title: Preferential localisation of elastase in cytosol of human myeloid leukemia HL-60 cells.
abstract: The subcellular distribution of the elastase in human myeloid leukemia HL-60 cells was studied in comparison with that in normal leukocytes. On differential centrifugation, most of the elastase activity of HL-60 cell lysates was recovered in the 105,000 x g supernatant, while that of human peripheral blood leukocyte lysates was recovered in the 500 x g precipitate (azurophil granule-rich fraction). Moreover, on Percoll density gradient centrifugation, the elastase activity in HL-60 cell extracts was recovered in the lightest fraction with none in the azurophil granule-rich fractions, whereas most of the activity in leukocyte extracts was recovered in the azurophil granule-rich fractions. This subcellular localization of elastase did not change when HL-60 cells differentiated into monocytes and granulocytes by induction with 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate and retinoic acid, respectively. Furthermore, on Sephadex G-75 gel filtration, the elastase activity in HL-60 cell extracts was eluted earlier than that in leukocyte extracts. The size estimation indicated that the elastase of HL-60 cells was 36-30 kDa, corresponding to the size of an elastase precursor reported. The relevance of a large form of the elastase in HL-60 cells to its subcellular localization is discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000201:enzymology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D014212:Tretinoin; D009195:Peroxidase; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate