Secretion from permeabilised mast cells is enhanced by addition of gelsolin: contrasting effects of endogenous gelsolin

1995 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.S. Borovikov ◽  
J.C. Norman ◽  
L.S. Price ◽  
A. Weeds ◽  
A. Koffer
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Cortical Actin ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Calcium Dependent ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Gamma S ◽  
Rat Mast Cells

Permeabilised rat mast cells were exposed to gelsolin and its N-terminal half (S1-3), proteins that sever actin filaments in a calcium-dependent and independent manner, respectively. Gelsolin and S1-3 induced a decrease in cellular F-actin content and an increase in the extent of the secretory response. The calcium sensitivities of both these effects were consistent with the differential calcium requirements of the two proteins. Segment 1 (S1), which binds G-actin and caps filaments but does not sever them, did not show these effects. Thus, secretion of mast cells is promoted as a consequence of the severing activity of exogenous gelsolin or S1-3. Most of the endogenous gelsolin remained within permeabilised, washed mast cells and its distribution in resting state was predominantly cortical. Addition of calcium in the absence of MgATP did not reduce the F-actin content; by contrast, calcium with MgATP induced F-actin loss that was unaffected by the presence of anti-gelsolin. Because this antibody inhibits the severing activity of gelsolin, these results indicate that in permeabilised mast cells the severing activity of the remaining endogenous gelsolin is not involved in cortical actin filaments disassembly. Upon exposure to GTP-gamma-S in the absence of calcium, the content of cortical gelsolin was reduced. This parallels our previous observation of a GTP-gamma-S induced reduction of cortical actin filaments followed by their relocation to the cell's interior (Norman et al. (1994) J. Cell Biol. 126, 1005–1015) and suggests that actin redistribution may be a consequence of dissociation of gelsolin caps brought about by activation of a GTP-binding protein.

scholarly journals Mast cell degranulating (MCD) peptide and its optical isomer activate GTP binding protein in rat mast cells

FEBS Letters ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 287 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro Fujimoto ◽  
Kazuhiro Ikenaka ◽  
Tetsuro Kondo ◽  
Saburo Aimoto ◽  
Miyuki Kuno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Optical Isomer ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Mast Cell Degranulating ◽  
Rat Mast Cells

scholarly journals Guanine nucleotide is essential and Ca2+ is a modulator in the exocytotic reaction of permeabilized rat mast cells

1992 ◽  
Vol 288 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
T H W Lillie ◽  
B D Gomperts
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase ◽  
Guanine Nucleotides ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Gamma Aminobutyric Acid ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Rat Mast Cells

Exocytosis from metabolically depleted permeabilized rat mast cells was measured in response to provision of Ca2+ and guanine nucleotide [GTP or guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S])]. For cells permeabilized in simple salt solutions (NaCl), both of these effectors were required to induce secretion. Exclusion of Mg2+ caused an increase in both the sensitivity of the system to GTP and the extent of secretion elicited, while having no such effects on secretion induced by GTP[S]. The effect of Mg2+ depletion on the ability of GTP to stimulate secretion is probably due to the dependence on Mg2+ of the GTPase activity of GE (a postulated GTP-binding protein which mediates exocytosis). This argues that a persistent stimulus to the G-protein is required to support secretion. Affinity for both GTP[S] and GTP is enhanced when the cells are permeabilized in zwitterionic electrolytes (glutamate, gamma-aminobutyric acid, glycine) instead of NaCl. Under these conditions, secretion occurs in response to provision of either GTP[S] [in the effective absence of Ca2+ (pCa 9)] or Ca2+ (in the absence of guanine nucleotide). Secretion induced by GTP[S] is strongly promoted by the presence of Mg2+ at concentrations in the millimolar range; this promotion by Mg2+ declines as the concentration of Ca2+ is elevated towards pCa 7. At pCa 6, Mg2+ is without effect. Ca(2+)-induced secretion requires the provision of MgATP. Since this is further enhanced by low concentrations (< 100 microM) and then inhibited by high concentrations of GDP, the essential role of ATP is likely to be in the maintenance of GTP via transphosphorylation by a nucleoside diphosphate kinase reaction. Thus, under conditions of high affinity (glutamate environment), GTP[S] alone is capable of inducing exocytosis. Ca2+ acts in concert with guanine nucleotides: it enhances the rate and extent of secretion and increases the affinity for Mg2+ and guanine nucleotides in the activation of the GTP-binding protein (GE) which regulates exocytosis.

scholarly journals The Small GTP-binding Protein Rho Regulates Cortical Activities in Cultured Cells during Division

1999 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher B. O'Connell ◽  
Sally P. Wheatley ◽  
Sohail Ahmed ◽  
Yu-li Wang
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Metaphase Plate ◽  
Cortical Actin ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding

