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The Lysosome: Self-Instruction Module 3-3
The Lysosome: Self-Instruction Module 3-3
THE LYSOSOME
1. LYSOSOME MORPHOLOGY
2. LYSOSOME BIOCHEMISTRY
3. LYSOSOME FUNCTIONS
4. LYSOSOME BIOGENESIS
LYSOSOME MORPHOLOGY
LYSOSOME SHAPE IS
USUALLY SPHERICAL
NASCENT = NEWBORN
200m
SECONDARY LYSOSOMES ARE
FROM 50 TO > 1000nm IN DIAMETER
200m
LYSOSOMES ARE FOUND IN
THE CYTOPLASM OF ALL CELLS
(INCLUDING ERYTHROCYTES)
LYSOSOMES NUMBER
ABOUT 300 PER CELL
LYSOSOMES ARE
ESPECIALLY ABUNDANT IN
PHAGOCYTIC CELLS
LYSOSOMES (RED)
pH 5
LYSOSOMAL LUMEN
A + H2O B+C
THERE ARE 4 MAIN CLASSES OF LYSOSOMAL HYDROLASES
O
2. AMIDASES (6) BOND HYDROLYZED: EXAMPLES:
O
O
PHOSPHOAMIDE R O P NH R PHOSPHOAMIDASE
O
O
O
3. PROTEASES (15) BOND HYDROLYZED: EXAMPLES:
R
COLLAGENASE
PEPTIDE BOND C C NH C
ELASTASE
O R
ACID MALTASE
(1 4) GLUCOSIDASE
GLYCOSIDIC
BOND -L-IDURONIDASE
GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE
GLUCOSE-(1 4)-GLUCOSE GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE
HUMAN LYSOSOMES DO NOT HAVE A (1 4) GLUCOSIDASE
THEY CANNOT DEGRADE CELLULOSE WHICH HAS
A GLUCOSE-(1 4)-GLUCOSE BOND
fluid-phase 3. PHAGOCYTOSIS
endocytosis
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS IS CLATHRIN-DEPENDENT
receptor- INTERNALIZED
Clathrin
mediated CLATHRIN-COATED VESICLES ARE
endocytosis
UNCOATED IN AN
X
ATP-DEPENDENT PROCESS
X XXX
XX X X X ATP
XXX UNCOATED ENDOSOMES DOCK &
FUSE WITH LYSOSOMES
fluid-phase RECEPTOR-MEDIATED
endocytosis
ENDOCYTOSIS IS ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT IN CELL NUTRIENT
UPTAKE
EXAMPLES:
THE LDL RECEPTOR
THE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR
FLUID-PHASE ENDOCYTOSIS IS A CONSTITUTIVE PROCESS
THE PROCESS IS
receptor-
mediated NOT RECEPTOR-MEDIATED
endocytosis
THE PROCESS IS
X
X XXX CLATHRIN-INDEPENDENT
XX X X X
XXX
ENDOSOMES DOCK & FUSE WITH
LYSOSOMES
fluid-phase
endocytosis
FLUID-PHASE ENDOCYTOSIS IS
ALSO CALLED PINOCYTOSIS
PHAGOCYTOSIS OCCURS ONLY IN SPECIALIZED PHAGOCYTIC CELLS
LIKE MACROPHAGES & NEUTROPHILS
receptor-
mediated PHAGOCYTOSIS INVOLVES LARGE
endocytosis PARTICLES, MICROORGANISMS
OR OTHER CELLS
X
X XXX phagocytosis
XX X X X
XXX THE PROCESS IS
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED BUT
CLATHRIN-INDEPENDENT
fluid-phase
endocytosis LARGE UNCOATED VESICLES
(PHAGOSOMES) HAVE VISIBLE
CONTENTS UNDER LM
ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OF A
PSEUDOPOD FORMATION IS
MACROPHAGE PHAGOCYTOSING
RECEPTOR-MEDIATED BUT
TWO ERYTHROCYTES
CLATHRIN-INDEPENDENT
ARROWS INDICATE EDGES OF
MACROPHAGE PSEUDOPODS
IN AUTOPHAGY A TARGETED CELL STRUCTURE IS ENCLOSED BY A DOUBLE
MEMBRANE TO PRODUCE AN AUTOPHAGOSOME
receptor-
mediated
endocytosis
X
X XXX
XX X X X
XXX
fluid-phase
endocytosis
MELANOSOMES IN MELANOCYTES
