Intracellular degradation of newly synthesized casein in perfused rat mammary gland

Autor: MA Kerr, Colin J. Wilde, DT Calvert
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Experimental Physiology. 76:533-537
ISSN: 0958-0670
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1991.sp003519
Popis: Degradation of newly synthesized casein in rat mammary gland perfused in situ was measured by a pulse-chase method using [3H]proline. Casein degradation during secretion was observed in the absence of prolactin, but not with prolactin present. Partial inhibition by chloroquine showed that hormone-dependent degradation occurred intracellularly by a lysosomal mechanism. The study indicates that this post-translational mechanism is a physiological regulator of net casein secretion.
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