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Smith CEL, Lake AVR, Johnson CA. Primary Cilia, Ciliogenesis and the Actin Cytoskeleton: A Little Less Resorption, A Little More Actin Please. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:622822. [PMID: 33392209 PMCID: PMC7773788 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.622822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary cilia are microtubule-based organelles that extend from the apical surface of most mammalian cells, forming when the basal body (derived from the mother centriole) docks at the apical cell membrane. They act as universal cellular “antennae” in vertebrates that receive and integrate mechanical and chemical signals from the extracellular environment, serving diverse roles in chemo-, mechano- and photo-sensation that control developmental signaling, cell polarity and cell proliferation. Mutations in ciliary genes cause a major group of inherited developmental disorders called ciliopathies. There are very few preventative treatments or new therapeutic interventions that modify disease progression or the long-term outlook of patients with these conditions. Recent work has identified at least four distinct but interrelated cellular processes that regulate cilia formation and maintenance, comprising the cell cycle, cellular proteostasis, signaling pathways and structural influences of the actin cytoskeleton. The actin cytoskeleton is composed of microfilaments that are formed from filamentous (F) polymers of globular G-actin subunits. Actin filaments are organized into bundles and networks, and are attached to the cell membrane, by diverse cross-linking proteins. During cell migration, actin filament bundles form either radially at the leading edge or as axial stress fibers. Early studies demonstrated that loss-of-function mutations in ciliopathy genes increased stress fiber formation and impaired ciliogenesis whereas pharmacological inhibition of actin polymerization promoted ciliogenesis. These studies suggest that polymerization of the actin cytoskeleton, F-actin branching and the formation of stress fibers all inhibit primary cilium formation, whereas depolymerization or depletion of actin enhance ciliogenesis. Here, we review the mechanistic basis for these effects on ciliogenesis, which comprise several cellular processes acting in concert at different timescales. Actin polymerization is both a physical barrier to both cilia-targeted vesicle transport and to the membrane remodeling required for ciliogenesis. In contrast, actin may cause cilia loss by localizing disassembly factors at the ciliary base, and F-actin branching may itself activate the YAP/TAZ pathway to promote cilia disassembly. The fundamental role of actin polymerization in the control of ciliogenesis may present potential new targets for disease-modifying therapeutic approaches in treating ciliopathies.
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- Claire E L Smith
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St. James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Andasari V, Lü D, Swat M, Feng S, Spill F, Chen L, Luo X, Zaman M, Long M. Computational model of wound healing: EGF secreted by fibroblasts promotes delayed re-epithelialization of epithelial keratinocytes. Integr Biol (Camb) 2018; 10:605-634. [PMID: 30206629 PMCID: PMC6571173 DOI: 10.1039/c8ib00048d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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It is widely agreed that keratinocyte migration plays a crucial role in wound re-epithelialization. Defects in this function contribute to wound reoccurrence causing significant clinical problems. Several in vitro studies have shown that the speed of migrating keratinocytes can be regulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) which affects keratinocyte's integrin expression. The relationship between integrin expression (through cell-matrix adhesion) stimulated by EGF and keratinocyte migration speed is not linear since increased adhesion, due to increased integrin expression, has been experimentally shown to slow down cell migration due to the biphasic dependence of cell speed on adhesion. In our previous work we showed that keratinocytes that were co-cultured with EGF-enhanced fibroblasts formed an asymmetric migration pattern, where, the cumulative distances of keratinocytes migrating toward fibroblasts were smaller than those migrating away from fibroblasts. This asymmetric pattern is thought to be provoked by high EGF concentration secreted by fibroblasts. The EGF stimulates the expression of integrin receptors on the surface of keratinocytes migrating toward fibroblasts via paracrine signaling. In this paper, we present a computational model of keratinocyte migration that is controlled by EGF secreted by fibroblasts using the Cellular Potts Model (CPM). Our computational simulation results confirm the asymmetric pattern observed in experiments. These results provide a deeper insight into our understanding of the complexity of keratinocyte migration in the presence of growth factor gradients and may explain re-epithelialization failure in impaired wound healing.
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- Vivi Andasari
- Boston University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 44 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Raz-Ben Aroush D, Ofer N, Abu-Shah E, Allard J, Krichevsky O, Mogilner A, Keren K. Actin Turnover in Lamellipodial Fragments. Curr Biol 2017; 27:2963-2973.e14. [PMID: 28966086 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Actin turnover is the central driving force underlying lamellipodial motility. The molecular components involved are largely known, and their properties have been studied extensively in vitro. However, a comprehensive picture of actin turnover in vivo is still missing. We focus on fragments from fish epithelial keratocytes, which are essentially stand-alone motile lamellipodia. The geometric simplicity of the fragments and the absence of additional actin structures allow us to characterize the spatiotemporal lamellipodial actin organization with unprecedented detail. We use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, and extraction experiments to show that about two-thirds of the lamellipodial actin diffuses in the cytoplasm with nearly uniform density, whereas the rest forms the treadmilling polymer network. Roughly a quarter of the diffusible actin pool is in filamentous form as diffusing oligomers, indicating that severing and debranching are important steps in the disassembly process generating oligomers as intermediates. The remaining diffusible actin concentration is orders of magnitude higher than the in vitro actin monomer concentration required to support the observed polymerization rates, implying that the majority of monomers are transiently kept in a non-polymerizable "reserve" pool. The actin network disassembles and reassembles throughout the lamellipodium within seconds, so the lamellipodial network turnover is local. The diffusible actin transport, on the other hand, is global: actin subunits typically diffuse across the entire lamellipodium before reassembling into the network. This combination of local network turnover and global transport of dissociated subunits through the cytoplasm makes actin transport robust yet rapidly adaptable and amenable to regulation.
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- Dikla Raz-Ben Aroush
- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel; Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel; Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Department of Mathematics, Center for Complex Biological Systems and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Physics Department and Ilse Kats Center for Nanoscience, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel; Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel; Network Biology Research Laboratories, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.
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Abu Shah E, Malik-Garbi M, Keren K. Reconstitution of cortical actin networks within water-in-oil emulsions. Methods Cell Biol 2015; 128:287-301. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Álvarez-González B, Bastounis E, Meili R, del Álamo JC, Firtel R, Lasheras JC. Cytoskeletal Mechanics Regulating Amoeboid Cell Locomotion. APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS 2014; 66. [PMID: 25328163 PMCID: PMC4201387 DOI: 10.1115/1.4026249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Migrating cells exert traction forces when moving. Amoeboid cell migration is a common type of cell migration that appears in many physiological and pathological processes and is performed by a wide variety of cell types. Understanding the coupling of the biochemistry and mechanics underlying the process of migration has the potential to guide the development of pharmacological treatment or genetic manipulations to treat a wide range of diseases. The measurement of the spatiotemporal evolution of the traction forces that produce the movement is an important aspect for the characterization of the locomotion mechanics. There are several methods to calculate the traction forces exerted by the cells. Currently the most commonly used ones are traction force microscopy methods based on the measurement of the deformation induced by the cells on elastic substrate on which they are moving. Amoeboid cells migrate by implementing a motility cycle based on the sequential repetition of four phases. In this paper we review the role that specific cytoskeletal components play in the regulation of the cell migration mechanics. We investigate the role of specific cytoskeletal components regarding the ability of the cells to perform the motility cycle effectively and the generation of traction forces. The actin nucleation in the leading edge of the cell, carried by the ARP2/3 complex activated through the SCAR/WAVE complex, has shown to be fundamental to the execution of the cyclic movement and to the generation of the traction forces. The protein PIR121, a member of the SCAR/WAVE complex, is essential to the proper regulation of the periodic movement and the protein SCAR, also included in the SCAR/WAVE complex, is necessary for the generation of the traction forces during migration. The protein Myosin II, an important F-actin cross-linker and motor protein, is essential to cytoskeletal contractility and to the generation and proper organization of the traction forces during migration.
