Secretion by mononuclear phagocytes of lysosomal hydrolases bearing ligands for the mannose-6-phosphate receptor system of fibroblasts: Evidence for a second mechanism of spontaneous secretion?

Wendy Jessup, Roger T. Dean

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Abstract

β-Hexosaminidase secreted by peritoneal macrophages in response to stimulation by zymosan or NH4Cl, or spontaneously by a macrophage-like cell line (P388D1), is susceptible to receptor-mediated endocytosis by human fibroblasts. This endocytosis is almost completely blocked by exogenous mannose-6-phosphate and therefore seems to depend on a mannose-6-phosphate ligand on the enzyme. It is suggested that macrophage lysosomal enzyme packaging may involve mannose-6-phosphate recognition markers, and that a continuous hypersecretion mechanism may exist which does not depend on a defect in this ligand.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)922-927
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume105
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 1982
Externally publishedYes

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