Biogenesis of the red cell membrane and cytoskeletal proteins during erythropoiesis in vitro

Purified erythroid progenitor cells (CFU-E) were used to study in vitro the production of the proteins present in the plasma membrane and the membrane skeleton. At different stages of erythropoiesis incorporation of [35S]methionine was measured and membranes were isolated. Whereas incorporation in the total protein mass of the cells increased during erythropoiesis, the labeling of the membrane protein fraction decreased. The major erythrocyte membrane proteins were synthesized already in the CFU-E and continued to be made till the orthochromatic erythroblast stage. Band 3 protein, however, was made at a much lower rate. The incorporation in the late stages was only 5% of that in the CFU-E. The major changes in the protein composition of the membrane and its adherent skeleton occurred at the enucleation step.     

Transfer ribonucleic acid synthesis during sporulation and spore outgrowth in Bacillus subtilis studied by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

The synthesis of transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) was examined during spore formation and spore outgrowth in Bacillus subtilis by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of in vivo 32P-labeled RNA. The two-dimensional gel system separated the B. subtilis tRNA's into 32 well-resolved spots, with the relative abundances ranging from 0.9 to 17% of the total. There were several spots (five to six) resolved which were not quantitated due to their low abundance. All of the tRNA species resolved by this gel system were synthesized at every stage examined, including vegetative growth, different stages of sporulation, and different stages of outgrowth. Quantitation of the separated tRNA's showed that in general the tRNA species were present in approximately the same relative abundances at the different developmental periods. tRNA turnover and compartmentation occurring during sporulation were examined by labeling during vegetative growth followed by the addition of excess phosphate to block further 32P incorporation. The two-dimensional gels of these samples showed the same tRNA's seen during vegetative growth, and they were in approximately the same relative abundances, indicating minimal differences in the rates of turnover of individual tRNA's. Vegetatively labeled samples, chased with excess phosphate into mature spores, also showed all of the tRNA species seen during vegetative growth, but an additional five to six minor spots were also observed. These are hypothesized to arise from the loss of 3'-terminal residues from preexisting tRNA's.     

Rapid accumulation and disappearance of plasma membrane proteins during development of wild-type and mutant strains of Dictyostelium discoideum

Plasma membranes were purified from the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum at different developmental stages and the protein compositions compared. The protein components of the plasma membrane of vegetative cells are largely conserved during development. Specific morphogenetic events are accompanied by synthesis and accumulation of several new proteins which are subsequently lost as development progresses. Proteins with apparent molecular weights of 38,000, 36,500 and 10,000 to 12,000 rapidly accumulate during the first six hours of development and then disappear from the plasma membrane after 12 hours. Later in development, several new high molecular weight proteins are synthesized and appear in the membrane. The pattern of accumulation of membrane proteins in wild-type and mutant strains suggests that appearance of membrane proteins is linked to a dependent sequence of events.     

Developmental changes in protein composition and the actin-binding protein ponticulin in Dictyostelium discoideum plasma membranes purified by an improved method

We have used a new combination of previously-described methods to obtain a 29-fold purification of plasma membranes from Dictyostelium discoideum. In this procedure, the pellet from a cell lysate is centrifuged through a high-pH sucrose gradient and then through a Renografin gradient. Electron microscopy shows that the resultant "Renografin membranes" are essentially homogeneous. As measured by enzymatic marker assays, contamination with mitochondria, lysosomes, and endoplasmic reticulum is minimal. As assayed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), the protein composition of Renografin membranes is similar to that of highly purified membranes isolated using concanavalin A stabilization and detergent extraction. Using Renografin membranes, we have examined developmental changes in the membrane protein composition. In agreement with previous investigations, we observe major changes in lectin-binding glycoproteins and cell-surface-labeled proteins during the first 18 h of D. discoideum development. In contrast to most previous work, which may have employed plasma membranes of lesser purity, we also observe major changes in silver-stained membrane proteins. We conclude that many developmentally regulated proteins, previously thought to be minor membrane constituents, are a larger proportion of the plasma membrane than originally believed. The observed changes in membrane protein composition may correlate with changes in plasma membrane functions during development. For instance, ponticulin, the major salt-sensitive F-actin-binding protein in plasma membranes from vegetative cells, increases at least twofold in plasma membranes during early development when the cells are chemotaxing into large aggregates. The amount of plasma membrane ponticulin then decreases during the pseudoplasmodial stage.     