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- Begoña Álvarez-González
- Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
Institute for Engineering in Medicine,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Distinguished Professor
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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The actin cytoskeleton is constantly assembling and disassembling. Cells harness the energy of these turnover dynamics to drive cell motility and organize cytoplasm. Although much is known about how cells control actin polymerization, we do not understand how actin filaments depolymerize inside cells. I briefly describe how the combination of imaging actin filament dynamics in cells and using in vitro biochemistry progressively altered our views of actin depolymerization. I describe why I do not think that the prevailing model of actin filament turnover--cofilin-mediated actin filament severing--can account for actin filament disassembly detected in cells. Finally, I speculate that cells might be able to tune the mechanism of actin depolymerization to meet physiological demands and selectively control the stabilities of different actin arrays.
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- William Brieher
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Elam WA, Kang H, De La Cruz EM. Competitive displacement of cofilin can promote actin filament severing. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 438:728-31. [PMID: 23911787 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.07.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cofilin is an essential actin filament severing protein that functions in the dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton. Filament severing activity is most efficient at sub-stoichiometric cofilin binding densities (i.e. <1 cofilin per actin filament subunit), and peaks when the number density of boundaries (i.e. junctions) between bare and cofilin-decorated segments is maximal. A model in which local topological and mechanical discontinuities lead to preferential fragmentation at boundaries accounts for available experimental data, including direct visualization of cofilin and actin during real-time severing events. The boundary-severing model predicts that ligands (e.g. other actin-binding proteins) that compete with cofilin for actin filament binding and modulate cofilin occupancy on filaments will alter the bare-decorated segment boundary density, and thus, the filament severing activity of cofilin. Here, we directly test this model prediction by evaluating the effects of phalloidin and myosin, two ligands that compete with cofilin for filament binding, on the actin filament binding and severing activities of cofilin. Our experiments demonstrate that competitive displacement of cofilin lowers cofilin occupancy and promotes severing when initial cofilin occupancy is high (i.e. >50%). Even in the presence of competitive ligands, maximum severing activity occurs when cofilin-decorated boundary density is highest, consistent with preferential fragmentation at boundaries. We propose a general "severodyne" framework for the modulation of cofilin-mediated actin filament severing by small molecule or actin-binding protein ligands that compete with cofilin for actin filament binding.
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- W Austin Elam
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Shi M, Xie Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Su Y, Yang Q, Huang S. Oryza sativa actin-interacting protein 1 is required for rice growth by promoting actin turnover. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 73:747-60. [PMID: 23134061 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Rapid actin turnover is essential for numerous actin-based processes. However, how it is precisely regulated remains poorly understood. Actin-interacting protein 1 (AIP1) has been shown to be an important factor by acting coordinately with actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin in promoting actin depolymerization, the rate-limiting factor in actin turnover. However, the molecular mechanism by which AIP1 promotes actin turnover remains largely unknown in plants. Here, we provide a demonstration that AIP1 promotes actin turnover, which is required for optimal growth of rice plants. Specific down-regulation of OsAIP1 increased the level of filamentous actin and reduced actin turnover, whereas over-expression of OsAIP1 induced fragmentation and depolymerization of actin filaments and enhanced actin turnover. In vitro biochemical characterization showed that, although OsAIP1 alone does not affect actin dynamics, it enhances ADF-mediated actin depolymerization. It also caps the filament barbed end in the presence of ADF, but the capping activity is not required for their coordinated action. Real-time visualization of single filament dynamics showed that OsAIP1 enhanced ADF-mediated severing and dissociation of pointed end subunits. Consistent with this, the filament severing frequency and subunit off-rate were enhanced in OsAIP1 over-expressors but decreased in RNAi protoplasts. Importantly, OsAIP1 acts coordinately with ADF and profilin to induce massive net actin depolymerization, indicating that AIP1 plays a major role in the turnover of actin, which is required to optimize F-actin levels in plants.
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- Meng Shi
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Chaudhuri JP, Walther JU. Nuclear segmentation, condensation and bilateral symmetry in polymorphonuclear leukocytes reflect genomic order and favor immunologic function. Acta Haematol 2012; 129:159-68. [PMID: 23234839 DOI: 10.1159/000343037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Segmentation, condensation and bilateral symmetry of the nuclei of polymorphonuclear leukocytes seem related to their function. Segmentation of the nuclei into two or more lobes and their condensation facilitate their passage (diapedesis) through the endothelial layer of blood vessels to the extravasal space and subsequent locomotion through the interstitial compartment of different tissues. Bilateral symmetry of these nuclei along with their association to the cytoskeletal fibers contribute to their efficiency in locomotion by alignment of the axis of nuclear symmetry to the axis of cellular polarity, which orients towards the direction of locomotion in response to cytokines and other stimuli. Observations of the cytogenetic facets of intranuclear order support these assumptions.
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Yamaoka H, Matsushita S, Shimada Y, Adachi T. Multiscale modeling and mechanics of filamentous actin cytoskeleton. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2011; 11:291-302. [PMID: 21614531 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0317-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Hidetaka Yamaoka
- Computational Cell Biomechanics Team, VCAD System Research Program, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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Groh A, Wagner M. Biased three-dimensional cell migration and collagen matrix modification. Math Biosci 2011; 231:105-19. [PMID: 21354184 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2011.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Various tumours can be resected even for cure with complete removal. Surgical excision with a wide margin to ensure complete removal has therefore been suggested as the primary treatment for such lesions. The histological examination of the three-dimensional (3D) excision margins (3D histology) constitutes an important part of the quality control mechanisms in tumour surgery. Understanding histologically relevant properties of the constituents of the microenvironment in tumours and the circumferential portion of non-lesional tissue is therefore critical. Accompanied by the increasing availability of high performance computers in recent decades, there has been a strong movement aiming at the development of mathematical models whose implementations allow in silico simulations of biological reaction networks. Due to its relevance in numerous biological and pathological processes, there have been various attempts to model biased migration of single cells. The model introduced in this paper plays a prominent role insofar as it covers the under-represented 3D case. Moreover, it is uniformly formulated for both two and three dimensions. The velocity of each cell is characterised by a generalised Langevin equation, a stochastic differential equation, where chemotaxis as well as contact guidance are considered to simulate selected aspects of interactions between carcinoma cell groups and fibroblast-like cells. Algorithmic and numeric aspects of the developed equations are detailed in this paper and the results of the simulations are illustrated in different manners to emphasise specific features. A simple test scenario as well as a geometry based on segmentation data of a real histological slide has served for verification of the software. The resulting morphologies closely resemble that of desmoplastic stromal reaction readily identifiable in histological slides of infiltrating carcinoma, and the images can be interpreted in the context of 3D histology.
