title: Brefeldin A-induced prosomatostatin N-glycosylation in AtT20 cells.
abstract: Prosomatostatin, the precursor of the hormone somatostatin, harbors an N-glycosylation site in its prodomain that has never been shown to be modified by the N-oligosaccharyl transferase (OST) of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The addition of Brefeldin A (BFA) to prosomatostatin transfected AtT20 cells leads to a quantitative glycosylation of the prohormone. Upon removal of the BFA the glycosylated hormone precursor is not deglycosylated, and is secreted after maturation of its oligosaccharide chain in the late secretory pathway. In addition, a significant proportion of the glycosylated hormone precursor remains in the cell. Since BFA is known to induce an effective collapse of the Golgi complex into the ER, the hypothesis that a prolonged exposure to the ER glycosylation machinery is responsible for the glycosylation was tested. No N-glycosylation was detected using a coupled in vitro transcription-translation system in the presence of canine pancreatic microsomes, indicating that rapid transit through the ER does not explain the lack of glycosylation observed in vivo in the absence of BFA. These observations show that co-translational glycosylation by OST becomes possible due to a still unidentified modification in the luminal environment brought about by the coalescence of the Golgi into the ER caused by BFA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daull
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Home
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boileau
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: LeBel
mesh_terms: D020126:Brefeldin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation / Q000187:drug effects; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D020126:Brefeldin A; D013004:Somatostatin; C028456:prosomatostatin