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Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells

Juquan Song1✉, Xiao-jun Zhang2,3, Darren Boehning2,4, Natasha C. Brooks5, David N. Herndon2,3, Marc G. Jeschke6 ✉

1. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA;
2. Shriners Hospitals for Children at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA;
3. Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA;
4. Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA;
5. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA;
6. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Surgery and Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA

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Song J, Zhang Xj, Boehning D, Brooks NC, Herndon DN, Jeschke MG. Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells. Int J Biol Sci 2012; 8(2):265-271. doi:10.7150/ijbs.3660. https://www.ijbs.com/v08p0265.htm
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Severe burn-induced liver damage and dysfunction is associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. ER stress has been shown to regulate global protein synthesis. In the current study, we induced ER stress in vitro and estimated the effect of ER stress on hepatic protein synthesis. The aim was two-fold: (1) to establish an in vitro model to isotopically measure hepatic protein synthesis and (2) to evaluate protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) in response to ER stress. Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HepG2) were cultured in medium supplemented with stable isotopes 1,2-13C2-glycine and L-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine. ER stress was induced by exposing the cells to 100 nM of thapsigargin (TG). Cell content was collected from day 0 to 14. Alterations in cytosolic calcium were measured by calcium imaging and ER stress markers were confirmed by Western blotting. The precursor and product enrichments were detected by GC-MS analysis for FSR calculation. We found that the hepatic protein FSR were 0.97±0.02 and 0.99±0.05%/hr calculated from 1,2-13C2-glycine and L-[ring-13C6]phenylalanine, respectively. TG depleted ER calcium stores and induced ER stress by upregulating p-IRE-1 and Bip. FSR dramatically decreased to 0.68±0.03 and 0.60±0.06%/hr in the TG treatment group (p<0.05, vs. control). TG-induced ER stress inhibited hepatic protein synthesis. The stable isotope tracer incorporation technique is a useful method for studying the effects of ER stress on hepatic protein synthesis.

Keywords: Hepatic protein synthesis, Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, calcium, Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), in vitro


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Song, J., Zhang, X.j., Boehning, D., Brooks, N.C., Herndon, D.N., Jeschke, M.G. (2012). Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 8(2), 265-271. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.3660.

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Song, J.; Zhang, X.j.; Boehning, D.; Brooks, N.C.; Herndon, D.N.; Jeschke, M.G. Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells. Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2012, 8 (2), 265-271. DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3660.

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Song J, Zhang Xj, Boehning D, Brooks NC, Herndon DN, Jeschke MG. Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells. Int J Biol Sci 2012; 8(2):265-271. doi:10.7150/ijbs.3660. https://www.ijbs.com/v08p0265.htm

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Song J, Zhang Xj, Boehning D, Brooks NC, Herndon DN, Jeschke MG. 2012. Measurement of Hepatic Protein Fractional Synthetic Rate with Stable Isotope Labeling Technique in Thapsigargin Stressed HepG2 Cells. Int J Biol Sci. 8(2):265-271.

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