title: Effect of glycyl-L-phenylalanine 2-naphthylamide on invertase endocytosed by rat liver.
abstract: The release by glycyl-L-phenylalanine 2-naphthylamide (Gly-L-Phe-2-NNap) of endocytosed invertase associated with the MLP fraction (sum of the M, L and P fractions [de Duve, Pressman, Gianetto, Wattiaux & Appelmans (1955) Biochem. J. 63, 604-617]) of rat liver was investigated and compared with the release of cathepsin C. The percentage of invertase released increases with time after the enzyme injection, whereas the release of cathepsin C is not influenced by this treatment and corresponds to 85-90% of the total activity of the enzyme. It takes about 2h to attain a similar release of both enzymes. The quantity of invertase releasable or not by Gly-L-Phe-2-NNap was plotted against the time after the injection. Results agree well with the hypothesis that unreleasable invertase is associated with a pre-lysosomal compartment, whereas releasable invertase is present in lysosomes. A kinetic analysis indicates that invertase enters the pre-lysosomal compartment with a zero-order rate constant of 0.48 unit/min per g fresh wt., and leaves this compartment with a first-order rate constant of 0.042 min-1.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020789:Cathepsin C; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases / Q000494:pharmacology; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005615:Freezing; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; C041865:glycylphenylalanine 2-naphthylamide; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043324:beta-Fructofuranosidase; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases; D020789:Cathepsin C