Enhancing activity of N-glycosylation for constitutive proteins secretions in non-polarized cells

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Apr 17;381(4):612-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.02.101. Epub 2009 Feb 25.

Abstract

Several fusion proteins of mouse Interleukins (mILs) and the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) were expressed in fibroblast and epithelial cells. Among these proteins, the mIL-31 derivative was the most efficiently secreted into the medium in a N-glycosylation-dependent manner. From the analysis of deletion mutants, the minimal structure for constitutive secretions consisted of a signal peptide and N-glycosylation. Introduction of the signal sequence from mIL-31 to human p53 protein failed to secrete the products, but further addition of the N-glycosylation site resulted in constitutive secretion of biologically active p53 protein into the medium in the N-glycosylated form. In this report, we showed the importance of N-glycosylation for constitutive protein secretions, especially using non-polarized cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Polarity
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism
  • Glycosylation
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Interleukins / genetics
  • Interleukins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Interleukins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • enhanced green fluorescent protein
  • interleukin-31, mouse
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins