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Cysteine proteinases and neuronal death. Yasuo UCHIYAMA 1 1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University pp.718-729
Published Date 1992/10/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431900268
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Lysosomes, a membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle, contain a great variety of hydrolytic enzymes which are capable of breaking down proteins, nucleic acids, complex carbohydrates and lipids. Cathepsins B, C, H, and L are well characterized cysteine proteinases, each being widely distributed in lysosomes of various mammalian cells. By immunocytochemistry we have shown that these cysteine proteinases are localized not only in lysosomes of various tissue cells but also in secretory granules of certain peptide hormone-producing cells. In pancreatic endocrine B- and A-cells cathepsins B and/or H are localized in crinophagic bodies, which contain dense cores resembling a protein core of secretory granules and are identified as a site to degrade old, unneeded secretory products. Cathepsin B or H is also localized in secretory granules of atrial myoendocrine cells, pituitary pro-opiomelanocortin-pro-ducing cells, and active renin-producing cells including renal juxtaglomerular cells, pituitary LH/FSH cells and submandibular granular ductal cells ; these events suggest that they may participate in the activation processes of peptide hormones.


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