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- A Groh
- Saarland University, Faculty 6 - Mathematics and Computer Science, POB 151150, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Hu J, Othmer HG. A theoretical analysis of filament length fluctuations in actin and other polymers. J Math Biol 2011; 63:1001-49. [PMID: 21234568 DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0400-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Control of the structure and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton is essential for cell motility and for maintaining the structural integrity of cells. Central to understanding the control of these features is an understanding of the dynamics of actin filaments, first as isolated filaments, then as integrated networks, and finally as networks containing higher-order structures such as bundles, stress fibers and acto-myosin complexes. It is known experimentally that single filaments can exhibit large fluctuations, but a detailed understanding of the transient dynamics involved is still lacking. Here we first study stochastic models of a general system involving two-monomer types that can be analyzed completely, and then we report stochastic simulations on the complete actin model with three monomer types. We systematically examine the transient behavior of filament length dynamics so as to gain a better understanding of the time scales involved in reaching a steady state. We predict the lifetime of a cap of one monomer type and obtain the mean and variance of the survival time of a cap at the filament end, which together determine the filament length fluctuations.
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- Jifeng Hu
- School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Abbineni G, Modali S, Safiejko-Mroczka B, Petrenko VA, Mao C. Evolutionary selection of new breast cancer cell-targeting peptides and phages with the cell-targeting peptides fully displayed on the major coat and their effects on actin dynamics during cell internalization. Mol Pharm 2010; 7:1629-42. [PMID: 20735141 PMCID: PMC3021627 DOI: 10.1021/mp100052y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Filamentous phage as a bacteria-specific virus can be conjugated with an anticancer drug and has been proposed to serve as a carrier to deliver drugs to cancer cells for targeted therapy. However, how cell-targeting filamentous phage alone affects cancer cell biology is unclear. Phage libraries provide an inexhaustible reservoir of new ligands against tumor cells and tissues that have potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications in cancer treatment. Some of these identified ligands might stimulate various cell responses. Here we identified new cell internalizing peptides (and the phages with such peptides fused to each of ~3900 copies of their major coat protein) using landscape phage libraries and for the first time investigated the actin dynamics when selected phages are internalized into the SKBR-3 breast cancer cells. Our results show that phages harboring VSSTQDFP and DGSIPWST peptides could selectively internalize into the SKBR-3 breast cancer cells with high affinity, and also show rapid involvement of membrane ruffling and rearrangements of actin cytoskeleton during the phage entry. The actin dynamics was studied by using live cell and fluorescence imaging. The cell-targeting phages were found to enter breast cancer cells through energy dependent mechanism and phage entry interferes with actin dynamics, resulting in reorganization of actin filaments and increased membrane rufflings in SKBR-3 cells. These results suggest that, when phage enters epithelial cells, it triggers transient changes in the host cell actin cytoskeleton. This study also shows that using multivalent phage libraries considerably increases the repertoire of available cell-internalizing ligands with potential applications in targeted drug delivery, imaging, molecular monitoring and profiling of breast cancer cells.
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- Gopal Abbineni
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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Investigations into the possible roles of human HSPB1 in aging have focused on its role as a molecular chaperone protecting partially folded or unfolded proteins, particularly during oxidative stress. A thorough analysis of potential roles of HSPB1 in aging cells has been hampered by a limited knowledge of its functions in living cells. Most studies have employed cell-free extracts and purified proteins. For example, HSPB1 is known to bind actin in vitro, and this observation led to the hypothesis that HSPB1 regulates actin filament dynamics. In the study summarized herein, the role of HSPB1 in regulating actin filament dynamics was further investigated by using cultured human cells. These results show that HSPB1 and actin form a complex in vivo and that HSPB1 is important for cell motility. A model for HSPB1 as a regulator of actin filament dynamics is presented, and evidence from the literature on cytoskeletal alterations in aging cells is discussed.
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- Bindi M Doshi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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- C.B. SHUSTER
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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ADACHI T, SHIMADA Y, INOUE Y, HOJO M. Approach Behavior of Binding Proteins Toward Actin Filament : Brownian Dynamics Simulation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1299/kikaia.76.1119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Taiji ADACHI
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University
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Le Hellard S, Håvik B, Espeseth T, Breilid H, Løvlie R, Luciano M, Gow AJ, Harris SE, Starr JM, Wibrand K, Lundervold AJ, Porteous DJ, Bramham CR, Deary IJ, Reinvang I, Steen VM. Variants in doublecortin- and calmodulin kinase like 1, a gene up-regulated by BDNF, are associated with memory and general cognitive abilities. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7534. [PMID: 19844571 PMCID: PMC2760101 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human memory and general cognitive abilities are complex functions of high heritability and wide variability in the population. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an important role in mammalian memory formation. METHODOLOGY / PRINCIPAL FINDING Based on the identification of genes markedly up-regulated during BDNF-induced synaptic consolidation in the hippocampus, we selected genetic variants that were tested in three independent samples, from Norway and Scotland, of adult individuals examined for cognitive abilities. In all samples, we show that markers in the doublecortin- and calmodulin kinase like 1 (DCLK1) gene, are significantly associated with general cognition (IQ scores) and verbal memory function, resisting multiple testing. DCLK1 is a complex gene with multiple transcripts which vary in expression and function. We show that the short variants are all up-regulated after BDNF treatment in the rat hippocampus, and that they are expressed in the adult human brain (mostly in cortices and hippocampus). We demonstrate that several of the associated variants are located in potential alternative promoter- and cis-regulatory elements of the gene and that they affect BDNF-mediated expression of short DCLK1 transcripts in a reporter system. CONCLUSION These data present DCLK1 as a functionally pertinent gene involved in human memory and cognitive functions.
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- Stéphanie Le Hellard
- Bergen Mental Health Research Center, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Hagedorn M, Rohde KH, Russell DG, Soldati T. Infection by tubercular mycobacteria is spread by nonlytic ejection from their amoeba hosts. Science 2009; 323:1729-33. [PMID: 19325115 DOI: 10.1126/science.1169381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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To generate efficient vaccines and cures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we need a far better understanding of its modes of infection, persistence, and spreading. Host cell entry and the establishment of a replication niche are well understood, but little is known about how tubercular mycobacteria exit host cells and disseminate the infection. Using the social amoeba Dictyostelium as a genetically tractable host for pathogenic mycobacteria, we discovered that M. tuberculosis and M. marinum, but not M. avium, are ejected from the cell through an actin-based structure, the ejectosome. This conserved nonlytic spreading mechanism requires a cytoskeleton regulator from the host and an intact mycobacterial ESX-1 secretion system. This insight offers new directions for research into the spreading of tubercular mycobacteria infections in mammalian cells.
