title: Lipids covalently bound to keratins of mouse mammary epithelial cells.
abstract: Keratin polypeptides obtained from mouse mammary epithelial cells (MMEC) were found to be modified by covalent attachment of lipids. MMEC in primary culture were incubated in 3H-palmitate and treated with 1.5M KCl/1% Triton X-100 to obtain a cytoskeletal (CS) fraction containing primarily keratin and actin filaments. After exhaustive extraction to remove labeled lipids, the CS proteins were separated by gel electrophoresis, and the labeled 46 kD (K18) and 55 kD (K8) keratin polypeptides were excised, subjected to acid hydrolysis and the chloroform-soluble products were resolved on thin layer chromatography. For both keratins, covalently bound lipid included major peaks which co-chromatographed with fatty acid standards. Also, unlabeled lipid resolving with fatty acid standards was found covalently bound to both keratins. The results are discussed in terms of keratin-lipid-membrane interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Asch
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayhew
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Lazo
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Asch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010168:Palmitates / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D010168:Palmitates; D007633:Keratins