit specific amino acid signals to the mTORC1 pathway.
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- Xiu-Zhi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.,The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan 430070, China.,Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Pig Precision Feeding and Feed Safety Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.,The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan 430070, China.,Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory for Pig Precision Feeding and Feed Safety Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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Vary T, Lynch C. Nutrient Signaling to Muscle and Adipose Tissue by Leucine. OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DISEASE 2005. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420028362.pt2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- G E Mortimore
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033, USA
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Kozlov DG, Prahl N, Efremov BD, Peters L, Wambut R, Karpychev IV, Eldarov MA, Benevolensky SV. Host cell properties and external pH affect proinsulin production by Saccharomyces yeast. Yeast 1995; 11:713-24. [PMID: 7668041 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320110803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The expression of a hybrid gene encoding an alpha-factor prepro leader peptide-miniproinsulin (MPI) fusion [MPI is the same as the LysArg human insulin precursor described by Thim et al. (1986)] was tested in a series of isogenic yeast strains to investigate the influence of some genetic and physiological factors on heterologous production in yeast. We found that: (i) an MF alpha 1 gene disruption in haploid cells, as well as MF alpha 1 gene product expression in diploid cells, do not affect the MPI secretion level; (ii) under conditions of exogenous leucine availability, MPI production is hindered by leucine auxotrophy (a leu2 mutation); (iii) rho- mutations increase the per-cell MPI yield approximately three-fold; (iv) the MPI yield is apparently dependent on the pH of the culture medium: the higher the external pH, the larger the per-cell MPI yield.
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- D G Kozlov
- Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
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Fosse M, Berg TO, O'Reilly DS, Seglen PO. Vanadate inhibition of hepatocytic autophagy. Calcium-modulated and osmolality-modulated antagonism by asparagine. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1995; 230:17-24. [PMID: 7601097 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.0017i.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The phosphate analogue vanadate, at 10 mM, strongly (approximately 90%) inhibited the autophagic sequestration of endogenous lactate dehydrogenase in isolated rat hepatocytes. The effect of vanadate was markedly (approximately 80%) antagonized by asparagine (20 mM), and to a lesser extent by glutamine, glycine, and alanine. The antagonism was only observed in the presence of Ca2+ when an isotonic standard incubation medium was used, but by increasing the medium osmolality this Ca2+ requirement could be eliminated. Asparagine induced a cell swelling (17% at 20 mM) that might account for at least part of its vanadate antagonism, since hypotonic cell swelling by itself stimulated autophagy (with a maximal effect at approximately 200 mosM). Conversely, hypertonic media inhibited autophagy and were additive to vanadate. In a strongly hypotonic medium (less than 200 mosM), both asparagine and vanadate were inhibitory. However, since vanadate alone had no effect on cell volume, the vanadate-asparagine antagonism could not be exerted exclusively at the level of cell volume regulation. An additional mechanism might be a partial deamination of asparagine, generating ammonia, which was found to oppose the vanadate inhibition of autophagy while having no effect on cell volume. Other metabolizable amino acids, like alanine and glycine, were moderately vanadate-antagonistic while failing to induce cell swelling. These results are compatible with a vanadate-antagonistic effect of asparagine mediated partly through an unknown mechanism (possibly pH change) by its deamination product, ammonia, partly through cell swelling and a secondary Ca2+ influx that could compensate for a vanadate-induced depletion of intracellular calcium stores.
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- M Fosse
- Department of Tissue Culture, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo
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Silva SV, Mercer JR. The control of protein degradation in monolayer cultures of cat hepatocytes. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 24:1651-6. [PMID: 1397492 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(92)90183-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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1. Isolated cat hepatocytes were established in monolayer culture, cell proteins labelled with tritiated leucine and the effects of amino acids and hormones on the regulation of intracellular protein breakdown were studied. 2. Mixtures of essential and non-essential amino acids inhibited the breakdown of long-lived protein, but when tested individually, amino acids except for tryptophan were ineffective. 3. The rate of breakdown of short-lived protein was not regulated by amino acids or hormones, a finding which was similar to that in rat liver cells. 4. The known stimulatory hormones of proteolysis in rat liver such as glucagon, dexamethasone and corticosteroids failed to enhance protein degradation in cat liver cells. 5. These results support the contention that the control of protein degradation in the cat is different to that in the rat and these differences may reflect the unusual protein metabolism of the cat.
