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. 1984 Jul;4(7):1320–1325. doi: 10.1128/mcb.4.7.1320

Osmotically induced microinjection of ricin bypasses a ricin internalization defect in a Chinese hamster ovary mutant cell line.

P C Ghosh, R B Wellner, H C Wu
PMCID: PMC368914  PMID: 6504048

Abstract

By osmotic lysis of pinocytic vesicles we were able to inject ricin or ricin A chain directly into the cytosol of Chinese hamster ovary cells. The lag time of 1 to 2 h before the onset of the inhibition of protein synthesis by ricin in intact cells was reduced to 15 to 30 min by this method. Preincubation of cells with a low concentration of nigericin, which was shown earlier to enhance the cytotoxicity of ricin, had no effect under this condition. Direct transfer of either intact ricin or the ricin A subunit by osmotic lysis of pinocytic vesicles into the cytosol of the ricin-resistant CHO mutant cell line 4-10 rendered the mutant 4-10 cells as sensitive to ricin as the CHO pro wild-type cells. Both the lag time and the rate of inhibition of protein synthesis in the wild-type and mutant cell lines after the introduction of ricin by osmotic lysis of pinocytic vesicles were the same. These results indicate that injection of ricin into the cytosol by osmotic lysis of pinosomes bypasses the internalization defect in the mutant cell line.

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