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  • Title: N-Formyl peptide receptor ligation induces rac-dependent actin reorganization through Gbeta gamma subunits and class Ia phosphoinositide 3-kinases.
    Author: Belisle B, Abo A.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2000 Aug 25; 275(34):26225-32. PubMed ID: 10843992.
    Abstract:
    The N-formyl peptide receptor is a G protein-coupled transmembrane receptor involved in stimulating a variety of differential responses in neutrophils including chemotaxis, degranulation, superoxide production, transcriptional activation, and actin reorganization. Although it is known that N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe induces actin reorganization, the sequence of events from the receptor to the actin cytoskeleton is not well characterized. To study the signaling pathway from the N-formyl peptide receptor to the actin cytoskeleton, we developed a model system utilizing microinjection techniques with a nonhematopoietic cell line. An expression vector coding for the N-formyl peptide receptor was microinjected into porcine aortic endothelial cells and stimulated with N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe to induce actin reorganization and membrane ruffling. The receptor-mediated signal was blocked by pertussis toxin and by a dominant negative Rac-N17, indicating the involvement of G(i)alpha subunit and the small guanosine triphosphatase Rac, respectively. Moreover, Gbetagamma subunits and membrane targeted forms of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase alpha were sufficient to induce similar actin reorganization, and coexpression of various mutants of PI 3-kinase with the N-formyl peptide receptor identified a link to class Ia PI-3 kinase-mediated actin reorganization.
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