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Perforin pores in the endosomal membrane trigger the release of endocytosed granzyme B into the cytosol of target cells.

ABSTRACT: How the pore-forming protein perforin delivers apoptosis-inducing granzymes to the cytosol of target cells is uncertain. Perforin induces a transient Ca2+ flux in the target cell, which triggers a process to repair the damaged cell membrane. As a consequence, both perforin and granzymes are endocytosed into enlarged endosomes called 'gigantosomes'. Here we show that perforin formed pores in the gigantosome membrane, allowing endosomal cargo, including granzymes, to be gradually released. After about 15 min, gigantosomes ruptured, releasing their remaining content. Thus, perforin delivers granzymes by a two-step process that involves first transient pores in the cell membrane that trigger the endocytosis of granzyme and perforin and then pore formation in endosomes to trigger cytosolic release.

SUBMITTER: Thiery J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3140544 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perforin pores in the endosomal membrane trigger the release of endocytosed granzyme B into the cytosol of target cells.

Thiery Jerome J Keefe Dennis D Boulant Steeve S Boucrot Emmanuel E Walch Michael M Martinvalet Denis D Goping Ing Swie IS Bleackley R Chris RC Kirchhausen Tomas T Lieberman Judy J

Nature immunology 20110619 8

How the pore-forming protein perforin delivers apoptosis-inducing granzymes to the cytosol of target cells is uncertain. Perforin induces a transient Ca2+ flux in the target cell, which triggers a process to repair the damaged cell membrane. As a consequence, both perforin and granzymes are endocytosed into enlarged endosomes called 'gigantosomes'. Here we show that perforin formed pores in the gigantosome membrane, allowing endosomal cargo, including granzymes, to be gradually released. After a ...[more]

PMID: 21685908

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