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Differentiation-dependent expression of cathepsin D and importance of lysosomal proteolysis in the degradation of UCP1 in brown adipocytes.

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:The lysosomal protease cathepsin D increased markedly in brown adipocytes during differentiation in primary cultures. Differentiated cells had 20 times the amount of immunoreactive cathepsin D found in preadipocytes. Cathepsin D mRNA, as estimated by relative RT-PCR, was also present in higher amounts in differentiated brown fat cells. Cathepsin D expression was not influenced by repeated exposures of brown adipocytes to norepinephrine (NE). Cathepsin D levels were also unchanged when NE was withdrawn for 48 h after cells had been exposed to NE for 7 days. In contrast, exposure of the cells to NE for 7 days increased their UCP1 content by more than twofold, which returned to basal levels within 48 h of withholding NE. The half-life of UCP1 under basal conditions and in cells chronically exposed to NE was estimated from reductions in [35S]methionine-labelled immunoprecipitable UCP1 over 72 h. UCP1 t1/2 under basal conditions was 3.7+/-0.4 days, which was similar to the half-lives of labelled mitochondrial translation products (3.6+/-0.8 days). The turnover rates of both UCP1 and mitochondrial translation products were reduced by NE. The turnover rate of UCP1 in the presence or absence of NE cannot account solely for the rapid loss of UCP1 from brown adipocytes upon withdrawal of NE. This loss was reduced when cells were incubated with inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI 3-kinase), previously shown to block formation of autophagic vacuoles. Thus, brown adipocytes acquire a large capacity for both uncoupled metabolism and for lysosomal proteolysis during differentiation. Withdrawal of NE, as often occurs in vivo from suppression of sympathetic nervous system activity, would not only terminate thermogenesis but also favor formation of autophagic vacuoles to rapidly reduce the cell content of UCP1-containing mitochondria.

journal_name

Can J Physiol Pharmacol

journal_title

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors

Moazed B,Desautels M

doi

10.1139/y02-067

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-06-01 00:00:00

pages

515-25

issue

eissn

0008-4212

issn

1205-7541

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Differentiation-dependent expression of cathepsin D and importance of lysosomal proteolysis in the degradation of UCP1 in brown adipocytes.