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Caveolin-1 is a protein component (of relative molecular mass 22,000) of the striated coat that decorates the cytoplasmic surface of caveolae membranes. Previous biochemical and molecular tests have indicated that caveolin-1 is an integral membrane protein that is co-translationally inserted into endoplasmic-reticulum membranes of fibroblast and epithelial cells such that its carboxy- and amino-terminal ends are in the cytoplasm. Here we identify caveolin-1 in the secretory pathway of exocrine cells. Secretion of caveolin-1 from pancreatic acinar cells and a transfected exocrine cell line, but not from Chinese hamster ovary cells, is stimulated by the secretagogues secretin, cholecystokinin and dexamethasone. The secreted caveolin-1 co-fractionates with apolipoproteins, indicating that it may be secreted in a complex with lipids.
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We thank M. Zhu for valuable technical assistance; S. Knight for administrative assistance; D. Spady for his assistance with the ApoA1-deficient mice; and M. Brown and J. Goldstein for helpful suggestions during the preparation of the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the NIH (HL20948 and GM52016) and by the Perot Family Foundation. T.M. was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
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Liu, P., Li, WP., Machleidt, T. et al. Identification of caveolin-1 in lipoprotein particles secreted by exocrine cells. Nat Cell Biol 1, 369–375 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/14067
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