scholarly journals Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor–Activated Signaling Pathways in Human Neutrophils. I. Tyrosine Phosphorylation-Dependent Stimulation of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Inhibition by Phorbol Esters

Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 1035-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Al-Shami ◽  
Sylvain G. Bourgoin ◽  
Paul H. Naccache

Abstract Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) is a cytosolic enzyme that plays key roles in mediating signaling through many receptors. The heterodimeric form of PI3-kinase is made up of a regulatory subunit, p85, and a catalytic subunit, p110. Although granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has been shown to activate PI3-kinase, the mechanisms by which this activation is mediated and regulated are incompletely understood. Here we show that treatment of human neutrophils with GM-CSF induced both time- and concentration-dependent increases in the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of p85. The ability of GM-CSF to activate PI3-kinase was abolished by pretreating the cells with erbstatin, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The simultaneous treatment of the cells with GM-CSF and phorbol esters such as phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) significantly inhibited both the tyrosine phosphorylation of p85 and the activation of PI3-kinase. The inhibitory effects of phorbol esters were not induced by their inactive analogues and they were selective to the stimulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of p85 since phorbol esters did not alter the enhancement of the pattern of tyrosine phosphorylation of other cellular proteins, including that of Jak2 induced by GM-CSF. However, PMA significantly inhibited the in situ tyrosine phosphorylation and the activation of lyn observed in response to GM-CSF. The results suggest that the activation of PI3-kinase by GM-CSF is mediated by the tyrosine phosphorylation of p85 and that this activation is downregulated by PKC possibly via the inhibition of lyn.

Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 2446-2454
Author(s):  
RL Berkow

Human neutrophils treated with chemotactic peptides or phorbol esters demonstrate tyrosine phosphorylation of a subset of proteins. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) induced a time- and concentration-dependent increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of at least seven proteins. Three of these proteins with approximate molecular weights of 150, 95, and 70 Kd were unique to neutrophils treated with GM-CSF, and were not seen to be phosphorylated on tyrosine in neutrophils treated with the agonists FMLP or PMA, or the cytokines G-CSF and tumor necrosis factor. We found the 150-Kd protein to be localized within the cell particulate fraction and the 95- Kd protein within the cell cytosol. The 70-Kd phosphotyrosine protein was found in both fractions. When the neutrophils were treated with Triton X-100 (Sigma Chemical Co, St Louis, MO) to evaluate cytoskeletal associations of proteins, the 150 phosphotyrosine protein partitioned with the Triton X-100 insoluble cytoskeleton (TICS), and the 70-Kd protein partitioned with both the TICS and Triton X-100 soluble proteins. The GM-CSF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor ST638. This was not seen with the putative C-kinase inhibitor, H-7. However, staurosporine was seen to inhibit tyrosine phosphorylation of neutrophil proteins by GM-CSF and in vitro tyrosine kinase activity of isolated neutrophil cytosol and particulate fractions. These data indicate that the three unique GM-CSF- induced phosphotyrosine-containing proteins may be responsible for the unique actions of GM-CSF and that staurosporine inhibits a tyrosine kinase responsible for the phosphorylation of these proteins.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 2446-2454 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL Berkow

Abstract Human neutrophils treated with chemotactic peptides or phorbol esters demonstrate tyrosine phosphorylation of a subset of proteins. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) induced a time- and concentration-dependent increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of at least seven proteins. Three of these proteins with approximate molecular weights of 150, 95, and 70 Kd were unique to neutrophils treated with GM-CSF, and were not seen to be phosphorylated on tyrosine in neutrophils treated with the agonists FMLP or PMA, or the cytokines G-CSF and tumor necrosis factor. We found the 150-Kd protein to be localized within the cell particulate fraction and the 95- Kd protein within the cell cytosol. The 70-Kd phosphotyrosine protein was found in both fractions. When the neutrophils were treated with Triton X-100 (Sigma Chemical Co, St Louis, MO) to evaluate cytoskeletal associations of proteins, the 150 phosphotyrosine protein partitioned with the Triton X-100 insoluble cytoskeleton (TICS), and the 70-Kd protein partitioned with both the TICS and Triton X-100 soluble proteins. The GM-CSF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor ST638. This was not seen with the putative C-kinase inhibitor, H-7. However, staurosporine was seen to inhibit tyrosine phosphorylation of neutrophil proteins by GM-CSF and in vitro tyrosine kinase activity of isolated neutrophil cytosol and particulate fractions. These data indicate that the three unique GM-CSF- induced phosphotyrosine-containing proteins may be responsible for the unique actions of GM-CSF and that staurosporine inhibits a tyrosine kinase responsible for the phosphorylation of these proteins.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 1842-1852 ◽  
Author(s):  
SR McColl ◽  
JF DiPersio ◽  
AC Caon ◽  
P Ho ◽  
PH Naccache

Abstract The aim of the present study is to evaluate the involvement of human neutrophil tyrosine kinase(s) in the signal transduction mechanism of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Stimulation of neutrophils with GM-CSF resulted in a time- and dose-dependent phosphorylation of several proteins having estimated molecular weights of approximately 40, 55, 74, 97, 118, and 155 Kd, detected by immunoblot using a monoclonal antibody directed against phosphotyrosine. GM-CSF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited in a dose- and time-dependent manner by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor erbstatin. Using this inhibitor, we were able to correlate tyrosine phosphorylation with several functional effects of GM-CSF on human neutrophils. Pretreatment of neutrophils with erbstatin before incubation with GM-CSF completely inhibited the GM-CSF-induced intracellular alkalinization, downregulation of the leukotriene B4 receptor, enhancement of fMet-Leu-Phe-induced intracellular calcium mobilization, as well as the accumulation of mRNA for the proto- oncogene c-fos. Taken together, these data suggest that tyrosine kinase activation in human neutrophils plays a critical regulatory role in both the stimulation and priming of neutrophil function by GM-CSF.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 1842-1852
Author(s):  
SR McColl ◽  
JF DiPersio ◽  
AC Caon ◽  
P Ho ◽  
PH Naccache

