TY - JOUR
T1 - How phagocytic leukocytes move
AU - Hartwig, J. H.
AU - Yin, H. L.
AU - Stossel, T. P.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - A regulated, coordinated movement of cytoplasm is essential for the function of phagocytes. In these cells, as in muscle cells, the power unit for movement consists of the contractile proteins, actin and myosin, which are concentrated in the region of the cell cortex. In the peripheral cytoplasm, actin fibres may be in a fluid state or they may form a gel network by association with a homodimeric, actin-binding protein. The reversible transformation of the cytoplasm from gel to sol is mediated by a regulatory protein called gelsolin, which when activated by micromolar concentrations of Ca2+, causes shortening of actin fibres, leading to disintegration of the gel network. This gel network reforms if the Ca2+ concentration falls below the threshold value for the activation of gelsolin. Ca2+, acting via gelsolin, is a second component in this system; it controls the order of events that start on the plasma membrane of the phagocyte in response to a stimulus, and are then maintained by an appropriate reaction of the contractile unit. It is to be expected that the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that release and regulate the movement of cytoplasm in the cell will permit an understanding of factors that interfere with leukocyte function.
AB - A regulated, coordinated movement of cytoplasm is essential for the function of phagocytes. In these cells, as in muscle cells, the power unit for movement consists of the contractile proteins, actin and myosin, which are concentrated in the region of the cell cortex. In the peripheral cytoplasm, actin fibres may be in a fluid state or they may form a gel network by association with a homodimeric, actin-binding protein. The reversible transformation of the cytoplasm from gel to sol is mediated by a regulatory protein called gelsolin, which when activated by micromolar concentrations of Ca2+, causes shortening of actin fibres, leading to disintegration of the gel network. This gel network reforms if the Ca2+ concentration falls below the threshold value for the activation of gelsolin. Ca2+, acting via gelsolin, is a second component in this system; it controls the order of events that start on the plasma membrane of the phagocyte in response to a stimulus, and are then maintained by an appropriate reaction of the contractile unit. It is to be expected that the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that release and regulate the movement of cytoplasm in the cell will permit an understanding of factors that interfere with leukocyte function.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 6631336
AN - SCOPUS:0020635775
SN - 0340-076X
VL - 21
SP - 535
EP - 544
JO - Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry
IS - 9
ER -