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First published online 15 February 2005
doi: 10.1242/jcs.01693

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Inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor links to filamentous actin are important for generating local Ca²⁺ signals in pancreatic acinar cells

¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 IPD, UK
² Biomedical Imaging Group, Department of Physiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01650, USA

^* Author for correspondence (e-mail: pt207{at}cam.ac.uk)

Accepted 21 December 2004

We explored a potential structural and functional link between filamentous actin (F-actin) and inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptors (IP₃Rs) in mouse pancreatic acinar cells. Using immunocytochemistry, F-actin and type 2 and 3 IP₃Rs (IP₃R2 and IP₃R3) were identified in a cellular compartment immediately beneath the apical plasma membrane. In an effort to demonstrate that IP₃R distribution is dependent on an intact F-actin network in the apical subplasmalemmal region, cells were treated with the actin-depolymerising agent latrunculin B. Immunocytochemistry indicated that latrunculin B treatment reduced F-actin in the basolateral subplasmalemmal compartment, and reduced and fractured F-actin in the apical subplasmalemmal compartment. This latrunculin-B-induced loss of F-actin in the apical region coincided with a reduction in IP₃R2 and IP₃R3, with the remaining IP₃Rs localized with the remaining F-actin. Experiments using western blot analysis showed that IP₃R3s are resistant to extraction by detergents, which indicates a potential interaction with the cytoskeleton. Latrunculin B treatment in whole-cell patch-clamped cells inhibited Ca²⁺-dependent Cl^– current spikes evoked by inositol (2,4,5)-trisphosphate; this is due to an inhibition of the underlying local Ca²⁺ signal. Based on these findings, we suggest that IP₃Rs form links with F-actin in the apical domain and that these links are essential for the generation of local Ca²⁺ spikes.

Key words: Acinar, Actin, IP₃R, Ca²⁺

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