PMID: 2125503Dec 25, 1990Paper

Interaction of chondroitin sulfate with perforin and granzymes of cytolytic T-cells is dependent on pH

Biochemistry
D MassonJ Tschopp

Abstract

Cytolytic T-lymphocytes (CTL) harbor cytoplasmic granules containing the lytic, pore-forming protein perforin, a family of serine proteases designated granzymes, and proteoglycans as major constituents. Growth of CTL lines in the presence of PNP-xyloside completely inhibited the glycosylation of the granule-associated chondroitin sulfate A type proteoglycans. Only short glycosaminoglycan molecules were detected. The absence of intact proteoglycans neither altered the sorting of the granule-associated proteins perforin or granzyme A nor influenced their secretion into the extracellular milieu upon T-cell receptor complex stimulation. With a weak base, the pH of the granules was determined to be acidic. At pH 5.2, granzyme A and perforin formed complexes with chondroitin sulfate A. At neutral pH, perforin and only a minor fraction of granzyme A dissociated from the proteoglycan. Upon secretion of the granule contents induced by immobilized anti-CD3 antibodies, most granzyme A molecules remained complexed with the chondroitin sulfate A glycosaminoglycans, even if synthesis of intact proteoglycans was inhibited. We suggest that granule-associated molecules complex with proteoglycans under the acidic conditions prevailing in the tra...Continue Reading

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