Cationic trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.

  • Authors:
    • T Ohta
    • H Tajima
    • S Fushida
    • H Kitagawa
    • M Kayahara
    • T Nagakawa
    • K Miwa
    • M Yamamoto
    • M Numata
    • Y Nakanuma
    • Y Kitamura
    • T Terada
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  • Published online on: April 1, 1998     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.4.689
  • Pages: 689-781
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Abstract

We examined whether human pancreatic ductal cancer cells express and secrete pancreatic cationic trypsinogen in vitro which can be spontaneously converted into active trypsin at acidic pH (pH 4.5-5. 5), in contrast to anionic trypsinogen. Cationic trypsinogen expression at the mRNA level was observed in differentiated Capan-1 and BxPC-3 cell lines. However, expression was not detected in either poorly-differentiated Panc-1 or undifferentiated MIAPaCa-2 cell line. The gelatinolytic activity of the activated form of trypsinogen in each conditioned medium in the presence of enterokinase (1.0 microg/ml) (a band with a molecular weight of approximately 23 kDa) corresponded well to the level of cationic trypsinogen mRNA. The spontaneous activation of trypsinogen also was observed by gelatin zymography of the acid-loaded conditioned medium (pH 5.5). These findings suggest that trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.

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Ohta T, Tajima H, Fushida S, Kitagawa H, Kayahara M, Nagakawa T, Miwa K, Yamamoto M, Numata M, Nakanuma Y, Nakanuma Y, et al: Cationic trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.. Int J Mol Med 1: 689-781, 1998
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Ohta, T., Tajima, H., Fushida, S., Kitagawa, H., Kayahara, M., Nagakawa, T. ... Terada, T. (1998). Cationic trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 1, 689-781. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.4.689
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Ohta, T., Tajima, H., Fushida, S., Kitagawa, H., Kayahara, M., Nagakawa, T., Miwa, K., Yamamoto, M., Numata, M., Nakanuma, Y., Kitamura, Y., Terada, T."Cationic trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1.4 (1998): 689-781.
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Ohta, T., Tajima, H., Fushida, S., Kitagawa, H., Kayahara, M., Nagakawa, T., Miwa, K., Yamamoto, M., Numata, M., Nakanuma, Y., Kitamura, Y., Terada, T."Cationic trypsinogen produced by human pancreatic ductal cancer has the characteristics of spontaneous activation and gelatinolytic activity in the presence of proton.". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 1, no. 4 (1998): 689-781. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.1.4.689