Innate immune recognition triggers secretion of lysosomal enzymes by macrophages

Traffic. 2007 Sep;8(9):1179-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00600.x. Epub 2007 Jun 6.

Abstract

Gamma interferon-induced lysosomal thiolreductase (GILT) is expressed constitutively in antigen-presenting cells, where it reduces disulfide bonds to facilitate antigen presentation. GILT is synthesized as an enzymatically active precursor protein and is processed in early endosomes to yield the mature enzyme. The exposure of the promonocytic cell line THP-1 to Escherichia coli causes a differentiation-dependent induction of GILT expression in which the majority of precursor GILT is secreted as active enzyme. We confirm this result in cultured primary monocytes and macrophages, and demonstrate, as an in vivo correlate of the phenomenon, upregulation of precursor GILT levels in the serum of mice injected with lipopolysaccharide. We show that macrophage differentiation is accompanied by a transcriptional downregulation of mannose-6-phosphorylation, which likely prevents the recognition and proper sorting of soluble lysosomal enzymes by the mannose-6-phosphate receptors. We provide evidence for a mechanism of generalized soluble lysosomal enzyme secretion through the constitutive secretory pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cathepsins / metabolism
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cell Differentiation / immunology
  • Cell Differentiation / physiology
  • Cell Line
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Innate / physiology*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Lysosomal Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2
  • Lysosomes / drug effects
  • Lysosomes / enzymology*
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Macrophages / cytology
  • Macrophages / metabolism*
  • Macrophages / ultrastructure
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microscopy, Immunoelectron
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors / blood
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors / metabolism*
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / genetics
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein Transport / drug effects
  • Receptor, IGF Type 2 / genetics
  • Receptor, IGF Type 2 / metabolism
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Saposins / metabolism
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / immunology
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 / physiology
  • Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / genetics

Substances

  • LAMP2 protein, human
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 2
  • Lysosomal Membrane Proteins
  • PSAP protein, human
  • Receptor, IGF Type 2
  • Saposins
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4
  • Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors
  • Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
  • GNPTAB protein, human
  • GNPTG protein, human
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases
  • N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphodiester alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase
  • Cathepsins
  • cathepsin S