Effect of pH and lysosomotropic agents on membrane-associated and internalized /sup 125/I-iodinated human growth hormone in cultured human lymphocytes: a quantitative biochemical and electron microscopic study

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Endocrinology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6493069

Hizuka, N; Gorden, P; Lesniak, M A; Carpentier, J L; Orci, L

When /sup 125/I-iodinated human GH ((/sup 125/I)iodo-hGH) interacts with cultured human lymphocytes at 15 C, the reaction is reversible, but at 37 C the reaction becomes less dissociable as a function of incubation time. Acidification of the incubation medium results in rapid ligand dissociation at 15 C, but at 37 C the acid-dissociable component decreases as a function of incubation time. Under conditions where approximately 50% of the ligand is internalized by the cell, 90% is nondissociable. When the 37 C incubation is carried out in the presence of 25 mM NH/sub 4/Cl, cell-associated radioactivity is increased. Under these conditions approximately 90% of cell-associated radioactivity also is nondissociable. Using quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography, the proportion of (/sup 125/I)iodo-hGH associated with the plasma membrane and internalized by the cell is indistinguishable in the presence or absence of NH/sub 4/Cl. Irreversible (/sup 125/I)iodo-hGH association with cultured human lymphocytes is due to time- and temperature-dependent effects in the plasma membrane of the cell. These effects cannot be distinguished from internalization by acidification. Furthermore, lysosomotropic agents increase cell-associated radioactivity, but the proportion internalized is not increased.

• Research Organization: Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
• OSTI ID: 6493069
• Journal Information: Endocrinology; (United States), Vol. 111:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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