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- Monica Hagedorn
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Genève, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Genève-4, Switzerland
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Sekino Y, Kojima N, Shirao T. Role of actin cytoskeleton in dendritic spine morphogenesis. Neurochem Int 2007; 51:92-104. [PMID: 17590478 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dendritic spines are the postsynaptic receptive regions of most excitatory synapses, and their morphological plasticity play a pivotal role in higher brain functions, such as learning and memory. The dynamics of spine morphology is due to the actin cytoskeleton concentrated highly in spines. Filopodia, which are thin and headless protrusions, are thought to be precursors of dendritic spines. Drebrin, a spine-resident side-binding protein of filamentous actin (F-actin), is responsible for recruiting F-actin and PSD-95 into filopodia, and is suggested to govern spine morphogenesis. Interestingly, some recent studies on neurological disorders accompanied by cognitive deficits suggested that the loss of drebrin from dendritic spines is a common pathognomonic feature of synaptic dysfunction. In this review, to understand the importance of actin-binding proteins in spine morphogenesis, we first outline the well-established knowledge pertaining to the actin cytoskeleton in non-neuronal cells, such as the mechanism of regulation by small GTPases, the equilibrium between globular actin (G-actin) and F-actin, and the distinct roles of various actin-binding proteins. Then, we review the dynamic changes in the localization of drebrin during synaptogenesis and in response to glutamate receptor activation. Because side-binding proteins are located upstream of the regulatory pathway for actin organization via other actin-binding proteins, we discuss the significance of drebrin in the regulatory mechanism of spine morphology through the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. In addition, we discuss the possible involvement of an actin-myosin interaction in the morphological plasticity of spines.
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- Yuko Sekino
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
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Moseley JB, Goode BL. The yeast actin cytoskeleton: from cellular function to biochemical mechanism. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2006; 70:605-45. [PMID: 16959963 PMCID: PMC1594590 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00013-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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All cells undergo rapid remodeling of their actin networks to regulate such critical processes as endocytosis, cytokinesis, cell polarity, and cell morphogenesis. These events are driven by the coordinated activities of a set of 20 to 30 highly conserved actin-associated proteins, in addition to many cell-specific actin-associated proteins and numerous upstream signaling molecules. The combined activities of these factors control with exquisite precision the spatial and temporal assembly of actin structures and ensure dynamic turnover of actin structures such that cells can rapidly alter their cytoskeletons in response to internal and external cues. One of the most exciting principles to emerge from the last decade of research on actin is that the assembly of architecturally diverse actin structures is governed by highly conserved machinery and mechanisms. With this realization, it has become apparent that pioneering efforts in budding yeast have contributed substantially to defining the universal mechanisms regulating actin dynamics in eukaryotes. In this review, we first describe the filamentous actin structures found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (patches, cables, and rings) and their physiological functions, and then we discuss in detail the specific roles of actin-associated proteins and their biochemical mechanisms of action.
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- James B Moseley
- Department of Biology and The Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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Ananthakrishnan R, Guck J, Wottawah F, Schinkinger S, Lincoln B, Romeyke M, Moon T, Käs J. Quantifying the contribution of actin networks to the elastic strength of fibroblasts. J Theor Biol 2006; 242:502-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2005] [Revised: 03/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Okada K, Ravi H, Smith EM, Goode BL. Aip1 and cofilin promote rapid turnover of yeast actin patches and cables: a coordinated mechanism for severing and capping filaments. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:2855-68. [PMID: 16611742 PMCID: PMC1483024 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-02-0135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Rapid turnover of actin structures is required for dynamic remodeling of the cytoskeleton and cell morphogenesis, but the mechanisms driving actin disassembly are poorly defined. Cofilin plays a central role in promoting actin turnover by severing/depolymerizing filaments. Here, we analyze the in vivo function of a ubiquitous actin-interacting protein, Aip1, suggested to work with cofilin. We provide the first demonstration that Aip1 promotes actin turnover in living cells. Further, we reveal an unanticipated role for Aip1 and cofilin in promoting rapid turnover of yeast actin cables, dynamic structures that are decorated and stabilized by tropomyosin. Through systematic mutagenesis of Aip1 surfaces, we identify two well-separated F-actin-binding sites, one of which contributes to actin filament binding and disassembly specifically in the presence of cofilin. We also observe a close correlation between mutations disrupting capping of severed filaments in vitro and reducing rates of actin turnover in vivo. We propose a model for balanced regulation of actin cable turnover, in which Aip1 and cofilin function together to "prune" tropomyosin-decorated cables along their lengths. Consistent with this model, deletion of AIP1 rescues the temperature-sensitive growth and loss of actin cable defects of tpm1Delta mutants.
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- Kyoko Okada
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454
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Huang M, Pring M, Yang C, Taoka M, Zigmond SH. Presence of a novel inhibitor of capping protein in neutrophil extract. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 62:232-43. [PMID: 16276529 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Capping of actin filament barbed ends regulates the duration of filament elongation and the steady-state level of actin polymerization. We find that the specific capping activity (capping activity per milligram protein) increased when a high speed supernatant of lysed neutrophils was diluted with buffer. The specific capping activity also increased when the concentration of barbed ends increased. This suggested the presence of a capping protein inhibitor that dissociates from capping protein upon dilution and that competes with barbed ends for binding to capping protein. Gel filtration of supernatant revealed a fraction of low-molecular-weight inhibitor (separated from capping protein) that both inhibited and reversed capping of barbed ends by pure capping protein. The properties and molecular weight of this inhibitor do not match with those of other inhibitors including V-1, VASP, or CARMIL. Thus, this inhibitor must either be a modified version of a known inhibitor or a novel inhibitor of capping.
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- Minzhou Huang
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6018, USA
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Upon infection, virions or subviral nucleoprotein complexes are transported from the cell surface to the site of viral transcription and replication. During viral egress, particles containing viral proteins and nucleic acids again move from the site of their synthesis to that of virus assembly and further to the plasma membrane. Because free diffusion of molecules larger than 500 kDa is restricted in the cytoplasm, viruses as well as cellular organelles employ active, energy-consuming enzymes for directed transport. This is particularly evident in the case of neurotropic viruses that travel long distances in the axon during retrograde or anterograde transport. Viruses use two strategies for intracellular transport: Viral components either hijack the cytoplasmic membrane traffic or they interact directly with the cytoskeletal transport machinery. In this review we describe how viruses--particularly members of the Herpesviridae, Adenoviridae, Parvoviridae, Poxviridae, and Baculoviridae--make use of the microtubule and the actin cytoskeleton. Analysing the underlying principles of viral cytosolic transport will be helpful in the design of viral vectors to be used in research as well as human gene therapy, and in the identification of new antiviral target molecules.
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- K Döhner
- Department of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Hsiung F, Ramirez-Weber FA, Iwaki DD, Kornberg TB. Dependence of Drosophila wing imaginal disc cytonemes on Decapentaplegic. Nature 2005; 437:560-3. [PMID: 16177792 DOI: 10.1038/nature03951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2004] [Accepted: 06/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The anterior/posterior (A/P) and dorsal/ventral (D/V) compartment borders that subdivide the wing imaginal discs of Drosophila third instar larvae are each associated with a developmental organizer. Decapentaplegic (Dpp), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, embodies the activity of the A/P organizer. It is produced at the A/P organizer and distributes in a gradient of decreasing concentration to regulate target genes, functioning non-autonomously to regulate growth and patterning of both the anterior and posterior compartments. Wingless (Wg) is produced at the D/V organizer and embodies its activity. The mechanisms that distribute Dpp and Wg are not known, but proposed mechanisms include extracellular diffusion, successive transfers between neighbouring cells, vesicle-mediated movement, and direct transfer via cytonemes. Cytonemes are actin-based filopodial extensions that have been found to orient towards the A/P organizer from outlying cells. Here we show that in the wing disc, cytonemes orient towards both the A/P and D/V organizers, and that their presence and orientation correlates with Dpp signalling. We also show that the Dpp receptor, Thickveins (Tkv), is present in punctae that move along cytonemes. These observations are consistent with a role for cytonemes in signal transduction.
