Effects of interferon gamma and major histocompatibility complex-encoded subunits on peptidase activities of human multicatalytic proteases.
- 17 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 92 (2), 584-588
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.92.2.584
Abstract
We have examined several peptidase activities of human multicatalytic protease (MCP) purified from the lymphoblastoid cell line 721.45 and a deletion mutant derivative, 721.174, lacking MCP subunits encoded in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II region. Wild-type lymphoblast MCP hydrolyzed a specific peptide, glutaryl-Gly-Gly-Phe-4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide (-MCA), several times faster than the mutant enzyme did, suggesting that MHC-encoded subunits may provide this activity. Contrary to a recent report [Driscoll, J., Brown, M. G., Finley, D. & Monaco, J J. (1993) Nature (London) 365, 262-264], we did not detect significant aminopeptidase associated with lymphoblast MCPs. Our results also differ markedly from those of Gaczynska et al. [Gaczynska, M., Rock, K. L. & Goldberg, A L. (1993) Nature (London) 365, 264-267], who reported that gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) alters the peptidase activities of lymphoblast MCPs. We found that IFN-gamma did not produce significant differences in the peptidase activities of purified MCPs. Moreover, our measurements of Vmax and Km for succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-MCA hydrolysis differ 600-fold and 15-fold, respectively, from those reported by Gaczynska et al. On balance, the findings presented here do not support the idea that IFN-gamma induces major changes in the peptidase activity of purified MCPs.Keywords
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