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Molecular Endocrinology, doi:10.1210/me.2008-0006
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Submitted on January 8, 2008
Accepted on May 9, 2008

A large form of secretogranin III functions as a sorting receptor for chromogranin A aggregates in PC12 cells

Lu Han, Masayuki Suda, Keisuke Tsuzuki, Rong Wang, Yoshihide Ohe, Hirokazu Hirai, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Toshiyuki Takeuchi, and Masahiro Hosaka*

From Department of Molecular Medicine (L.H., M.S., R.W., T.T., M.H.), and Biosignal Research Center (Y.O.), Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi, 371-8512, Japan; Department of Neurophysiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine (K.T., H.H), Maebashi, 371-8511, Japan; Department of Anatomy II (T.W.), Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, 078-8510, Japan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mhosaka{at}showa.gunma-u.ac.jp.

Granin-family proteins, including chromogranin A and secretogranin III, are sorted to the secretory granules in neuroendocrine cells. We previously demonstrated that secretogranin III binds chromogranin A and targets it to the secretory granules in pituitary corticotrope-derived AtT-20 cells. However, secretogranin III has not been identified in adrenal chromaffin and PC12 cells, where chromogranin A is correctly sorted to the secretory granules. In this study, low levels of a large and non-cleaved secretogranin III have been identified in PC12 cells and rat adrenal glands. Although the secretogranin III expression was limited in PC12 cells, when the FLAG-tagged secretogranin III lacking the secretory granule membrane-binding domain was expressed excessively, HA-tagged chromogranin A was unable to target to the secretory granules at the tips and shifted to the constitutive secretory pathway. Secretogranin III was able to bind the aggregated form of chromogranin A, suggesting that a small quantity of secretogranin III is enough to carry a large quantity of chromogranin A. Furthermore, secretogranin III bound adrenomedullin, a major peptide hormone in chromaffin cells. Indeed, siRNA-directed secretogranin III depletion impaired intracellular retention of chromogranin A and adrenomedullin, suggesting that they are constitutively released to the medium. We suggest that the sorting function of secretogranin III for chromogranin A is common in PC12 and chromaffin cells, as well as in other endocrine cells, and a small amount of secretogranin III is able to sort chromogranin A aggregates together with adrenomedullin to secretory granules.


Key words: secretogranin III • chromogranin A • secretory granule • sorting • chromaffin cells • PC12 cells







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