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- Frank Hsiung
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Lambrechts A, Van Troys M, Ampe C. The actin cytoskeleton in normal and pathological cell motility. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2005; 36:1890-909. [PMID: 15203104 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cell motility is crucial for tissue formation and for development of organisms. Later on cell migration remains essential throughout the lifetime of the organism for wound healing and immune responses. The actin cytoskeleton is the cellular engine that drives cell motility downstream of a complex signal transduction cascade. The basic molecular machinery underlying the assembly and disassembly of actin filaments consists of a variety of actin binding proteins that regulate the dynamic behavior of the cytoskeleton in response to different signals. The multitude of proteins and regulatory mechanisms partaking in this system makes it vulnerable to mutations and alterations in expression levels that ultimately may cause diseases. The most familiar one is cancer that in later stages is characterized by active aberrant cell migration. Indeed tumor invasion and metastasis are increasingly being associated with deregulation of the actin system.
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- Anja Lambrechts
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, A. Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
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Hudson AM, Cooley L. Understanding the function of actin-binding proteins through genetic analysis of Drosophila oogenesis. Annu Rev Genet 2003; 36:455-88. [PMID: 12429700 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.36.052802.114101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Much of our knowledge of the actin cytoskeleton has been derived from biochemical and cell biological approaches, through which actin-binding proteins have been identified and their in vitro interactions with actin have been characterized. The study of actin-binding proteins (ABPs) in genetic model systems has become increasingly important for validating and extending our understanding of how these proteins function. New ABPs have been identified through genetic screens, and genetic results have informed the interpretation of in vitro experiments. In this review, we describe the molecular and ultrastructural characteristics of the actin cytoskeleton in the Drosophila ovary, and discuss recent genetic analyses of actin-binding proteins that are required for oogenesis.
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- Andrew M Hudson
- Departments of Genetics Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208005, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8005, USA.
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Nervous system development is reliant on neuronal pathfinding, the process in which axons are guided to their target cells by specific extracellular cues. The ability of neurons to extend over long distances in response to environmental guidance signals is made possible by the growth cone, a highly motile structure found at the end of neuronal processes. Growth cones detect directional cues and respond with either attractive or repulsive movements. The motility of growth cones is dependent on rapid reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, presumably mediated by actin-associated proteins under the control of incoming guidance signals. This article reviews how one such family of proteins, the ADF/cofilins, are emerging as key regulators of growth cone actin dynamics. These proteins are essential for rapid actin turnover in a variety of different cell types. ADF/cofilins are heavily co-localized with actin in growth cones and are necessary for neurite outgrowth. ADF/cofilin activities are regulated through reversible phosphorylation by LIM kinases and slingshot phosphatases. LIM kinases are downstream effectors of the Rho GTPases Rho, Rac, and Cdc42. Growing evidence suggests that extracellular guidance cues may locally alter actin dynamics by regulating the activity of LIM kinase and ADF/cofilin phosphatases via the Rho GTPases. In this way, ADF/cofilins and their upstream effectors may be pivotal to our understanding of how guidance information is translated into physical alterations of the growth cone actin cytoskeleton.
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- Ravine A Gungabissoon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-1870, USA
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Chodniewicz D, Zhelev DV. Chemoattractant receptor-stimulated F-actin polymerization in the human neutrophil is signaled by 2 distinct pathways. Blood 2003; 101:1181-4. [PMID: 12393389 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-05-1435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We characterized the overall rate of F-actin polymerization in the pseudopod region by measuring the rate of extension of single pseudopods stimulated by f-Met-Leu-Phe. The rate of pseudopod extension was measured in the presence of inhibitors for signaling molecules that are known to be involved in motility. Our data show the existence of 2 distinct signaling pathways of actin polymerization in the pseudopod region: a phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kgamma)-dependent and -independent pathway. The PI3Kgamma dependent signaling of F-actin polymerization also depends on protein kinase C zeta and protein kinase B (Akt/PKB). The PI3Kgamma-independent pathway depends on GTPase RhoA, the RhoA ROCK kinase, Src family tyrosine kinases, and NADPH, and is modulated by cAMP.
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- David Chodniewicz
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0300, USA
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In cultured chick ciliary neurons, when ATP synthesis is inhibited, ATP depletion is reduced approximately 50% by slowing actin filament turnover with jasplakinolide or latrunculin A. Jasplakinolide inhibits actin disassembly, and latrunculin A prevents actin assembly by sequestering actin monomers. Cytochalasin D, which allows assembly-disassembly, but only at pointed ends, is less effective in conserving ATP. Ouabain, an Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase inhibitor, and jasplakinolide both prevent approximately 50% of the ATP loss. When applied together, they completely prevent ATP loss over a period of 20 min, suggesting that filament stabilization reduces ATP consumption by decreasing actin-ATP hydrolysis directly rather than indirectly by modulating the activity of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, a major energy consumer.
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Dedova IV, Dedov VN, Nosworthy NJ, Hambly BD, dos Remedios CG. Cofilin and DNase I affect the conformation of the small domain of actin. Biophys J 2002; 82:3134-43. [PMID: 12023237 PMCID: PMC1302102 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75655-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cofilin binding induces an allosteric conformational change in subdomain 2 of actin, reducing the distance between probes attached to Gln-41 (subdomain 2) and Cys-374 (subdomain 1) from 34.4 to 31.4 A (pH 6.8) as demonstrated by fluorescence energy transfer spectroscopy. This effect was slightly less pronounced at pH 8.0. In contrast, binding of DNase I increased this distance (35.5 A), a change that was not pH-sensitive. Although DNase I-induced changes in the distance along the small domain of actin were modest, a significantly larger change (38.2 A) was observed when the ternary complex of cofilin-actin-DNase I was formed. Saturation binding of cofilin prevents pyrene fluorescence enhancement normally associated with actin polymerization. Changes in the emission and excitation spectra of pyrene-F actin in the presence of cofilin indicate that subdomain 1 (near Cys-374) assumes a G-like conformation. Thus, the enhancement of pyrene fluorescence does not correspond to the extent of actin polymerization in the presence of cofilin. The structural changes in G and F actin induced by these actin-binding proteins may be important for understanding the mechanism regulating the G-actin pool in cells.
