Biosynthesis of procalcitonin in small cell carcinoma of the lung.
Cancer Res
; 46(2): 812-8, 1986 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-3000586
ABSTRACT
Immunoreactive calcitonin (CT) secreted by DMS 53, a cell line derived from human small cell carcinoma of the lung, consists almost entirely of molecular species larger than the mature hormone (Mr 3,420). Messenger RNA isolated from DMS 53 cells and nude mouse tumors was translated in wheat germ systems, and the products were precipitated with CT-specific antisera. Analyses of the translation products by electrophoresis on 15% polyacrylamide-sodium dodecyl sulfate gels indicated synthesis of a Mr 16,500 preprohormone that was reduced to Mr 14,500 by cotranslation with microsomal membranes. Immunoprecipitation of CT from media from pulse-labeled cultures revealed two major products (Mr 16,500 and Mr 14,500) and up to three minor secreted polypeptides (Mr 9,400, 8,400, and 6,800). Intracellular CT from cell homogenates appeared almost entirely as a single major product (Mr 14,500) and possibly 3-4 minor components (Mr 16,500; 9,200, 8,400, and 6,800). No glycosylated forms of CT were demonstrable by lectin binding methods or labeling attempts with tritiated sugars. The presence of multiple CT species in DMS 53 cells suggests significant post-translational processing of the larger precursor molecules and the accumulation and secretion by small cell carcinoma of the lung of several intermediate immunoreactive forms via a glycosylation-independent secretory pathway.
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Assunto principal:
Precursores de Proteínas
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Calcitonina
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Carcinoma de Células Pequenas
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Limite:
Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
1986
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