We present herein the pulse-chase analysis of the biosynthesis of the prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2 in the endocrine GH4C1 cells infected with vaccinia virus recombinants expressing these convertases. Characterization of the pulse-labelled enzymes demonstrated that pro-PC1 (88 kDa) is cleaved into PC1 (83 kDa) and pro-PC2 (75 kDa) into PC2 (68 kDa). Secretion of glycosylated and sulphated PC1 (84 kDa) occurs about 30 min after the onset of biosynthesis, whereas glycosylated and sulphated PC2 (68 kDa) is detected in the medium after between 1 and 2 h. Furthermore, in the case of pro-PC2 only, we observed that a fraction of this precursor escapes glycosylation. A small proportion (about 5%) of the intracellular glycosylated pro-PC2 (75 kDa) is sulphated, and it is this glycosylated and sulphated precursor that is cleaved into the secretable 68 kDa form of PC2. Major differences in the carbohydrate structures of PC1 and PC2 are demonstrated by the resistance of the secreted PC1 to endoglycosidase H digestion and sensitivity of the secreted PC2 to this enzyme. Inhibition of N-glycosylation with tunicamycin caused a dramatic intracellular degradation of these convertases within the endoplasmic reticulum, with the net effect of a reduction in the available activity of PC1 and PC2. These results emphasize the importance of N-glycosylation in the folding and stability of PC1 and PC2. Pulse-labelling experiments in uninfected mouse beta TC3 and rat Rin m5F insulinoma cells, which endogenously synthesize PC2, showed that, as in infected GH4C1 cells, pro-PC2 predominates intracellularly. In order to define the site of prosegment cleavage, pulse-chase analysis was performed at low temperature (15 degrees C) or after treatment of GH4C1 cells with either brefeldin A or carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. These results demonstrated that the onset of the conversions of pro-PC1 into PC1 and non-glycosylated pro-PC2 into PC2 (65 kDa) occur in a pre-Golgi compartment, presumably within the endoplasmic reticulum. In contrast, pulse labelling in the presence of Na(2)35SO4 demonstrated that the processing of glycosylated and sulphated pro-PC2 occurs within the Golgi apparatus. In order to test the possibility that zymogen processing is performed by furin, we co-expressed this convertase with either pro-PC1 or pro-PC2. The data demonstrated the inability of furin to cleave either proenzyme.
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September 15 1993
Comparative biosynthesis, covalent post-translational modifications and efficiency of prosegment cleavage of the prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2: glycosylation, sulphation and identification of the intracellular site of prosegment cleavage of PC1 and PC2
S Benjannet;
S Benjannet
*J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Molecular, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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N Rondeau;
N Rondeau
*J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Molecular, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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L Paquet;
L Paquet
†J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Neuropeptides, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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A Boudreault;
A Boudreault
†J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Neuropeptides, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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C Lazure;
C Lazure
†J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Neuropeptides, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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M Chrétien;
M Chrétien
*J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Molecular, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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N G Seidah
N G Seidah
‡J.A. DeSève Laboratories of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Structure and Metabolism, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 11R7
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1993 The Biochemical Society, London
1993
Biochem J (1993) 294 (3): 735–743.
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S Benjannet, N Rondeau, L Paquet, A Boudreault, C Lazure, M Chrétien, N G Seidah; Comparative biosynthesis, covalent post-translational modifications and efficiency of prosegment cleavage of the prohormone convertases PC1 and PC2: glycosylation, sulphation and identification of the intracellular site of prosegment cleavage of PC1 and PC2. Biochem J 15 September 1993; 294 (3): 735–743. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2940735
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