Not exact matches
Derived
from Greek terms meaning «self - eating,» the autophagy system sends protein aggregates and malfunctioning cellular components into acidic compartments called
lysosomes, where enzymes chew them up.
Osmotic release of β - glucuronidase
from polymorphonuclear leukocyte
lysosomes is inhibited by catecholamines and adenosine 3», 5» - monophosphate, and accelerated by cholinergic agents and guanosine 3», 5» - monophosphate.
Multivalent immune complexes divert FcRn to
lysosomes by exclusion
from recycling sorting tubules.
Early Delivery of Misfolded PrP
from ER to
Lysosomes by Autophagy.
Lysosomes are responsible for the turnover and clearance
from cells of damaged organelles and protein aggregates.
We describe here that in cells derived
from human monocytes, i.e., macrophages and dendritic cells, the B - subunit was internalized in a receptor - dependent manner, but retrograde transport to the biosynthetic / secretory pathway did not occur and part of the internalized protein was degraded in
lysosomes.
Autophagy describes how cells replace themselves and their components over time; in scientific language, it is the process whereby cytoplasmic components are isolated
from the rest of the cell within autophagosomes, which are then fused with
lysosomes and degraded.
So he took me for a summer and I learned to isolate
lysosomes from cells using his method and looked at if the two systems we were studying were the same.»
PV - 10 (rose bengal disodium 10 %), a small - molecule fluorescein derivative, while excluded
from normal cells, transits the plasmalemma of cancer cells and accumulates in
lysosomes, triggering lysosomal release and complete autolysis within 30 to 60 minutes.
By trapping the drug within
lysosomes, cancer cells were able to prevent the chemotherapy
from reaching its target, effectively neutralizing the drug.