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Chandrasekaran A, Graham K, Stachowiak JC, Rangamani P. Kinetic trapping organizes actin filaments within liquid-like protein droplets. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3139. [PMID: 38605007 PMCID: PMC11009352 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46726-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Several actin-binding proteins (ABPs) phase separate to form condensates capable of curating the actin network shapes. Here, we use computational modeling to understand the principles of actin network organization within VASP condensate droplets. Our simulations reveal that the different actin shapes, namely shells, rings, and mixture states are highly dependent on the kinetics of VASP-actin interactions, suggesting that they arise from kinetic trapping. Specifically, we show that reducing the residence time of VASP on actin filaments reduces degree of bundling, thereby promoting assembly of shells rather than rings. We validate the model predictions experimentally using a VASP-mutant with decreased bundling capability. Finally, we investigate the ring opening within deformed droplets and found that the sphere-to-ellipsoid transition is favored under a wide range of filament lengths while the ellipsoid-to-rod transition is only permitted when filaments have a specific range of lengths. Our findings highlight key mechanisms of actin organization within phase-separated ABPs.
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- Aravind Chandrasekaran
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0411, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0411, USA.
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Camp D, Venkatesh B, Solianova V, Varela L, Goult BT, Tanentzapf G. The actin binding sites of talin have both distinct and complementary roles in cell-ECM adhesion. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1011224. [PMID: 38662776 PMCID: PMC11075885 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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Cell adhesion requires linkage of transmembrane receptors to the cytoskeleton through intermediary linker proteins. Integrin-based adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) involves large adhesion complexes that contain multiple cytoskeletal adapters that connect to the actin cytoskeleton. Many of these adapters, including the essential cytoskeletal linker Talin, have been shown to contain multiple actin-binding sites (ABSs) within a single protein. To investigate the possible role of having such a variety of ways of linking integrins to the cytoskeleton, we generated mutations in multiple actin binding sites in Drosophila talin. Using this approach, we have been able to show that different actin-binding sites in talin have both unique and complementary roles in integrin-mediated adhesion. Specifically, mutations in either the C-terminal ABS3 or the centrally located ABS2 result in lethality showing that they have unique and non-redundant function in some contexts. On the other hand, flies simultaneously expressing both the ABS2 and ABS3 mutants exhibit a milder phenotype than either mutant by itself, suggesting overlap in function in other contexts. Detailed phenotypic analysis of ABS mutants elucidated the unique roles of the talin ABSs during embryonic development as well as provided support for the hypothesis that talin acts as a dimer in in vivo contexts. Overall, our work highlights how the ability of adhesion complexes to link to the cytoskeleton in multiple ways provides redundancy, and consequently robustness, but also allows a capacity for functional specialization.
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- Darius Camp
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell & Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular & Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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McCormick LE, Suarez C, Herring LE, Cannon KS, Kovar DR, Brown NG, Gupton SL. Multi-monoubiquitylation controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics. J Cell Sci 2024; 137:jcs261527. [PMID: 38277158 PMCID: PMC10917064 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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The actin cytoskeleton performs multiple cellular functions, and as such, actin polymerization must be tightly regulated. We previously demonstrated that reversible, non-degradative ubiquitylation regulates the function of the actin polymerase VASP in developing neurons. However, the underlying mechanism of how ubiquitylation impacts VASP activity was unknown. Here, we show that mimicking multi-monoubiquitylation of VASP at K240 and K286 negatively regulates VASP interactions with actin. Using in vitro biochemical assays, we demonstrate the reduced ability of multi-monoubiquitylated VASP to bind, bundle, and elongate actin filaments. However, multi-monoubiquitylated VASP maintained the ability to bind and protect barbed ends from capping protein. Finally, we demonstrate the electroporation of recombinant multi-monoubiquitylated VASP protein altered cell spreading morphology. Collectively, these results suggest a mechanism in which ubiquitylation controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics.
