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INTRODUCTION The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is continuously remodeled due to incorporation of membrane during exocytosis and compensatory removal of excess membrane by endocytosis (Arvan and Castle, 1998). The cytoskeleton may represent a regulator of the equilibrium between these two functions since evidence indicates its involvement in both membrane trafficking events (Trifaró and Vitale, 1993; Gottlieb et al., 1993; Jackman et al., 1994; Durrbach et al., 1996; Lamaze et al., 1997). The participation of the cytoskeleton in exocytosis has been studied in various models (Burgoyne and Cheek, 1987; Aunis and Bader, 1988; Trifaró and Vitale, 1993) where evidence suggests that under resting conditions, the actin cytoskeleton, which is localized under the plasma membrane, prevents secretory granules from reaching their exocytic destination. In agreement with this hypothesis, it has recently been shown that phalloidin, which prevents actin disassembly, blocks stimulated secretion in permeabilized pancreatic acinar cells (Muallem et al., 1995). In most models, the actin cytoskeleton is disassembled upon stimulation and rearranged thereby allowing secretory granules to reach the site of exocytosis (Cheek and Burgoyne, 1986; Vitale et al., 1991; Perrin et al., 1992). However, in the pancreatic acinar cell, disassembly of cortical actin during stimulation of secretion has been reported only in conditions where doses of secretagogue were supramaximal and which have been shown to induce a lower secretory response and pancreatitis (Burnham and Williams, 1982; O’Konski and Pandol, 1990; Jungermann et al., 1995; Muallem et al., 1995). Interestingly, several studies have shown that disruption of the actin cytoskeleton in exocrine glands inhibits stimulated secretion (Williams, 1977; Tojyo et al., 1989; Muallem et al., 1995), which appears to contradict the barrier hypothesis. Based on these observations, it has recently been proposed that in addition to a role as a regulated clamp, the actin cytoskeleton may also play a positive role in secretion from exocrine glands (Muallem et al., 1995). When exocytosis from glandular epithelial cells takes place there is a significant amount of membrane from secretory granules which is incorporated into the apical plasma membrane (Jamieson and Palade, 1971; Jena et al., 1994). This excess membrane must be retrieved to prevent the apical membrane surface area from enlarging dramatically. Whereas the mechanisms of membrane retrieval following neurotransmitter stimulation is well understood (De Camilli 81 Journal of Cell Science 112, 81-96 (1999) Printed in Great Britain © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 JCS9862 We examined the effects of disruption of the actin cytoskeleton by cytochalasin D (cytoD) on basal and carbamylcholine-stimulated exocytosis and on compensatory membrane retrieval in pancreatic acinar cells. Although the involvement of actin in exocytosis is reasonably well established, its role in these coupled processes is not understood. Our findings suggested that cytoD inhibited stimulated secretion of amylase. However, morphometry revealed that exocytosis had occurred: the number of zymogen granules decreased, the size of the lumen increased, and large vacuolar structures continuous with the lumen formed into which amylase accumulated. Large amounts of amylase were released to the medium on removal of secretagogue and cytoD, suggesting that the subapical actin network provides contractile forces that expel the lumenal contents. Strikingly, we observed that at the apical pole of the cells where exocytosis occurred, cytoD induced an accumulation of membrane invaginations into a vastly enlarged apical membrane. These pits were often surrounded by a clathrin-like coat. Concomitantly, AP-2-, clathrin-, dynamin- and caveolin-like immunoreactivity concentrated around the enlarged lumina, suggesting that incorporation of zymogen granule membrane into the apical plasma membrane triggered the recruitment of these proteins. After wash out of cytoD and carbamylcholine and reformation of the subapical actin cytoskeleton, the coated invaginations largely disappeared in association with a reduction in lumenal size, and relocation of clathrin, AP-2, dynamin and caveolin into the cell. We suggest that the actin terminal web also controls compensatory membrane retrieval following exocytosis. Key words: Actin, Exocytosis, Membrane retrieval, Acinar cell, Cytochalasin D, Dynamin, Clathrin, Caveolin, AP-2 SUMMARY The subapical actin cytoskeleton regulates secretion and membrane retrieval in pancreatic acinar cells Karine M. Valentijn, Francine D. Gumkowski and James D. Jamieson Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]) Accepted 29 October; published on WWW 8 December 1998

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81Journal of Cell Science 112, 81-96 (1999)Printed in Great Britain © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998JCS9862

The subapical actin cytoskeleton regulates secretion and membrane retrieval

in pancreatic acinar cells

Karine M. Valentijn, Francine D. Gumkowski and James D. Jamieson

Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USAAuthor for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected])

