Cystinotic fibroblasts accumulate cystine from intracellular protein degradation.
Fibroblasts derived from patients with cystinosis, an autosomal recessive condition, accumulate the disulfide amino acid cystine within lysosomes. The metabolic defect leading to the cystine accumulation and the source from which the cystine is derived are unknown. In this report we present data showing that cystine in these cells accumulates from the degradation of endogenous protein. This conclusion is based upon: (i) no demonstrable synthesis of cystine from serine; (ii) no difference in cystine reaccumulation between glutathione-depleted and non-glutathione-depleted cystinotic cells; (iii) recovery of labeled cystine only when the protein pool is labeled; (iv) reversible inhibition of cystine reaccumulation by known inhibitors of lysosomal protein degradation (chloroquine and NH4Cl).
D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003554:Cystinosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
D011506:Proteins; D003553:Cystine; D002738:Chloroquine; D005978:Glutathione
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