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BLOOD
Volume 116, Issue 12, Pages 2183-2191Publisher
AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-03-276170
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- Medical Research Council [U117573808, U117570589]
- MRC [MC_U117573808] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117573808] Funding Source: researchfish
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Endothelial cells are reported to contain several distinct populations of regulated secretory organelles, including Weibel-Palade bodies (WPBs), the tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) organelle, and the type-2 chemokine-containing organelle. We show that the tPA and type-2 organelles in human endothelial cells represent a single compartment primarily responsible for unstimulated secretion of tPA or, in cells exposed to interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), the cytokines IL-8, IL-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and growth-regulated oncogene-alpha (GRO-alpha). This compartment was distinct from WPBs in that it lacked detectable von Willebrand factor, P-selectin, Rab27a, or CD63 immunoreactivity, displayed no time-dependent decrease in intragranule pH, underwent detectable unstimulated exocytosis, and was very poorly responsive to Ca2+ -elevating secretagogues. WPBs could also contain tPA, and in IL-1 beta-treated cells, IL-8, IL-6, MCP-1, and GRO-alpha, and were the primary source for histamine or ionomycin-stimulated secretion of these molecules. However, analysis of the storage efficiency of cytokines and tPA revealed that all were very poorly stored compared with von Willebrand factor. The nonmammalian, nonsecretory protein EGFP, when expressed in the secretory pathway, also entered WPBs and had a storage efficiency similar to tPA and the cytokines tested. Based on these data, we proposed a revised model for storage and secretion of cytokines and tPA. (Blood. 2010;116(12):2183-2191)
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