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Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells
Intact rabbit immunoglobulin G molecules (IgGs) and their papain or pepsin fragments were radio-iodinated and injected into HeLa cells. Whole IgGs, Fab2, and Fc fragments were degraded with half-lives of 60- 90 h, whereas half-lives of Fab fragments were 110 h. These results indicate that proteolyti...
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description | Intact rabbit immunoglobulin G molecules (IgGs) and their papain or pepsin fragments were radio-iodinated and injected into HeLa cells. Whole IgGs, Fab2, and Fc fragments were degraded with half-lives of 60- 90 h, whereas half-lives of Fab fragments were 110 h. These results indicate that proteolytic cleavage in the hinge region of the IgG molecule is not the rate-limiting step in its intracellular degradation. The hingeless human myeloma protein, Mcg, was degraded at the same rate as bulk human IgG, providing further evidence that the proteolytically susceptible hinge region is not important for intracellular degradation of IgG molecules. SDS acrylamide gel analysis of injected rabbit IgG molecules revealed that heavy and light chains were degraded at the same rate. Injected rabbit IgGs and rabbit IgG fragments were also examined on isoelectric focusing gels. Fab, Fab2, and Fc fragments were degraded without any correlation with respect to isoelectric point. Positively charged rabbit IgGs disappeared more rapidly than their negative counterparts, contrary to the trend reported for normal intracellular proteins. The isoelectric points of two mouse monoclonal antibodies were essentially unchanged after injection into HeLa cells, suggesting that the altered isoelectric profile observed for intact rabbit IgG resulted from degradation and not protein modification. The intracellular distributions of IgG fragments and intact rabbit IgG molecules were determined by autoradiography of thin sections through injected cells. Intact IgG molecules were excluded from HeLa nuclei whereas both Fab and Fc fragments readily entered them. Thus, for some proteins, entry into the nuclear compartment is determined primarily by size. |
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spelling | pubmed-21122792008-05-01 Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells J Cell Biol Articles Intact rabbit immunoglobulin G molecules (IgGs) and their papain or pepsin fragments were radio-iodinated and injected into HeLa cells. Whole IgGs, Fab2, and Fc fragments were degraded with half-lives of 60- 90 h, whereas half-lives of Fab fragments were 110 h. These results indicate that proteolytic cleavage in the hinge region of the IgG molecule is not the rate-limiting step in its intracellular degradation. The hingeless human myeloma protein, Mcg, was degraded at the same rate as bulk human IgG, providing further evidence that the proteolytically susceptible hinge region is not important for intracellular degradation of IgG molecules. SDS acrylamide gel analysis of injected rabbit IgG molecules revealed that heavy and light chains were degraded at the same rate. Injected rabbit IgGs and rabbit IgG fragments were also examined on isoelectric focusing gels. Fab, Fab2, and Fc fragments were degraded without any correlation with respect to isoelectric point. Positively charged rabbit IgGs disappeared more rapidly than their negative counterparts, contrary to the trend reported for normal intracellular proteins. The isoelectric points of two mouse monoclonal antibodies were essentially unchanged after injection into HeLa cells, suggesting that the altered isoelectric profile observed for intact rabbit IgG resulted from degradation and not protein modification. The intracellular distributions of IgG fragments and intact rabbit IgG molecules were determined by autoradiography of thin sections through injected cells. Intact IgG molecules were excluded from HeLa nuclei whereas both Fab and Fc fragments readily entered them. Thus, for some proteins, entry into the nuclear compartment is determined primarily by size. The Rockefeller University Press 1983-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2112279/ /pubmed/6403551 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Articles Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title | Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title_full | Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title_fullStr | Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title_full_unstemmed | Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title_short | Intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin G fragments injected into HeLa cells |
title_sort | intracellular distribution and degradation of immunoglobulin g and immunoglobulin g fragments injected into hela cells |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2112279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6403551 |