Journal of Cell Science, Vol 107, Issue 11 3191-3200, Copyright © 1994 by Company of Biologists

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Transport of a lysosomal membrane glycoprotein from the Golgi to endosomes and lysosomes via the cell surface in African trypanosomes

MJ Brickman and AE Balber
Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710.

gp57/42 is a membrane glycoprotein localized in the trans-Golgi, flagellar pocket region of the cell surface, endosomes and lysosomes of bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Pulse-chase immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that gp57/42 acquires a unique N-linked oligosaccharide recognized by the CB1 monoclonal antibody 20-30 minutes after protein synthesis, probably in the trans-Golgi. We refer to gp57/42 molecules that carry the CB1 epitope as CB1-gp. Pulse labeled CB1-gp contained only one core protein, p57, when chase times were 30 minutes or less. As time of chase increased from 30 to 60 minutes, a new polypeptide, p42, appeared in N-glycanase-treated CB1 immunoprecipitates. Since p57 and p42 share 10 of 13 methionyl peptides, we conclude that p42 is a fragment of p57. Cleavage of p57 to p42 was not inhibited when cells were chased in two thiol protease inhibitors or in 3,4-diisocoumarin, but was inhibited by leupeptin. Cell surface biotinylation was used to determine if newly synthesized CB1-gp was transported from the Golgi to the surface. When cells were pulse labeled and chased for 30 minutes, as much as 40% of the radiolabeled CB1-gp could be biotinylated on the cell surface. The amount of CB1-gp that could be biotinylated decreased when chases were extended from 30 to 60 minutes, suggesting that pulse labeled CB1-gp left the surface. In contrast, pulse labeled variant surface glycoprotein molecules continued to accumulate on the surface where they could be biotinylated between 30 and 60 minutes of chase. Biotinylated CB1-gp derived from cells chased for 30 minutes contained p57 but no p42. However, when labeled cells were biotinylated after a 30 minute chase and then incubated another 30 minutes at 37 degrees C, the biotinylated CB1-gp contained both p57 and p42. The p57 in biotinylated CB1-gp was not cleaved to p42 if the additional incubation was done at 4 or 12 degrees C. This suggests that transport to a compartment where processing occurs and/or the processing enzymes are inhibited by low temperature. When surface biotinylation was done after a 60 minute chase, p42 was detected in biotinylated CB1-gp, suggesting that CB1-gp molecules had passed through the processing compartment and then appeared on the cell surface. Thus, a major portion of the newly synthesized CB1-gp is routed from the Golgi to endocytic compartments via the cell surface. In trypanosomes this process involves a unique surface domain, the flagellar pocket.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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