The Golgi apparatus of the scaly green flagellate Scherffelia dubia: uncoupling of glycoprotein and polysaccharide synthesis during flagellar regeneration

The flagella of the green alga Scherffelia dubia are covered by scales which consist of acidic polysaccharides and glycoproteins. Experimental deflagellation results in the regeneration of flagella complete with scales. During flagellar regeneration, scales are newly synthesized in the Golgi apparatus, exocytosed and deposited on the growing flagella. Flagellar regeneration is dependent upon protein synthesis and N-glycosylation, as it is blocked by cycloheximide and partially inhibited by tunicamycin. Metabolic labeling with [³⁵S]methionine/cysteine demonstrated that scale-associated proteins were not newly synthesized during flagellar regeneration, suggesting that the proteins deposited on regenerating flagella were drawn from a pool. Quantitative immunoelectron microscopy using a monospecific antibody directed against a scale-associated protein of 126 kDa (SAP126) revealed that the pool of SAP126 was primarily located at the plasma membrane, with minor labeling of the scale reticulum and trans-Golgi cisternae, both before deflagellation and during flagellar regeneration. Since SAP126 was sequestered during flagellar regeneration into secretory vesicles together with newly synthesized scales, it is concluded that the persistent presence of SAP126 in the trans-Golgi cisternae during scale biogenesis requires retrograde transport of the protein from the plasma membrane to the Golgi apparatus. Received: 3 July 1999 / Accepted: 21 August 1999     

Patterns of proteins synthesized during development of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has been used to analyze proteins synthesized during postembryonic development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. This organism is favorable for these studies because it has a limited number of cells, it is genetically well-defined, and its development is currently under investigation in several laboratories. ³⁵S-Labeled E. coli was used for continuous and pulse labeling of C. elegans during its four juvenile larval stages and as a gravid adult. After continuous labeling or pulse labeling for 1 hr, 600–800 individual spots can be resolved on a 2D gel using fluorography and 2 weeks of exposure. Proteins that represent 0.0017% of the total sample can be detected. Exposure for 12 weeks reveals only 100 additional spots even though the films are not saturated. It therefore appears that the frequency distribution of proteins decreases significantly beyond these 800 most abundant proteins that can be fractionated on an O'Farrell gel. When the patterns of pulse-labeled proteins of the five developmental stages were compared, 113 proteins could be seen to undergo modulation at one or more of the developmental stages. A maximum number of changes was seen in the transition from the L4 to the adult stages when 11% of the total spots either appeared, disappeared, or changed in intensity. As controls, different preparations of the same developmental stage were compared and revealed considerable fluctuation, 2.6–4.8%. These fluctuations are presumed to be due to variations in growth conditions during culture of the organism. Continuous label experiments reveal a distinct set of proteins that undergo turnover and/or modification during development. Some of these proteins are absent in only one stage, indicating that stable proteins are also modulated. But nearly all of the proteins seen in a continuous label are also seen in a pulse label indicating that most of the major proteins are always present and always synthesized.     

Differential arrival of newly synthesized apical and basolateral plasma membrane proteins in the epithelial cell line A6