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- S V Silva
- Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Høyvik H, Gordon PB, Berg TO, Strømhaug PE, Seglen PO. Inhibition of autophagic-lysosomal delivery and autophagic lactolysis by asparagine. J Cell Biol 1991; 113:1305-12. [PMID: 1904444 PMCID: PMC2289037 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.113.6.1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Overall autophagy was measured in isolated hepatocytes as the sequestration and lysosomal hydrolysis of electroinjected [14C]lactose, using HPLC to separate the degradation product [14C]glucose from undegraded lactose. In addition, the sequestration step was measured separately as the transfer from cytosol to sedimentable cell structures of electroinjected [3H]raffinose or endogenous lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; in the presence of leupeptin to inhibit lysosomal proteolysis). Inhibitor effects at postsequestrational steps could be detected as the accumulation of autophaged lactose (which otherwise is degraded intralysosomally), or of LDH in the absence of leupeptin. Asparagine, previously shown to inhibit autophagic but not endocytic protein breakdown, strongly suppressed the autophagic hydrolysis of electroinjected lactose. Vinblastine, which inhibits both types of degradation, likewise suppressed lactose hydrolysis. Asparagine had little or no effect on sequestration, but caused an accumulation of autophaged LDH and lactose, indicating inhibition at a postsequestrational step. Neither asparagine nor vinblastine affected the degradation of intralysosomal lactose preaccumulated in the presence of the reversible lysosome inhibitor propylamine. However, if lactose was preaccumulated in the presence of asparagine, both asparagine and vinblastine suppressed its subsequent degradation. The data thus indicate that autophagic-lysosomal delivery, i.e., the transfer of autophaged material from prelysosomal vacuoles to lysosomes, is inhibited selectively by asparagine and non-selectively by vinblastine.
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- H Høyvik
- Department of Tissue Culture, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Kopitz J, Kisen GO, Gordon PB, Bohley P, Seglen PO. Nonselective autophagy of cytosolic enzymes by isolated rat hepatocytes. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1990; 111:941-53. [PMID: 2391370 PMCID: PMC2116292 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.111.3.941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Seven cytosolic enzymes with varying half-lives (ornithine decarboxylase, 0.9 h; tyrosine aminotransferase, 3.1 h; tryptophan oxygenase, 3.3 h; serine dehydratase, 10.3 h; glucokinase, 12.7 h; lactate dehydrogenase, 17.0 h; aldolase, 17.4 h) were found to be autophagically sequestered at the same rate (3.5%/h) in isolated rat hepatocytes. Autophagy was measured as the accumulation of enzyme activity in the sedimentable organelles (mostly lysosomes) of electrodisrupted cells in the presence of the proteinase inhibitor leupeptin. Inhibitors of lysosomal fusion processes (vinblastine and asparagine) allowed accumulation of catalytically active enzyme (in prelysosomal vacuoles) even in the absence of proteolytic inhibition, showing that no inactivation step took place before lysosomal proteolysis. The completeness of protection by leupeptin indicates, furthermore, that a lysosomal cysteine proteinase is obligatorily required for the initial proteolytic attack upon autophagocytosed proteins. The experiments suggest that sequestration and degradation of normal cytosolic proteins by the autophagic-lysosomal pathway is a nonselective bulk process, and that nonautophagic mechanisms must be invoked to account for differential enzyme turnover.
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- J Kopitz
- Physiological-Chemical Institute, University of Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Punnonen EL, Reunanen H. Effects of vinblastine, leucine, and histidine, and 3-methyladenine on autophagy in Ehrlich ascites cells. Exp Mol Pathol 1990; 52:87-97. [PMID: 2307216 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4800(90)90061-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The microtubule inhibitor vinblastine causes accumulation of autophagic vacuoles in many cell types. In hepatocytes, many of the accumulated vacuoles are nascent, which has been interpreted to suggest that vinblastine acts by inhibiting the fusion of hydrolase-containing lysosomes with early autophagic vacuoles. However, our previous results suggested that, in Ehrlich ascites cells, vinblastine causes accumulation mainly of older autophagic vacuoles (AVs). This study was undertaken to further characterize the mode of action of vinblastine in these cells. The vinblastine-accumulated AVs were quantified by electron-microscopic morphometry. In addition, the effects of inhibitors of autophagic segregation (leucine, histidine, and 3-methyladenine) on the vinblastine-induced accumulation of autophagic vacuoles were studied. Protein degradation was measured using [14C]valine. Vinblastine caused accumulation of advanced autophagic vacuoles but did not increase the rate of protein degradation. The volume density of early vacuoles remained at the control level. The amino acids retarded but did not prevent the accumulation of autophagic vacuoles, whereas 3-methyladenine almost completely prevented the accumulation. The results suggest that in Ehrlich ascites cells vinblastine acts by inhibiting the maturation of advanced autophagic vacuoles into residual bodies and by stimulating the formation of new autophagic vacuoles. However, 3-methyladenine almost completely prevents the formation of new autophagic vacuoles in the presence of vinblastine. In conclusion, in Ehrlich ascites cells, vinblastine does not prevent the entry of hydrolases into autophagic vacuoles. This calls into question the importance of microtubules in the transport of lysosomal enzymes into autophagic vacuoles.
