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Latency of cathepsin B secreted by human colon carcinoma cells is not linked to secretion of cystatin C and is relieved by neutrophil elastase

Keppler, D ; Waridel, P ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU ; Bachmann, D ; Berdoz, J and Sordat, B (1994) In Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1226(2). p.117-125
Abstract
The lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin B is shown to be secreted by ten human colon carcinoma cell lines and to accumulate in culture media as a latent enzyme. The cell lines also secrete a physiological inhibitor of cathepsin B, cystatin C. A significant correlation was found between secretion of the latent enzyme and the inhibitor (r = 0.755, P < 0.01). The aim of the present study was to modulate the respective secretion of the two antagonists to test whether or not latency of cathepsin B was due to the concomitant secretion of the inhibitor. SW480 colon carcinoma cells were treated with the acidotropic agent ammonium chloride, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, and the inflammatory cytokines TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta.... (More)
The lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin B is shown to be secreted by ten human colon carcinoma cell lines and to accumulate in culture media as a latent enzyme. The cell lines also secrete a physiological inhibitor of cathepsin B, cystatin C. A significant correlation was found between secretion of the latent enzyme and the inhibitor (r = 0.755, P < 0.01). The aim of the present study was to modulate the respective secretion of the two antagonists to test whether or not latency of cathepsin B was due to the concomitant secretion of the inhibitor. SW480 colon carcinoma cells were treated with the acidotropic agent ammonium chloride, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, and the inflammatory cytokines TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta. Ammonium chloride significantly increased latent cathepsin B levels without affecting the constitutive secretion of cystatin C. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate induced a 4- to 5-fold increase in secreted latent cathepsin B, but did not alter significantly the accumulation of cystatin C in media. The cytokines, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta, had no major effect on the expression of these two antagonists. Latent cathepsin B released from human carcinoma cells could be efficiently activated by neutrophil elastase at neutral pH. It is concluded that latent cathepsin B is a true proenzyme rather than an enzyme-inhibitor complex. In addition, our data from neutrophil elastase activation experiments indicate that a proteolytic system for activation of the tumor cell-secreted latent enzyme may exist in vivo. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{The lysosomal cysteine proteinase cathepsin B is shown to be secreted by ten human colon carcinoma cell lines and to accumulate in culture media as a latent enzyme. The cell lines also secrete a physiological inhibitor of cathepsin B, cystatin C. A significant correlation was found between secretion of the latent enzyme and the inhibitor (r = 0.755, P &lt; 0.01). The aim of the present study was to modulate the respective secretion of the two antagonists to test whether or not latency of cathepsin B was due to the concomitant secretion of the inhibitor. SW480 colon carcinoma cells were treated with the acidotropic agent ammonium chloride, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, and the inflammatory cytokines TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta. Ammonium chloride significantly increased latent cathepsin B levels without affecting the constitutive secretion of cystatin C. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate induced a 4- to 5-fold increase in secreted latent cathepsin B, but did not alter significantly the accumulation of cystatin C in media. The cytokines, TGF-beta, TNF-alpha, and IL-1 beta, had no major effect on the expression of these two antagonists. Latent cathepsin B released from human carcinoma cells could be efficiently activated by neutrophil elastase at neutral pH. It is concluded that latent cathepsin B is a true proenzyme rather than an enzyme-inhibitor complex. In addition, our data from neutrophil elastase activation experiments indicate that a proteolytic system for activation of the tumor cell-secreted latent enzyme may exist in vivo.}},
  author       = {{Keppler, D and Waridel, P and Abrahamson, Magnus and Bachmann, D and Berdoz, J and Sordat, B}},
  issn         = {{0006-3002}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{117--125}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Biochimica et Biophysica Acta}},
  title        = {{Latency of cathepsin B secreted by human colon carcinoma cells is not linked to secretion of cystatin C and is relieved by neutrophil elastase}},
  volume       = {{1226}},
  year         = {{1994}},
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