Effect of temperature on endocytosis and degradation of sulphated proteoglycans by cultured skin fibroblasts

Temperature up to 16‡C reduced endocytosis of [35S]-proteoglycans by human skin fibroblasts to less than 15% of that at 37‡C. At temperatures between 20–26‡C endocytosis was more than 50%. At temperatures below 26‡C, the relative rate of degradation of endocytosed [35S]-proteoglycans was several fold less than the rate of endocytosis.