Abstract
A substrate of transglutaminase, specific to the epidermis, was identified, by fluorescent and radioactive labelling with the lysine analogues dansylcadaverine and [14C]putrescine respectively, in newborn-rat epidermal homogenates and whole-skin organ cultures. The labelled analogues were preferentially incorporated into the stratum-corneum protein filaggrin in a Ca2+-dependent manner in both ‘in vitro’ systems. When filaggrin was labelled in vivo with [3H]histidine and then incubated with rat epidermal preparations, the label was rendered SDS/thiol-insoluble. Incorporation of [3H]filaggrin into the insoluble envelope fraction was Ca2+-dependent and inhibited by EDTA and exogenous amines. Antisera to newborn-rat filaggrin cross-reacted with purified newborn-rat cell envelopes, and this reaction was blocked by adsorbing the antiserum with purified filaggrin. Quantification of the ‘envelope-bound’ filaggrin showed it to be a significant component, accounting for approx. 10% of the cell-envelope protein.
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Created | 10 years ago (Aug. 10, 2015, 5:11 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 25, 2021, 1:01 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 16, 2024, 1:22 p.m.) |
Issued | 37 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1988) |
Published | 37 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1988) |
Published Print | 37 years, 1 month ago (July 1, 1988) |
@article{Richards_1988, title={Evidence for filaggrin as a component of the cell envelope of the newborn rat}, volume={253}, ISSN={1470-8728}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2530153}, DOI={10.1042/bj2530153}, number={1}, journal={Biochemical Journal}, publisher={Portland Press Ltd.}, author={Richards, S and Scott, I R and Harding, C R and Liddell, J E and Powell, G M and Curtis, C G}, year={1988}, month=jul, pages={153–160} }