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First published online 19 August 2003
doi: 10.1242/jcs.00711
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1 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Cell Biology Unit, University
College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK
2 Cell and Molecular Biology Section, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Author for correspondence (e-mail:
d.cutler{at}ucl.ac.uk)
Accepted 13 June 2003
The identification of organelles is crucial for efficient cellular function, yet the basic underlying mechanisms by which this might occur have not been established. One group of proteins likely to be central to organelle identity is the Rab family of small GTPases. We have thus investigated Rab recruitment to membranes using endothelial cells as a model system. We report that Weibel-Palade bodies, the Von Willebrand Factor storage compartment of human umbilical vein endothelial cells, contain Rab27a. We have also found that Weibel-Palade body-like structures induced in HEK-293 cells by the expression of von Willebrand factor can recruit endogenous Rab27a. In the absence of von Willebrand Factor, Rab27a is not lysosome associated, indicating that it can distinguish between the Weibel-Palade-body-like organelle and a classical lysosome. Finally, a time course of Weibel-Palade-body formation was established using a green-fluorescent version of von Willebrand factor. Newly formed Weibel-Palade bodies lack Rab27a, which is acquired some hours after initial appearance of the cigar-shaped organelle. We conclude that a lumenal cargo protein drives the recruitment of Rab27a to the organelle membrane by a novel mechanism that is indirect, maturation-dependent and cell-type independent.
Key words: Rab27, Weibel-Palade bodies, Endothelial cells, Lysosome-related organelles, Secretory granules
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