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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
hCAP-18 is the only human member of the antibacterial and endotoxin-binding family of proteins known as cathelicidins. The antibacterial and endotoxin binding domains reside in the C-terminal 37 amino acids of the protein (LL-37) and this is believed to be unleashed from the neutralizing N-terminus by proteases from peroxidase positive granules. In human neutrophils, peroxidase positive and peroxidase negative granules can be subdivided into granule subsets that differ in protein content and ability to be exocytosed. To determine the localization of hCAP-18, we performed high-resolution immuno-electron microscopy and subcellular fractionation on Percoll density gradients. Biosynthesis of hCAP-18 was investigated in isolated human bone marrow cells. hCAP-18 was found to colocalize and comobilize with lactoferrin, but not with gelatinase in subcellular fractions. This was confirmed by electron microscopy. hCAP-18 is synthesized at the same stage of myeloid cell maturation as lactoferrin, and is efficiently targeted to granules. Like the peroxidase negative granule's matrix metalloproteinases, collagenase and gelatinase, hCAP-18 is also stored in unprocessed form. hCAP-18 is a major protein of specific granules where it is present in equimolar ratio with lactoferrin.
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
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2796-803
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Cathelicidins, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Cytoplasmic Granules, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Enzyme Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Exocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Gelatinases, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Ionomycin, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Lactoferrin, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:9326247-Subcellular Fractions
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The human antibacterial cathelicidin, hCAP-18, is synthesized in myelocytes and metamyelocytes and localized to specific granules in neutrophils.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, The Finsen Center, The National University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article