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- Title
Improper trafficking of melanocyte-specific proteins in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type-5.
- Authors
Helip-Wooley, Amanda; Westbroek, Wendy; Dorward, Heidi M; Koshoffer, Amy; Huizing, Marjan; Boissy, Raymond E; Gahl, William A
- Abstract
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a disorder of lysosome-related organelle biogenesis resulting in melanosome dysfunction and absent platelet dense bodies. HPS patients have oculocutaneous albinism, bruising, and bleeding. HPS-5 results from deficiency of the HPS5 protein, a component of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex-2 (BLOC-2). HPS5 has an unknown function and lacks homology to known proteins. We performed ultrastructural studies of HPS-5 melanocytes revealing predominantly early-stage melanosomes with many small 3,4(OH)2-phenylalanine-positive vesicles throughout the cell body and dendrites. These findings resemble the distinct ultrastructural features of HPS-3 melanocytes; HPS3 is also a BLOC-2 component. Immunofluorescence and immunoEM studies showed decreased TYRP1 labeling in the dendrites of HPS-5 melanocytes, and the overall abundance of TYRP1 was reduced. No substantial differences were observed in the distribution or abundance of Pmel17 in HPS-5 melanocytes. In normal melanocytes, endogenous tyrosinase colocalized with Pmel17 and TYRP1 in the perinuclear area and dendritic tips; this was much reduced in HPS-5 melanocytes, particularly in the tips. We conclude that early stage melanosome formation and Pmel17 trafficking are preserved in HPS5-deficient cells. Tyrosinase and TYRP1 are mistrafficked, however, and fail to be efficiently delivered to melanosomes of HPS-5 melanocytes.
- Publication
The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2007, Vol 127, Issue 6, p1471
- ISSN
1523-1747
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.jid.5700737