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10498622

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-4
pubmed:abstractText
Proteinase 3 (PR3), which is also called myeloblastin, the target autoantigen for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) in Wegener's granulomatosis, is a serine proteinase stored in azurophil granules of human neutrophils. We have previously shown that, in contrast to elastase or myeloperoxidase, PR3 is also expressed at the plasma membrane of a subset of unactivated neutrophils and that a high proportion of neutrophils expressing membrane PR3 is a risk factor for vasculitis. The present study demonstrates that the association of PR3 with the plasma membrane is not an ionic interaction and seems to be covalent. Fractionation of neutrophils shows that, besides the azurophil granules, PR3 could be detected both in specific granules and in the plasma membrane-enriched fraction containing secretory vesicles, whereas elastase and myeloperoxidase were exclusively located in azurophil granules. Electron microscopy confirms that PR3 is present along with CR1 in secretory vesicles as well as in some specific granules. In neutrophils stimulated with an increasing dose of FMLP, membrane PR3 expression increased with the degranulation of secretory vesicles, followed by specific granules, and culminated after azurophil granules mobilization. The presence of a readily plasma membrane-mobilizable pool of PR3 contained in the secretory vesicles might play a relevant role in the pathophysiological mechanisms of ANCA-associated vasculitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
94
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2487-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Presence of proteinase 3 in secretory vesicles: evidence of a novel, highly mobilizable intracellular pool distinct from azurophil granules.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U507, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France. witko-sarsat@necker.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't