Accepted 29 October; published on WWW 8 December 1998

We examined the effects of disruption of the actincytoskeleton by cytochalasin D (cytoD) on basal andcarbamylcholine-stimulated exocytosis and oncompensatory membrane retrieval in pancreatic acinarcells. Although the involvement of actin in exocytosis isreasonably well established, its role in these coupledprocesses is not understood. Our findings suggested thatcytoD inhibited stimulated secretion of amylase. However,morphometry revealed that exocytosis had occurred: thenumber of zymogen granules decreased, the size of thelumen increased, and large vacuolar structures continuouswith the lumen formed into which amylase accumulated.Large amounts of amylase were released to the medium onremoval of secretagogue and cytoD, suggesting that thesubapical actin network provides contractile forces thatexpel the lumenal contents. Strikingly, we observed that atthe apical pole of the cells where exocytosis occurred, cytoD

induced an accumulation of membrane invaginations intoa vastly enlarged apical membrane. These pits were oftensurrounded by a clathrin-like coat. Concomitantly, AP-2-,clathrin-, dynamin- and caveolin-like immunoreactivityconcentrated around the enlarged lumina, suggesting thatincorporation of zymogen granule membrane into theapical plasma membrane triggered the recruitment of theseproteins. After wash out of cytoD and carbamylcholine andreformation of the subapical actin cytoskeleton, the coatedinvaginations largely disappeared in association with areduction in lumenal size, and relocation of clathrin, AP-2,dynamin and caveolin into the cell. We suggest that theactin terminal web also controls compensatory membraneretrieval following exocytosis.

Key words: Actin, Exocytosis, Membrane retrieval, Acinar cell,Cytochalasin D, Dynamin, Clathrin, Caveolin, AP-2

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When exocytosis from glandular epithelial cells takes plathere is a significant amount of membrane from secretogranules which is incorporated into the apical plasmmembrane (Jamieson and Palade, 1971; Jena et al., 1994). excess membrane must be retrieved to prevent the apmembrane surface area from enlarging dramatically. Wherethe mechanisms of membrane retrieval followinneurotransmitter stimulation is well understood (De Camil

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and Takei, 1996), the compensatory membrane retrievalepithelial cells is less well understood. Morphological studihave shown that endocytic fluid phase tracers are taken upclathrin-coated pits and are transported to the Golgi alysosomes during regulated secretion from glandular epithecells (Herzog and Farquhar, 1977; Herzog and Reggio, 198While there is now growing evidence in constitutively secretinpolarized epithelial cells for the involvement of thcytoskeleton in endocytosis, especially in receptor-mediaendocytosis (Gottlieb et al., 1993; Jackman et al., 199Durrbach et al., 1996; Shurety et al., 1996), less is knownglandular epithelial cells.

The pancreatic acinar cell represents an excellent modegain insight into the role of the actin cytoskeleton in thregulation of exocytosis and membrane retrieval followinexocytosis. Using cytochalasin D (cytoD), a specific agewhich disrupts the actin cytoskeleton, we found that tsubapical actin network of pancreatic acinar cells is prerequisite for secretion by providing contractile forces thexpulse secretory proteins from the acinar lumen in respoto secretagogue stimulation without impeding exocytosis pse. Significantly, we found that concomitant treatment pancreatic lobules with cytoD and secretagogue stimulatof exocytosis leads to the accumulation of granule membrain the apical plasmalemma which was reversibly expandThis provided us with the opportunity to examine thmechanism of membrane retrieval during recovery frocytoD treatment. Our results suggest that expansion of apical membrane following exocytosis is a trigger for threcruitment of AP-2, clathrin, dynamin, and caveolin, leadinto compensatory membrane retrieval. The actin cytoskeleis mandatory in the process by regulating an early step in formation of retrieval vesicles and/or movement of membraback into the cell.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

AnimalsSprague-Dawley male rats (about 100 g, Camm Research InstitWayne, NJ, USA), were used throughout this study. Between 12 15 hours before experiments, they were fasted to ensure accumulaof zymogen granules in pancreatic acinar cells. Animals wesacrificed by cervical dislocation.

Pancreatic lobule preparationPancreatic lobules were prepared as previously described (Sch1983) and incubated in a Krebs-Ringer medium. The lobules wpre-incubated for 30 minutes with cytoD (5µg/ml, final DMSOconcentration lower than 0.1%) (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA), athen stimulated for 60 minutes with carbamylcholine (Sigma, Louis, MO, USA) at a maximal effective dose of 10 µM (data notshown). At the end of the experiment, the lobules were either plainto fixative or used to measure amylase according to the methoBernfeld (1955) in both the incubation medium and the tissue. Reswere expressed as the percentage of total amylase released intincubation medium over 90 minutes.

