Detection of In Vivo Proteasome Activity in a Starfish Oocyte Using Membrane-Impermeant Substratel.

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A method was investigated for monitoring the activity of protease (s) in cytosol of a single starfish oocyte using succinyl-Phe-Leu-Arg-coumarylamido-4-methanesulfonic acid as the substrate, which was injected into the cell. After preincubation of immature oocytes with a proteasome inhibitor, N-carbobenzoxy-L-leucinyl-L-leucinyl-L-norvalinal, the initial hydrolysis of the substrate was remarkably inhibited. The inhibitor blocked 1-methyladenine-triggered cyclin degradation, which is known to be mediated by proteasome. However, calpain inhibitor E-64 did not inhibit the hydrolysis of the substrate. These results suggested that the protease activity measured by this method is mainly attributable to cytoplasmic proteasome. The hydrolysis of the substrate was partially inhibited by bestatin, suggesting that the substrate was cleaved by aminopeptidase. Thus, the initial velocity of hydrolysis of the substrate (V0) by proteasome was assayed in a living oocyte after preinjection of bestatin. The values of V0 increased gradually after 1-methyladenine addition and reached the maximum level at the time corresponding to cyclin degradation. The calculated maximum velocity of hydrolysis by a mature oocyte was approximately three times higher than that by an immature oocyte. The Michaelis-Menten constant value was also higher in mature than immature oocytes. These results suggest that proteasomedependent proteolysis is regulated not only by ubiquitination of substrates, as is generally believed, but also by the proteasome activity itself.
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Detection of In Vivo Proteasome Activity in a Starfish Oocyte Using Membrane-Impermeant Substratel.

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