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Secretagogue-induced proteolysis of lung spectrin in alveolar epithelial type II cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1420319     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Incubation of isolated rat alveolar epithelial type II cells with secretagogues (calcium ionophore, ATP or terbutaline) resulted in rapid proteolysis of lung spectrin and appearance of multiple proteolytic products which showed immunoreactivity with an antibody against human erythrocyte spectrin. These proteolytic products were similar to those generated from erythrocyte spectrin or cultured lung tumor cells (A549 cells) incubated with purified calpain. Furthermore, incubation of alveolar type II cells with a calpain-specific inhibitor modulated the secretagogue-induced proteolysis of lung spectrin. Thus, stimulation of secretion appeared to activate endogenous calpain in type II cells, suggesting that calpain-mediated proteolysis of a submembranous cytoskeletal protein could play an important role in the secretory process.
Authors:
U J Zimmerman; D W Speicher; A B Fisher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochimica et biophysica acta     Volume:  1137     ISSN:  0006-3002     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochim. Biophys. Acta     Publication Date:  1992 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-12-08     Completed Date:  1992-12-08     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0217513     Medline TA:  Biochim Biophys Acta     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-34     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia 19104.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / physiology
Animals
Blotting, Western
Calcimycin / pharmacology
Calpain / antagonists & inhibitors,  physiology*
Cells, Cultured
Enzyme Activation
Epithelial Cells
Epithelium / metabolism
Humans
Lung / metabolism*
Membrane Fusion
Pulmonary Alveoli / cytology,  metabolism*
Pulmonary Surfactants / metabolism
Rats
Spectrin / metabolism*
Terbutaline / pharmacology
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL 19737/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; HL 38794/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Pulmonary Surfactants; 12634-43-4/Spectrin; 23031-25-6/Terbutaline; 52665-69-7/Calcimycin; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; EC 3.4.22.-/Calpain

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