A SPERMATOZOON
LYSOSOME BIOGENESIS
LYSOSOMAL ENZYME PRECURSORS ARE MADE IN THE ER &
THEN TARGETED TO LYSOSOMES VIA THE GOLGI APPARATUS
1o Lysosome
IN THE cis-GOLGI A MANNOSE RESIDUE ON THE HYDROLASE
PRECURSOR IS CONVERTED INTO MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE
1o Lysosome
THE LYSOSOMAL ENZYME
PRECURSORS THEN MOVE
THROUGH THE GOLGI
APPARATUS
IN THE trans-GOLGI MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-LABELED
PRECURSORS BIND TO A MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTOR
Trans-Golgi
Lumen
M6P-R
Cytosol 1o Lysosome
1o Lysosome
1o Lysosome
UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE (UDP-GlcNAc)
PROVIDES THE PHOSPHATE GROUP
UDP-GlcNAc
TWO cis-GOLGI ENZYMES ARE REQUIRED TO ADD THE PHOSPHATE
PG
GlcNAc PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE (PT) HAS 2 CRITICAL DOMAINS:
THE CATALYTIC SITE & THE HYDROLASE RECOGNITION SITE
cis-Golgi
ONLY LYSOSOMAL PROTEINS HAVE
THIS SIGNAL PATCH
UDP-GlcNAc ALSO BINDS IN THE CATALYTIC SITE
PT THEN TRANSFERS GlcNAc-P ONTO MANNOSE C6 & RELEASES UMP
cis-Golgi
PG
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
COARSE HURLER-LIKE FACIAL FEATURES
HIGH FOREHEAD, PUFFY EYELIDS, PROMINENT I-CELL DISEASE HURLER
EPICANTHAL FOLDS, FLATTENED NASAL BRIDGE PATIENT SYNDROME
MACROGLOSSIA, GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY PATIENT
(OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS HURLER SYNDROME*)
CORNEAL
BILATERAL CORNEAL OPACITIES OPACITY IN AN
I-CELL DISEASE
POOR GROWTH & PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION PATIENT
RESTRICTED JOINT MOBILITY
HEPATOMEGALY & CARDIOMEGALY
LAB FINDINGS
ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS OF LYSOSOMAL
ENZYMES IN THE BLOOD
PHASE-CONTRAST MICROGRAPH
OF FIBROBLASTS FROM AN
I-CELL DISEASE PATIENT
cis-Golgi PT IS NON-FUNCTIONAL SO
PRE-LYSOSOMAL PROTEINS
DO NOT GET LABELED!
X X X
UNLABELED HYDROLASES ARE NOT SEGREGATED TO THE LYSOSOME BUT INSTEAD
ENTER THE SECRETORY PATHWAY & ARE SECRETED FROM THE CELL
THIS MAKES BLOOD LYSOSOMAL HYDROLASE
LEVELS MUCH HIGHER THAN NORMAL THE LYSOSOMES DO NOT
ACQUIRE HYDROLASES
SECRETORY
PATHWAY
X X X
X
X
1o Lysosome
BLEEDING DISORDER
EASY BRUISABILITY & NOSEBLEEDS
EXCESS MENSTRUATION & POST-PARTUM
HEMORRHAGE IN FEMALES PUERTO RICAN GIRL WITH HPS
DEFECTIVE PLATELET DENSE BODY FORMATION
ALTERNATIVE
SPLICING
MOST COMMON
THE HPS-1 GENE PR MUTATION
THE 11 OTHER IDENTIFIED MUTATIONS THAT LEAD TO HPS ARE INDICATED
3 UTR
Import
Rab 32 & Rab38 ARE MONOMERIC G-
melanin
PROTEINS EXPRESSED ALMOST
synthesis
EXCLUSIVELY IN MELANOCYTES
proteins
ACTIVE Rab 32 & Rab38 ARE NEEDED
TO IMPORT PROTEINS INVOLVED IN
MELANIN SYNTHESIS SUCH AS
TYROSINASE
melanin-synthesis proteins
LYSOSOMES
HPS-1
HPS-5 HPS-2
HPS-4
HPS-7 HPS-3 HPS-6 (AP3)
Rab32/38