title: Sulfation and constitutive secretion of dopamine beta-hydroxylase from rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells.
abstract: The biosynthesis and secretion of dopamine beta-hydroxylase were investigated by radiolabeling rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells in culture. Intracellular dopamine beta-hydroxylase from a crude chromaffin vesicle fraction and secreted dopamine beta-hydroxylase from culture medium were immunoprecipitated using antiserum made against purified bovine soluble dopamine beta-hydroxylase. Analysis of the immunoprecipitated enzyme on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that: 1) the membrane-bound form of the hydroxylase from crude secretory vesicle membrane extracts contained two nonidentical subunits in approximately stoichiometric amounts (Mr = 77,000 and 73,000); 2) the soluble hydroxylase from the lysate of these secretory vesicles was composed predominantly of a single subunit (Mr = 73,000); and 3) the hydroxylase secreted into the medium under resting conditions was also composed of a single subunit (approximate Mr = 73,000). All subunits of the multiple forms of hydroxylase were glycoproteins. Under resting conditions, the rate of secretion of hydroxylase was approximately 6% of total cellular enzyme/15 min. The secreted form of the hydroxylase incorporated [35S]sulfate, whereas no significant [35S]sulfate was incorporated into the cellular forms of enzyme. We propose that in addition to the dopamine beta-hydroxylase which is found in catecholamine storage vesicles and released during stimulus-coupled exocytosis, PC12 cells also have a constitutive secretory pathway for dopamine beta-hydroxylase and that the enzyme released by this second pathway is sulfated.
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013431:Sulfates; D008715:Methionine; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase