Stimulation of tyrosinase activity of cultured melanoma cells by lysosomotropic agents

Journal of Cellular Physiology
H Saeki, A Oikawa

Abstract

The tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) activity of cell-free extracts (TyH) of B16 melanoma cells cultured in the presence of 5 to 10 mM ammonium chloride was considerably higher than that of cells from control cultures. This increase in TyH in the presence of ammonium chloride seemed to be due to de novo synthesis of the enzyme, because it was inhibited by 1 microgram/ml of cycloheximide. In the presence of the latter, however, ammonium chloride did increase the tyrosinase activity of living cells in culture (TyC) resulting in about threefold increase in the TyC/TyH ratio, a measure of the extent of tyrosinase reaction exerted by the enzyme present in living cells. This higher TyC/TyH ratio induced by ammonium chloride was also observed in the absence of cycloheximide. Similar increases in TyH, TyC, and TyC/TyH occurred in the presence of methylamine or ethylamine instead of ammonium chloride, but not in the presence of tetraethylammonium chloride, and also in culture medium of higher pH. The apparently similar effects of lysosomotropic bases and medium of higher pH on the TyC/TyH ratio suggest that there are some mechanisms that control the intramelanosomal pH lower than the cytoplasmic pH.

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