An immunologically distinct beta -adaptin on tubulovesicles of gastric oxyntic cells

Clathrin and the -adaptin subunit of the AP-1 clathrinadaptor have been previously identified on H-K-ATPase-richtubulovesicles from gastric acid secretory (oxyntic) cells C. T. Okamoto, S. M. Karam, Y. Y. Jeng, J. G. Forte, and J. Goldenring.Am. J. Physiol. 274 (Cell Physiol. 43):C1017-C1029]. We further characterized this AP-1 adaptorfrom rabbit and hog tubulovesicles biochemically and immunologically.Clathrin coat proteins were stripped from purified tubulovesicularmembranes and fractionated by hydroxyapatite chromatography. The AP-1adaptor appears to elute at 200 mM sodium phosphate, based on thepresence of proteins in this fraction that are immunoreactive withantibodies against three of the four subunits of this heterotetramericcomplex: the -, µ₁-, and₁-adaptin subunits. Althoughthe putative -adaptin subunit in this fraction is not immunoreactivewith the anti--adaptin monoclonal antibody (MAb), this -adaptinis immunoreactive with polyclonal antibodies (PAbs) directed againstthe peptide sequenceGly⁶²⁵-Asp-Leu-Leu-Gly-Asp-Leu-Leu-Asn-Leu-Asp-Leu-Gly-Pro-Pro-Val⁶⁴⁰,a region conserved between ₁-and ₂-adaptins that is thought to be involved in the binding of clathrin heavy chain.Immunoprecipitation of the AP-1 adaptor complex from this fraction withanti--adaptin MAb 100/3 resulted in the coimmunoprecipitation of the-adaptin that did not react with the anti--adaptin MAb but didreact with the anti--adaptin PAbs. In contrast, immunoprecipitationof the AP-1 adaptor complex from crude clathrin-coated vesicles from brain resulted in the coimmunoprecipitation of a -adaptin that wasrecognized by both the anti--adaptin MAb and PAbs. These resultssuggest that the tubulovesicular AP-1 adaptor complex may be distinctfrom that found in the trans-Golgi network and may contain animmunologically distinct -adaptin. This immunologically distinct-adaptin may be diagnostic of apical tubulovesicular endosomes ofepithelial cells.