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- Irina V Dedova
- Muscle Research Unit, Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Pfannstiel J, Cyrklaff M, Habermann A, Stoeva S, Griffiths G, Shoeman R, Faulstich H. Human cofilin forms oligomers exhibiting actin bundling activity. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:49476-84. [PMID: 11679578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104760200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human cofilin possesses the tendency for self-association, as indicated by the rapid formation of dimers and oligomers when reacted with water-soluble carbodiimide, Ellman's reagent, or glutathione disulfide. Intermolecular disulfide bonds involve Cys(39) and probably Cys(147) of two adjacent cofilin units. The disulfide-linked dimers and oligomers exhibit a biological activity distinct from the monomer. While monomeric cofilin decreased viscosity and light-scattering of F-actin solutions, dimers and oligomers caused an increase in viscosity and light scattering. Electron microscopy revealed that cofilin oligomers induce the formation of highly ordered actin bundles with occasionally blunt ends similar to actin-cofilin rods observed in cells under oxidative stress. Bundling activity of the disulfide-linked oligomers could be completely reversed into severing activity by dithiothreitol. Formation of cofilin oligomers occurred also in the presence of actin at pH 8, but not at pH 6.6, and was significantly enhanced in the presence of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Our data are consistent with the idea that cofilin exists in two forms in vivo also: as monomers exhibiting the known severing activity and as oligomers exhibiting actin bundling activity. However, stabilization of cofilin oligomers in cytoplasm is probably achieved not by disulfide bonds but by a local increase in cofilin concentration and/or binding of regulatory proteins.
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- J Pfannstiel
- Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
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Safiejko-Mroczka B, Bell PB. Reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in the protruding lamellae of human fibroblasts. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2001; 50:13-32. [PMID: 11746669 DOI: 10.1002/cm.1038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To investigate the mechanisms of protrusion in vertebrate cells, the primary event in cell motility, human fibroblasts were treated with neomycin, an inhibitor of the phosphatidylinositol cycle, to induce protrusion. Changes in cell motility and the cytoskeleton were examined by video, fluorescence, scanning electron, and confocal microscopy and by cytofluorometry. Protrusion in neomycin-treated human fibroblasts is correlated with a transient overall decrease in F-actin followed by an increase in F-actin at the leading edge of the protruding lamella. In growing lamellae, F-actin is organized in a marginal band at the leading edge. Although actin is present in the lamella behind the leading edge, very little of it is F-actin. Scanning electron microscopy of detergent-extracted cells reveals a band of dense filaments at the leading edge, corresponding to the marginal band of F-actin seen in fluorescently labeled cells, and a sparse population of short, fragmented filaments, in the rest of the lamella. Gelsolin is colocalized with F-actin in the marginal band and is also present in the lamella where F-actin is largely absent. The data support the hypothesis that the protrusion is initiated by the breakdown of cortical actin filaments, possibly mediated by gelsolin, whereas expansion of the protrusion requires de novo polymerization of actin filaments at the leading edge.
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- B Safiejko-Mroczka
- Department of Zoology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA.
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McGough A, Pope B, Weeds A. The ADF/cofilin family: accelerators of actin reorganization. Results Probl Cell Differ 2001; 32:135-54. [PMID: 11131828 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-46560-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- A McGough
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392, USA
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Hannigan M, Zhan L, Ai Y, Huang C. Leukocyte‐specific gene 1 protein (LSP1) is involved in chemokine KC‐activated cytoskeletal reorganization in murine neutrophils
in vitro. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.69.3.497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Michael Hannigan
- Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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- Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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- Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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- Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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Cameron LA, Giardini PA, Soo FS, Theriot JA. Secrets of actin-based motility revealed by a bacterial pathogen. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2000; 1:110-9. [PMID: 11253363 DOI: 10.1038/35040061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Actin-based cell motility is a complex process involving a dynamic, self-organizing cellular system. Experimental problems initially limited our understanding of this type of motility, but the use of a model system derived from a bacterial pathogen has led to a breakthrough. Now, all the molecular components necessary for dynamic actin self-organization and motility have been identified, setting the stage for future mechanistic studies.
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- L A Cameron
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, 279 Campus Drive West, Stanford, California 94305-5307, USA
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Niggli V. A membrane-permeant ester of phosphatidylinositol 3,4, 5-trisphosphate (PIP(3)) is an activator of human neutrophil migration. FEBS Lett 2000; 473:217-21. [PMID: 10812078 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01534-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Activity of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase is required for optimal migration of human neutrophils [Niggli and Keller (1999) Eur. J. Pharmacol. 335, 43-52]. We have tested the direct effect of a product of PI 3-kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP(3)), on neutrophil migration. To this end, a membrane-permeant ester of PIP(3), dilauroyl phosphatidylinositol 3,4, 5-trisphosphate-heptakis-(acetooxymethyl)ester (PIP(3)/AM) was used. PIP(3)/AM (ED(50): 10-17 microM) induced development of polarity and accumulation of F-actin in the leading lamellae in up to 70% of the cells. These cells exhibited stimulated random migration, comparable to that observed in uniform concentrations of chemotactic peptide. Evidence is provided for a role of Rho-kinase and for activation of PI 3-kinase in a positive feedback loop in PIP(3)/AM-induced motility.
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- V Niggli
- Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Murtenstr. 31, P.O. Box 62, CH-3010, Bern, Switzerland.
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Ichetovkin I, Han J, Pang KM, Knecht DA, Condeelis JS. Actin filaments are severed by both native and recombinant dictyostelium cofilin but to different extents. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 45:293-306. [PMID: 10744862 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(200004)45:4<293::aid-cm5>3.0.co;2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cofilin has been reported to depolymerize F-actin alternately by either severing filaments to increase the number of depolymerizing ends or by increasing the off-rate of monomers from F-actin without increasing the number of filament ends. We have compared directly the ability of native and recombinant cofilins from Dictyostelium to sever F-actin. Our results demonstrate that native cofilin has a higher level of severing activity than recombinant cofilin. Significantly, the measurement of cofilin's severing activity by two independent methods, direct visualization with an improved light microscope assay and by scoring of the number of pointed ends by DNase I binding, clearly shows that both native and recombinant cofilins sever F-actin but to different extents. The severing activity in preparations of recombinant cofilin is variable depending on the method of preparation and, in some cases, is difficult to detect by microscopy assays. This latter point is particularly significant because it may lead to the conclusion that cofilin severs weakly or not at all depending on its method of isolation.
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- I Ichetovkin
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Lian JP, Marks PG, Wang JY, Falls DL, Badwey JA. A protein kinase from neutrophils that specifically recognizes Ser-3 in cofilin. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:2869-76. [PMID: 10644754 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.4.2869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cofilin promotes the depolymerization of actin filaments, which is required for a variety of cellular responses such as the formation of lamellipodia and chemotaxis. Phosphorylation of cofilin on serine residue 3 is known to block these activities. We now report that neutrophils contain a protein kinase that selectively catalyzes the phosphorylation of cofilin on serine 3 (>/=70%) and a nonspecific kinase that recognizes multiple sites in this protein. The selective serine 3 cofilin kinase binds to a deoxyribonuclease I affinity column, whereas the nonspecific cofilin kinase does not. Deoxyribonuclease I forms a very tight complex with actin, and deoxyribonuclease affinity columns have been utilized to identify a variety of proteins that interact with the cytoskeleton. The serine 3 cofilin kinase did not react with antibodies to LIM kinase 1 or 2, which can catalyze the phosphorylation of cofilin in other cell types. The activity of the serine 3 cofilin kinase was insensitive to a variety of selective antagonists of protein kinases but was blocked by staurosporine. This pattern of inhibition is similar to that observed for the kinase that is active with cofilin in intact neutrophils. Thus, neutrophils contain a protein kinase distinct from LIM kinase-1/2 that selectively recognizes serine 3 in cofilin.