In experiments using the fluid-phase marker FITC-dextr(10,000 MW, anionic, lysine fixable, Molecular Probes, Eugene, OUSA), the lobules were placed in the fluorescent probe solution (mg/ml) at the onset of the experiment.

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ATP measurementsLobules were homogenized in ice-cold 2% TCA and ATP wadetermined with a firefly luciferase assay (Sigma). Proteconcentrations were determined according to the method of Lowryal. (1951). To deplete intracellular ATP, lobules were incubated for 9minutes with 5 µM antimycin A1 (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA) andin the absence of glucose (replaced by 14 mM 2-deoxy-glucose).

Confocal microscopyLobules were fixed at 4°C for 24 hours in either 3% paraformaldehy(for immunofluorescence) or 3% paraformaldehyde, 0.25%glutaraldehyde (phalloidin staining and fluorescent dextran studies)5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, containing 0.3 M sucrose. 8 to µm frozen sections were prepared for fluorescence microscopy.

For immunofluorescence, sections were blocked with solution (20 mM phosphate buffer containing 0.5 M NaCl, pH 7.4supplemented with 0.1% saponin and 5% normal goat serum) for minutes. When glutaraldehyde was used, a washing step with 100 msodium borohydride in Solution A (without saponin and normal goserum) for 10 minutes was added to quench free aldehyde grouSections were incubated for 2-3 hours with primary and secondaantibodies diluted in solution A. Commercially available primaryantibodies used in this study were obtained from the followinsources: mouse anti-clathrin heavy chain antibody, clone 23, froTransduction Laboratories (Lexington KY, USA), mouse anti-α-adaptin (AP-2) antibody, clone 100/2, from Sigma (St Louis, MOUSA), mouse anti-caveolin-I antibody, clone Z034, from ZymeLaboratories (San Francisco, CA, USA). Rabbit anti-dynamin-2 wkindly provided by Dr R. Vallee (Worcester, Shrewsbury, MA)Secondary antibodies were goat anti-mouse or goat anti-rabcoupled to FITC, Texas Red, Alexa 488 or Alexa 594 (MoleculaProbes, Eugene, OR, USA). For controls, sections were incubawith secondary antibody alone which produced no staining (data nshown). Texas Red phalloidin (20 units/ml in solution A, MoleculaProbes, Eugene, OR, USA) was incubated with sections for minutes.

Fluorescence was visualized under either an MRC-600 or an MR1024 confocal laser scanning microscope (Bio-Rad MicroscienDivision, Cambridge, MA, USA) and optical sections ranging from to 2 µm were recorded at a resolution of 768 by 512 pixels (MRC600) or 512 by 512 pixels (MRC-1024) and 256 gray levels.

Antibody productionA polyclonal antiserum was raised in rabbits using purified rapancreatic amylase (Schramm and Loyter, 1966). Antibody specificwas assessed by western blots which detected an expected 55 band.

Electron microscopyLobules were fixed overnight in 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodiucacodylate buffer, pH 7.4, at 4°C for 24 hours, treated for 1 hour room temperature with 1% OsO4 in cacodylate buffer, and furtherstained with 1% tannic acid (Simionescu and Simionescu, 1976). Tiswas dehydrated and embedded in Epon 812 (Electron MicroscoSciences, Fort Washington, PA, USA). Thick sections (0.5 µm) werestained with Toluidine Blue and examined by light microscopy (ZeisD7082 Axiophot Photomicroscope, Carl Zeiss, Inc., Thornwood, NUSA). Thin sections were counterstained with uranyl acetate and le

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For immunoelectron microscopy, lobules were fixed for 24 houat 4°C in 3% paraformaldehyde and 0.25% glutaraldehyde in 5 mphosphate buffer, pH 7.4, containing 0.3 M sucrose and the tissueprocessed as previously described (Valentijn et al., 1997) localization on LR-White thin sections.

Morphometric analysisPrints from electron micrographs were scanned and the digital imawere analyzed with NIH image program (National Institutes Health, USA). The lumen perimeter of 15 acini from non-treated acytoD-treated lobules, 23 acini from carbamylcholine-treated lobuand 21 acini from cytoD and carbamylcholine-treated lobules wchosen randomly from 1 to 2 blocks from 4 independent experimeand the results were expressed as the mean ± s.e.m of the luperimeter in µm. The zymogen granules from all the acinar celsurrounding each analyzed lumina were counted and the results expressed as mean ± s.e.m of the total number of zymogen granper acinar lumen.

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RESULTS

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of tsubapical actin network in regulated exocytosis ancompensatory membrane retrieval following secretagogustimulated exocytosis. To this end, we used cytoD which entcell and binds to actin to inhibit its polymerization (Schliwa1982; Cooper, 1987; Ohmori and Toyama, 1992).

