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. 1987 Mar 1;242(2):339–346. doi: 10.1042/bj2420339

Biosynthesis of proteins by human gastric mucosa in vitro.

M Spohn, I McColl
PMCID: PMC1147710  PMID: 3593253

Abstract

Incorporation of L-[U-14C]leucine and of D[U-14C]glucose into proteins of fresh human gastric mucosa in vitro was studied after incubation of homogenized tissue and of intact mucosal pieces. CsCl centrifugation was used to separate high-density mucus glycoproteins from other mucosal proteins, and the macromolecular nature of radioactive mucosal glycoprotein fractions was confirmed by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and autoradiography of the polyacrylamide gels. In all experiments a substantial proportion of total incorporated radioactivity was associated with gastric-mucosal glycoprotein fractions (CsCl fraction L3), indicating their biosynthesis. Radioactivity of these fractions was shown to co-chromatograph with carbohydrates when fractionated either directly or after reduction and alkylation (1) Sephadex G-200 chromatography in the excluded fractions and (2) by DEAE-cellulose ion-exchange chromatography. On incubation of intact mucosa, the major portion of radioactivity associated with the glycoprotein fractions of both leucine- and glucose-labelled specimens was secreted into the mucosal media during the course of the experiment. It is suggested that biosynthesis of mucus in vivo by gastric mucosa may be associated with rapid secretion of the synthesized macromolecules into the lumen of the stomach and that investigations of the metabolic processes within the mucosa should consider the products of secretion of the tissue. Incorporation of L-[U-14C]leucine implies biosynthesis of the polypeptide components of the macromolecules.

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