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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
The pearl mouse is a model for Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome (HPS), whose symptoms include hypopigmentation, lysosomal abnormalities, and prolonged bleeding due to platelet storage pool deficiency (SPD). The gene for pearl has recently been identified as the beta3A subunit of the AP-3 adaptor complex. The objective of these experiments was to determine if the expression and subcellular distribution of the AP-3 complex were altered in pearl platelets and other tissues. The beta3A subunit was undetectable in all pearl cells and tissues. Also, expression of other subunit proteins of the AP-3 complex was decreased. The subcellular distribution of the remaining AP-3 subunits in platelets, macrophages, and a melanocyte-derived cell line of pearl mice was changed from the normal punctate, probably endosomal, pattern to a diffuse cytoplasmic pattern. Ultrastructural abnormalities in mutant lysosomes were likewise apparent in mutant kidney and a cultured mutant cell line. Genetically distinct mouse HPS models had normal expression of AP-3 subunits. These and related experiments strongly suggest that the AP-3 complex regulates the biogenesis/function of organelles of platelets and other cells and that abrogation of expression of the AP-3 complex leads to platelet SPD.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
146-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormal expression and subcellular distribution of subunit proteins of the AP-3 adaptor complex lead to platelet storage pool deficiency in the pearl mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't