TY - JOUR
T1 - Storage of tissue-type plasminogen activator in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells
AU - Rosnoblet, Corinne
AU - Vischer, Ulrich M.
AU - Gerard, Robert D.
AU - Irminger, Jean Claude
AU - Halban, Philippe A.
AU - Kruithof, Egbert K O
PY - 1999/7
Y1 - 1999/7
N2 - Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) is acutely released by endothelial cells. Although its endothelial storage compartment is still not well defined, t-PA release is often accompanied by release of yon Willebrand factor (vWf), a protein stored in Weibel-Palade bodies. We investigated, therefore, whether t-PA is stored in these secretory organelles. Under basal culture conditions, a minority of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) exhibited immunofluorescent staining for t-PA, which was observed only in Weibel-Palade bodies. To increase t-PA expression, HUVEC were infected with a t-PA recombinant adenovirus (AdCMVt-PA). Overexpressed t-PA was detected in Weibel-Palade bodies and acutely released together with endogenous vWf by thrombin or calcium ionophore stimulation. In contrast, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 and urokinase were not detected in Weibel-Palade bodies after adenovirus-mediated overexpression. Infection of HUVEC with proinsulin recombinant adenovirus resulted in the storage of insulin in Weibel-Palade bodies, indicating that these organelles can also store nonendothelial proteins that show regulated secretion. Infection of AtT-20 pituitary cells, a cell type with regulated secretion, with AdCMVt-PA resulted in the localization of t-PA in adrenocorticotropic hormone- containing granules, indicating that t-PA can be diverted to secretory granules independently of vWf. Coinfection of AtT-20 cells with AdCMVt-PA and proinsulin recombinant adenovirus resulted in the colocalization of t-PA and insulin in the same granules. Taken together, these results suggest that HUVEC have protein sorting mechanisms similar to those of other regulated secretory cells. Although the results did not exclude an alternative storage site for t-PA in HUVEC, they established that t-PA can be stored in Weibel- Palade bodies. This finding may explain the acute coordinate secretion of t- PA and vWf.
AB - Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) is acutely released by endothelial cells. Although its endothelial storage compartment is still not well defined, t-PA release is often accompanied by release of yon Willebrand factor (vWf), a protein stored in Weibel-Palade bodies. We investigated, therefore, whether t-PA is stored in these secretory organelles. Under basal culture conditions, a minority of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) exhibited immunofluorescent staining for t-PA, which was observed only in Weibel-Palade bodies. To increase t-PA expression, HUVEC were infected with a t-PA recombinant adenovirus (AdCMVt-PA). Overexpressed t-PA was detected in Weibel-Palade bodies and acutely released together with endogenous vWf by thrombin or calcium ionophore stimulation. In contrast, plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 and urokinase were not detected in Weibel-Palade bodies after adenovirus-mediated overexpression. Infection of HUVEC with proinsulin recombinant adenovirus resulted in the storage of insulin in Weibel-Palade bodies, indicating that these organelles can also store nonendothelial proteins that show regulated secretion. Infection of AtT-20 pituitary cells, a cell type with regulated secretion, with AdCMVt-PA resulted in the localization of t-PA in adrenocorticotropic hormone- containing granules, indicating that t-PA can be diverted to secretory granules independently of vWf. Coinfection of AtT-20 cells with AdCMVt-PA and proinsulin recombinant adenovirus resulted in the colocalization of t-PA and insulin in the same granules. Taken together, these results suggest that HUVEC have protein sorting mechanisms similar to those of other regulated secretory cells. Although the results did not exclude an alternative storage site for t-PA in HUVEC, they established that t-PA can be stored in Weibel- Palade bodies. This finding may explain the acute coordinate secretion of t- PA and vWf.
KW - Endothelial cells
KW - Immunofluorescence
KW - Tissue-type plasminogen activator
KW - Weibel-Palade bodies
KW - von Willebrand factor
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U2 - 10.1161/01.ATV.19.7.1796
DO - 10.1161/01.ATV.19.7.1796
M3 - Article
C2 - 10397700
AN - SCOPUS:0033063101
SN - 1079-5642
VL - 19
SP - 1796
EP - 1803
JO - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
JF - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
IS - 7
ER -