CytoD induces dramatic morphological changes inpancreatic lobulesThe effects of cytoD (5 µg/ml, an optimal dose; see below), onpancreatic lobules were examined on Toluidine Blue stain0.5µm sections. Representative examples are shown in Fig

changes in the morphology of pancreatic acinar cells. 0.5 µm sections from were non-treated (A), stimulated with carbamylcholine (B), treated withtoD induces an enlargement of the lumina (*) and, during concomitante often in contact with the lumen. Bar, 10 µm.

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Lobules not treated with cytoD displayed numerous zymoggranules located at the apical pole of the acinar cells (Fig. 1When pancreatic lobules were stimulated wicarbamylcholine (10 µM, maximal effective dose), a reductioin the number of zymogen granules was noticed (Fig. 1Treatment with cytoD alone induced an enlargement of lumen; occasionally, vacuolar structures were observed incytoplasm of cytoD-treated acinar cells (Fig. 1C). Whlobules pre-treated with cytoD were stimulated wicarbamylcholine, the lumina were even further enlarged (F1D) and the number of zymogen granules was reducedaddition, the vacuolar structures already seen in tissues trewith cytoD alone occurred more frequently and were alarger. Interestingly, these vacuolar structures appeared tin contact with the lumen. Experiments in which FITC-dextraas a fluid phase tracer, was administered to the lobules duthe various treatments, showed that not only were the lumfilled with the fluorescent probe but also the vacuolar structu(Fig. 2). These experiments also showed that under conditions, intracellular labeled vesicles, probably endocycompartments whose nature is yet to be determined, wlocated in the supranuclear region of the cells.

In order to determine whether the morphological changobserved by light microscopy, were due to an effect of cyton the subapical actin cytoskeleton, we stained fixed fro

Fig. 2.CytoD treatment induces an accumulation of the fluid-phasacinar cells. Lobules were treated with cytoD and carbamylcholinconfocal microscope. Lobules were non-treated (A), stimulated wand carbamylcholine (D). Lumen (*), nucleus (N). Bar, 10 µm.

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To examine more precisely the extent to which cytoD ancarbamylcholine caused changes in the lumen circumferenand the number of zymogen granules, we performquantitative electron microscopy (Table 1, Figs 4 and 5). non-treated tissue, lumina were small and microvilli werpresent at the apical membrane (Table 1; Fig. 4A and BZymogen granules were grouped at the apical poles of the ceIn carbamylcholine-stimulated lobules, the number ozymogen granules was significantly lower than in non-treat

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tissue (Table 1 and Fig. 4C). Exocytotic figures were oftobserved (Fig. 4D). When compared to non-treated lobulumina were enlarged (by twofold) and mostly devoid microvilli (Table 1 and Fig. 4D). In cytoD-treated lobules, bounstimulated and stimulated, the lumina were significanexpanded by 1.5-fold (Table 1; Fig. 5A and B) and 3.5-fo(Table 1; Fig. 5C and D), respectively, compared to non-treatissue (Table 1; Fig. 4A and B).

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Control 166.2±17.8 13.7±2.7Carbamylcholine 114.5±9.8** 31.9±4.4**CytoD 132.1±17.3 23.5±3.4*CytoD + Carbamylcholine 112.0±10.5** 49.8±6.9***

Lobules were pre-treated with cytoD (5 µg/ml) for 30 minutes andstimulated with carbamylcholine (10µM) for 60 minutes. Results areexpressed as the mean ± s.e.m (n=13 to 25). *P<0.05, **P<0.01,*** P<0.001, P values compared to non-treated tissue.

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Strikingly, cytoD induced a dramatic accumulation omembrane invaginations in the apical membrane (Fig. 5B aD), whereas in non-treated lobules these structures were raobserved. No accumulation of membrane invaginations wobserved at the basolateral plasma membrane. These pits w

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Fig. 4.Carbamylcholineinduces a decrease in thenumber of zymogen granulesand an enlargement of theacinar lumen. Thin sectionsof fixed lobules werevisualized by electronmicroscopy at low (A,C) andhigh (B,D) magnification.Lobules were non-treated(A,B) or stimulated withcarbamylcholine (C,D). Non-treated tissue showsnumerous zymogen granulesand microvilli on the apicalplasma membrane (A,B). Thelumina of carbamylcholine-treated lobules are filled withflocculent electron densematerial and largely devoid ofmicrovilli (C,D). Bar, 2 µm(A,C); 1µm (B,D).

frequently covered with a clathrin-like coat (Fig. 5B, insePreliminary quantification revealed that about 70% of tmembrane invaginations were coated whereas 30% appenon-coated (data not shown). Invaginations with short newere occasionally observed continuous with the apiplasmamembrane. Vesicles coated with a clathrin-like coathe vicinity of the apical membrane were rarely detected.

