We have developed an immunoadsorption technique for quantitating EGTA-resistant gelsolin/actin complexes in macrophages extracted with Triton X-100. We report here that the proportion of gelsolin complexed irreversibly to actin is low in freshly harvested macrophages. The amount of the EGTA-resistant complex increases spontaneously during incubation of the cells in suspension at 37 degrees C, or after exposure to the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin. On the other hand, exposure of suspended cells to the chemotactic oligopeptide, FMLP, or plating of the cells onto tissue culture dishes causes the EGTA-resistant complex to dissociate rapidly. Plating even prevents Ca2+ ionomycin-treated cells with elevated intracellular Ca2+ from inducing this complex. Therefore, our results suggest that macrophages possess a mechanism, not directly involving Ca2+, for dissociating actin/gelsolin EGTA-resistant complexes. This mechanism may be a Ca2+-independent signal for leukocyte activation.
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January 01 1987
Reversibility of gelsolin/actin interaction in macrophages. Evidence of Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent pathways.
C Chaponnier
H L Yin
T P Stossel
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1987) 165 (1): 97–106.
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C Chaponnier, H L Yin, T P Stossel; Reversibility of gelsolin/actin interaction in macrophages. Evidence of Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent pathways.. J Exp Med 1 January 1987; 165 (1): 97–106. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.165.1.97
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