Journal of Cell Science, Vol 110, Issue 17 2027-2040, Copyright © 1997 by Company of Biologists

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Dense core lysosomes can fuse with late endosomes and are re-formed from the resultant hybrid organelles

NA Bright, BJ Reaves, BM Mullock and JP Luzio
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK.

Electron microscopy was used to evaluate the function and formation of dense core lysosomes. Lysosomes were preloaded with bovine serum albumin (BSA)-gold conjugates by fluid phase endocytosis using a pulse-chase protocol. The gold particles present in dense core lysosomes and late endosomes were flocculated, consistent with proteolytic degradation of the BSA. A second pulse of BSA-gold also accumulated in the pre-loaded dense core lysosomes at 37 degrees C, but accumulation was reversibly blocked by incubation at 20 degrees C. Time course experiments indicated that mixing of the two BSA-gold conjugates initially occurred upon fusion of mannose 6-phosphate receptor-positive/lysosomal glycoprotein-positive late endosomes with dense core lysosomes. Treatment for 5 hours with wortmannin, a phosphatidyl inositide 3-kinase inhibitor, caused a reduction in number of dense core lysosomes preloaded with BSA-gold and prevented a second pulse of BSA-gold accumulating in them. After wortmannin treatment the two BSA-gold conjugates were mixed in swollen late endosomal structures. Incubation of NRK cells with 0.03 M sucrose resulted in the formation of swollen sucrosomes which were morphologically distinct from preloaded dense core lysosomes and were identified as late endosomes and hybrid endosome-lysosome structures. Subsequent endocytosis of invertase resulted in digestion of the sucrose and re-formation of dense core lysosomes. These observations suggest that dense core lysosomes are biologically active storage granules of lysosomal proteases which can fuse with late endosomes and be re-formed from the resultant hybrid organelles prior to subsequent cycles of fusion and re-formation.

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