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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 24, 10953-10956, Aug, 1986

Demonstration of post-translational secretion of human placental lactogen by a mammalian in vitro translation system

MP Caulfield, LT Duong and M Rosenblatt

This study demonstrates the post-translational translocation across the rough endoplasmic reticular membrane of a mammalian secretory protein, human preplacental lactogen. In the rabbit reticulocyte lysate, human preplacental lactogen biosynthesis is arrested by addition of cycloheximide prior to supplementation with dog pancreatic microsomal membranes, which have previously been shown to translocate and process nascent secretory proteins in a cotranslational manner. Twenty-five percent of the precursor protein is consistently converted to its mature form under these post-translational conditions. The resulting mature hormone is resistant to proteolytic degradation by added proteases, thus indicating that it is translocated across the microsomal membrane and sequestered within the lumenal space of the microsomal vesicles. Approximately one-half of the precursor protein synthesized is associated with the ribosomes. Only the ribosome- associated fraction is secreted in this in vitro system, suggesting that the process of post-translational secretion requires ribosomes for protein interaction with the elements of a subcellular secretory apparatus.
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