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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 141, Number 2, April 20, 1998 359-371


* Department of Cell Biology and Center for Electron Microscopy, University of Utrecht, School of Medicine, 3584CX Utrecht,
The Netherlands; and The occurrence of clathrin-coated buds on
immature granules (IGs) of the regulated secretory
pathway suggests that specific transmembrane proteins
are sorted into these buds through interaction with cytosolic adaptor proteins. By quantitative immunoelectron microscopy of rat endocrine pancreatic
Division of Endocrinology and Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461
cells and
exocrine parotid and pancreatic cells, we show for the
first time that the mannose 6-phosphate receptors
(MPRs) for lysosomal enzyme sorting colocalize with
the AP-1 adaptor in clathrin-coated buds on IGs. Furthermore, the concentrations of both MPR and AP-1
decline by ~90% as the granules mature. Concomitantly, in exocrine secretory cells lysosomal proenzymes enter and then are sorted out of IGs, just as
was previously observed in
cells (Kuliawat, R., J. Klumperman, T. Ludwig, and P. Arvan. 1997. J. Cell
Biol. 137:595-608). The exit of MPRs in AP-1/clathrin-coated buds is selective, indicated by the fact that the
membrane protein phogrin is not removed from maturing granules. We have also made the first observation
of a soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor, syntaxin 6, which has been implicated in clathrin-coated vesicle trafficking from the
TGN to endosomes (Bock, J.B., J. Klumperman, S. Davanger, and R.H. Scheller. 1997. Mol. Biol. Cell.
8:1261-1271) that enters and then exits the regulated
secretory pathway during granule maturation. Thus, we
hypothesize that during secretory granule maturation,
MPR-ligand complexes and syntaxin 6 are removed from IGs by AP-1/clathrin-coated vesicles, and then delivered to endosomes.
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