J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 266, Issue 14, 8771-8778, 05, 1991

Reconstitution of galactosyl receptor inactivation in permeabilized rat hepatocytes is ATP-dependent

JD Medh and PH Weigel
Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.

A subpopulation of galactosyl receptors (GalRs) on isolated rat hepatocytes undergo a reversible inactivation and reactivation process during constitutive recycling (McAbee, D. D., and Weigel, P. H. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 2061-2069). Here, we report the reconstitution of this GalR inactivation in digitonin-permeabilized rat hepatocytes. Permeabilization of freshly isolated cells at 4 degrees C with 0.002% (w/v digitonin releases cytosol containing 35-40% of the total cellular protein, 10-15% of a lysosomal marker, and 5-10% of an early endosomal marker. Incubation of permeabilized cells with cytosol at 37 degrees C results in a time-dependent reduction of total 125I-asialoorosomucoid binding activity, which proceeds with first order kinetics (t 1/2 = 11.3 min). Only half of the total cellular GalRs are affected; maximal GalR activity loss, obtained by 30 min, is 50.5 +/- 9.5% (n = 21) of the control (4 degrees C) value. Increasing the digitonin concentration up to 0.055% does not increase the extent of inactivation. Permeabilized cells with reduced GalR activity were assessed for GalR protein content by Western blot analysis and by binding of anti-GalR antibody. The results show that the reduced 125I-asialoorosomucoid binding is due to GalR inactivation rather than receptor protein degradation. GalR inactivation does not occur in the absence of cytosol or in the presence of dialyzed cytosol. The cytosol also loses its GalR inactivating ability in the presence of an ATP-depleting system. GalR inactivation in the absence of cytosol is achieved by incubating permeabilized washed cells at 37 degrees C with ATP but not with ADP, AMP, or other NTPs. The rate and extent of inactivation are dependent on the ATP concentration. Half-maximal and maximal GalR inactivation are obtained at 0.3 and 3.0 mM ATP, respectively. In the presence of cytosol, permeabilized hepatocytes could replenish cytosolic ATP by oxidative phosphorylation. As a result, similar levels of GalR inactivation were obtained with 500-fold lower ATP concentrations. We conclude that ATP is the only cytosolic component necessary for GalR inactivation in permeabilized rat hepatocytes.
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