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- J P Lian
- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Ubiquitous among eukaryotes, the ADF/cofilins are essential proteins responsible for the high turnover rates of actin filaments in vivo. In vertebrates, ADF and cofilin are products of different genes. Both bind to F-actin cooperatively and induce a twist in the actin filament that results in the loss of the phalloidin-binding site. This conformational change may be responsible for the enhancement of the off rate of subunits at the minus end of ADF/cofilin-decorated filaments and for the weak filament-severing activity. Binding of ADF/cofilin is competitive with tropomyosin. Other regulatory mechanisms in animal cells include binding of phosphoinositides, phosphorylation by LIM kinases on a single serine, and changes in pH. Although vertebrate ADF/cofilins contain a nuclear localization sequence, they are usually concentrated in regions containing dynamic actin pools, such as the leading edge of migrating cells and neuronal growth cones. ADF/cofilins are essential for cytokinesis, phagocytosis, fluid phase endocytosis, and other cellular processes dependent upon actin dynamics.
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- J R Bamburg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
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Cramer LP. Role of actin-filament disassembly in lamellipodium protrusion in motile cells revealed using the drug jasplakinolide. Curr Biol 1999; 9:1095-105. [PMID: 10531004 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80478-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND In motile cells, protrusion of the lamellipodium (a type of cell margin) requires assembly of actin monomers into actin filaments at the tip of the lamellipodium. The importance of actin-filament disassembly in this process is less well understood, and is assessed here using the actin drug jasplakinolide, which has two known activities - inhibition of filament disassembly and induction of an increase in actin polymer. RESULTS In cells the two activities of jasplakinolide were found to be separable; 1 microM jasplakinolide could permeate cells, bind cellular filamentous actin (F-actin) and inhibit filament disassembly within 3.5 minutes, but significant increase in actin polymer was not detected until 60 minutes of treatment. In live, permeabilised cells, jasplakinolide did not inhibit filament assembly from supplied, purified actin monomers. In migrating chick fibroblasts, lamellipodium protrusion was blocked within 1-5 minutes of treatment with 1 microM jasplakinolide, without any perturbation of actin organisation. In non-migrating chick fibroblasts, there was a delay in the onset of jasplakinolide-induced inhibition of lamellipodium protrusion, during which lamellipodium length increased linearly with no increase in protrusion rate. Motility of the bacterium Listeria in infected PtK2 cells was reduced 2.3-fold within 3 minutes of treatment with 1 microM jasplakinolide. CONCLUSIONS Actin-filament disassembly is tightly coupled to lamellipodium protrusion in migrating chick fibroblasts and motility of Listeria in PtK2 cells. One simple interpretation of these data is a situation whereby ongoing actin-filament assembly uses free actin monomer derived from filament disassembly, in preference to stored monomer.
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- L P Cramer
- MRC-Laboratory Molecular Cell Biology University College London Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, The Randall Institute Kings College London, WC2B 5RL, UK.
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Observed in vivo motility rates can only be accounted for if the rate of actin filament treadmilling in cells is considerably greater than has been quantified for purified actin in vitro. ADF/cofilin is uniquely suited to promote actin dynamics in cells, owing to its remarkable ability to change actin filament structure. In earlier work we showed that human cofilin chanRges filament twist by about 5 degrees per subunit and suggested that this contributes to increased filament turnover. Our initial structural modeling provided some insights into how the longitudinal actin-actin contacts might be disrupted following cofilin-induced twisting. Here we present direct evidence that cofilin also disrupts lateral actin-actin contacts in the filament and suggest a model showing how this could contribute to cofilin's novel effects on actin filament dynamics and assembly.
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- A McGough
- Verna & Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Niggli V, Djafarzadeh S, Keller H. Stimulus-induced selective association of actin-associated proteins (alpha-actinin) and protein kinase C isoforms with the cytoskeleton of human neutrophils. Exp Cell Res 1999; 250:558-68. [PMID: 10413608 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We report a selective, differential stimulus-dependent enrichment of the actin-associated protein alpha-actinin and of isoforms of the signaling enzyme protein kinase C (PKC) in the neutrophil cytoskeleton. Chemotactic peptide, activators of PKC, and cell adhesion all induce a significant increase in the amount of cytoskeletal alpha-actinin and actin. Increased association of PKCbetaI and betaII with the cytoskeletal fraction of stimulated cells was also observed, with phorbol ester being more effective than chemotactic peptide. A fraction of phosphatase 2A was constitutively associated with the cytoskeleton independent of cell activation. None of the stimuli promoted association of vinculin or myosin II with the cytoskeleton. Phosphatase inhibitors okadaic acid and calyculin A prevented increases in cytoskeletal actin, alpha-actinin, and PKCbetaII induced by phorbol ester, suggesting the requirement for phosphatase activity in these events. Increases in cytoskeletal alpha-actinin and PKCbetaII showed differing sensitivity to agents that prevent actin polymerization (cytochalasin D, latrunculin A). Latrunculin A (1 microM) completely blocked PMA-induced increases in cytoskeletal alpha-actinin but reduced cytoskeletal recruitment of PKCbetaII only by 16%. Higher concentrations of latrunculin A (4 microM), which almost abolished the cytoskeletal actin pool, reduced cytoskeletal PKCbetaII by 43%. In conclusion, a selective enrichment of cytoskeletal and signaling proteins in the cytoskeleton of human neutrophils is induced by specific stimuli.
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- V Niggli
- Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 31, Bern, CH-3010, Switzerland.
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Gu J, Tamura M, Pankov R, Danen EH, Takino T, Matsumoto K, Yamada KM. Shc and FAK differentially regulate cell motility and directionality modulated by PTEN. J Cell Biol 1999; 146:389-403. [PMID: 10427092 PMCID: PMC2156182 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.2.389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/1999] [Accepted: 06/23/1999] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Cell migration is modulated by regulatory molecules such as growth factors, oncogenes, and the tumor suppressor PTEN. We previously described inhibition of cell migration by PTEN and restoration of motility by focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and p130 Crk-associated substrate (p130(Cas)). We now report a novel pathway regulating random cell motility involving Shc and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, which is downmodulated by PTEN and additive to a FAK pathway regulating directional migration. Overexpression of Shc or constitutively activated MEK1 in PTEN- reconstituted U87-MG cells stimulated integrin- mediated MAP kinase activation and cell migration. Conversely, overexpression of dominant negative Shc inhibited cell migration; Akt appeared uninvolved. PTEN directly dephosphorylated Shc. The migration induced by FAK or p130(Cas) was directionally persistent and involved extensive organization of actin microfilaments and focal adhesions. In contrast, Shc or MEK1 induced a random type of motility associated with less actin cytoskeletal and focal adhesion organization. These results identify two distinct, additive pathways regulating cell migration that are downregulated by tumor suppressor PTEN: one involves Shc, a MAP kinase pathway, and random migration, whereas the other involves FAK, p130(Cas), more extensive actin cytoskeletal organization, focal contacts, and directionally persistent cell motility. Integration of these pathways provides an intracellular mechanism for regulating the speed and the directionality of cell migration.