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- Laura E. McCormick
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Michael Hooker Proteomics Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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McCormick LE, Suarez C, Herring LE, Cannon KS, Kovar DR, Brown NG, Gupton SL. Multi-monoubiquitination controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.16.549237. [PMID: 37503134 PMCID: PMC10370145 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.16.549237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton performs multiple cellular functions, and as such, actin polymerization must be tightly regulated. We previously demonstrated that reversible, non-degradative ubiquitination regulates the function of the actin polymerase VASP in developing neurons. However, the underlying mechanism of how ubiquitination impacts VASP activity was unknown. Here we show that mimicking multi-monoubiquitination of VASP at K240 and K286 negatively regulates VASP interactions with actin. Using in vitro biochemical assays, we demonstrate the reduced ability of multi-monoubiquitinated VASP to bind, bundle, and elongate actin filaments. However, multi-monoubiquitinated VASP maintained the ability to bind and protect barbed ends from capping protein. Lastly, we demonstrate the introduction of recombinant multi-monoubiquitinated VASP protein altered cell spreading morphology. Collectively, these results suggest a mechanism in which ubiquitination controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics.
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- Laura E McCormick
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Michael Hooker Proteomics Core, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Benz PM, Frömel T, Laban H, Zink J, Ulrich L, Groneberg D, Boon RA, Poley P, Renne T, de Wit C, Fleming I. Cardiovascular Functions of Ena/VASP Proteins: Past, Present and Beyond. Cells 2023; 12:1740. [PMID: 37443774 PMCID: PMC10340426 DOI: 10.3390/cells12131740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Actin binding proteins are of crucial importance for the spatiotemporal regulation of actin cytoskeletal dynamics, thereby mediating a tremendous range of cellular processes. Since their initial discovery more than 30 years ago, the enabled/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (Ena/VASP) family has evolved as one of the most fascinating and versatile family of actin regulating proteins. The proteins directly enhance actin filament assembly, but they also organize higher order actin networks and link kinase signaling pathways to actin filament assembly. Thereby, Ena/VASP proteins regulate dynamic cellular processes ranging from membrane protrusions and trafficking, and cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions, to the generation of mechanical tension and contractile force. Important insights have been gained into the physiological functions of Ena/VASP proteins in platelets, leukocytes, endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes. In this review, we summarize the unique and redundant functions of Ena/VASP proteins in cardiovascular cells and discuss the underlying molecular mechanisms.
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- Peter M. Benz
- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology I, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
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- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Cardiopulmonary Institute, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Centre of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration, Goethe-University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Physiology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, VU University Medical Centre, 1081 HZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Physiologie, Universität zu Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, 55131 Mainz, Germany
- Irish Centre for Vascular Biology, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, D02 VN51 Dublin, Ireland
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- Institut für Physiologie, Universität zu Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute for Vascular Signalling, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- German Centre of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Rhein-Main, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Cardiopulmonary Institute, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Cartwright IM, Colgan SP. The hypoxic tissue microenvironment as a driver of mucosal inflammatory resolution. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1124774. [PMID: 36742292 PMCID: PMC9890178 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1124774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
On the backdrop of all acute inflammatory processes lies the activation of the resolution response. Recent years have witnessed an emerging interest in defining molecular factors that influence the resolution of inflammation. A keystone feature of the mucosal inflammatory microenvironment is hypoxia. The gastrointestinal tract, particularly the colon, exists in a state of physiological hypoxia and during active inflammation, this hypoxic state is enhanced as a result of infiltrating leukocyte oxygen consumption and the activation of oxygen consuming enzymes. Most evidence suggests that mucosal hypoxia promotes the active resolution of inflammation through a variety of mechanisms, including extracellular acidification, purine biosynthesis/salvage, the generation of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (ie. resolvins) and altered chemokine/cytokine expression. It is now appreciated that infiltrating innate immune cells (neutrophils, eosinophils, macrophages) have an important role in molding the tissue microenvironment to program an active resolution response. Structural or functional dysregulation of this inflammatory microenvironment can result in the loss of tissue homeostasis and ultimately progression toward chronicity. In this review, we will discuss how inflammatory hypoxia drives mucosal inflammatory resolution and its impact on other microenvironmental factors that influence resolution.
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- Ian M. Cartwright
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
- Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
- Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States
- Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Aurora, CO, United States
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Nast-Kolb T, Bleicher P, Payr M, Bausch AR. VASP localization to lipid bilayers induces polymerization driven actin bundle formation. Mol Biol Cell 2022; 33:ar91. [PMID: 35830600 PMCID: PMC9582628 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-11-0577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Actin bundles constitute important cytoskeleton structures and enable a scaffold for force transmission inside cells. Actin bundles are formed by proteins, with multiple F-actin binding domains cross-linking actin filaments to each other. Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) has mostly been reported as an actin elongator, but it has been shown to be a bundling protein as well and is found in bundled actin structures at filopodia and adhesion sites. Based on in vitro experiments, it remains unclear when and how VASP can act as an actin bundler or elongator. Here we demonstrate that VASP bound to membranes facilitates the formation of large actin bundles during polymerization. The alignment by polymerization requires the fluidity of the lipid bilayers. The mobility within the bilayer enables VASP to bind to filaments and capture and track growing barbed ends. VASP itself phase separates into a protein-enriched phase on the bilayer. This VASP-rich phase nucleates and accumulates at bundles during polymerization, which in turn leads to a reorganization of the underlying lipid bilayer. Our findings demonstrate that the nature of VASP localization is decisive for its function. The up-concentration based on VASP’s affinity to actin during polymerization enables it to simultaneously fulfill the function of an elongator and a bundler.
