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To examine the dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of localized pericellular proteolysis mediated by individual neutrophil granule release in the presence of proteinase inhibitors.

September 1, 1996The Journal of Immunology

Quantum proteolysis resulting from release of single granules by human neutrophils: a novel, nonoxidative mechanism of extracellular proteolytic activity

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To examine the dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of localized pericellular proteolysis mediated by individual neutrophil granule release in the presence of proteinase inhibitors.
Applied quantitative real-time imaging to capture discrete proteolytic events triggered by the release of single azurophil granules from human neutrophils.
Evaluated the radii of proteolytic activity across various concentrations of inhibitors, including alpha1-antitrypsin, alpha2-macroglobulin, recombinant secretory leukocyte proteinase inhibitor, and ICI 200,355, with and without phagocyte-derived oxidants.
Single azurophil granules generated discrete, evanescent proteolytic events with a unit radius of 1.32 µm in the presence of physiologic leukocyte elastase inhibitor concentrations (32.8 µM).
Proteolytic event radii scaled inversely and nonlinearly with extracellular inhibitor concentration and operated independently of cellular oxidant generation, establishing the local enzyme-to-inhibitor ratio as the primary delimiter of proteolysis.

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Quantitative imaging demonstrates discrete quantized proteolysis from single granule release in human neutrophils, indicating that enzyme-inhibitor ratios control pericellular activity.

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Liou et al. (1996) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fe1d7a528af2d65c335f6 https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.157.6.2624

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Quantitative imaging demonstrates discrete quantized proteolysis from single granule release in human neutrophils, indicating that enzyme-inhibitor ratios control pericellular activity.

Quantum proteolysis resulting from release of single granules by human neutrophils: a novel, nonoxidative mechanism of extracellular proteolytic activity

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