title: Stepwise maturation of lytic granules during differentiation and activation of human CD8+ T lymphocytes.
abstract: During differentiation, cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) acquire their killing potential through the biogenesis and maturation of lytic granules that are secreted upon target cell recognition. How lytic granule load in lytic molecules evolves during CTL differentiation and which subsets of lytic granules are secreted following activation remains to be investigated. We set up a flow cytometry approach to analyze single lytic granules isolated from primary human CTL according to their size and molecular content. During CTL in vitro differentiation, a relatively homogeneous population of lytic granules appeared through the progressive loading of Granzyme B, Perforin and Granzyme A within LAMP1(+) lysosomes. PMA/ionomycin-induced lytic granule exocytosis was preceded by a rapid association of the docking molecule Rab27a to approximately half of the lytic granules. Activated CTL were found to limit exocytosis by sparing lytic granules including some associated to Rab27a. Our study provides a quantification of key steps of lytic granule biogenesis and highlights the potential of flow cytometry to study organelle composition and dynamics.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, U1043, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Yovan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Ruiz
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valitutti
authors.forename: Loic
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dupre
mesh_terms: D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation
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