CytoD inhibits carbamylcholine-stimulated amylaserelease from pancreatic lobulesGraded concentrations of cytoD alone (0.001 to 10 µg/ml) hadno effect on basal amylase release (Fig. 6). However, wpancreatic lobules were stimulated with a maximal dose

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Because other cytochalasins, in particular A and B, aknown to deplete intracellular ATP by inhibitingmonosaccharide transport in addition to altering actipolymerization (Kletzien et al., 1972), we determined ATPlevels in pancreatic lobules incubated with cytoD. Non-treatelobules had basal ATP levels of 8.6±0.9 nmol/mg protei(n=3), treatment with antimycin A1 in the absence of glucosreduced ATP levels by 80%. Treatment with cytoD ocarbamylcholine alone did not cause significant changes

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Fig. 5.CytoD induces an accumulation of membrane invaginations. Thin sections of fixed lobules were visualized by electron microscopy atlow (A,C) and high (B,D) magnification. Lobules were treated with cytoD alone (A,B) or in combination with carbamylcholine (C,D).Membrane invaginations (arrowheads) accumulate at the apical membrane in the presence of cytoD and cytoD plus carbamylcholine.Membrane invaginations are often covered with electron dense material resembling clathrin (short arrows in B, inset). Stretches of membranedevoid of microvilli are also observed (open arrows). Zymogen granules are found abutting the plasma membrane (long arrows). Organizedmicrofilaments in the terminal web are generally absent in cytoD treated-tissue. Bars: 2 µm (A,C); 1µm (B and inset, D).

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Fig. 6.CytoD inhibits carbamylcholine-stimulated secretion ofamylase from pancreatic acinar cells. Lobules were incubated in tpresence of graded concentrations of cytoD in the absence (opencircles) or presence (filled circles) of carbamylcholine (10 µM).Results are expressed as the mean ± s.e.m of the percentage ofamylase secreted in the incubation medium over 90 minutes (n=3).

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Lobules were pre-treated with cytoD (5 µg/ml) for 30 minutes andstimulated with carbamylcholine (10µM) for 60 minutes still in the presenceof cytoD (initial 90 minutes). The lobules were rinsed and further incubatedfor 4 hours in the presence of atropine (1 µM) (recovery 4 hours). Then,bombesin (1 nM) was administered for 60 minutes.

*CytoD and carbamylcholine treated lobules that were not stimulated withbombesin after the recovery period released less than 3% amylase during the60 minute period. Results are expressed as the mean ± s.e.m. of thepercentage of total amylase released into the incubation medium (n=3 to 35).

basal ATP levels (9.1±0.5 and 9.4±0.4 nmol/mg protein (n=3),respectively) nor did the combination of the two drug(10.1±0.4 nmol/mg protein; n=3), indicating that structural andfunctional changes associated with cytoD treatment were trivial consequences of ATP depletion.

Amylase is secreted into the lumina and vacuolarstructures of cytoD and carbamylcholine-treatedpancreatic lobulesOur observations that the number of zymogen granules reduced when lobules were stimulated with carbamylcholin the presence of cytoD indicates that exocytosis itsproceeded in the presence of cytoD even though the aterminal web was depolymerized. Because the vacuostructures and lumina appeared to contain the same conand zymogen granules were found to be in close contact wtheir membranes, we determined if zymogen granules released secretory proteins into these structures. To this we performed immunogold electron microscopy on thsections from LR-White embedded lobules with an antiboagainst amylase (Fig. 7). As shown in Fig. 7C and D, lumand vacuolar structures as well as zymogen granules wstrongly labeled for amylase.

Recovery of amylase in the incubation medium afterwash out of cytoD and carbamylcholineThe above results led us to speculate that secretory proteinzymogen granules are released into the lumen and vacustructures but are not extruded from the acinar lumen into incubation medium.

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Alternatively, by disrupting the actin network, cytoD maycounteract the contractile forces necessary for the extrusionamylase from the acinar lumina. Therefore, we studied teffect of removal of cytoD on amylase release measured dura 4 hour wash out of the drugs. As shown in Table 2, durithe wash out period from cytoD/carbamylcholine treatmen~3-fold higher amounts of amylase were recovered in tmedium when compared to tissue recovering from treatmewith either carbamylcholine or cytoD alone. After recoverytreated lobules responded to bombesin in a manner similanon-treated tissue (Table 2), indicating that the amyladetected into the medium was not due to leakage of amylfrom damaged tissue and was specifically due to tstimulatory effect of the peptide, since in the absence of tsecretagogue less than 3% of amylase was released.

