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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 5, Pages 2451-2457Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.5.2451
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Phagocytosis and the microbicidal functions of neutrophils require dynamic changes of the actin cytoskeleton. We have investigated the role of gelsolin, a calcium-dependent actin severing and capping protein, in peripheral blood neutrophils from gelsolin-null (Gsn(-)) mice. The phagocytosis of complement opsonized feast was only minimally affected. In contrast, phagocytosis of IgG-opsonized yeast was reduced dose to background level in Gsn(-) neutrophils. Thus, gelsolin is essential for efficient IgG- but not complement-mediated phagocytosis. Furthermore, attachment of IgG-opsonized yeast to Gsn- neutrophils was reduced (similar to 50%) but not to the same extent as ingestion (similar to 73%), This was not due to reduced surface expression of the Fc gamma -receptor or its lateral mobility, This suggests that attachment and ingestion of IgG-opsonized yeast by murine neutrophils are actin-dependent and gelsolin is important for both steps in phagocytosis. We also investigated granule exocytosis and several steps in phagosome processing, namely the formation of actin around the phagosome, translocation of granules, and activation of the NADPH-oxidase. All these functions were normal in Gsn- neutrophils, Thus, the role of gelsolin is specific for IgG-mediated phagocytosis. Our data suggest that gelsolin is part of the molecular machinery that distinguishes complement and IgG-mediated phagocytosis. The latter requires a more dynamic reorganization of the cytoskeleton.
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