title: Stabilization of F-actin prevents cAMP-elicited Cl- secretion in T84 cells.
abstract: T84 cells, a human intestinal epithelial cell line, serve as a model of electrogenic Cl- secretion. We find that cAMP-elicited Cl- secretion in T84 cells is accompanied by a marked redistribution of F-actin in the basolateral portion of the cell. To prevent this F-actin redistribution and thereby assess its importance to Cl- secretion, we have defined simple conditions under which this model epithelium can be loaded with nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-phallicidin. This reagent binds F-actin with high affinity thus stabilizing the F-actin cytoskeleton by preventing depolymerization, an event necessary for dynamic reordering of actin microfilaments. NBD-phallicidin loading is not cytotoxic as assessed by lactic dehydrogenase release, protein synthesis, transepithelial resistance, and the ability of the loaded cells to pump Na+ in an absorptive direction in response to the apical addition of a Na+ ionophore. However, cAMP-elicited redistribution of F-actin and the cAMP-elicited Cl- secretory response are both markedly impaired in NBD-phallicidin preloaded T84 cells. In contrast, the carbachol-elicited Cl- secretory response (Ca++ mediated) is not attenuated by NBD-phallicidin preloading nor is it accompanied by redistribution of F-actin. These findings suggest that the cAMP-elicited cytoskeletal redistribution we describe is an integral part of cAMP-elicited Cl- secretion in T84 cells.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Pathology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delp
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Madara
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000546:Amanitins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002712:Chlorides / Q000502:physiology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D012636:Secretory Rate / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000546:Amanitins; D002712:Chlorides; C028877:7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-phallacidin; D002217:Carbachol; D000242:Cyclic AMP