Caspase 8-mediated cleavage of plectin precedes F-actin breakdown in acinar cells during pancreatitis |
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Authors: | Beil Michael Leser Jürgen Lutz Manfred P Gukovskaya Anna Seufferlein Thomas Lynch Grit Pandol Stephen J Adler Guido |
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Institution: | Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, 89070 Ulm, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Pancreatic acinar cells depend on the integrity of the cytoskeleton for regulated secretion. Stimulation of isolated rat pancreatic acini with the secretagogue CCK serves as a model for human acute edematous pancreatitis. It induces the breakdown of the actin filament system (F-actin) with the consecutive inhibition of secretion and premature activation of digestive enzymes. However, the mechanisms that regulate F-actin breakdown are largely unknown. Plectin is a versatile cytolinker protein regulating F-actin dynamics in fibroblasts. It was recently demonstrated that plectin is a substrate of caspase 8. In pancreatic acinar cells, plectin strongly colocalizes with apical and basolateral F-actin. Supramaximal secretory stimulation of acini with CCK leads to a rapid redistribution and activation of caspase 8, followed by degradation of plectin that in turn precedes the F-actin breakdown. Inhibition of caspase 8 before CCK hyperstimulation prevents plectin cleavage, stabilizes F-actin morphology, and reverses the inhibition of secretion. Thus we propose that the caspase 8-mediated degradation of plectin represents a critical biochemical event during CCK-induced secretory blockade and cell injury. |
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