Effects of suramin and leupeptin
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1. The plasma clearance of intravenously injected 'l25-labelled mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (half-life 7 min) was not influenced by previous injection of suramin and/or leupeptin (inhibitors of intralysosomal proteolysis). 2. Pretreatment with both inhibitors considerably delayed degradation of endocytosed enzyme in liver, spleen, bone marrow and kidneys. 3. The tissue distribution of radioactivity was determined at 30min after injection, when only 3% of the dose was left in plasma. All injected radioactivity was still present in the carcass. The major part of the injected dose was found in liver (49%), spleen (5%), kidneys (13%) and bone, including marrow (11%). 4. Liver cells were isolated 15 min after injection of labelled enzyme. We found that Kupffer cells and parenchymal cells had endocytosed the enzyme at rates corresponding
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