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Cathepsin L mediates intracellular ileal digestion of gastric intrinsic factor.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7840205     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Although acidic proteases of lysosomal origin are implicated in the degradation of intrinsic factor (IF) during cobalamin (cbl) transport across enterocytes and proximal renal tubule cell lines, the enzyme(s) involved in this process is not known. Recombinant (baculovirus-produced) rat 125I-labeled IF (125I-rIF), 43 kDa, added in vivo to the lumen of rat ileum was converted intracellularly to peptides of 33 and 26 kDa. In vitro rat 125I-rIF was degraded to peptides of 33 and 31 kDa by addition of cathepsin L; this conversion was fully inhibited by leupeptin. Western blot analysis using antiserum against denatured native rat IF identified additional cathepsin L degradation products in the 17- to 23-kDa range. In vitro the binding of cobalamin partially inhibited cathepsin L degradation of IF. Rat rIF produced from either insect (Sf9) or mammalian (CHO) cells and native rat IF were all degraded by cathepsin L, although the prominence of the various products differed in the recombinant preparations, being 33 and 36 kDa, respectively. Native rat IF was most sensitive to proteolysis, and no degradation products were identified. Rat 125I-rIF was taken up by LLC-PK1 cells, and 125I from degraded IF appeared abundantly on the basolateral side of cell monolayers by 1 h. The intracellular products of rat rIF in LLC-PK1 cells were the same size as those produced in vitro by the action of cathepsin L. Antiserum against a human kidney cDNA cathepsin L fusion protein easily demonstrated the protease in rat intestinal mucosa, as well as in all other tissues tested. These data suggest that cathepsin L is the protease responsible for the leupeptin-sensitive intracellular degradation of IF.
Authors:
M M Gordon; T Howard; M J Becich; D H Alpers
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  268     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1995 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-02-28     Completed Date:  1995-02-28     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  G33-40     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cathepsin L
Cathepsins / pharmacology*
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Digestion / physiology*
Endopeptidases*
Ileum / metabolism*
Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
Intracellular Membranes / metabolism*
Intrinsic Factor / metabolism*
LLC-PK1 Cells / metabolism
Male
Rabbits
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Recombinant Proteins
Stomach / metabolism*
Swine
Vitamin B 12 / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AM-14038/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Recombinant Proteins; 68-19-9/Vitamin B 12; 9008-12-2/Intrinsic Factor; EC 3.4.-/Cathepsins; EC 3.4.-/Endopeptidases; EC 3.4.22.-/Cysteine Endopeptidases; EC 3.4.22.15/CTSL1 protein, human; EC 3.4.22.15/Cathepsin L; EC 3.4.22.15/Ctsl protein, rat

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