The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 7 2271-2280, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Microfilament assembly modulates phospholipase C-mediated signal transduction by the TCR/CD3 in murine T helper lymphocytes

KE DeBell, A Conti, MA Alava, T Hoffman and E Bonvini
Laboratory of Cell Biology, United States Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Cytoskeletal involvement in the response to TCR/CD3 ligation and in signal transduction was investigated in a murine Th cell type 2 clone. Cells coated with the hamster anti-CD3 mAb, 145-2C11 (2C11 mAb), and exposed to goat anti-hamster demonstrated an increase in polymerized actin as well as an increase in inositol phospholipid hydrolysis mediated by activation of phospholipase C. Pretreatment with cytochalasins (Cyt) (D or B), drugs that interact with cellular actin, prevented actin polymerization, and augmented the initial rate and total amount of inositol phosphates produced. Drugs modifying microtubule function were ineffective. The intracellular Ca2+ rise attributed to InsP3 and InsP4 generated in response to CD3 perturbation was augmented by CytD. CytD treatment did not affect inositol phosphate generation resulting from the stimulation of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins with aluminium tetrafluoride, indicating that the action of CytD was specific for receptor-mediated inositol phospholipids. CytD decreased the rate of anti-CD3-induced receptor internalization. These data suggest that the assembly of microfilaments plays a role in CD3 internalization and that a CytD-sensitive mechanism uncouples the TCR/CD3 complex from phospholipase C-mediated signaling.

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