Examination of the tissue stained with Texas Red phalloidindicated that the subapical actin network and the size of lumina were reestablished after wash out of the drugs (F8A). Incubation of the lobules with FITC-dextran during threcovery period also demonstrated that the size of the lumwas restored (Fig. 8B) and that most vacuolar structures hdisappeared in comparison to Fig. 2A. Thin section electrmicroscopy of lobules after wash out of the drugs was simito non-treated lobules (Fig. 1A) as shown in Fig. 9, and tsize of the lumina was similar to that of the non-treated tissuA filamentous electron dense material was observed aroundlumen beneath the plasma membrane, which presumarepresents actin microfilaments. Interestingly, the pisurrounded by a clathrin-like coat were now rarely observe

CytoD and carbamylcholine treatment recruitsclathrin, AP-2, dynamin and caveolin at the apicalmembraneThe detection of electron dense material which resembclathrin around forming endocytic vesicles led us to investiga

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Fig. 7.Amylase is present in lumina and vacuolar structures of cytand embedded in LR-White and sections were stained with an anNon-treated tissue (A) shows strong staining in the content of zymStaining with the secondary antibody alone of tissue treated with low power electron micrograph (C) of an acinus treated with cytoDin direct contact with the lumen (*). At higher magnification (D), nustructure. Bar, 1 µm.

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clathrin molecules are recruited to the target membrane whthey associate with adaptor proteins (AP-2 in the case of plasma membrane) (Robinson, 1994; De Camilli and Tak1996). Therefore we investigated whether AP-2 was alrecruited at the apical plasma membrane. Using an antibodirected against the α subunit of the AP-2 complex, we foundthat AP-2 relocated from a Golgi-like area in control lobule(Fig. 11A) to the apical membrane when membrane retrievwas blocked by cytoD and carbamylcholine (Fig. 11B) in pattern similar to that observed with clathrin. After wash ouof the drugs, AP-2 like-immunoreactivity was restored to thGolgi area (Fig. 11C).

Since we had observed that the majority of the membrainvaginations were arrested before pinching off of thmembrane, it was of interest to investigate whether dynamwhich has been postulated to play a role as a ‘pinchase’

oD and carbamylcholine-treated pancreatic acinar cells. Lobules were fixedtibody directed against amylase and a 10 nm-gold labeled secondary antibody.ogen granules, whereas mitochondria are devoid of staining (top right).

cytoD and carbamylcholine (B) shows very little non-specific background. A and carbamylcholine shows a large vacuole (V) which does not appear to bemerous gold particles are found both in the lumen and the vacuolar

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endocytic pits in neurons (De Camilli and Takei, 1996), wparticipating in membrane retrieval. Because it has previoubeen demonstrated that only dynamin-2 is expressed in exocrine pancreas (Cook et al., 1996), we used an antibwhich specifically recognizes dynamin-2 (Okamoto et a1997), and found that although some staining was alrepresent at the apical plasma membrane in resting cells intracellularly as small dots (Fig. 12A), there was a pronouncaccumulation of the punctate staining around enlarged lum(Fig. 12B). No staining was found at the basal membrane. Aremoval of the drugs, the staining pattern of dynamin-2 wnot different from that of control tissue (Fig. 12C).

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DISCUSSION

In this study, we have shown that the disruption of the apicactin cytoskeleton with cytoD induces striking changes ipancreatic acinar morphology, especially under stimulateconditions where the lumina are dramatically enlarged annumerous membrane invaginations accumulate at the apimembrane. Our results suggest that the incorporation secretory granules membrane into the plasma membraduring exocytosis serves as a trigger for the recruitment of A2, clathrin, and dynamin, which are known to participate iendocytosis. Strikingly, another mechanism, namely caveolimediated endocytosis, might also be involved in apicmembrane retrieval in the exocrine pancreas. Our results asuggest that the actin cytoskeleton is involved in an early stof the formation of coated vesicles from coated pits and ftheir subsequent movement into the cell. Finally, our daindicate that the subapical actin cytoskeleton facilitatesecretion from the exocrine pancreas by providing contractforces that expel secretory products from the acinar lumen inthe extracellular space.

Involvement of the actin cytoskeleton in membraneretrievalWe found that pancreatic acinar cells treated with cytoDpossessed a dramatic increase in the number of membrinvaginations in the apical plasma membrane only (and not the basolateral plasma membrane), many of which (about 70were surrounded by a clathrin-like coat. Because of the shaof the invaginations and the presence of short necks connectthe plasma membrane and these structures, it is temptingspeculate that they are forming endocytic vesicles. It could argued that the accumulation of the coated invaginatiooriginates from a stimulatory effect of cytoD on theirformation. However, if that were the case, one would expect see an increase in the number of coated vesicles in the vicinof the plasma membrane but this did not occur. Ouobservations suggest that in the presence of cytoD, formiendocytic vesicles are blocked in a stage preceding vesibudding. These results are in agreement with two recent studon the effect of cytoD on another endocytic mechanismnamely receptor-mediated endocytosis, in MDCK cells anCaco-2 cells (Gottlieb et al., 1993; Shurety et al., 1996), ancontribute to the growing evidence for the involvement of th

