The entry of granule-associated peroxidase into the phagocytic vacuoles of eosinophils.
The ultrastructural localization of peroxidase was studied in guinea pig eosinophils which had phagocytized zymosan or Escherichia coli. After phagocytosis, the membrane of the granule was joined to the membrane of the phagocytic vacuole, and the enzyme, which is ordinarily restricted to the matrix of the granule, was seen in the vacuole surrounding the ingested particle.
D000818:Animals; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D015054:Zymosan
D015054:Zymosan; D010544:Peroxidases