Abstract
Adherent cultures of rat peritoneal macrophages secrete lysozyme and the lysosomal marker enzymes β-glucuronidase, β- N-acetylglucosaminidase and acid phosphatase; the levels of secreted lysosomal cathepsin D, however, were found to be insignificant. Incubation of the cells at 4°C for 15 min with yeast mannan or with 50 mM mannose, methyl α-glucopyranoside, or N-acetylglucosamine caused the concentration of cathepsin D in the culture medium to increase 30–40-fold; mannose-6-phosphate had no effect. 125I-labeled cathepsin D was prepared and the binding constant to the macrophage cell surface was determined to be K D = 27 nM. The data suggest that cathepsin D binds to the mannose receptor of macrophages and that binding to this receptor is not in equilibrium with the bulk medium.
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