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Fig. 9.Withdrawal of cytoD and carbamylcholine restores the size of the lumen of pancreatic acini. Lobules were incubated for 90 minutes withcytoD and carbamylcholine and then rinsed for 4 hours in the presence of atropine. Thin sections were visualized by electron microscopy.(A) Non-treated lobule; (B) cytoD and carbamylcholine treated lobule. The size of the lumen in cytoD and carbamylcholine-treated tissue iscomparable to that of non-treated tissue. Membrane invaginations coated with clathrin-like material observed in Fig. 5 have disappeared and thesubapical actin cytoskeleton has reformed. Bar, 1 µm.

Fig. 10.CytoD and carbamylcholine treatment induces an accumulation of clathrin-like immunoreactivity around the acinar lumen andvacuolar structures. Cryosections of fixed pancreatic lobules were stained with an antibody against the heavy chain of clathrin (A-C).(A′,B′,C′) Phase contrast micrographs of the fields shown in A,B,C. Lobules were non-treated (A,A′), treated with cytoD and carbamylcholine(B,B′) or treated with cytoD and carbamylcholine and then rinsed for 4 hours (C,C′). Clathrin staining relocated from the supranuclear region tothe apical membrane when membrane retrieval was arrested by cytoD and carbamylcholine treatment (B) and moved back into the cell uponreformation of the subapical actin cytoskeleton (C). The arrows point to the lumina; N, nucleus. Bar, 10 µm.

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Fig. 11.CytoD and carbamylcholine treatment induces an accumulation of AP-2-like immunoreactivity around enlarged acinar lumina.Cryosections of fixed pancreatic lobules were stained with an antibody against the α-subunit of the AP-2 complex (A-C). (A′,B′,C′) Phasecontrast micrographs of the fields shown in A,B,C. Lobules were non-treated (A,A′), treated with cytoD and carbamylcholine (B,B′) or treatedwith cytoD and carbamylcholine and then rinsed for 4 hours (C,C′). AP-2 staining was concentrated around the enlarged acinar lumina whenmembrane retrieval was blocked by cytoD and carbamylcholine treatment (B) and was restored to an intracellular location upon wash out ofcytoD and carbamylcholine (C). The arrows point to the lumina; N, nucleus. Bar, 10 µm.

actin cytoskeleton in the general process of endocytosisvarious cell types (Jackman et al., 1994; Durrbach et al., 19Lamaze et al., 1997).

It is well established that compensatory membrane retriefollows immediately after exocytosis in various cell type(Herzog and Farquhar, 1977; Geisow et al., 1985; Patzak Winkler, 1986; De Camilli and Takei, 1996). We have founthat the luminal circumference of the acinar pancreatic cincreases upon secretagogue stimulation, as repopreviously (Jamieson and Palade, 1971; Jena et al., 1994),that cytoD further extended the size of the lumen, in additto an accumulation of endocytic pits. Furthermore, wobserved that after removal of the drugs (cytoD acarbamylcholine), the size of the lumina was restored andendocytic pits disappeared. It is therefore reasonable to susthat the enlargement of the lumina and the simultaneaccumulation of membrane invaginations are interrelated.

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Our results lead us to suggest that the incorporation of tzymogen granule membrane into the plasma membrane durexocytosis triggers the recruitment of AP-2 to the apic

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Fig. 12.CytoD and carbamylcholine treatment induces an accumulation of dynamin-2-like immunoreactivity around enlarged acinar lumina.Cryosections of fixed pancreatic lobules were stained with an antibody against dynamin-2 (A-C). (A′,B′,C′) Phase contrast micrographs of thefields shown in A,B,C. Lobules were non-treated (A,A′), treated with cytoD and carbamylcholine (B,B′) or treated with cytoD andcarbamylcholine and then rinsed for 4 hours (C,C′). Dynamin-2 staining accumulated at the apical membrane when membrane retrieval wasblocked by cytoD and carbamylcholine treatment. The arrows point to the lumina; N, nucleus. Bar, 10 µm.

