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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 7, 3142-3149, Mar, 1988

Intracellular processing of cytidylyltransferase in Krebs II cells during stimulation of phosphatidylcholine synthesis. Evidence that a plasma membrane modification promotes enzyme translocation specifically to the endoplasmic reticulum

F Terce, M Record, G Ribbes, H Chap and L Douste-Blazy
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unite 101, Hopital Purpan, Toulouse, France.

After a 3-h incubation of Krebs II ascitic cells in the presence of phospholipase C from Clostridium welchii under nonlytic conditions, the incorporation of [3H] choline into phosphatidylcholine was increased 1.7-fold as compared to untreated cells. The total amounts of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and sphingomyelin were unchanged up to 3 h of incubation. The limiting step in phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis was the formation of CDP-choline catalyzed by CTP:choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.15) as monitored by the decrease in phosphocholine labeling following phospholipase C treatment of cells prelabeled with [3H]choline. The specific activity of homogenate cytidylyltransferase was increased about 1.6-fold in phospholipase C-treated cells. Specific activity of the membrane fraction was increased 2-fold, whereas cytosolic specific activity decreased in phospholipase C-treated cells. The activation of cytidylyltransferase was concomitant with translocation of the enzyme from the cytosol to the membrane fraction. The latter was further fractionated using a Percoll gradient that allowed an efficient separation between endoplasmic reticulum and other subcellular membranes. In control cells, particulate cytidylyltransferase activity co-migrated with the endoplasmic reticulum and ribosome markers and not with the plasma membrane. Also, in treated cells, the stimulation of cytidylyltransferase activity occurred at the endoplasmic reticulum level and did not involve either the external cell membrane or other cellular organelles including the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, or mitochondria. Thus, our results demonstrate that a stimulus acting on the plasma membrane promotes the translocation of the soluble form of cytidylyltransferase specifically to the endoplasmic reticulum.
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