We have investigated the role of the small GTP-binding protein Rho in cytokinesis by microinjecting an inhibitor, C3 ribosyltransferase, into cultured cells. Microinjection of C3 into prometaphase or metaphase normal rat kidney epithelial cells induced immediate and global cortical movement of actin toward the metaphase plate, without an apparent effect on the mitotic spindle. During anaphase, concentrated cortical actin filaments migrated with separating chromosomes, leaving no apparent concentration of actin filaments along the equator. Myosin II in injected epithelial cells showed a diffuse distribution throughout cell division. All treated, well-adherent cells underwent cleavage-like activities and most of them divided successfully. However, cytokinesis became abnormal, generating irregular ingressions and ectopic cleavage sites even when mitosis was blocked with nocodazole. The effects of C3 appeared to be dependent on cell adhesion; less adherent 3T3 fibroblasts exhibited irregular cortical ingression only when cells started to increase attachment during respreading, but managed to complete cytokinesis. Poorly adherent HeLa cells showed neither ectopic cleavage nor completion of cytokinesis. Our results indicate that Rho does not simply activate actin–myosin II interactions during cytokinesis, but regulates the spatial pattern of cortical activities and completion of cytokinesis possibly through modulating the mechanical strength of the cortex.

scholarly journals Neomycin is a potent secretagogue of mast cells that directly activates a GTP-binding protein involved in exocytosis.

1990 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 2885-2891 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Aridor ◽  
R Sagi-Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Phosphatidic Acid ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Histamine Secretion ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Rat Brain Membranes ◽  
Gamma S ◽  
Dose Dependent

When loaded alongside GTP-gamma-S into ATP-permeabilized cells, neomycin, at concentrations below 1 mM, inhibits GTP-gamma-S-induced histamine secretion and phosphatidic acid formation (Cockcroft, S., and B. D. Gomperts, 1985. Nature (Lond.). 314: 534-536; Aridor, M., L. M. Traub, and R. Sagi-Eisenberg. 1990. J. Cell Biol. 111:909-917). However, at higher concentrations internally applied neomycin induces histamine secretion in a process that is: (a) dose dependent; (b) dependent on the internal application of GTP; (c) independent of phosphoinositide breakdown; and (d) inhibited by pertussis toxin (PtX) treatment. These results indicate that neomycin can stimulate histamine secretion in a mechanism that bypasses phospholipase C (PLC) activation and yet involves a PtX-sensitive GTP-binding protein (G protein). Unlike its dual effects, when internally applied, neomycin induces histamine secretion from intact mast cells in a dose-dependent manner. Half-maximal and maximal effects are obtained at 0.5 and 1 mM neomycin, respectively. This process is rapid (approximately 30 s), is independent of external Ca2+, and is associated with phosphatidic acid formation, implying that neomycin can activate histamine secretion by a mechanism similar to that utilized by other basic secretagogues of mast cells. Neomycin stimulates fourfold the GTPase activity of cholate-solubilized rat brain membranes in a PtX-inhibitable manner. In addition neomycin, as well as the basic secretagogues of mast cells, compound 48/80, and mastoparan, significantly reduce (by approximately 80%) the ADP ribosylation of PtX substrates present in rat brain membranes. Taken together these data suggest that neomycin can stimulate secretion from mast cells by directly activating G proteins that play a role in stimulus-secretion coupling. When internally applied, neomycin presumably stimulates secretion by activating a G protein that is located downstream to PLC. This G protein serves as a substrate for PtX.

scholarly journals Essential synergy between Ca2+ and guanine nucleotides in exocytotic secretion from permeabilized rat mast cells.

1987 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
T W Howell ◽  
S Cockcroft ◽  
B D Gomperts
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Metabolic Inhibitors ◽  
Pyrimidine Nucleotides ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Streptolysin O ◽  
Gamma S ◽  
Sufficient Stimulus ◽  
Rat Mast Cells

Rat mast cells, pretreated with metabolic inhibitors and permeabilized by streptolysin-O, secrete histamine when provided with Ca2+ (buffered in the micromolar range) and nucleoside triphosphates. We have surveyed the ability of various exogenous nucleotides to support or inhibit secretion. The preferred rank order in support of secretion is ITP greater than XTP greater than GTP much greater than ATP. Pyrimidine nucleotides (UTP and CTP) are without effect. Nucleoside diphosphates included alongside Ca2+ plus ITP inhibit secretion in the order 2'-deoxyGDP greater than GDP greater than o-GDP greater than ADP approximately equal to 2'deoxyADP approximately equal to IDP. Secretion from the metabolically inhibited and permeabilized cells can also be induced by stable analogues of GTP (GTP-gamma-S greater than GppNHp greater than GppCH2p) which synergize with Ca2+ to trigger secretion in the absence of phosphorylating nucleotides. ATP enhances the effective affinity for Ca2+ and GTP analogues in the exocytotic process but does not alter the maximum extent of secretion. The results suggest that the presence of Ca2+ combined with activation of events controlled by a GTP regulatory protein provide a sufficient stimulus to exocytotic secretion from mast cells.

scholarly journals Mechanism of acetylcholine-induced inhibition of Ca current in bullfrog atrial myocytes.