membrane. Although the cytoplasmic tail motifs of sevemembrane proteins have been shown to interact with the 2 complex (Kirchhausen et al., 1997), it is not known whthese proteins are at the apical membrane of the acinar especially given the fact that classical receptor-mediaendocytosis occurs only at the basal membrane in pancreacinar cells (Cruz et al., 1984). Possible candidates inclsynaptotagmin which is known to be in secretory vesimembrane and to bind AP-2 (Zhang et al., 1994). Others mbe membrane proteins that are ineffectively sorted frompurposefully included in secretory granules during thformation but whose cytoplasmic tails remain masked aunavailable for AP-2 interaction until exocytosis. Unmaskinmight result from physical changes accompanying granmembrane fusion with the apical plasma membrane suchprotein aggregation or covalent modifications such phosphorylation which is known to accompany exocytosisacinar cells (Marlowe et al., 1998). Protein phosphorylationthe tail motif of furin is required for AP-1 interaction withimmature secretory granules in neuroendocrine cells (Dittiéal., 1997). It is of interest to note that the staining pattern AP-2 in acinar cells does not correspond to that expected

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The absence of a distinct coat on some of the membrainvaginations led us to look for caveolin given its involvemenin insulin-stimulated exocytosis or endocytosis of GLUT4 iadipocytes (Fan et al., 1983; Scherer et al., 1994). Taccumulation of caveolin at the apical membrane during cytoand carbamylcholine treatment suggests that caveolae may be involved in membrane retrieval in the exocrine pancreThese observations are in agreement with previous data whhave shown that aggregation of caveolae is induced by disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton (Parton et al., 199Fujimoto et al., 1995; Deckert et al., 1996).

Involvement of the actin cytoskeleton in exocytosisAlthough we found that cytoD inhibited carbamylcholineinduced amylase release which is in agreement with previostudies on various exocrine glands (Williams, 1977; Muller al., 1985; Tojyo et al., 1989), several observations suggesthat exocytosis did occur: (i) the number of zymogen granu

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Fig. 13.CytoD and carbamylcholine treatment induces an accumulation of caveolin-like immunoreactivity around enlarged acinar lumina.Cryosections of fixed pancreatic lobules were stained with an antibody against caveolin-I (A-C). (A′,B′,C′) Phase contrast micrographs of thefields shown in A,B,C. Lobules were non-treated (A,A′), treated with cytoD and carbamylcholine (B,B′) or treated with cytoD andcarbamylcholine and then rinsed for 4 hours (C,C′). Caveolin staining relocated from an intracellular area to the apical membrane whenmembrane retrieval was arrested by cytoD and carbamylcholine treatment. The arrows point to the lumina; N, nucleus. Bar, 10 µm.

was decreased, (ii) lumina were significantly enlarged, (lumina and vacuolar structures were filled with amylase, a(iv) substantial amounts of amylase were released into incubation medium after wash out of the drugs. These resshow that despite an apparent inhibition of secretion, cytoD not inhibit exocytosis per se, which persisted in the preseof the drug, as previously shown in other cell types (Orci et 1972; Sontag et al., 1988; Matter et al., 1989).

We observed that when lobules were stimulated wcarbamylcholine, cytoD induced an enlargement of the lumin which amylase and FITC-dextran accumulated aconsequently cytoD inhibited the expulsion of amylase frothe acinar lumen. Expansion of the lumen was not duesimple back pressure from occluded ducts since the lumsurface area is also expanded following cytoD treatmentpancreatic acini where the lumen is in direct continuity withe medium (K. M. Valentijn and J. D. Jamiesonunpublished). It is reasonable to suggest that the aterminal web surrounding the acinar lumen generacontractile forces that expel luminal contents into the dusystem. Whether this occurs independently of or is a resulconcomitant membrane retrieval with resulting reduction the luminal volume is unknown. Under physiologica

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Recently, it has been proposed that actin disassembly final trigger for exocytosis in permeabilized pancreatic acincells, since introduction of low concentrations of actimonomer-binding proteins induced amylase release fropermeabilized pancreatic acinar cells with no furthstimulatory factors required (Muallem et al., 1995). Our resuon intact acinar cells do not agree with these observations scytoD alone did not elicit amylase secretion, althougzymogen granules were docked at the apical plasmembrane. In agreement with other studies, however (Orcal., 1972; Williams, 1977; Sontag et al., 1988; Tojyo et a1989), we find that exocytosis occurs in acinar cells when actin cytoskeleton was disrupted by cytoD, only if a stimuluwas concurrently administered.

Taken together, the results presented here indicate thatsubapical actin cytoskeleton of pancreatic acinar cells clos

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We acknowledge the Center for Cell Imaging for help with thconfocal and electron microscopy, Dr Spyridon Artavanis-Tsakonfor the use of the MRC-1024 confocal scanning microscope, DonLacivita for technical help and Mr Henry Tan for his excellenphotographic work. We are grateful to Mr Aaron Granger for his hein the preparation of the amylase antibody. We also are indebteDr Richard Vallee for providing us with a dynamin-2 polyclonaantibody. This work was supported by United States Public HeaService Grant DK 17389 to James D. Jamieson.

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