LAMP1 is required for efficient delivery of perforin, but not granzyme B, to lytic granules. (A) YTS cells, transduced with CTRL or LAMP1 RNAi, were homogenized and fractionated on a continuous 0% to 30% gradient of iodoxanol. The presence of the indicated proteins in the gradient fractions was assessed by immunoblotting; only relevant fractions are shown. The data are representative of 3 experiments. EEA-1 was used as a marker of early endosomes; Rab9, late endosomes; Rab7, late endosomes/lysosomes; and LAMP2, lysosomes. Adaptin γ and MPR were used as markers of TGN-derived transport vesicles. (B) YTS cells were fixed, stained with anti–CI-MPR Ab followed by DyLight 649–conjugated anti-mouse Ab (red), and then stained with Alexa Fluor 488–conjugated anti-perforin D48 Ab (green). The area of colocalization between the 2 fluorophores is shown as a heat map image. Scale bars represent 5 μm. Inserts show DIC images. (C) The percentage of colocalization between perforin (D48-reactive) and CI-MPR. The data were determined by analysis of 34 to 35 cells, as described in (B), and are shown as mean values + SD from 2 experiments. The numbers below the graph are Manders overlap coefficients ± SD. ***P < .001; Mann-Whitney U test.