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. 2002 Jul 1;365(Pt 1):239–247. doi: 10.1042/BJ20011786

Perturbation of free oligosaccharide trafficking in endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase I-deficient and castanospermine-treated cells.

Christelle Durrant 1, Stuart E H Moore 1
PMCID: PMC1222649  PMID: 11942856

Abstract

Free oligosaccharides (FOS) are generated both in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and in the cytosol during glycoprotein biosynthesis. ER lumenal FOS possessing the di-N-acetylchitobiose moiety at their reducing termini (FOSGN2) are exported into the cytosol where they, along with their cytosolically generated counterparts possessing a single N-acetylglucosamine residue at their reducing termini (FOSGN1), are trimmed in order to be imported into lysosomes for final degradation. Both the ER and lysosomal FOS transport processes are unable to translocate triglucosylated FOS across membranes. In the present study, we have examined FOS trafficking in HepG2 cells treated with the glucosidase inhibitor castanospermine. We have shown that triglucosylated FOSGN2 generated in the ER are transported to the Golgi apparatus where they are deglucosylated by endomannosidase and acquire complex, sialic acid-containing structures before being secreted into the extracellular space by a Brefeldin A-sensitive pathway. FOSGN2 are also secreted from glucosidase I-deficient Lec23 cells and from the castanospermine-treated parental Chinese-hamster ovary cell line. Despite the secretion of FOSGN2 from Lec23 cells, we noted a transient intracellular accumulation (60 nmol/g cells) of triglucosylated FOSGN1 in these cells. Finally, in glucosidase I-compromised cells, FOS trafficking was severely perturbed leading to both the secretion of FOSGN2 into the extracellular space and a growth-dependent pile up of triglucosylated FOSGN1 in the cytosol. The possibility that these abnormalities contributed to the severe and rapidly progressive pathology in a patient with congenital disorders of glycosylation type IIb (glucosidase I deficiency) is discussed.

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