The labeling of specific cell surface proteins with biotin was used to examine both protein distribution and delivery of newly synthesized proteins to the apical and basolateral cell surface in A6 cells. Steady-state metabolic labeling with [³⁵S]methionine followed by specific cell surface biotinylation demonstrated polarization of membrane proteins. The delivery of newly synthesized proteins to the apical or basolateral cell surface was examined by metabolic labeling with [³⁵S]methionine using a pulse-chase protocol in combination with specific cell surface biotinylation. Newly synthesized biotinylated proteins at the apical cell surface reached a maximum after a 5 min chase, and then fell over the remainder of a 2 hr chase. The bulk flow of newly synthesized proteins to the basolateral membrane slowly rose to a maximum after 90 min. The detergent Triton X-114 was used to examine delivery of hydrophilic and hydrophobic proteins to the cell surface. Delivery of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic proteins to the apical cell surface reached a maximum 5 to 10 min into the chase period. The arrival of hydrophilic proteins at the basolateral surface showed early delivery and a maximum peak delivery at 120 min into the chase period. In contrast, only an early peak of delivery of newly synthesized hydrophobic proteins to the basolateral membrane was observed.This work was supported by grants from the American Heart Association, the National Kidney Foundation of the Delaware Valley, and from the Department of Veterans Affairs. T.R.K. is a recipient of an Established Investigatorship Award from the American Heart Association.     

Association of vesicular stomatitis virus proteins with HeLa cell membranes and released virus.

The association of vesicular stomatitis virus proteins with intracellular and plasma membranes was examined by pulse and pulse-chase labeling of virus-infected HeLa cells with [35S]methionine and separation of cell homogenates into three major membrane fractions in discontinuous sucrose gradients. The glycoprotein G was primarily associated with rough endoplasmic reticulum-like membranes after short radioactive pulses (2 to 4 min) but accumulated in the plasma membrane-enriched fraction and the smooth internal membrane fraction with longer pulse or chase periods. The nucleocapsid protein N and the matrix protein M accumulated in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane-like fractions but not in the smooth internal membrane fraction. Only a fraction (35 to 40%) of the viral protein synthesized during a short pulse in the mid-cycle of infection was apparently utilized in released virus. The newly synthesized virus proteins first appeared in released virus in the order: M, N and L, and G.     

Newly synthesized proteins in seminiferous intertubular and intratubular compartments of the rat testis

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis combined with autoradiography and Western blot procedures have been used to characterize newly synthesized proteins in testicular intertubular fluid (TIF) and seminiferous tubular fluid (SNF). Fluids were collected following in vivo and in vitro intratesticular injection of [35S]methionine into control and hypophysectomized adult rats. A discrete number of [35S]methionine-labeled proteins were detected within TIF and SNF. Their presence and relative abundance varied according to in vivo and in vitro labeling conditions. While two major blood plasma proteins, albumin and transferrin, were radioactively labeled after in vivo labeling, these two proteins were insignificantly labeled in samples collected after in vitro labeling. Three acidic proteins, possibly secreted by Sertoli cells (Mr = 72,000, 45,000 and 35,000), were more abundant in TIF samples collected after in vitro [35S]methionine labeling than after in vivo labeling. Incubated seminiferous tubules and TIF of hypophysectomized rats showed a decrease in [35S]methionine-labeling intensity of the Mr = 72,000 acidic protein, possibly reflecting changes in the seminiferous epithelium caused by pituitary hormonal deprivation. Autoradiographs of TIF and most remarkably, of SNF, showed many protein spots that suggested cell breakage and leakage during sample collection. Results of this study suggest that most albumin and transferrin found in TIF and SNF have an extratesticular origin and that proteins secreted by the Sertoli cell can gain access to both TIF and SNF.     

Changes in plasma membrane protein composition during early development of the frog Rana ridibunda.

Plasma membranes of fully-grown oocytes and early developmental stage embryos of Rana ridibunda were isolated by differential and density gradient centrifugation; they were purified 18-fold as indicated by 5'-nucleotidase. The plasma membrane protein pattern of five different developmental stages was studied by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. More than 60 protein species could be detected by silver staining. Most of them are largely conserved during development. The rest either show precise stage specificity or exhibit stronger staining intensity at particular stages. The number of proteins specific for each stage is small, neurula being exempted. The changes observed in the plasma membrane profile during development are mostly prominent in a group of proteins with similar molecular weights (40-45 kDa) but with different pI values. The differences observed in the plasma membrane patterns are discussed in relation to the significance of each stage during development.     

