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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 2 657-666, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists
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YS Borovikov, JC Norman, LS Price, A Weeds and A Koffer
Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
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.
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