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Pannexin 1 channels mediate 'find-me' signal release and membrane permeability during apoptosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20944749     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Apoptotic cells release 'find-me' signals at the earliest stages of death to recruit phagocytes. The nucleotides ATP and UTP represent one class of find-me signals, but their mechanism of release is not known. Here, we identify the plasma membrane channel pannexin 1 (PANX1) as a mediator of find-me signal/nucleotide release from apoptotic cells. Pharmacological inhibition and siRNA-mediated knockdown of PANX1 led to decreased nucleotide release and monocyte recruitment by apoptotic cells. Conversely, PANX1 overexpression enhanced nucleotide release from apoptotic cells and phagocyte recruitment. Patch-clamp recordings showed that PANX1 was basally inactive, and that induction of PANX1 currents occurred only during apoptosis. Mechanistically, PANX1 itself was a target of effector caspases (caspases 3 and 7), and a specific caspase-cleavage site within PANX1 was essential for PANX1 function during apoptosis. Expression of truncated PANX1 (at the putative caspase cleavage site) resulted in a constitutively open channel. PANX1 was also important for the 'selective' plasma membrane permeability of early apoptotic cells to specific dyes. Collectively, these data identify PANX1 as a plasma membrane channel mediating the regulated release of find-me signals and selective plasma membrane permeability during apoptosis, and a new mechanism of PANX1 activation by caspases.
Authors:
Faraaz B Chekeni; Michael R Elliott; Joanna K Sandilos; Scott F Walk; Jason M Kinchen; Eduardo R Lazarowski; Allison J Armstrong; Silvia Penuela; Dale W Laird; Guy S Salvesen; Brant E Isakson; Douglas A Bayliss; Kodi S Ravichandran
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature     Volume:  467     ISSN:  1476-4687     ISO Abbreviation:  Nature     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-14     Completed Date:  2010-12-01     Revised Date:  2011-07-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410462     Medline TA:  Nature     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  863-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism,  secretion
Apoptosis* / drug effects
Carbenoxolone / pharmacology
Caspase 3 / metabolism
Caspase 7 / metabolism
Cell Membrane Permeability / physiology*
Chemotaxis / drug effects
Connexins / antagonists & inhibitors,  deficiency,  genetics,  metabolism*
Electric Conductivity
Humans
Jurkat Cells
Nerve Tissue Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors,  deficiency,  genetics,  metabolism*
Patch-Clamp Techniques
Phagocytes / cytology,  physiology
Phagocytosis* / drug effects
Uridine Triphosphate / metabolism,  secretion
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
F30 HL096400-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Connexins; 0/Nerve Tissue Proteins; 0/PANX1 protein, human; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; 5697-56-3/Carbenoxolone; 63-39-8/Uridine Triphosphate; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 3; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 7
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