ACTIVATION OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE BY CONCANAVALIN-A THROUGHDUAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED AND PHOSPHOTYROSINE-RELATED, AND AN ESSENTIAL ROLE OF THE G-PROTEIN-COUPLED SIGNALS FOR THE LECTIN-INDUCED RESPIRATORY BURST IN HUMAN MONOCYTIC THP-1 CELLS

Stimulation of monocytic THP-1 cells by a lectin, concanavalin A (Con A), resulted in protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and association of so me of the thus phosphorylated proteins with the 85 kDa regulatory subu nit of PtdIns 3-kinase. Both actions of Con A were not inhibited by wo rtmannin, a Ptdlns 3-kinase inhibitor, or by prior exposure of cells t o pertussis toxin which uncouples certain G-proteins from receptors. T he binding of PtdIns 3-kinase to the tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins increased upon Con A stimulation; there was a marked increase in the e nzymic activity in the anti-phosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates from Co n A-treated cells. The increase was abolished by wortmannin but not af fected by pertussis toxin. The incorporation of P-32 into PtdInsP(3) a lso increased during incubation of [P-32]P-i-prelabelled cells with Co n A, reflecting activation of whole-cell PtdIns 3-kinase which could n ot be accounted for solely by the increase in the phosphotyrosine-boun d enzyme activity from the following aspects: (1) different concentrat ion dependencies for Con A; and (2) almost total susceptibility of the incorporation to pertussis toxin. This notion appears to be supported by different time courses between increases in PtdInsP(3) production and the phosphotyrosine-bound activity. The susceptibility to the toxi n may reflect involvement of the toxin-sensitive G-proteins. In contra st, insulin-induced increases in PtdInsP(3) production, as well as inc reases in phosphotyrosine-bound PtdIns 3-kinase activity, were blocked by wortmannin, but never affected by prior exposure of cells to pertu ssis toxin, excluding a possible involvement of G-proteins in the insu lin-induced activation. Con-A-induced O-2(-) production was almost inh ibited by either pertussis toxin or wortmannin. These results suggest that oligomerization of cell-surface glycoproteins with Con A gives ri se to activation of G-protein(s) and certain tyrosine kinase(s), both of which were responsible for PtdIns 3-kinase activation; the G-protei n-mediated activation led to the respiratory burst.