title: Reorganization of microfilaments in macrophages after LPS stimulation.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a potent activating substance of macrophages, induced the reorganization of microfilaments in macrophages obtained from C3H/HeN mice. At 1 min after LPS addition, a slight disassembly of actin was observed. At 2 to 4 min, there was a gradual assembly; then, at 5 and 6 min, a subsequent rapid disassembly occurred. We employed two methods to observe this process. One was the RITC-phalloidin staining of actin filaments and the other was the extraction of monomeric actin and unstable actin filaments with Triton X-100 solution. The results obtained by the two methods were basically in agreement. Nevertheless, there was a discrepancy between the results from the two methods, concerning the ratio of assembly and disassembly. The RITC-phalloidin staining was more sensitive in detecting actin assembly and less sensitive in detecting the disassembly than the extraction with Triton X-100 solution was. This difference suggests that some of the unstable filaments, which were extracted with Triton X-100 solution and fixed with formalin, were formed during the LPS-induced reorganization process. This reversible actin assembly could not be observed in the LPS-nonresponder, C3H/HeJ mouse macrophages. We concluded that the observed process could be attributed to LPS-signal triggering pathways subsequent to LPS binding and that a necessary component to initiate effective LPS-signaling, which is probably deficient in C3H/HeJ mice, is involved in this reorganization process of LPS-stimulated macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute for Immunopharmacology, Inc., Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaiho
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000199:Actins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009154:Mutation; D017830:Octoxynol; D010590:Phalloidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D012235:Rhodamines; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012235:Rhodamines; C067497:rhodamine B isothiocyanate phalloidin; D010590:Phalloidine; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D017830:Octoxynol