P40phox associates with the neutrophil Triton X‐100‐insoluble cytoskeletal fraction and PMA‐activated membrane skeleton: a comparative study with P67phox and P47phox

NADPH oxidase is an O‐generating enzyme found in phagocytes such as neutrophils. It is composed of a membrane‐bound cytochrome b, the cytosolic proteins p67phox, p47phox, p40phox, and the G‐protein p21rac. The system is dormant in resting cells but acquires catalytic activity on exposure to appropriate stimuli. Cytochrome b, p67phox, p47phox, and rac2 associate with the cytoskeleton and membrane skeleton of activated neutrophils. It is not known whether p40phox associates with the cytoskeleton. The purpose of this study was to analyze the subcellular distribution of p40phox. When resting neutrophils were lysed in Triton X‐100 or octyl glucoside buffer and separated into detergent‐soluble and detergent‐insoluble fractions, p40phox and p67phox were mainly associated with the detergent‐insoluble fraction (defined as the cytoskeleton), whereas p47phox was mainly found in the soluble fraction. Neutrophil activation by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) induced p47phox translocation to the cytoskeleton but did not affect the distribution of p40phox or p67phox. Using immunofluorescence confocal microscopy, we found that p40phox colocalized with filamentous actin. In neutrophils from a p67phox‐deficient patient with detectable p40phox, p40phox associated with the cytoskeleton only after activation by PMA. A complex containing the three proteins was isolated from the cytoskeleton of activated neutrophils. When activated membranes were treated with Triton X‐100 buffer, p40phox, p47phox, and p67phox were found in the membrane skeleton enriched in NADPH‐oxidase activity; some p40phox and p47phox was found in the soluble membrane fraction, but no p67phox was detected. These findings show that p40phox, like p67phox and p47phox, binds to the cytoskeleton and membrane skeleton. In addition, p40phox can dissociate from p67phox in activated membranes. J. Leukoc. Biol. 66: 1014–1020; 1999.

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