Biosynthesis and secretion of salusin-alpha from human cells |
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Authors: | Sato Kengo Koyama Takatoshi Shichiri Masayoshi |
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Affiliation: | Laboratory Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Salusins originally identified using bioinformatics analyses have been shown to act on the cardiovascular and endocrine systems. Although the hypotensive activity of salusin-alpha is limited, it exerts a significant anti-atherosclerotic effect via suppression of foam cell formation in human monocyte-derived macrophages by down-regulating acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase-1. Furthermore, serum salusin-alpha levels show a close negative correlation with the severity of atherosclerotic diseases. However, biosynthesis and secretion of salusin-alpha peptide from cultured mammalian cells have not been demonstrated to date. We examined the expression, synthesis and release of salusin-alpha in human-derived cell lines. Preprosalusin mRNA and protein were detected ubiquitously in all cells tested, whereas the processing of preprosalusin into salusin-alpha peptide is dependent upon each cell type. Immunohistochemical study revealed the most abundant salusin-alpha-like immunoreactivity to be present in HeLa cells which released salusin-alpha-like immunoreactivity into the culture supernatant. Analysis of extracted conditioned media from HeLa cells by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography coupled with radioimmunoassay detection revealed a single immunoreactive component that co-eluted with authentic salusin-alpha. These results present the first evidence that salusin-alpha is biosynthesized and released from human-derived cells. |
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Keywords: | Salusin-α Radioimmunoassay Reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography Processing Immunohistochemistry Secretion |
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