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- E L Punnonen
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
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Montoya A, Gómez-Lechón MJ, Castell JV. Influence of branched-chain amino acid composition of culture media on the synthesis of plasma proteins by serum-free cultured rat hepatocytes. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1989; 25:358-64. [PMID: 2715129 DOI: 10.1007/bf02624599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Supplementation of Ham's F12 culture medium with essential amino acids (EAA) up to the rat plasma levels increased the rates of synthesis of albumin and transferrin by cultured rat hepatocytes by 1.3 and 1.7, respectively. Fifty percent of this increase could be attributed to three of the EAA: the branched-chain amino acids (BCAA: Leu Ile and Val). Non-branched-chain essential amino acids (non-BC-EAA) stimulated only 25% of the increase produced by the whole EAA mixture. When each EAA was tested individually, none of them caused an appreciable increase in albumin and transferrin in culture medium. When the concentrations of all EAA were raised to rat postprandial portal levels, albumin and transferrin synthesis rates reached a maximum, increasing by 3.2 and 3.5, respectively. Supplementation with BCAA at postprandial portal concentrations increased albumin and transferrin synthesis rates by 2.2 and 2.0, respectively, and had no noteworthy effect on the synthesis of cellular proteins. Non-BC-EAA at their postprandial portal concentrations increased albumin and transferrin synthesis rates by 1.7 and 1.9, respectively. Supplementation with alanine to reach a nitrogen content equal to that of the modified EAA-enriched medium had no stimulatory effect. Our results show that EAA have a specific effect on the synthesis of plasma proteins by cultured hepatocytes, and that BCAA at physiologic concentrations account for the major part of this stimulatory effect. Consequently, EAA and particularly BCAA concentration should be elevated in serum-free nutrient media to sustain maximum plasma protein synthesis.
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- A Montoya
- Centro de Investigación, Hospital La Fe Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Valencia, Spain
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[14C]Lactose, electroinjected into the cytosol of isolated rat hepatocytes, was sequestered by autophagy, transferred to lysosomes and eventually hydrolysed. Asparagine prevented the fusion between prelysosomal autophagic vacuoles and lysosomes, and caused lactose to accumulate in the former. However, if the hepatocytes were simultaneously allowed to endocytose added beta-galactosidase, no lactose accumulation occurred. These results suggest that autophagically sequestered lactose and endocytosed beta-galactosidase were delivered to the same prelysosomal vacuole, where the lactose was hydrolysed by the enzyme. The name amphisome is suggested for this new functional compartment, common to the autophagic and endocytic pathways.
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- P B Gordon
- Department of Tissue Culture, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo
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Polet H, Molnar J, Goral J. The effects of amino acids on protein degradation and translocation of non-histone proteins to the nucleus in lymphocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1986; 886:33-9. [PMID: 3955079 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(86)90208-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tryptophan, phenylalanine and leucine have two parallel effects in cultured lymphocytes, they inhibit cellular proteolysis and increase the translocation of non-histone proteins to the nucleus. The latter is associated with an increased cellular binding of [3H]actinomycin D, indicating an altered structure of chromatin. The amino acids also inhibit the cellular uptake of [3H]chloroquine, suggesting that inhibited protein degradation is lysosomal. Several amine catabolites of tryptophan and phenylalanine, some of which are known to play a role as biogenic amines, have similar actions, and can explain, at least in part, the effects of their parent amino acids. Fractionation of the nuclear 3H-labeled non-histone proteins according to pH 2.5-6.5 shows that such proteins with a high rate of degradation in untreated cells correspond to the 3H-labeled non-histone proteins with a high rate of translocation in tryptophan treated cells. These data suggest that the degradation and the translocation of the non-histone proteins are linked and that the increased translocation of the non-histone proteins to the nucleus may be the consequence of inhibited lysosomal degradation of these proteins by the amino acids.
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Autophagy is defined as any process whereby cellular macromolecules destined for degradation gain access to the lysosomes. A review is presented on the physiological significance, mechanisms and regulation of autophagy in hepatocytes, concentrating on the issue of regulation. The article ends by discussing techniques available for future research.
