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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
In pancreatic islets, formation of beta-secretory granule cores involves early proinsulin homohexamerization and subsequent insulin condensation. We examined proinsulin conformational maturation by monitoring accessibility of protein disulfide bonds. Proinsulin disulfides are intact immediately upon synthesis, but are > or = 90% sensitive to in vivo reduction with 2 mM dithiothreitol; wash out of dithiothreitol leads to reoxidation, proinsulin transport, and conversion to insulin. With t1/2 approximately 10 min, newly synthesized proinsulin becomes resistant to disulfide reduction, correlating with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) export. However, inhibition of ER export with brefeldin A blocks acquisition of resistance to reduction, and once proinsulin arrives in the Golgi, it resists reduction despite brefeldin treatment. Moreover, in vivo, resistance of proinsulin disulfides is overcome after increasing [dithiothreitol] > 10-fold, or in vitro, in islets lysed in a zinc-free, but not a zinc-containing, medium. Employing 30 mM dithiothreitol in vivo, a further decrease in disulfide accessibility is observed following proinsulin conversion to insulin. Incubation of islets with chloroquine or zinc enhances and diminishes accessibility of insulin disulfides, respectively. We hypothesize that two major conformational changes culminating in granule core formation, proinsulin hexamerization and insulin condensation, are sensitive to zinc and occur upon ER exit and arrival in immature secretory granules, respectively.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20417-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Chloroquine, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Cysteine, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Cytoplasmic Granules, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Disulfides, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Dithiothreitol, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Methionine, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Proinsulin, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Sulfur Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:7657617-Zinc
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Intracellular transport of proinsulin in pancreatic beta-cells. Structural maturation probed by disulfide accessibility.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35209, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't