title: Incorporation of N-acetyl-[14C]D-glucosamine and [3H]L-leucine by isolated pig gastric mucosal cells.
abstract: Glycoprotein and protein production of isolated pig gastric mucosal cells were determined by the incorporation of N-acetyl-[14C]D-glucosamine ([14C]GlcNAc) and [3H]L-leucine ([3H]Leu) into acid-insoluble macromolecules (AIM). In four cell fractions (F1-F4), obtained by counterflow centrifugation, specific [14C]GlcNAc incorporation was greatest in the mucous cell-enriched F2. Tracer incorporation by F2 cells, proceeded linearly up to 20 h, was inhibited by cycloheximide or incubation at 0 degree C, and enhanced by PGE2 1 mumol/l. Gel chromatography of released AIM revealed that PGE2-stimulated [14C]GlcNAc incorporation was predominantly directed into high molecular weight (2 X 10(6) daltons) glycoproteins, whereas [3H]Leu incorporation was mainly related to proteins of albumin-like molecular weight. We conclude that incorporation of [14C]GlcNAc by enriched pig gastric mucous cells (F2), further analyzed by gel chromatography, is a suitable probe to study the production of high molecular weight gastric mucous glycoproteins in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Allgemeine Pharmakologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, BRD.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oestmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thiele
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Sewing
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D007930:Leucine; D005944:Glucosamine; D000117:Acetylglucosamine