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- T Nast-Kolb
- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and
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- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and.,Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik E27, Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany and.,Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhoferstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Protein Assemblies (CPA), Ernst-Otto-Fischer Str. 8, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Faix J, Rottner K. Ena/VASP proteins in cell edge protrusion, migration and adhesion. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:274697. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The tightly coordinated, spatiotemporal control of actin filament remodeling provides the basis of fundamental cellular processes, such as cell migration and adhesion. Specific protein assemblies, composed of various actin-binding proteins, are thought to operate in these processes to nucleate and elongate new filaments, arrange them into complex three-dimensional (3D) arrays and recycle them to replenish the actin monomer pool. Actin filament assembly is not only necessary to generate pushing forces against the leading edge membrane or to propel pathogens through the cytoplasm, but also coincides with the generation of stress fibers (SFs) and focal adhesions (FAs) that generate, transmit and sense mechanical tension. The only protein families known to date that directly enhance the elongation of actin filaments are formins and the family of Ena/VASP proteins. Their mechanisms of action, however, in enhancing processive filament elongation are distinct. The aim of this Review is to summarize our current knowledge on the molecular mechanisms of Ena/VASP-mediated actin filament assembly, and to discuss recent insights into the cell biological functions of Ena/VASP proteins in cell edge protrusion, migration and adhesion.
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- Jan Faix
- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Molecular Cell Biology Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics and Type I IFN-Mediated Immune Response: A Dangerous Liaison in Cancer? BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10090913. [PMID: 34571790 PMCID: PMC8469949 DOI: 10.3390/biology10090913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Simple Summary Actin cytoskeleton is a dynamic subcellular component critical for maintaining cell shape and for elaborating response to any stimulus converging on the cell. Cytoskeleton constantly interfaces with diverse cellular components and affects a wide range of processes important in homeostasis and disease. What has been clearly demonstrated to date is that pathogens modify and use host cytoskeleton to their advantage. What is now emerging is that in sterile conditions, when a chronic inflammation occurs as in cancer, the subversion of tissue homeostasis induces an alarm status which mimics infection. This activates cellular players similar to those that solve an infection, but their persistence may pave the way for tumor progression. Understanding molecular mechanisms engaged by cytoskeleton to induce this viral mimicry could improve our knowledge of processes governing tumor progression and resistance to therapy. Abstract Chronic viral infection and cancer are closely inter-related and are both characterized by profound alteration of tissue homeostasis. The actin cytoskeleton dynamics highly participate in tissue homeostasis and act as a sensor leading to an immune-mediated anti-cancer and anti-viral response. Herein we highlight the crucial role of actin cytoskeleton dynamics in participating in a viral mimicry activation with profound effect in anti-tumor immune response. This still poorly explored field understands the cytoskeleton dynamics as a platform of complex signaling pathways which may regulate Type I IFN response in cancer. This emerging network needs to be elucidated to identify more effective anti-cancer strategies and to further advance the immuno-oncology field which has revolutionized the cancer treatment. For a progress to occur in this exciting arena we have to shed light on actin cytoskeleton related pathways and immune response. Herein we summarize the major findings, considering the double sword of the immune response and in particular the role of Type I IFN pathways in resistance to anti-cancer treatment.
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Augustin V, Kins S. Fe65: A Scaffolding Protein of Actin Regulators. Cells 2021; 10:cells10071599. [PMID: 34202290 PMCID: PMC8304848 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The scaffolding protein family Fe65, composed of Fe65, Fe65L1, and Fe65L2, was identified as an interaction partner of the amyloid precursor protein (APP), which plays a key function in Alzheimer’s disease. All three Fe65 family members possess three highly conserved interaction domains, forming complexes with diverse binding partners that can be assigned to different cellular functions, such as transactivation of genes in the nucleus, modulation of calcium homeostasis and lipid metabolism, and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. In this article, we rule out putative new intracellular signaling mechanisms of the APP-interacting protein Fe65 in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton dynamics in the context of various neuronal functions, such as cell migration, neurite outgrowth, and synaptic plasticity.
