Recently we demonstrated the existence of a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-independent F-actin polymerization during neutrophil pseudopod extension. Here we examine the use of the PI3K-dependent and PI3K-independent pathways of activation by the N-formyl peptide receptor and the chemokine receptors, and the priming of the 2 pathways by granulocytemacrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and insulin. The inhibition of PI3K activity with wortmannin showed that rate of pseudopod extension stimulated with N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP was mostly dependent on PI3K, while the rate of interleukin-8 (IL-8)-stimulated pseudopod extension was less dependent on PI3K. The incubation of cells with either GM-CSF or insulin increased the rate of pseudopod extension by 50% when the cells were stimulated with IL-8 but not with fMLP. The stimulation with IL-8 phosphorylated the PI3K regulatory subunit. This phosphorylation was enhanced by GM-CSF, which increased PI3K activity and total phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P 3 ) production. The effect of GM-CSF was blocked with wortmannin. In contrast, insulin did not increase p85 phosphorylation and did not enhance PI3K activity or PtdIns(3,4,5)P 3 production. The effect of insulin was insensitive to wortmannin; however, it was blocked by an Src homology 2 (SH2) -
IntroductionDirectional F-actin polymerization in the lamella region of a migrating human neutrophil is signaled by G-protein-coupled chemotactic receptors (GPCRs). It is known that the ligation of these receptors triggers the release of G ␥ . 1 Downstream from the GPCRs, the regulation of F-actin polymerization depends on PI3K activation and PtdIns(3,4,5)P 3 production, and involves the activation of protein kinase B (Akt/PKB) and the guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) Cdc42 and Rac2. 2,3 Cdc42 and Rac2 form complexes with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) family proteins and actin-related protein 2/3 (Arp2/3) to promote the formation of free barbed ends, 4 which in turn initiate cytoskeletal F-actin polymerization in the lamella region. 3 This mechanism of F-actin polymerization provides a useful framework for the understanding of the signaling of actin dynamics in the living cell during motility; however, it is far from complete. The earlier findings that F-actin polymerization is independent of the release of intracellular calcium and the activation of phospholipase C- suggest that the signaling of migration is distinct from signaling of secretion. [5][6][7] In contrast, there is strong supporting evidence for the dependence of neutrophil migration on the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-␥ (PI3K␥) in mice. 6,8,9 Similar dependence on PI3K␥ is expected for the migration of the human neutrophil on the basis of the dramatic change of PI3K␥ activity after neutrophil stimulation with chemoattractant 10 and the ability of the PI3K␥ product, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4,5)P 3 ), to induce crawling. 11 However, mouse neutrophils lacking PI3K␥ activity...