1990 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Nakajima ◽  
S Wu ◽  
H Irisawa ◽  
W Giles
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Cell Voltage ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Atrial Myocytes ◽  
Ca Current ◽  
Gtp Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Subsequent Application ◽  
Gamma S

The mechanism of the anti-beta-adrenergic action of acetylcholine (ACh) on Ca current, ICa, was examined using the tight-seal, whole-cell voltage clamp technique in single atrial myocytes from the bullfrog. Both isoproterenol (ISO) and forskolin increased ICa dose dependently. After ICa had been enhanced maximally by ISO (10(-6) M), subsequent application of forskolin (50 microM) did not further increase ICa, suggesting that ISO and forskolin increase ICa via a common biochemical pathway, possibly by stimulation of adenylate cyclase. ACh (10(-5) M) completely inhibited the effect of low doses of forskolin (2 x 10(-6) M), as well as ISO, but it failed to block the effects of high doses of forskolin (greater than 5 x 10(-5) M). Intracellular application of cyclic AMP (cAMP) also increased ICa. ACh (10(-5) M) failed to inhibit this cAMP effect, indicating that the inhibitory action of ACh occurs at a site proximal to the production of cAMP. ACh (10(-5) M) also activated an inwardly rectifying K+ current IK(ACh). Intracellular application of a nonhydrolyzable GTP analogue, GTP gamma S (5 X 10(-4) M), activated IK(ACh) within several minutes; subsequent application of ACh (10(-5) M) did not increase IK(ACh) further. These results demonstrate that a GTP-binding protein coupled to these K+ channels can be activated maximally by GTP gamma S even in the absence of ACh. Intracellular application of GTP gamma S also strongly inhibited the effect of ISO on ICa in the absence of ACh. Pertussis toxin (IAP) completely prevented both the inhibitory effect of ACh on ICa and the ACh-induced activation of IK(ACh). GTP gamma S (50 microM-1 mM) alone did not increase ICa significantly; however, when ISO was applied first, GTP gamma S (5 x 10(-4) M) gradually inhibited the ISO effect on ICa. These results indicate that ACh antagonizes the effect of ISO on ICa via a GTP-binding protein (Gi and/or Go). This effect may be mediated through a direct inhibition by the alpha-subunit of Gi which is coupled to the adenylate cyclase.

scholarly journals Exocytosis in mast cells by basic secretagogues: evidence for direct activation of GTP-binding proteins.

1990 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 909-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Aridor ◽  
L M Traub ◽  
R Sagi-Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
G Protein ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Histamine Secretion ◽  
Free System ◽  
Stimulatory G Protein ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Secretion Inhibition ◽  
Gamma S

Histamine release induced by the introduction of a nonhydrolyzable analogue of GTP, GTP-gamma-S, into ATP-permeabilized mast cells, is associated with phosphoinositide breakdown, as evidenced by the production of phosphatidic acid (PA) in a neomycin-sensitive process. The dependency of both PA formation and histamine secretion on GTP-gamma-S concentrations is bell shaped. Whereas concentrations of up to 0.1 mM GTP-gamma-S stimulate both processes, at higher concentrations the cells' responsiveness is inhibited. At a concentration of 1 mM, GTP-gamma-S self-inhibits both PA formation and histamine secretion. Inhibition of secretion can, however, be overcome by the basic secretagogues compound 48/80 and mastoparan that in suboptimal doses synergize with 1 mM GTP-gamma-S to potentiate secretion. Secretion under these conditions is not accompanied by PA formation and is resistant both to depletion of Ca2+ from internal stores and to pertussis toxin (PtX) treatment. In addition, 48/80, like mastoparan, is capable of directly stimulating the GTPase activity of G-proteins in a cell-free system. Together, our results are consistent with a model in which the continuous activation of a phosphoinositide-hydrolyzing phospholipase C (PLC) by a stimulatory G-protein suffices to trigger histamine secretion. Basic secretagogues of mast cells, such as compound 48/80 and mastoparan, are capable of inducing secretion in a mechanism that bypasses PLC by directly activating a G-protein that is presumably located downstream from PLC (GE). Thereby, these secretagogues induce histamine secretion in a receptor-independent manner.

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