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Chemotactic Peptide-induced Changes of Intermediate Filament Organization in Neutrophils during Granule Secretion: Role of Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate

Katherine B. Pryzwansky,* and Elizabeth P. Merricks

Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7525

In neutrophils activated to secrete with formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, intermediate filaments are phosphorylated transiently by cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (G-kinase). cGMP regulation of vimentin organization was investigated. During granule secretion, cGMP levels were elevated and intermediate filaments were transiently assembled at the pericortex to areas devoid of granules and microfilaments. Microtubule and microfilament inhibitors affected intermediate filament organization, granule secretion, and cGMP levels. Cytochalasin D and nocodazole caused intermediate filaments to assemble at the nucleus, rather than at the pericortex. cGMP levels were elevated in neutrophils by both inhibitors; however, with cytochalasin D, cGMP was elevated earlier and granule secretion was excessive. Nocodazole did not affect normal cGMP elevations, but specific granule secretion was delayed. LY83583, a guanylyl cyclase antagonist, inhibited granule secretion and intermediate filament organization, but not microtubule or microfilament organization. Intermediate filament assembly at the pericortex and secretion were partially restored by 8-bromo-cGMP in LY83583-treated neutrophils, suggesting that cGMP regulates these functions. G-kinase directly induced intermediate filament assembly in situ, and protein phosphatase 1 disassembled filaments. However, in intact cells stimulated with formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, intermediate filament assembly is focal and transient, suggesting that vimentin phosphorylation is compartmentalized. We propose that, in addition to changes in microfilament and microtubule organization, granule secretion is also accompanied by changes in intermediate filament organization, and that cGMP regulates vimentin filament organization via activation of G-kinase.

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