Biosynthesis and secretion of insect lipoprotein: involvement of furin in cleavage of the apoB homolog, apolipophorin-II/I |
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Authors: | Smolenaars Marcel M W Kasperaitis Marcelle A M Richardson Paul E Rodenburg Kees W Van der Horst Dick J |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemical Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | The biosynthesis of neutral fat-transporting lipoproteins involves the lipidation of their nonexchangeable apolipoprotein. In contrast to its mammalian homolog apolipoprotein B, however, insect apolipophorin-II/I (apoLp-II/I) is cleaved posttranslationally at a consensus substrate sequence for furin, resulting in the appearance of two apolipoproteins in insect lipoprotein. To characterize the cleavage process, a truncated cDNA encoding the N-terminal 38% of Locusta migratoria apoLp-II/I, including the cleavage site, was expressed in insect Sf9 cells. This resulted in the secretion of correctly processed apoLp-II and truncated apoLp-I. The cleavage could be impaired by the furin inhibitor decanoyl-Arg-Val-Lys-Arg-chloromethyl ketone (decRVKRcmk) as well as by mutagenesis of the consensus substrate sequence for furin, as indicated by the secretion of uncleaved apoLp-II/I-38. Treatment of L. migratoria fat body, the physiological site of lipoprotein biosynthesis, with decRVKRcmk similarly resulted in the secretion of uncleaved apoLp-II/I, which was integrated in lipoprotein particles of buoyant density identical to wild-type high density lipophorin (HDLp). These results show that apoLp-II/I is posttranslationally cleaved by an insect furin and that biosynthesis and secretion of HDLp can occur independent of this processing step. Structure modeling indicates that the cleavage of apoLp-II/I represents a molecular adaptation in homologous apolipoprotein structures. We propose that cleavage enables specific features of insect lipoproteins, such as low density lipoprotein formation, endocytic recycling, and involvement in coagulation. |
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Keywords: | apolipoprotein B homology modeling low density lipophorin insect lipoprotein receptor lipovitellin precursor proprotein convertase vitellogenin |
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