title: GTP[S] stimulates migration of electropermeabilized neutrophils via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein.
abstract: Electropermeabilized neutrophils were used to study the role of G-proteins in neutrophil migration. Rabbit neutrophils, under specific conditions, retained their ability to migrate after electropermeabilization. Introduction of guanosine-5'-[3-thio] triphosphate (GTP[S]) into the cell interior stimulated random migration and enhanced migration activated by a suboptimal concentration of formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) (10(-11) M). GTP[S] had no effect on random migration by intact cells, or on migration of intact cells activated with a suboptimal concentration of fMet-Leu-Phe, indicating that the effect of GTP[S] was intracellular. The effects of GTP[S] were inhibited by pertussis toxin and by guanosine-5'-[2-thio] diphosphate (GDP beta S) indicating that a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein was involved. GTP stimulated random migration to the same extent as GTP[S], but had only a small effect on migration activated by a suboptimal concentration of fMet-Leu-Phe (10(-11) M). Several other nucleotides tested had no effect on random migration or migration activated with 10(-11) M fMet-Leu-Phe. The results show that neutrophil migration can be potentiated by direct activation of a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein, and the results obtained with GTP suggest that possibly more than one G-protein is involved in this process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Boonen
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: de Koster
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: VanSteveninck
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Elferink
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011817:Rabbits; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013873:Thionucleotides; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; C023427:guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate); D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins