Vanadate modulates the activity of a subpopulation of asialoglycoprotein receptors on isolated rat hepatocytes: Active surface receptors are internalized and replaced by inactive receptors

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In the absence of ligand, sodium vanadate causes a time- and dose-dependent loss of up to ~50% of the surface galactosyl receptor (GalR) activity in rat hepatocytes at 37 °C. The effect on total (surface plus intracellular) GalR activity is also dependent on exposure time and vanadate concentration. At <1 mm, vanadate induces a transient decrease and then partial recovery of cell surface GalR activity. At >3 mm vanadate, surface GalR activity decreases rapidly (t12 ~ 2 min). Lost surface activity is initially recovered in digitonin-permeabilized cells, indicating that active surface GalRs redistribute to the cell interior. However, an antibody assay for GalR protein showed that although surface activity decreased, there was no decrease in surface receptor protein. The active intracellular GalRs then slowly inactivate over 30–60 min. With 8 mm vanadate, the loss of both surface and total cellular GalR activity is more rapid and coincident; no lag is observed. Maximal activity loss, however, was still only ~50%. Again, no net change was seen in the distribution of GalR protein between the cell surface and the interior. These results indicate that vanadate causes active GalRs to move from the surface to the inside and be replaced by inactive receptors moving from the inside to the cell surface. The Gal receptor system is comprised of two functionally different receptor subpopulations that operate via two distinct intracellular pathways. Only the State 2 GalRs, which recycle constitutively, are sensitive to modulation by vanadate. Consistent with this, vanadate inhibits the endocytosis of 125I-asialoorosomucoid (ASOR) only partially. The rate of uptake and the steady state level of ASOR intracellular accumulation were maximally inhibited by 50 and 70%, respectively, at 0.2 mm vanadate. The rate and extent of degradation of 125I-ASOR were also inhibited by 50–70%. Residual ASOR uptake and degradation is accounted for by the minor vanadate-resistant State 1 Gal receptor pathway.

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