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. 1983 Jan 15;210(1):63–71. doi: 10.1042/bj2100063

Inhibition of cardiac proteolysis by colchicine. Selective effects on degradation of protein subclasses.

J S Crie, J M Ord, J R Wakeland, K Wildenthal
PMCID: PMC1154190  PMID: 6847650

Abstract

1. The effect of colchicine (2.5 microM) on cardiac protein turnover was tested with foetal mouse hearts in organ culture. 2. Colchicine had no effect on protein synthesis, but inhibited total protein degradation by 12-18%. Lumicolchicine, which lacks colchicine's ability to disaggregate microtubules, but shares its non-specific effects, did not alter protein degradation. 3. The colchicine-induced inhibition of protein degradation was accompanied by significant changes in cardiac lysosomal enzyme activities and distribution. 4. Colchicine inhibited the degradation of organellar proteins, including mitochondrial cytochromes, more than that of cytosolic proteins. 5. Colchicine decreased the rate of myosin degradation and the rate of proteolysis of the total protein pool to a similar extent. Since the regulation of myosin degradation does not involve lysosomes, this suggests that colchicine affects non-lysosomal as well as lysosomal pathways. 6. Release of branched-chain amino acids from colchicine-treated hearts was disproportionately decreased, suggesting that colchicine increased their metabolism. 7. It is concluded that colchicine, via its actions on microtubules, exerts important inhibitory effects on cardiac proteolysis. Colchicine is especially inhibitory to the degradation of organellar proteins, including mitochondrial cytochromes. Its inhibitory effects may be mediated in part via lysosomal mechanisms, but non-lysosomal mechanisms are probably involved as well.

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