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the involvement of human neutrophil tyrosine kinase(s) in the signal transduction mechanism of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Stimulation of neutrophils with GM-CSF resulted in a time- and dose-dependent phosphorylation of several proteins having estimated molecular weights of approximately 40, 55, 74, 97, 118, and 155 Kd, detected by immunoblot using a monoclonal antibody directed against phosphotyrosine. GM-CSF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited in a dose- and time-dependent manner by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor erbstatin. Using this inhibitor, we were able to correlate tyrosine phosphorylation with several functional effects of GM-CSF on human neutrophils. Pretreatment of neutrophils with erbstatin before incubation with GM-CSF completely inhibited the GM-CSF-induced intracellular alkalinization, downregulation of the leukotriene B4 receptor, enhancement of fMet-Leu-Phe-induced intracellular calcium mobilization, as well as the accumulation of mRNA for the proto- oncogene c-fos. Taken together, these data suggest that tyrosine kinase activation in human neutrophils plays a critical regulatory role in both the stimulation and priming of neutrophil function by GM-CSF.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Metcalf ◽  
CG Begley ◽  
GR Johnson ◽  
NA Nicola ◽  
MA Vadas ◽  
...  

Recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rH GM-CSF) was purified to homogeneity from medium conditioned by COS cells transfected with a cloned human GM-CSF cDNA and shown to be an effective proliferative stimulus in human marrow cultures for GM and eosinophil colony formation. The specific activity of purified rH GM- CSF in human marrow cultures was calculated to be at least 4 X 10(7) U/mg protein. Clone transfer experiments showed that this proliferation was due to direct stimulation of responding clonogenic cells. Acting alone, rH GM-CSF did not stimulate erythroid colony formation, but in combination with erythropoietin, increased erythroid and multipotential colony formation in cultures of peripheral blood cells. rH GM-CSF had no proliferative effects on adult or fetal murine hematopoietic cells, did not induce differentiation in murine myelomonocytic WEHI-3B cells, and was unable to stimulate the survival or proliferation of murine hematopoietic cell lines dependent on murine multi-CSF (IL 3). rH GM- CSF stimulated antibody-dependent cytolysis of tumor cells by both mature human neutrophils and eosinophils and increased eosinophil autofluorescence and phagocytosis by neutrophils. From a comparison of these effects with those of semipurified preparations of human CSF alpha and -beta, it was concluded that rH GM-CSF exhibited all the biologic activities previously noted for CSF alpha.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (7) ◽  
pp. 2495-2502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale A. Moulding ◽  
Julie A. Quayle ◽  
C. Anthony Hart ◽  
Steven W. Edwards

Abstract Human neutrophils possess a very short half-life because they constitutively undergo apoptosis. Cytokines, such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and other agents can rescue neutrophils from apoptosis but the molecular mechanisms involved in this rescue are undefined. Here, we show by Western blotting that human neutrophils do not express Bcl-2 or Bcl-X but constitutively express Bax. However, cellular levels of these proteins are unaffected by agents which either accelerate or delay neutrophil apoptosis. In contrast, neutrophils express the antiapoptotic protein Mcl-1 and levels of this protein correlate with neutrophil survival. Thus, cellular levels of Mcl-1 decline as neutrophils undergo apoptosis and are enhanced by agents (eg, GM-CSF, interleukin-1β, sodium butyrate, and lipopolysaccharide) that promote neutrophil survival. Neutrophils only possess few, small mitochondria, and much of the Mcl-1 protein seems to be located in nuclear fractions. These observations provide the first evidence implicating a Bcl-2 family member in the regulation of neutrophil survival. Moreover, this work also provides a potential mechanism whereby cytokine-regulated gene expression regulates the functional lifespan of neutrophils and hence their ability to function for extended time periods during acute inflammation.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (8) ◽  
pp. 1928-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Okuda ◽  
B Druker ◽  
Y Kanakura ◽  
M Koenigsmann ◽  
JD Griffin

Abstract Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) exerts its biologic activities through binding to specific high-affinity cell surface receptors. After binding, the ligand/receptor complex is rapidly internalized in most hematopoietic cells. Using a human factor- dependent cell line, MO7, and normal human neutrophils, we found that the internalization is exquisitely temperature-dependent, such that ligand/receptor internalization does not detectably occur at 4 degrees C. Activation of the GM-CSF receptor has previously been shown to stimulate a number of postreceptor signal transduction pathways, including activation of a tyrosine kinase and activation of the serine/threonine kinase, Raf-1. The GM-CSF-stimulated increase in tyrosine kinase activity occurs rapidly at both 4 degrees C and 37 degrees C, and therefore is likely to be independent of receptor internalization. At 37 degrees C, the protein tyrosine phosphorylation was transient in MO7 cells, with maximum phosphorylation observed after 5 to 15 minutes, followed by a rapid decline. At 4 degrees C, the protein tyrosine phosphorylation of the same substrates was greater than at 37 degrees C, and no decline in substrate phosphorylation was observed for at least 90 minutes. In contrast to tyrosine phosphorylation, the activation and hyper-phosphorylation of Raf-1 observed at 37 degrees C in both MO7 cells and neutrophils was markedly diminished at 4 degrees C. These results indicate that at least one postreceptor signal transduction mechanism, activation of a tyrosine kinase, does not require ligand/receptor internalization, and indicate that receptor internalization may be a consequence, rather than the initiator, of signal transduction.


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