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Synthesis of gamma-carboxylated polypeptides by alpha-cells of the pancreatic islets

Stenberg, Leisa LU ; Nilsson, Elise LU ; Ljungberg, Otto LU ; Stenflo, Johan LU and Brown, Mark A. LU (2001) In Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 283(2). p.454-459
Abstract
gamma -Carboxylated proteins were detected in normal human pancreas by immunohistochemistry with a monoclonal antibody (M3B) specific for gamma -carboxyglutamyl residues, Staining appeared to be localized to the glucagon-secreting alpha -cells in the islets of Langerhans, Consistent with this, sections from a glucagonoma were stained much more intensely with the M3B antibody than those from an insulinoma. A murine alpha -cell line (alpha TC1 Clone 9) was cultured and gamma -carboxylated polypeptides, identified immunologically as prothrombin, protein S and (tentatively) Gas6, were isolated from the intracellular compartment by chromatography on an M3B-coupled resin, As in liver, prothrombin is synthesized by alpha -cells as a gamma... (More)
gamma -Carboxylated proteins were detected in normal human pancreas by immunohistochemistry with a monoclonal antibody (M3B) specific for gamma -carboxyglutamyl residues, Staining appeared to be localized to the glucagon-secreting alpha -cells in the islets of Langerhans, Consistent with this, sections from a glucagonoma were stained much more intensely with the M3B antibody than those from an insulinoma. A murine alpha -cell line (alpha TC1 Clone 9) was cultured and gamma -carboxylated polypeptides, identified immunologically as prothrombin, protein S and (tentatively) Gas6, were isolated from the intracellular compartment by chromatography on an M3B-coupled resin, As in liver, prothrombin is synthesized by alpha -cells as a gamma -carboxylated zymogen that can be cleaved by ecarin to form an active serine protease that is inhibited by hirudin, The pancreas thus appears to be a novel site of synthesis for certain vitamin K-dependent proteins. (Less)
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γ-carboxylation, Gla, pancreas, protein S, prothrombin, vitamin K
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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283
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2
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454 - 459
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Elsevier
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1090-2104
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10.1006/bbrc.2001.4808
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English
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  author       = {{Stenberg, Leisa and Nilsson, Elise and Ljungberg, Otto and Stenflo, Johan and Brown, Mark A.}},
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  keywords     = {{γ-carboxylation; Gla; pancreas; protein S; prothrombin; vitamin K}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{454--459}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications}},
  title        = {{Synthesis of gamma-carboxylated polypeptides by alpha-cells of the pancreatic islets}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2001.4808}},
  doi          = {{10.1006/bbrc.2001.4808}},
  volume       = {{283}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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