Adsorptive endocytosis of lysosomal enzymes by fibroblasts and hepatocytes involves binding to cell surface receptors that recognize on lysosomal enzymes a phosphorylated carbohydrate, most likely a mannose 6-phosphate residue Proc. Nut1 Acud. Sci. U.S.A. 74, 2026Sci. U.S.A. 74, -2030Ullrich et al. (1978) Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 359, 1591. Loss of a-Nacetylglucosaminidase endocytosis after treatment with endoglucosaminidase H indicated that the recognition site of a-N-acetylglucosaminidase is located on N-glycosidically linked oligosaccharides of the high mannose type. Acidic oligosaccharides with an average molecular weight of 2200 were liberated from wN-acetylglucosaminidase by endoglucosaminidase H. These oligosaccharides were susceptible to degradation by alkaline phosphatase, a-mannosidase and P-N-acetylglucosaminidase. At the non-reducing terminal these oligosaccharides bear phosphorylated mannose and/or N-acetylgiucosamine residues.Cultured cells may internalize lysosomal enzymes by a receptor-mediated endocytosis (for review see [l 3). Cell surface receptors on fibroblasts recognize on lysosomal enzymes a phosphorylated carbohydrate, most likely a mannose 6-phosphate residue [2 -51. Hepatocytes possess receptors with the same ligand specificity [6,7]. In addition, hepatocytes interact with terminal galactose [7 -The present results describe the isolation and characterization of phosphorylated oligosaccharides from human urine a-N-acetylglucosaminidase. and mannose [7] residues on lysosomal enzymes; whereas macrophages possess a receptor system that interacts both with N-acetylglucosamine and with mannose residues on lysosomal enzymes [lo -131.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
MaterialsEvidence for the presence of a phosphorylated carbohydrate on lysosomal enzymes has been so far only indirect : (a) mannose 6-phosphate, phosphorylated mannans and bovine serum albumin substituted with mannose 6-phosphate are competitive inhibitors for endocytosis of lysosomal enzymes by fibroblasts [2 -5,14,15] and (b) periodate oxidation and alkaline phosphatase treatment destroy the recognition site on lysosomal enzymes [2 -5,161. NaB[3H4] (specific activity 7 Ci/mmol) was obtained from Amersham-Buchler (Braunschweig). Sephadex G-25 fine and concanavalin-A -Sepharose were from Pharmacia (Uppsala). Endoglucosaminidase H and D were from Miles (Frankfurt), P-N-acetylglucosaminidase (jack bean, specific activity 38 U/mg protein) from Sigma Chem. (Miinchen), alkaline phosphatase (Escherichia coli, specific activity 40 Ujmg) from Boehringer Mannheim (Mannheim), neuraminidase (Vibrio cholerae, specific activity 4 Ujmg) from Behringwerke (Marburg). P-Galactosidase and P-Nacetylglucosaminidase from Diplococcus pneumoniue were those m-eviouslv described 117,201. Purified substrate per min at 37 "C.