CHLOROQUINE DIVERTS ACTH FROM A REGULATED TO A CONSTITUTIVE SECRETORY PATHWAY IN ATT-20 CELLS
CHLOROQUINE DIVERTS ACTH FROM A REGULATED TO A CONSTITUTIVE SECRETORY PATHWAY IN ATT-20 CELLS
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DOI:
10.1038/302434a0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
KELLY, RB
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作者:
MOORE, HP;GUMBINER, B;KELLY, RB
AtT-20 cells, a mouse pituitary line, externalize a viral membrane glycoprotein and the precursor of ACTH constitutively, that is, rapidly without storage or regulation1. They also have a regulated pathway in which they cleave the precursor to mature hormones, ACTH andβ-endorphin2, store them in secretory granules3and discharge them only in the presence of a secretagogue. An analogy exists for newly synthesized lysosomal enzymes which are either delivered to the lysosome or secreted from the cell4,5. Targeting to the lysosomes may require a lowpH step, since chloroquine causes the enzymes to be secreted from the cell5,6. Here we show that chloroquine (200 µM) also appears to block the storage of newly synthesized ACTH in secretory granules and instead diverts it to the outside of the cell via the constitutive pathway. Chloroquine has no effect on the constitutive pathway and does not block the exocytosis of pre-packaged ACTH. Thus like lysosomal enzymes, peptide hormones are not sent to their correct destinations in the presence of chloroquine, but are diverted instead to a constitutive pathway that is chloroquine-insensitive.