title: Membrane ruffling, macropinocytosis and antigen presentation in the absence of gelsolin in murine dendritic cells.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that mice lacking the actin-severing and capping protein gelsolin have defects in leukocyte and platelet function. Moreover, dermal fibroblasts from gelsolin knockout (Gsn(-)) mice showed substantially reduced motility, membrane ruffling and pinocytosis. We have generated dendritic cells (DC) from spleens of Gsn(-) mice to investigate the importance of gelsolin in antigen endocytosis and processing. We show here that Gsn(-) DC produce apparently normal membrane ruffles which can resolve to form large macropinosomes. Moreover, presentation of exogenous antigens on both MHC class II and class I molecules was equivalent in Gsn(-) and wild-type DC. Thus the major rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton needed for DC antigen uptake and presentation can proceed in the absence of a major actin filament regulatory protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Dundee, Dundee, GB.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Prescott
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D018260:Gelsolin / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010873:Pinocytosis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D018260:Gelsolin