Membrane detachment and release of the major membrane glycoprotein of secretory granules in rat pancreatic exocrine cells

The major glycoprotein of pancreatic zymogen granule membranes (GP-2) was detected in the medium of acinar cell suspensions from rat pancreas. Its release from the cells was studied in pulse-chase metabolic labeling experiments with radioactive methionine. GP-2 (apparent Mr = 80 000) was found to be processed to a form of slightly lower apparent Mr (75 000) after about 4 h chase. At about the same time this smaller form of GP-2 appeared in the medium. These results are in accordance with earlier findings in vivo. At different chase times acinar cells were extracted with Triton X-114 to separate water-soluble proteins from membrane-associated (hydrophobic) proteins. This experiment showed that GP-2 is slowly converted from a membrane-bound glycoprotein to a soluble glycoprotein after its reduction in apparent molecular mass, causing its detachment from the membrane. Further analysis indicated that the detachment process may occur at the zymogen granule membrane as well as the plasma membrane. Immunocytochemistry on ultrathin cryosections of pancreatic tissue showed that GP-2 is localized on zymogen granule membranes, plasma membranes and in the acinar lumen. Although in much smaller quantities, GP-2 is also present in the granule content. Thus, in summary, GP-2 is synthesized as a true membrane glycoprotein which is gradually processed to a soluble species and is found in the secretion.     

In vivo biosynthesis of clathrin and other coated vesicle proteins from rat liver

A biosynthetic study of rat liver coated vesicle (CV) proteins was undertaken by using in vivo labeling with L-[35S]methionine. CVs were isolated and purified by using standard procedures and characterized by electron microscopy, sedimentation, and sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by fluorography, or by gel slicing and liquid scintillation counting. After 5 1/2 min of labeling (the earliest time examined), incorporation of radioactive clathrin heavy-chain (180-kD (kilodalton] subunits as well as a 90-kD CV-associated protein into purified CVs was demonstrated. The level of labeled 180-kD clathrin in coated vesicles increased rapidly during the first 2 hr of labeling and then continued to rise at a slower rate between 4 and 16 hr. This slow accumulation of labeled clathrin heavy chains in the CV pool may reflect early compartmental sequestration of a fraction of newly synthesized clathrin with delayed assembly into free CVs. By 16 hr of labeling, clathrin 180-kD chains and the 90-kD CV-associated protein accounted for approximately 48 and 26%, respectively, of the radioactivity in all CV proteins. Two proteins of MWa 68 kD and 53 kD showed marked declines in cpm/unit protein between 30 min and 4 hr, raising the possibility that these species may be transferred out of CVs during or after transport without loss of the other CV proteins. The possibility is also raised that clathrin heavy chains may be recycled during CV formation. Possible heterogeneity within individual CV preparations with respect to protein composition and derivation from both plasma membrane and Golgi regions are proposed.     

Changes in the polyadenylated messenger RNA population during development of Dictyostelium discoideum

The program of gene expression during the life cycle of Dictyostelium discoideum has been assessed by molecular hybridization of cDNA probes with polysomal RNA extracted at the following different stages of development: vegetative growth, interphase (2.5 hr), aggregation (8 hr), postaggregation (12 hr), and preculmination (18 hr). Several different cDNA probes were used. Two probes were prepared from vegetative stage poly(A⁺) RNA, one representing all species present and the other enriched for abundant species. A third cDNA probe was prepared from preculmination stage polysomal RNA and a fourth probe consisted of the preculmination stage cDNA depleted in those species also present at the vegetative stage. Hybridization of the various probes with the different polysomal RNA preparations has revealed developmental changes in the mRNA populations. These changes were not detected in an aggregation less mutant under similar conditions of starvation. Abundant RNA species of vegetative cells were found to drop to low levels, especially during the aggregation period. Fifty percent by mass of the RNA present in polysomes at 18 hr is not present during vegetative growth. Some of the new RNA species appeared during interphase and the remaining during the postaggregation period. A gradual increase in the number of copies per cell of certain RNA species comprising both new species as well as some shared with vegetative cells was observed throughout development. Other results indicated that the composition of polysomal and cytoplasmic RNA is similar during vegetative growth but differs markedly at 18 hr of development. Also, cytoplasmic RNA at 18 hr contained, in addition to polysomal RNA, a large proportion by mass of nonpolysomal RNA similar to vegetative RNA. The number of polysomal RNA species detected by this analysis during vegetative growth and during the preculmination stage were estimated to be 3000 and 3700, respectively. The number of copies of these RNA species ranged between 30 and 2000 per cell during vegetative growth and 3 to 300 per cell in polysomes at 18 hr. Developmentally induced RNAs which were preferentially distributed among abundant and intermediate classes were estimated to number 700–900 species.     

Newly synthesized canalicular ABC transporters are directly targeted from the Golgi to the hepatocyte apical domain in rat liver

Newly synthesized canalicular ectoenzymes and a cell adhesion molecule (cCAM105) have been shown to traffic from the Golgi to the basolateral plasma membrane, from where they transcytose to the apical bile canalicular domain. It has been proposed that all canalicular proteins are targeted via this indirect route in hepatocytes. We studied the membrane targeting of rat canalicular proteins by in vivo [(35)S]methionine metabolic labeling followed by preparation of highly purified Golgi membranes and canalicular (CMVs) and sinusoidal/basolateral (SMVs) membrane vesicles and subsequent immunoprecipitation. In particular, we compared membrane targeting of newly synthesized canalicular ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters MDR1, MDR2, and SPGP (sister of P-glycoprotein) with that of cCAM105. Significant differences were observed in metabolic pulse-chase labeling experiments with regard to membrane targeting of these apical proteins. After a chase time of 15 min, cCAM105 appeared exclusively in SMVs, peaked at 1 h, and progressively declined thereafter. In CMVs, cCAM105 was first detected after 1 h and subsequently increased for 3 h. This findings confirm the transcytotic targeting of cCAM105 reported in earlier studies. In contrast, at no time point investigated were MDR1, MDR2, and SPGP detected in SMVs. In CMVs, MDR1 and MDR2 appeared after 30 min, whereas SPGP appeared after 2 h of labeling. In Golgi membranes, each of the ABC transporters peaked at 30 min and was virtually absent thereafter. These data suggest rapid, direct targeting of newly synthesized MDR1 and MDR2 from the Golgi to the bile canaliculus and transient sequestering of SPGP in an intracellular pool en route from the Golgi to the apical plasma membrane. This study provides biochemical evidence for direct targeting of newly synthesized apical ABC transporters from the Golgi to the bile canaliculus in vivo.     

dGRASP-mediated noncanonical integrin secretion is required for Drosophila epithelial remodeling

Integral plasma membrane proteins are typically transported in the secretory pathway from the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi complex. Here we show that at specific stages of Drosophila development corresponding to morphological changes in epithelia, apposed basolateral membranes separate slightly, allowing new plasma membrane contacts with basal extracellular matrix. At these sites, newly synthesized integrin alpha subunits are deposited via a mechanism that appears to bypass the Golgi. We show that the Drosophila Golgi resident protein dGRASP localizes to these membrane domains and that, in the absence of dGRASP, the integrin subunit is retained intracellularly in both follicular and wing epithelia that are found disrupted. We propose that this dGRASP-mediated noncanonical secretion route allows for developmental regulation of integrin function upon epithelial remodeling. We speculate that this mechanism might be used during development as a means of targeting a specific subset of transmembrane proteins to the plasma membrane.     

