Creatine Kinase–Mediated ATP Supply Fuels Actin-Based Events in Phagocytosis

The importance of ATP in the immune system of molluscs

Molluscs rely on an innate immune system for defence against infection. Invading organisms are phagocytosed by circulating hemocytes and neutralised by a combination of hydrolytic enzymes and the production of reactive oxygen species. Phagocytosis, the central feature of the molluscan innate immune system, is an energy-demanding process as a consequence of actin polymerisation which requires a ...

The Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Human Sperm Creatine Kinase Activity: As An ATP Buffering System in Sperm

Arginine kinase expression and localization in growth cone migration.

Migrating neuronal growth cones exert traction forces that are generated by ATP-driven F-actin/myosin interactions. Sustained generation of these forces may require an energy supply mediated by the guanidino kinases, creatine kinase and arginine kinase. We cloned and sequenced grasshopper arginine kinase and examined its expression during embryogenesis and its subcellular localization in vivo a...

748 Creatine Kinase and Creatine Phosphate in Macrophages

Creatine phosphate serves as a reuseable high energy phosphate reservoir in skeletal and cardiac muscle and in the brain. These stores of creatine phosphate are thought to rephosphorylate the ATP hydrolyzed during cellular work (see 1 and 2 for review). Studies in our laboratory (3) have shown that mononuclear phagocytes obtained from the peritoneal cavities of mice also contain large stores of...

Creatine kinase, an ATP-generating enzyme, is required for thrombin receptor signaling to the cytoskeleton.

Thrombin orchestrates cellular events after injury to the vascular system and extravasation of blood into surrounding tissues. The pathophysiological response to thrombin is mediated by protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1), a seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor expressed in the nervous system that is identical to the thrombin receptor in platelets, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells...