Human fibroblasts with a genetic deficiency of a single lysosomal enzyme and fibroblasts from a patient with ‘I-cell’ disease with a multiple deficiency of lysosomal hydrolases were used as recipient cells in studies on recognition and uptake of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (hexosaminidase), β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase. Normal human fibroblasts, and fibroblasts, hepatocytes and hepatoma cells from the rat were used as donor cells. The release of hexosaminidase was found to be similar among these different cell types, but the extracellular activities of β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase were much higher in the rat cell cultures than in cultures of normal human fibroblasts. The enzymes released by rat fibroblasts were ingested by deficient human fibroblasts; enzyme from normal human fibroblasts was shown to be taken up by rat fibroblasts by means of electrophoresis. This indicates that reciprocal transfer of lysosomal hydrolases occurs between human and rat fibroblasts. Rat hepatocytes released hydrolases that were poorly taken up by human recipient fibroblasts and uptake of human fibroblast enzyme was not detected in the hepatocytes. Rat hepatoma cells, on the other hand, released lysosomal enzymes that were taken up by human deficient cells with a higher efficiency than those from fibroblasts. The uptake was subject to competitive inhibition by mannose 6-phosphate, the kinetics of which were comparable with those reported for ‘high-uptake’ forms of lysosomal enzymes [1–2]. Electrophoretic studies showed that rat hepatoma cells were not only capable of ingesting hexosaminidase from normal human fibroblasts, but also defectively processed enzyme [4–5] released by ‘I-cells’. These findings make rat hepatoma cells a useful model for the study of recognition and uptake of lysosomal enzymes.

Intercellular exchange of lysosomal hydrolases between mutant human fibroblasts and other cell types / D.J. Halley, N. Sacchi, A. d'Azzo, A.J. Reuser, H. Galjaard. - In: EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0014-4827. - 129:2(1980 Oct), pp. 383-392.

Intercellular exchange of lysosomal hydrolases between mutant human fibroblasts and other cell types

N. Sacchi
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1980

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Human fibroblasts with a genetic deficiency of a single lysosomal enzyme and fibroblasts from a patient with ‘I-cell’ disease with a multiple deficiency of lysosomal hydrolases were used as recipient cells in studies on recognition and uptake of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase (hexosaminidase), β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase. Normal human fibroblasts, and fibroblasts, hepatocytes and hepatoma cells from the rat were used as donor cells. The release of hexosaminidase was found to be similar among these different cell types, but the extracellular activities of β-glucuronidase and β-galactosidase were much higher in the rat cell cultures than in cultures of normal human fibroblasts. The enzymes released by rat fibroblasts were ingested by deficient human fibroblasts; enzyme from normal human fibroblasts was shown to be taken up by rat fibroblasts by means of electrophoresis. This indicates that reciprocal transfer of lysosomal hydrolases occurs between human and rat fibroblasts. Rat hepatocytes released hydrolases that were poorly taken up by human recipient fibroblasts and uptake of human fibroblast enzyme was not detected in the hepatocytes. Rat hepatoma cells, on the other hand, released lysosomal enzymes that were taken up by human deficient cells with a higher efficiency than those from fibroblasts. The uptake was subject to competitive inhibition by mannose 6-phosphate, the kinetics of which were comparable with those reported for ‘high-uptake’ forms of lysosomal enzymes [1–2]. Electrophoretic studies showed that rat hepatoma cells were not only capable of ingesting hexosaminidase from normal human fibroblasts, but also defectively processed enzyme [4–5] released by ‘I-cells’. These findings make rat hepatoma cells a useful model for the study of recognition and uptake of lysosomal enzymes.
animals ; extracellular space; beta-galactosidase ; mucolipidoses ; humans ; biological transport ; rats ; liver neoplasms, experimental ; cells, cultured ; liver ; glucuronidase ; hexosaminidases ; lysosomes ; Sandhoff disease
Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare
ott-1980
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