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Analysis of Low Abundance Membrane-Associated Proteins from Rat Pancreatic Zymogen Granules
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posted on 2010-10-01, 00:00 authored by Heike Borta, Miguel Aroso, Cornelia Rinn, Maria Gomez-Lazaro, Rui Vitorino, Dagmar Zeuschner, Markus Grabenbauer, Francisco Amado, Michael SchraderZymogen granules (ZG) are specialized storage organelles in the exocrine pancreas that allow the sorting, packaging, and regulated apical secretion of digestive enzymes. As there is a critical need for further understanding of the key processes in regulated secretion to develop new therapeutic options in medicine, we applied a suborganellar proteomics approach to identify peripheral membrane-associated ZG proteins. We focused on the analysis of a “basic” group (pH range 6.2−11) with about 46 spots among which 44 were identified by tandem mass spectrometry. These spots corresponded to 16 unique proteins, including rat mast cell chymase (RMCP-1) and peptidyl-prolyl cis−trans isomerase B (PpiB; cyclophilin B), an ER-resident protein. To confirm that these proteins were specific to zymogen granules and not contaminants of the preparation, we conducted a series of validation experiments. Immunoblotting of ZG subfractions revealed that chymase and PpiB behaved like bona fide peripheral membrane proteins. Their expression in rat pancreas was regulated by feeding behavior. Ultrastructural and immunofluorescence studies confirmed their ZG localization. Furthermore, a chymase−YFP fusion protein was properly targeted to ZG in pancreatic AR42J cells. Interestingly, for both proteins, proteoglycan-binding properties have been reported. The importance of our findings for sorting and packaging during ZG formation is discussed.
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tandem mass spectrometrysuborganellar proteomics approachRMCPimmunofluorescence studiesapical secretion46 spotsmembrane proteinsZG subfractionsexocrine pancreasstorage organellesrat mast cell chymasepancreatic AR 42J cellsZG formationvalidation experimentsRat Pancreatic Zymogen GranulesZymogen granulesZG localizationrat pancreaszymogen granules
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