title: Involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and Rac in membrane ruffling induced by IL-2 in T cells.
abstract: IL-2 is known to play a critical role in regulating T lymphocyte proliferation. We show here that IL-2 also provokes an instantaneous and sustained membrane ruffling in cloned human or murine T cells as well as in lectin-activated peripheral blood lymphocytes. In the IL-2-induced lamellipodia, tubulin is depolymerized whereas actin is strongly polymerized, forming caps. IL-2-induced membrane ruffling is protein kinase C (PKC) independent, as judged by the absence of effects of bisindolylmaleimide, an efficient inhibitor of all PKC isoforms. The formation of lamellipodia by IL-2 is blocked by wortmannin and LY294002, two inhibitors of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase). Moreover, expression in murine T cells of an inactive form of P13-kinase inhibits IL-2-induced membrane ruffling, whereas expression of a constitutively active p110 increases the basal membrane ruffling. Rac is also involved in IL-2-induced membrane ruffling since an inactive form of Rac (N17rac) blocks the IL-2-induced lamellipodia, whereas the constitutive form of Rac (Val12rac) can also lead to membrane ruffling. In the signaling cascade, Rac is downstream of PI3-kinase since constitutive membrane ruffling in Val12rac cells is insensitive to wortmannin. Thus, through a signaling cascade involving PI3-kinase and Rac, IL-2 can induce profound alterations of the T cell cytoskeleton, a phenomenon which might be of importance for T cell physiology.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7627, Centre Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arrieumerlou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Donnadieu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Keryer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cantrell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trautmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins