Inhibition of vesicle-mediated protein transport by nordihydroguaiaretic acid

J Biochem. 1996 May;119(5):863-9. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021323.

Abstract

Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) blocks intra-Golgi protein transport in a cell-free system and prolactin secretion from GH3 cells [Tagaya, M., Henomatsu, N., Yoshimori, T., Yamamoto, A., Tashiro, Y., and Fukui, T. (1993) FEBS Lett. 324, 201-204]. To determine which intracellular secretory pathway(s) is inhibited by NDGA, we investigated its effect on the transport of the vesicular stomatitis virus-encoded glycoprotein in BHK-21 cells. NDGA blocked protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus, and from the trans-Golgi network to the plasma membrane. In addition, it retarded the brefeldin A-induced retrograde transport of mannosidase II to the endoplasmic reticulum. Although NDGA had an inhibitory effect on protein synthesis, it induced the expression of BiP, a chaperone located in the endoplasmic reticulum. The induction of BiP may be a consequence of the inhibition of protein transport by NDGA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Transport / drug effects
  • Brefeldin A
  • Carrier Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Membrane / drug effects
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Cricetinae
  • Cyclopentanes / pharmacology
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / drug effects
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / ultrastructure
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Golgi Apparatus / drug effects
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism*
  • Golgi Apparatus / ultrastructure
  • Heat-Shock Proteins*
  • Mannosidases / metabolism*
  • Masoprocol / pharmacology*
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Microtubules / drug effects
  • Microtubules / metabolism
  • Microtubules / ultrastructure
  • Molecular Chaperones / biosynthesis
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / physiology
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cyclopentanes
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP
  • G protein, vesicular stomatitis virus
  • Glycoproteins
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Viral Envelope Proteins
  • Brefeldin A
  • Masoprocol
  • Mannosidases
  • mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,3 - 1,6-alpha-mannosidase