title: Expression of platelet alpha-granule proteins in a human megakaryocytic leukemia cell line (CMK 11-5).
abstract: We investigated the expression of three platelet alpha-granule proteins, thrombospondin (TSP), von Willebrand factor (vWF), and fibrinogen (Fbg), in a human megakaryocytic cell line (CMK 11-5) by immunocytochemical staining, using the alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase (APAAP) complex method and immunoelectron microscopy of ultrathin-frozen sections. CMK 11-5, established from a Down's syndrome patient with acute megakaryoblastic leukemia, has characteristics closely resembling those of normal megakaryocytes. Under basal conditions, TSP expression was observed in the alpha-granules, whereas the other two proteins were not detected. When the cells were cultured with 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), the expression of TSP was enhanced and vWF was also detected, but not Fbg. Cells cultured in the presence of plasma for 24 h took up Fbg and stored it in their alpha-granules. These findings suggest that TSP and vWF are synthesized by CMK 11-5 cells, with the former being produced more rapidly than the latter, whereas Fbg is endocytosed from the plasma.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasunaga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000378:metabolism; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019007:P-Selectin; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019699:Thrombospondins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019007:P-Selectin; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D019699:Thrombospondins; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D005340:Fibrinogen