title: Abnormal migration phenotype of mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2-/- neutrophils in Zigmond chambers containing formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine gradients.
abstract: Time-lapsed video microscopy and confocal imaging were used to study the migration of wild-type (WT) and mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2-/-) mouse neutrophils in Zigmond chambers containing fMLP gradients. Confocal images of polarized WT neutrophils showed an intracellular gradient of phospho-MK2 from the anterior to the posterior region of the neutrophils. Compared with WT neutrophils, MK2-/- neutrophils showed a partial loss of directionality but higher migration speed. Immunoblotting experiments showed a lower protein level of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and a loss of fMLP-induced extracellular signal-related kinase phosphorylation in MK2-/- neutrophils. These results suggest that MK2 plays an important role in the regulation of neutrophil migration and may also affect other signaling molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave., Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Hannigan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kotlyarov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaestel
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D015194:Diffusion Chambers, Culture; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D000099190:MAP-Kinase-Activated Kinase 2
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D005340:Fibrinogen; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D000099190:MAP-Kinase-Activated Kinase 2