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Ahlberg J, Berkenstam A, Henell F, Glaumann H. Degradation of short and long lived proteins in isolated rat liver lysosomes. Effects of pH, temperature, and proteolytic inhibitors. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)89099-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Grinde B. Effect of amino acid metabolites on lysosomal protein degradation. A regulatory role for kynurenine? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 145:623-7. [PMID: 6210202 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Possible derivatives of the amino acids tryptophan, tyrosine and histidine were examined as to their effect on protein metabolism in isolated rat hepatocytes. One of the substances tested, kynurenine (a main product of the catabolism of tryptophan), might be a physiological regulator of the lysosomal degradation of endogenous protein, because of the following. (a) Kynurenine decreased the lysosomal (i.e. methylamine-sensitive) pathway of degradation to a much greater extent than its parent amino acid, without interfering with the non-lysosomal pathway. (b) Kynurenine did not appreciably reduce the (lysosomal) degradation of the endocytosed protein asialo-fetuin, or the rate of protein synthesis, indicating a specificity of action. (c) Electron micrographs revealed a reduction in secondary lysosomes due to kynurenine.
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Benzyl alcohol caused a rather complete and selective inhibition of the methylamine sensitive (i.e., the putative lysosomal) pathway of protein degradation in isolated rat hepatocytes. The effect was found to be entirely reversible within 30 min of removing the agent. A morphometric examination of electron micrographs revealed that the inhibition of lysosomal protein degradation coincided with a block in the formation of autophagic vacuoles. The number of acidic vacuoles (i.e., vacuoles induced to swell by adding methylamine) was not drastically reduced.
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Grinde B, Galpin IJ, Wilby AH, Beynon RJ. Inhibition of hepatic protein degradation by synthetic analogues of chymostatin. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44346-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Sapir DG, Stewart PM, Walser M, Moreadith C, Moyer ED, Imbembo AL, Rosenshein NB, Munoz S. Effects of alpha-ketoisocaproate and of leucine on nitrogen metabolism in postoperative patients. Lancet 1983; 1:1010-4. [PMID: 6133059 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)92643-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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21 patients undergoing major abdominal surgery were randomly assigned to one of three groups. On the day of surgery and for the succeeding 4 days each group received a daily infusion of one of the following: 10 g glucose plus 70 mmol NaHCO3, 70 mmol leucine plus 70 mmol NaHCO3, or 70 mmol of sodium alpha-ketoisocaproate (KIC). No other calories were given. Leucine infusions had no significant effect on nitrogen (N) balance, 3-methylhistidine excretion, or plasma concentrations of pre-albumin or retinol-binding protein, but they increased blood acetoacetate concentration (p = 0.004). N balance was less negative (p = 0.002) and 3-methylhistidine excretion lower (p = 0.002) in the group receiving KIC than in those receiving glucose. Blood ketone bodies, plasma prealbumin, and plasma retinol-binding protein concentrations at the end of the study were significantly higher in the KIC group than in the others. These N-sparing effects of KIC may be related to the heightened ketosis that followed its administration, to suppression of protein degradation, or to an effect on liver protein turnover. KIC alone in small doses diminishes N wastage in postoperative but under the same conditions leucine does not.
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Holme JA, Søderlund E, Dybing E. Drug metabolism activities of isolated rat hepatocytes in monolayer culture. ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA ET TOXICOLOGICA 1983; 52:348-56. [PMID: 6880770 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1983.tb01114.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The levels of cytochrome P-450 in hepatocytes cultured as monolayers for 22 hrs in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium supplemented with serum and insulin was reduced to approximately 40% of initial values of freshly isolated hepatocytes. In correspondence with this the activities of the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases aryl hydrocarbon (benzo(a)pyrene) hydroxylase (AHH) and ethylmorphine (EM) N-demethylase were reduced to 40 and 22% of their initial activities, respectively. Modifying the culture medium through omission of cysteine and cystine, and adding dexamethazone and delta-amino levulinic acid, increased the content of cytochrome P-450 to 59% and EM N-demethylase to 46% of initial values, but was without effect on AHH activity. However, further modifications by adding high concentrations of asparagine and leucine increased AHH activity to 62% of initial values, but did not further enhance the total content of cytochrome P-450 or the EM N-demethylase activity. The activities of cytochrome P-450 reductase, flavin containing monooxygenase, epoxide hydrolase and glutathione S-transferase decreased less (to about 70-80% of initial values) than cytochrome P-450 associated monooxygenase activities, whereas UDP-glucuronyl transferase decreased to about 50% of initial values. In contrast to what was observed regarding cytochrome P-450 and associated monooxygenase activities, modification of the incubation conditions did not affect the non-cytochrome P-450 enzymatic activities.
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Ahlberg J, Henell F, Glaumann H. Proteolysis in isolated autophagic vacuoles from rat liver. Effect of pH and of proteolytic inhibitors. Exp Cell Res 1982; 142:373-83. [PMID: 6756945 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(82)90379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Multifunctional control of amino acids of deprivation-induced proteolysis in liver. Role of leucine. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33686-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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