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JBC, Vol. 251, Issue 5, 1505-1510, Mar, 1976

Identification and subcellular distribution of adipocyte peptides and phosphopeptides

J. Avruch, G. R. Leone and D. B. Martin

Subcellular fractions of high purity (including plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm) were prepared from isolated adipocytes, and the peptide components were examined by detergent gel electrophoresis. Each fraction except the endoplasmic reticulum exhibited a unique and reproducible complement of major peptides. Although the endoplasmic reticulum was distinctive in its enzymic markers, its peptide components showed striking homologies with certain species in the plasma membrane and cytoplasm. The two major adipocyte glycopeptides appear to be contained in the plasma membrane, inasmuch as they followed the distribution of 5'-nucleotidase. Incubation of adipocytes with extracellular 32Pi led to a uniform rate of incorporation of 32P into cellular peptides, with steady-state incorporation reached by 2 hours. Plasma membrane, mitochondria, nuclei, and cytoplasm all contained a distinctive complement of from two to five major phosphopeptides of different molecular weights. The majority of endoplasmic reticulum phosphopeptides exhibited molecular weights closely similar to those of certain species in the plasma membrane and cytoplasm. The phosphopeptides of the plasma membrane exhibited the highest absolute 32P incorporation of all phosphopeptides, next was the single major mitochondiral phosphopeptide. All fractions except the mitochondria contained, in addition to the few major phosphopeptides, numerous minor 32P-labeled phosphopeptides.
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