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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-21
pubmed:abstractText
Phagocytosis of opsonized particles by neutrophils involves highly localized alterations in the actin cytoskeleton that result in the formation of prominent pseudopodia and the phagocytic cup. Immunofluorescence microscopy was employed to monitor the distribution of several proteins that can regulate the cytoskeleton in human neutrophils undergoing phagocytosis of opsonized Candida albicans. The small GTPase Cdc42, its inhibitory subunit Rho-GDI, the adapter protein Nck, gamma-p21-activated protein kinase (gamma-Pak), and cofilin were found to undergo rapid association with the developing phagosomes in these cells. In contrast, these signaling proteins were either diffusely distributed in the cytoplasm or enriched in focal points at the base of the cell when optical sections were obtained from regions of the cell not involved in phagocytosis. These results are consistent with Cdc42 being critically involved in initiating the early events in phagocytosis by its ability to activate Pak and the Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome protein that triggers the localized polymerization of actin. These data provide insights into the molecular mechanisms that trigger changes in the actin cytoskeleton during phagocytosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actin Depolymerizing Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Microfilament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nck protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PAK2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/p21-Activated Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/rho guanine nucleotide...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0948-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Actin Depolymerizing Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Focal Adhesions, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Guanine Nucleotide Dissociation Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Neutrophil Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Phagocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Phagosomes, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12189515-p21-Activated Kinases
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid association of cytoskeletal remodeling proteins with the developing phagosomes of human neutrophils.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.