title: Myeloperoxidase: its structure and expression during myeloid differentiation.
abstract: Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a major protein present in myeloid cells and is used by these cells to help kill microbes. The human promyelocytic HL-60 line can be induced to differentiate to granulocytes or macrophagelike cells. Poly (A) containing RNA was isolated from HL-60 granulocytes, HL-60 macrophages, HL-60 blasts, and normal human granulocytes. The mRNA was translated in a reticulocyte lysate system in the presence of 35S-methionine. The MPO was precipitated from the lysate with rabbit IgG antiserum to human MPO. The resulting precipitate from HL-60 blasts gave a major band of radioactivity of approximately 77,000 daltons and another band at approximately 46,000 daltons on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The MPO identity of the labeled bands was confirmed by cold competition. The relative mRNA activity expressed as a percentage of radioactivity incorporated into MPO (77,000-dalton band) as compared with total trichloracetic acid (TCA) precipitable radioactivity was 0.2%. Negligible mRNA activity for MPO was present in HL-60 granulocytes, HL-60 macrophages, and normal human granulocytes. Pulse-chase experiments showed that MPO was an approximate 75,000-dalton major band and 77,000-dalton minor band of radioactivity after HL-60 blasts were labeled for 1/2 hour with 35S-methionine and the cell lysate immunoprecipitated and subjected to SDS-PAGE. The chase experiments (one to 24 hours) showed that the 77,000- and 75,000-dalton bands of radioactivity were replaced with two major bands (55,000 and 15,000 daltons) and one minor band (approximately 39,000 daltons) of radioactivity. Six-hour 35S-methionine labeling experiments showed that the relative rate of MPO synthesis compared with total TCA precipitable radioactivity was 0.5% in HL-60 blasts and almost negligible in HL-60 macrophages and granulocytes, normal human granulocytes, and B-lymphocytes. The KG-1 myeloblasts and KG-1a early myeloblasts synthesized a small amount of the 75,000-dalton MPO protein. Although HL-60 cells no longer synthesized MPO after differentiation, HL-60 granulocytes and HL-60 macrophages continued to contain MPO as measured by enzyme activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Koeffler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranyard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pertcheck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000201:enzymology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010544:Peroxidases; D009195:Peroxidase