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Thrombopoietin-induced Dami cells as a model for alpha-granule biogenesis
Véronique Briquet-Laugier1, Nargès El Golli, Paquita Nurden
1U348 INSERM, IFR6-Circulation, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France. veronique.briquet-laugier@larib.inserm.fr
Abstract:
Megakaryocytic alpha-granules contain secretory proteins relevant to megakaryocyte and platelet functions. Understanding alpha-granule biogenesis is hampered because human primary megakaryocytes are difficult to manipulate. Existing promegakaryocytic cell lines do not spontaneously exhibit mature alpha-granules. Dami cells, transfected with the megakaryocytic platelet factor 4, fused to GFP (PF4-GFP), were induced in the presence of thrombopoietin (TPO), a megakaryocyte cytokine and PMA. Using confocal microscopy, PF4-GFP colocalized with von Willebrand Factor (vWF) in newly formed storage granules. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated alpha-granule-like features, including a dense core or parallel tubules and colocalization of PF4-GFP and vWF. Hence, TPO-treated Dami cells are a suitable model to study alpha-granules and their biogenesis.
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