title: Stabilization of actin filaments at early times after adenovirus infection and in heat-shocked cells.
abstract: Human cells (HEp-2) infected with adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) at early times (5-7 h) after infection exhibit stabilization of the filamentous actin network against disruption by latrunculin (300-2000 ng), a potent microfilament toxin. This protection is abrogated by pretreatment of infected cells with cycloheximide, suggesting that it is due to a protein induced early after Ad5 infection. Support for a role of HSP70 (heat shock protein of Mr = 70 kDa) in actin stabilization is based on several findings; (i) HSP70 is induced at early times post-infection in Ad5-infected HEp-2 cells, (ii) heat shock treatment (42 degrees C) of uninfected HEp-2 or HeLa cells results in a rearrangement of actin filaments around the nucleus, that is resistant to disruption by latrunculin, (iii) using a DNase I inhibition assay, the percentage of filamentous actin increases from 50 to 65% of total following heat shock of uninfected cells, and (iv) HSP70 induces actin polymerization from monomers in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-1393.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Macejak
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Luftig
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000378:metabolism; D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D053778:Thiazolidines
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D013844:Thiazoles; D053778:Thiazolidines; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; C037068:latrunculin B