of the NVS. However, we could not unequivocally show that the NVS and the Golgi were not parts of the same structure, as suggested in the first scenario described in M5C associates with Rab27b on subapical SV In LGAC, both M5C and Rab27b are expressed on subapical SV pools. Previous studies showed that in resting acini, M5C facilitates apical SV exocytosis, and partially co-localizes with endogenous Rab27b. In other professional secretory cells such as melanocytes, other members of the same families of proteins have also been shown to interact with each other and with cytoskeletal proteins during intracellular trafficking. Based on these studies, we speculated that M5C was a motor protein involved in the ��switchover��of Rab27b-enriched SV from microtubule-based to actin-based transport. To investigate the interaction between Rab27b and M5C in real time, we conducted live cell imaging studies of LGAC transduced with adenoviral constructs to co-express the YFP-tagged wild-type or mutant Rab27b with a GFP-tagged full-length M5C. Cells expressing both tagged proteins were most highly colocalized on the apical-most SV. We also observed that M5C localization upon SV was polarized not only by SV location, but in multiple examples was enriched on the side of the SV facing the apical plasma membrane. This selective localiza- 6 RAB27B-Enriched Secretory Vesicle Biogenesis RAB27B-Enriched Secretory Vesicle Biogenesis microscopy: Alexa Fluor 568 donkey MedChemExpress 660868-91-7 anti-mouse IgG, Alexa Fluor 647 phalloidin, and DAPI, were from Molecular Probes. Reagents for the protease inhibitor cocktail prepared as previously described were from Sigma . All other chemicals were reagent grade and obtained from standard suppliers. Primary rabbit LGAC culture All animal procedures were in accordance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and protocols used in this study were approved by the University of Southern California IACUC approval ID 10547. LGAC from female New Zealand white rabbits were isolated and sequentially cultured in serum-free culture media supplemented with 0.1 mM carbachol, 1 nM thyroxine, and 5 mg/ml laminin. Cells were seeded on a MatrigelTM coat for fixed cell imaging on PubMed ID:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22189214 glass slips placed in 6-well plates at 26106 cells per well, or for live cell imaging on 35 mm glass coverslip bottom imaging dishes at 66106 cells per dish. Isolated acinar cells in culture form reconstituted acinus-like structures by day 2 of culture. These cells structurally and functionally mimic LGAC in vivo. Cultured acinar cells were stimulated to secrete with CCH. For nocodazole treatments, cultured cells were incubated on ice for 5 m to induce depolymerization of microtubules prior to 
the addition of 33 mM nocodazole for 60 m at 37uC as previously described. For subapical SV recovery studies, acinar cells were stimulated with CCH and then washed 4 times with warm culture media before incubation in fresh media re-perfused with nocodazole. Amplification and use of recombinant viruses Replication-deficient adenovirus constructs were used to express fluorescently tagged wild-type and mutant forms of YFP-Rab27b and M5C. Wild-type exogenous YFP-Rab27b expression patterns were found, in live cell imaging studies, to be similar to endogenous protein but with increased signals. For live cell and fixed cell detection of Rab27b, constructs encoding YFP fused to the N-terminus of one of the following were expressed: Rab27b full-length, Rab27bQ78L, and Rab27bN133I, each gener
