CHARACTERISTICS OF CYSTINE COUNTER-TRANSPORT IN NORMAL AND CYSTINOTIC LYSOSOME-RICH LEUKOCYTE GRANULAR FRACTIONS
CHARACTERISTICS OF CYSTINE COUNTER-TRANSPORT IN NORMAL AND CYSTINOTIC LYSOSOME-RICH LEUKOCYTE GRANULAR FRACTIONS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2160393
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
SCHULMAN, JD
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作者:
GAHL, WA;TIETZE, F;SCHULMAN, JD
Normal leukocyte lysosome-rich granular fractions exhibited counter-transport of cystine, confirming that cystine transport across the lysosomal membrane is carrier-mediated. The trans-activation of cystine transport was temperature-dependent but relatively independent of the external Na+ or K+ concentration in phosphate buffer. Counter-transport, measured as uptake of exogenous [3H]cystine, increased with increasing intralysosomal cystine content up to .apprx. 3 nmol of half-cystine/U of hexosamindase activity. The amount of [3H]cystine entering lysosomes loaded with unlabeled cystine decreased when unlabeled cystine was added to the extralysosomal medium. Lysosomal cystine counter-transport was stereospecific for the L-isomer. Cystathionine, cystamine and cysteamine-cystine mixed disulfide gave evidence of sharing the lysosomal cystine-transport system, although at lower activity than cystine. Other tested amino acids, including arginine, glutamate and homocystine, were inactive in this system. Nine leukocyte lysosome-rich preparations from 8 different cystinotic patients displayed virtually no counter-transport of cystine, conclusively establishing that a carrier-mediated system for cystine transport is dysfunctional in cystinotic lysosomes.