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. 1996 Jun 25;93(13):6454–6457. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6454

Targeting of proteins to granule subsets is determined by timing and not by sorting: The specific granule protein NGAL is localized to azurophil granules when expressed in HL-60 cells.

V Le Cabec 1, J B Cowland 1, J Calafat 1, N Borregaard 1
PMCID: PMC39044  PMID: 8692836

Abstract

The mechanism of protein targeting to individual granules in cells that contain different subsets of storage granules is poorly understood. The neutrophil contains two highly distinct major types of granules, the peroxidase positive (azurophil) granules and the peroxidase negative (specific and gelatinase) granules. We hypothesized that targeting of proteins to individual granule subsets may be determined by the stage of maturation of the cell, at which the granule proteins are synthesized, rather than by individual sorting information present in the proteins. This was tested by transfecting the cDNA of the specific granule protein, NGAL, which is normally synthesized in metamyelocytes, into the promyelocytic cell line HL-60, which is developmentally arrested at the stage of formation of azurophil granules, and thus does not contain specific and gelatinase granules. Controlled by a cytomegalovirus promoter, NGAL was constitutively expressed in transfected HL-60 cells. This resulted in the targeting of NGAL to azurophil granules as demonstrated by colocalization of NGAL with myeloperoxidase, visualized by immunoelectron microscopy. This shows that targeting of proteins into distinct granule subsets may be determined solely by the time of their biosynthesis and does not depend on individual sorting information present in the proteins.

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