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First published online March 2, 2004
doi: 10.1242/10.1242/jcs.00997


Journal of Cell Science 117, 1259-1268 (2004)
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Rac1-deficient macrophages exhibit defects in cell spreading and membrane ruffling but not migration

Claire M. Wells1,*,{ddagger}, Marita Walmsley2,{ddagger}, Steen Ooi2, Victor Tybulewicz2 and Anne J. Ridley1,3,§

1 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Free and University College Medical School Branch, 91 Riding House Street, London WIW 7BS, UK
2 Division of Immune Cell Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK

§ Author for correspondence (e-mail: anne{at}ludwig.ucl.ac.uk)

Accepted 10 November 2003

Rac GTPases are activated by extracellular stimuli and contribute to cellular responses including cytoskeletal changes and cell migration. Dominant-negative Rac1 has been used to implicate Rac GTPases in these responses, but which of the three mammalian Rac isoforms it inhibits is not known. We show that mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages express Rac1, low levels of Rac2 but not Rac3. As Rac1-null mice die early in development, we have used mice with a loxP-flanked allele of Rac1 and the type I interferon-inducible Mx1-Cre transgene to address for the first time the specific role of Rac1 in cell motility. Bone marrow-derived macrophages isolated from mice treated with polyIC to induce interferon lack detectable Rac1, and there is no compensatory increase in Rac2 or Cdc42 expression. Rac1-deficient macrophages have an altered morphology: they are significantly more elongated than control cells and have a reduced adhesive area. Re-expression of Rac1 reverts the morphology to that of control cells. Loss of Rac1 reduces but does not completely prevent membrane ruffling in response to CSF-1. However, Rac1-deficient macrophages show normal migration and chemotaxis. Thus in macrophages Rac1 is primarily responsible for regulating cell morphology, contributes to membrane ruffling, but is not required for migration.

Key words: Rac1, Cell spreading, GTPase, Macrophage


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