NO DOI!! Actin polymerization in neutrophils is triggered without a requirement for a rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+

al-Mohanna, F. A. and Hallett, Maurice Bartett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8197-834X 1990. NO DOI!! Actin polymerization in neutrophils is triggered without a requirement for a rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+. Biochemical Journal 266 (3) , pp. 669-674.

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Abstract

Stimulation of rat neutrophils with the peptide fMetLeuPhe caused (i) the appearance of a 40 kDa protein in the Triton-X-100-insoluble cytoskeleton, (ii) the disappearance of DNAase inhibition from the cytosol and (iii) the appearance of N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)phallacidin (NBD-phallacidin) binding sites. All three observations were consistent with a rapid and transient assembly of polymerized actin, peaking at approximately 5 s and returning to near resting levels within 40 s. By experimentally depleting the cells of Ca2+ and increasing the cytoplasmic Ca2+ buffering capacity, the peptide-induced Ca2+ transient was reduced from a peak of 900 nM to 250 nM, without inhibiting actin polymerization, and this peak was sustained for at least 2 min. A further dissociation between the triggering of actin polymerization and peptide-induced Ca2+ elevation and oxidase activation was demonstrated at low concentrations of peptide (1-100 pM), actin polymerization being triggered without an elevation in Ca2+ or activation of the oxidase. Two other agents which induced actin polymerization, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and latex beads, failed to elevate cytoplasmic Ca2+. It was therefore concluded that neither Ca2+ nor those intracellular messengers which act with Ca2+ to trigger the neutrophil oxidase are responsible for triggering actin polymerization in neutrophils

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Biochemical Society
ISSN:	0264-6021
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 09:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/73170

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