TY - JOUR
T1 - Freeze-fracture studies of chemotactic peptide-induced exocytosis in neutrophils
T2 - evidence for two patterns of secretory granule fusion
AU - Chandler, Douglas E.
AU - Bennett, Jonathan P.
AU - Gomperts, Bastien
N1 - Funding Information:
thank Dr. Giorgio Gabella for use of his Phillips EM 300 in the early stages of this work. This study was supported by grants to D.E.C. from the National Science Foundation (PCM-8109788) and the Arthritis Foundation, to J.H. from the U.S. Public Health Service (NS-11979), and to B.G. from the Medical Research Council.
PY - 1983/2
Y1 - 1983/2
N2 - Rabbit neutrophils were fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde and then either quick-frozen and freeze-fractured or embedded and thin-sectioned. Cells exposed to 10-8 M N-formylmethionyl-leucylphenylalanine (FMLP) and 5 μg/ml cytochalasin B at 22°C underwent a rapid, compound exocytosis. Within 10 sec after stimulation, narrow pores were seen joining individual peripheral granules with the plasma membrane. Sequential fusion of interior granules occurred between 20 and 60 sec and took on two different patterns. The first consisted of a linearly directed series of fusion events resulting in a radial array of tapering invaginations directed toward the cell center. The second pattern consisted of an undirected fusion of larger granules to form highly branched structures. These granules were often connected by narrow tubules and in some cases a series of fused granules would end in a small, vesiclelike tip. This suggested that sequential fusion may involved a set of smaller vesicles as well as the granule membranes themselves.
AB - Rabbit neutrophils were fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde and then either quick-frozen and freeze-fractured or embedded and thin-sectioned. Cells exposed to 10-8 M N-formylmethionyl-leucylphenylalanine (FMLP) and 5 μg/ml cytochalasin B at 22°C underwent a rapid, compound exocytosis. Within 10 sec after stimulation, narrow pores were seen joining individual peripheral granules with the plasma membrane. Sequential fusion of interior granules occurred between 20 and 60 sec and took on two different patterns. The first consisted of a linearly directed series of fusion events resulting in a radial array of tapering invaginations directed toward the cell center. The second pattern consisted of an undirected fusion of larger granules to form highly branched structures. These granules were often connected by narrow tubules and in some cases a series of fused granules would end in a small, vesiclelike tip. This suggested that sequential fusion may involved a set of smaller vesicles as well as the granule membranes themselves.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-5320(83)90055-2
DO - 10.1016/S0022-5320(83)90055-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 6827649
AN - SCOPUS:0020641435
SN - 0022-5320
VL - 82
SP - 221
EP - 232
JO - Journal of Ultrasructure Research
JF - Journal of Ultrasructure Research
IS - 2
ER -