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Lipopolysaccharide Induces Actin Reorganization and Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Pyk2 and Paxillin in Monocytes and Macrophages¹

Lynn M. Williams^* and Anne J. Ridley^2,*,

^* Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

The bacterial endotoxin LPS is a potent stimulator of monocyte and macrophage activation and induces adhesion of monocytes. Morphological changes in response to LPS have not been characterized in detail, however, nor have the signaling pathways mediating LPS-induced adhesion been elucidated. We have found that LPS rapidly induced adhesion and spreading of peripheral blood monocytes, and that this was inhibited by the Src family kinase inhibitor PP1 and the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase inhibitor LY294002. LPS also stimulated actin reorganization, leading to the formation of filopodia, lamellipodia, and membrane ruffles in Bac1 mouse macrophages. Proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2), a tyrosine kinase related to focal adhesion kinase, and paxillin, a cytoskeletal protein that interacts with Pyk2, were both tyrosine phosphorylated in response to LPS in monocytes and macrophages. Both tyrosine phosphorylation events were inhibited by PP1 and LY294002. Adhesion also stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 and paxillin in monocytes, and this was further enhanced by LPS. Finally, Pyk2 and paxillin colocalized within membrane ruffles in LPS-stimulated cells. These results indicate that LPS stimulation of monocytes and macrophages results in rapid morphological changes and suggest that Pyk2 and/or paxillin play a role in this response.