The intracellular localisation of proteoglycans and their accumulation in chondrocytes treated with monensin |
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Authors: | Lynda J Burditt Anthony Ratcliffe Patricia R Fryer Tim E Hardingham |
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Institution: | 1. Kennedy Institute, Bute Gardens, Hammersmith, London, W6 7DW, U.K.;2. Electron Microscopy, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ U.K. |
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Abstract: | Pig laryngeal chondrocytes incubated in the presence of monensin showed inhibition of 35S]sulphate incorporation and decreased secretion of proteoglycan into the culture medium, but no large decrease in protein synthesis. This lead to the intracellular accumulation of proteoglycan protein core, which was detected in immunoprecipitates of cell extracts. Using the same antiserum protein core was localised by electron microscopy with protein A-coated gold. In control chondrocytes, it was detected only in elements of the Golgi and in secretory vesicles, but following monensin treatment labelling was more intense in the Golgi and extended into the distended cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The results suggest that monensin blocks proteoglycan protein core translocation between different elements of the Golgi and that this occurs prior to the major site of chondroitin sulphate synthesis on proteoglycan. |
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Keywords: | Proteoglycan Monensin (Chondrocyte) Hepes 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulphonic acid |
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