title: Identification of thiol:protein disulfide oxidoreductase activity in cultured human fibroblasts: dependence of enzyme activity on growth conditions.
abstract: Thiol:protein disulfide oxidoreductase activity was assayed in extracts of cultured normal human skin fibroblasts. Enzyme activity in confluent fibroblasts was dependent on growth conditions. In serum-deprived fibroblasts grown in minimal medium enzyme activity was approximately 40% of that observed in fibroblasts maintained in medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum. In fibroblasts cultured in medium supplemented only with insulin, activity was 35% greater than that in fibroblasts cultured in unsupplemented defined medium. Antibodies raised against purified bovine liver thiol:protein disulfide oxidoreductase immunoprecipitated all of the activity present in fibroblast extracts. The thiol:protein disulfide oxidoreductase from human fibroblasts thus appears to share antigenic determinants with the bovine liver enzyme. The human fibroblast may serve as an in vitro model to study the regulation of the oxidoreductase.
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003470:Culture Media; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011490:Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione) / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D007328:Insulin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D011490:Protein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione)