ツゲ ヒデアキ   TSUGE HIDEAKI
  津下 英明
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2002/12
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan is a potent enhancer in the processing of procathepsin L
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
出版社・発行元 WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO
巻・号・頁 383(12),pp.1925-1929
著者・共著者 M Kihara,H Kakegawa,Y Matano,E Murata,H Tsuge,H Kido,N Katunuma
概要 The acceleration effect of chondroitin-4-sulfate(CS-) proteoglycan on the processing of procathepsin L in vitro was investigated using enzyme purified from the culture medium of MLC cells. Procathepsin L was slightly processed even when it was incubated without CS-proteoglycan for 60 min in 50 mM acetate buffer, pH 5.5, and trace amounts of the 31 kDa mature form and 35-38 kDa intermediates of cathepsin L were formed. On the other hand, in the presence of CS-proteoglycan, procathepsin L was completely converted to the mature form within the same 60 minute time period. Moreover, Z-Phe-Arg-MCA hydrolyzing activity was increased significantly by the incubation with CS-proteoglycan, while no considerable increase in the activity was observed during the incubation without CS-proteoglycan. Since the specific cathepsin L inhibitor, CLIK-195, inhibited the processing of procathepsin L accelerated by CS-proteoglycan, the trace amount of cathepsin L activity may participate in the processing. These results suggest that CS-proteoglycan may play a role in accelerating the processing of procathepsin L as an endogenous enhancer in the extracellular environment in vivo.
DOI 10.1515/BC.2002.216
ISSN 1431-6730