烟草叶片衰老期过程中的蛋白质组学分析

大田烟叶生产过程中因打顶打叉的处理,改变了烟叶正常的衰老模式。为研究这一特殊的衰老机制,我们自旺长期开始,对‘云烟87’不同发育阶段烟株的中部叶片,进行形态观测、生理生化分析及蛋白质组学检测。结果显示：随着烟叶的逐渐成熟和衰老,烟草的叶色逐渐变黄,叶片逐渐变短、变窄,厚度减少;解剖结构清晰看到栅栏组织和海绵组织从最初的整齐排列到逐渐排列紊乱,组织细胞间轮廓不明显,细胞间隙明显增大;亚显微观测表明,淀粉粒在叶绿体中逐渐积累,类囊体片层结构被挤散,叶绿体膜被撑破。生理与生化分析表明衰老过程伴随着光合作用速率下降,光合色素降解加速,呼吸代谢的增加,这可能与衰老叶片中叶绿体逐渐崩塌和细胞膜透性增加相一致。iTRAQ标记方法共检测到不同发育阶段432个差异表达蛋白质,其中注释到308个与多种生命过程相关。蛋白差异富集分析表明,烟草叶片衰老过程中与光合作用等合成代谢相关蛋白多下调表达,而逆境反应及呼吸作用等分解代谢相关蛋白多上调表达。     

Translocation of nascent non-signal sequence protein in heated Escherichia coli

Exposure of Escherichia coli to heat resulted in 1) selective inhibition of protein synthesis, 2) synthesis of heat shock proteins, and 3) altered subcellular distribution of newly synthesized proteins. Either 5 min or 1 h at 48 degrees C increases outer membrane proteins of Coomassie Blue-stained gels. After 1 h, there was a loss of stained proteins from the soluble fraction. Much greater changes in the distribution of radiolabeled (newly synthesized) proteins were observed, with marked increases in the number of outer membrane protein species and a corresponding loss of soluble fraction proteins. Three major species of radiolabeled proteins from heat-treated cells remain in the soluble fraction; these proteins have apparent Mr 56,000, 69,200, and 79,400. Cells were labeled with L-[35S] methionine at either 37 or 48 degrees C and chased with non-radiolabeled methionine before a temperature shift to either 48 or 37 degrees C, respectively. Only proteins synthesized at elevated temperature participated in translocation. It is suggested that heat disordering of membrane lipids promotes interlipidic connections between the inner and outer membrane providing pathways for protein movement to the outer membrane and may be the mechanism whereby a cell quickly responds to environmental temperature stress. The response does not require but may trigger synthesis of mRNA.     

Detection of glycoproteins in the Acanthamoeba plasma membrane

In the present study we have shown that glycoproteins are present in the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii by utilizing different radioactive labeling techniques. Plasma membrane proteins in the amoeba were iodinated by 125I-lactoperoxidase labeling and the solubilized radiolabeled glycoproteins were separated by lectin-Sepharose affinity chromatography followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The periodate/NaB3H4 and galactose oxidase/NaB3H4 labeling techniques were used for labeling of surface carbohydrates in the amoeba. Several surface-labeled glycoproteins were observed in addition to a diffusely labeled region with Mr of 55,000-75,000 seen on electrophoresis, which could represent glycolipids. The presence of glycoproteins in the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii was confirmed by metabolic labeling with [35S]methionine followed by lectin-Sepharose affinity chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.     

Proteins ADP-ribosylated in Nuclei and Plasma Membrane Vesicles Isolated from Sea Urchin Embryos at Various Stages of Early Development

The ADP-ribosylations of proteins in nuclei, plasma membrane vesicles, mitochondria, microsome vesicles and the soluble fraction of sea urchin embryos isolated at various stages of development were examined by measuring the radioactivities of proteins after exposure of these subcellular fractions to [adenosine-¹⁴C]NAD or [adenylate-³²P]NAD. ADP-ribosylation of proteins was detected only in the nuclear and plasma membrane fractions. In the nuclear fraction, the rate of ADP-ribosylation of the histone fraction did not change appreciably during early development. In the TCA-insoluble protein fraction of the nuclei, the rate of ADP-ribosylation increased from fertilization to the morula stage, then decreased and again increased from the mesenchyme blastula to the late gastrula stage. After exposure of the nuclear fraction to [adenylate-³²P]NAD, a protein band with a molecular weight of 90 kDa was detected by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and radioautography at all stages examined. Its labeling intensity indicated that its ADP-ribosylation is higher at the morula and late gastrula stages than at other stages. In the plasma membrane fraction, proteins with molecular weights of 22 and 68 kDa were ADP-ribosylated and their rates of ADP-ribosylation hardly changed during early development.