SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION OF TYROSINASE IN CULTURED MELANOMA-CELLS
SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION OF TYROSINASE IN CULTURED MELANOMA-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041040206
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
OIKAWA, A
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作者:
SAEKI, H;OIKAWA, A
The tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) activity of cultured B-16 mouse melanoma cells (C2M) in the stationary phase depends on whether the medium contains glucose or galactose. The activity in medium containing galactose was .apprx. 10 times that in medium containing glucose at pH 7.2. This difference in tyrosinase activity was apparently due to a shift of balance between synthesis and degradation of the enzyme. Experiments were conducted with stationary phase cultures in the presence and absence of cyclohexamide. Melanoma cells in the stationary phase did not synthesize tyrosinase in medium containing glucose. When cultured under identical conditions, except that glucose was replaced by galactose, they synthesized tyrosinase. The rate of synthesis in medium containing galactose at pH 6.3 was 1/3 of that in the same medium at about pH 7, in which the increase in specific activity of tyrosinase per day was .apprx. 30 nmoles/mg cell protein/h. The rate of degradation of the enzyme was practically the same in medium containing glucose as in medium containing galactose, and largely depended on the pH of the culture medium. At pH 6.3, the half-life was .apprx. 1/3 of that at pH 7.2, where it was .apprx. 1.8 days. The degradation at acidic pH values was much reduced by ammonium salt and was strongly inhibited by the protease inhibitor, leupeptin.