Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase-Cγ and protein kinase-C signal myelin phagocytosis mediated by complement receptor-3 alone and combined with scavenger receptor-AI/II in macrophages

Chen Makranz, Goni Cohen, Ayellet Baron, Lital Levidor, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Fanny Reichert, Shlomo Rotshenker*

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Abstract

Complement-receptor-3 (CR3/MAC-1), scavenger-receptor-AI/II (SRAI/II) and Fcγ-receptor (FcγR) can mediate phagocytosis of degenerated myelin in macrophages and microglia. However, CR3/MAC-1 and SRAI/II, but not FcγR, mediate phagocytosis after axonal injury. We tested for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase-Cγ (PLCγ) and protein kinase-C (PKC) signaling in myelin phagocytosis mediated by CR3/MAC-1 alone and by CR3/MAC-1 combined with SRAI/II. Phagocytosis was inhibited by PI3K inhibitors wortmannin and LY-294002, PLCγ inhibitor U-73122, classical PKC (cPKC) inhibitor Go-6976, general PKC inhibitors Ro-318220 and calphostin-C, and BAPTA/AM which chelates intracellular Ca2+ required for cPKC activation. PKC activator PMA augmented phagocytosis and further alleviated inhibitions induced by PI3K and PLCγ inhibitors. Overall, altering PKC activity modulated phagocytosis 4- to 6-fold between inhibition and augmentation. PLCγ activation did not require tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus, signaling of myelin phagocytosis mediated by CR3/MAC-1 alone and by CR3/MAC-1 combined with SRAI/II involves PI3K, PLCγ and cPKC, the cascade PI3K→PLCγ→cPKC, and wide-range modulation by PKC. This pathway may thus be targeted for in vivo modulation, which may explain differences in the efficiency of CR3/MAC-1-mediated myelin phagocytosis in different pathological conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-286
Number of pages8
JournalNeurobiology of Disease
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2004

Keywords

  • Axonal injury
  • Complement-receptor-3
  • Macrophage
  • Microglia
  • Myelin
  • Phagocytosis
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)
  • Phospholipase-C (PLC)
  • Protein kinase-C (PKC)
  • Scavenger-receptor-AI/II
  • Wallerian degeneration

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