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- Jianguo Gu
- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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- Craniofacial Developmental Biology and Regeneration Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4370
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Miyata H, Nishiyama S, Akashi K, Kinosita K. Protrusive growth from giant liposomes driven by actin polymerization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:2048-53. [PMID: 10051592 PMCID: PMC26734 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Development of protrusions in the cell is indispensable in the process of cell motility. Membrane protrusion has long been suggested to occur as a result of actin polymerization immediately beneath the cell membrane at the leading edge, but elucidation of the mechanism is insufficient because of the complexity of the cell. To study the mechanism, we prepared giant liposomes containing monomeric actin (100 or 200 microM) and introduced KCl into individual liposomes by an electroporation technique. On the electroporation, the giant liposomes deformed. Most importantly, protrusive structure grew from the liposomes containing 200 microM actin at rates (ranging from 0.3 to 0.7 micrometer/s) similar to those obtained in the cell. The deformation occurred in a time range (30 approximately 100 s) similar to that of actin polymerization monitored in a cuvette (ca. 50 s). Concomitant with deformation, Brownian motion of micron-sized particles entrapped in the liposomes almost ceased. From these observations, we conclude that actin polymerization in the liposomes caused the protrusive formation.
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- H Miyata
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University. 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.
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The motion of amoeboid cells is characterized by cytoplasmic streaming and by membrane protrusions and retractions which occur even in the absence of interactions with a substratum. Cell translocation requires, in addition, a transmission mechanism wherein the power produced by the cytoplasmic engine is applied to the substratum in a highly controlled fashion through specific adhesion proteins. Here we present a simple mechano-chemical model that tries to capture the physical essence of these complex biomolecular processes. Our model is based on the continuum equations for a viscous and reactive two-phase fluid model with moving boundaries, and on force balance equations that average the stochastic interactions between actin polymers and membrane proteins. In this paper we present a new derivation and analysis of these equations based on minimization of a power functional. This derivation also leads to a clear formulation and classification of the kinds of boundary conditions that should be specified at free surfaces and at the sites of interaction of the cell and the substratum. Numerical simulations of a one-dimensional lamella reveal that even this extremely simplified model is capable of producing several typical features of cell motility. These include periodic 'ruffle' formation, protrusion-retraction cycles, centripetal flow and cell-substratum traction forces.
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- W Alt
- Theoretical Biology, University of Bonn, Germany.
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Niggli V. Rho-kinase in human neutrophils: a role in signalling for myosin light chain phosphorylation and cell migration. FEBS Lett 1999; 445:69-72. [PMID: 10069376 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00098-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The role of a Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase in migration of neutrophils has been investigated. Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase I was expressed in human neutrophils. Chemotactic peptide led to a Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase-dependent increase in phosphorylation of myosin light chain. This was determined with the help of an antibody directed against serine 19-phosphorylated myosin light chain and an inhibitor of Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase (Y-27632). Y-27632 suppressed myosin light chain phosphorylation and chemotactic peptide-induced development of cell polarity and locomotion with similar potency (ED50 0.5-1.1 microM). The data strongly suggest that a Rho-associated coiled-coil forming kinase isoform, activated in human neutrophils exposed to chemotactic peptide, is important for motile functions of these cells.
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- V Niggli
- Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Pettit EJ, Fay FS. Cytosolic free calcium and the cytoskeleton in the control of leukocyte chemotaxis. Physiol Rev 1998; 78:949-67. [PMID: 9790567 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.4.949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In response to a chemotactic gradient, leukocytes extravasate and chemotax toward the site of pathogen invasion. Although fundamental in the control of many leukocyte functions, the role of cytosolic free Ca2+ in chemotaxis is unclear and has been the subject of debate. Before becoming motile, the cell assumes a polarized morphology, as a result of modulation of the cytoskeleton by G protein and kinase activation. This morphology may be reinforced during chemotaxis by the intracellular redistribution of Ca2+ stores, cytoskeletal constituents, and chemoattractant receptors. Restricted subcellular distributions of signaling molecules, such as Ca2+, Ca2+/calmodulin, diacylglycerol, and protein kinase C, may also play a role in some types of leukocyte. Chemotaxis is an essential function of most cells at some stage during their development, and a deeper understanding of the molecular signaling and structural components involved will enable rational design of therapeutic strategies in a wide variety of diseases.
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- E J Pettit
- Biomedical Imaging Group, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, USA
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Safiejko-Mroczka B, Bell PB. Distribution of cytoskeletal proteins in neomycin-induced protrusions of human fibroblasts. Exp Cell Res 1998; 242:495-514. [PMID: 9683537 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The organization of actin, tubulin, and vimentin was studied in protruding lamellae of human fibroblasts induced by the aminoglycoside antibiotic neomycin, an inhibitor of the phosphatidylinositol cycle. Neomycin stimulates the simultaneous protrusion of lamellae in all treated cells, and the lamellae remain extended for about 15-20 min, before gradually withdrawing. The pattern and distribution of actin, tubulin, and vimentin during neomycin stimulation were analyzed by fluorescence and electron microscopy. F-actin in the newly formed lamellae is localized in a marginal band at the leading edge. Tubulin is colocalized with F-actin in the marginal band, but the newly formed lamellae are initially devoid of microtubules. Over a period of 10 to 20 min after the addition of neomycin, microtubules grow into the lamellae from the adjacent cytoplasm, while the intensity of tubulin staining of the marginal band decreases. Distribution of vimentin remains unchanged in neomycin-treated cells and vimentin filaments do not enter the new protrusions. Treatment of cells with colchicine and Taxol do not inhibit neomycin-induced protrusion but protrusions are no longer localized at the ends of cell processes and occur all around the cell periphery. We conclude that actin filaments are the major component of the cytoskeleton involved in generating protrusions. Microtubules and, possibly, intermediate filaments control the pattern of protrusions by their interaction with actin filaments.
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- B Safiejko-Mroczka
- Department of Zoology, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA.
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Mullins RD, Heuser JA, Pollard TD. The interaction of Arp2/3 complex with actin: nucleation, high affinity pointed end capping, and formation of branching networks of filaments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:6181-6. [PMID: 9600938 PMCID: PMC27619 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.11.6181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 993] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The Arp2/3 complex is a stable assembly of seven protein subunits including two actin-related proteins (Arp2 and Arp3) and five novel proteins. Previous work showed that this complex binds to the sides of actin filaments and is concentrated at the leading edges of motile cells. Here, we show that Arp2/3 complex purified from Acanthamoeba caps the pointed ends of actin filaments with high affinity. Arp2/3 complex inhibits both monomer addition and dissociation at the pointed ends of actin filaments with apparent nanomolar affinity and increases the critical concentration for polymerization at the pointed end from 0.6 to 1.0 microM. The high affinity of Arp2/3 complex for pointed ends and its abundance in amoebae suggest that in vivo all actin filament pointed ends are capped by Arp2/3 complex. Arp2/3 complex also nucleates formation of actin filaments that elongate only from their barbed ends. From kinetic analysis, the nucleation mechanism appears to involve stabilization of polymerization intermediates (probably actin dimers). In electron micrographs of quick-frozen, deep-etched samples, we see Arp2/3 bound to sides and pointed ends of actin filaments and examples of Arp2/3 complex attaching pointed ends of filaments to sides of other filaments. In these cases, the angle of attachment is a remarkably constant 70 +/- 7 degrees. From these in vitro biochemical properties, we propose a model for how Arp2/3 complex controls the assembly of a branching network of actin filaments at the leading edge of motile cells.
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- R D Mullins
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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