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Melchionna R, Trono P, Tocci A, Nisticò P. Actin Cytoskeleton and Regulation of TGFβ Signaling: Exploring Their Links. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11020336. [PMID: 33672325 PMCID: PMC7926735 DOI: 10.3390/biom11020336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human tissues, to maintain their architecture and function, respond to injuries by activating intricate biochemical and physical mechanisms that regulates intercellular communication crucial in maintaining tissue homeostasis. Coordination of the communication occurs through the activity of different actin cytoskeletal regulators, physically connected to extracellular matrix through integrins, generating a platform of biochemical and biomechanical signaling that is deregulated in cancer. Among the major pathways, a controller of cellular functions is the cytokine transforming growth factor β (TGFβ), which remains a complex and central signaling network still to be interpreted and explained in cancer progression. Here, we discuss the link between actin dynamics and TGFβ signaling with the aim of exploring their aberrant interaction in cancer.
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- Roberta Melchionna
- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy; (R.M.); (P.T.); (A.T.)
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy; (R.M.); (P.T.); (A.T.)
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council, via Ramarini 32, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy; (R.M.); (P.T.); (A.T.)
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- Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, via Chianesi 53, 00144 Rome, Italy; (R.M.); (P.T.); (A.T.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0652662539
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Cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) is the key second messenger molecule in nitric oxide signaling. Its rapid generation and fate, but also its role in mediating acute cellular functions has been extensively studied. In the past years, genetic studies suggested an important role for cGMP in affecting the risk of chronic cardiovascular diseases, for example, coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Here, we review the role of cGMP in atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases and discuss recent genetic findings and identified mechanisms. Finally, we highlight open questions and promising research topics.
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Herbst F, Lang TJL, Eckert ESP, Wünsche P, Wurm AA, Kindinger T, Laaber K, Hemmati S, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Zavidij O, Paruzynski A, Lu J, von Kalle C, Zenz T, Klein C, Schmidt M, Ball CR, Glimm H. The balance between the intronic miR-342 and its host gene Evl determines hematopoietic cell fate decision. Leukemia 2021; 35:2948-2963. [PMID: 34021250 PMCID: PMC8478659 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01267-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein-coding and non-coding genes like miRNAs tightly control hematopoietic differentiation programs. Although miRNAs are frequently located within introns of protein-coding genes, the molecular interplay between intronic miRNAs and their host genes is unclear. By genomic integration site mapping of gamma-retroviral vectors in genetically corrected peripheral blood from gene therapy patients, we identified the EVL/MIR342 gene locus as a hotspot for therapeutic vector insertions indicating its accessibility and expression in human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. We therefore asked if and how EVL and its intronic miRNA-342 regulate hematopoiesis. Here we demonstrate that overexpression (OE) of Evl in murine primary Lin- Sca1+ cKit+ cells drives lymphopoiesis whereas miR-342 OE increases myeloid colony formation in vitro and in vivo, going along with a profound upregulation of canonical pathways essential for B-cell development or myelopoietic functions upon Evl or miR-342 OE, respectively. Strikingly, miR-342 counteracts its host gene by targeting lymphoid signaling pathways, resulting in reduced pre-B-cell output. Moreover, EVL overexpression is associated with lymphoid leukemia in patients. In summary, our data show that one common gene locus regulates distinct hematopoietic differentiation programs depending on the gene product expressed, and that the balance between both may determine hematopoietic cell fate decision.
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- Friederike Herbst
- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.6363.00000 0001 2218 4662Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Hematology, Oncology and Tumorimmunology, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Faculty of Biosciences, University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Faculty of Biosciences, University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Mildred Scheel Early Career Center, National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC), Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.461742.2Department of Translational Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Center for Personalized Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden at TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Faculty of Biosciences, University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.7700.00000 0001 2190 4373Faculty of Biosciences, University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.7497.d0000 0004 0492 0584Omics IT and Data Management Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.4709.a0000 0004 0495 846XEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Department of Translational Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,GeneWerk GmbH, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.7497.d0000 0004 0492 0584German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.412004.30000 0004 0478 9977Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, University Hospital Zurich & University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- grid.411095.80000 0004 0477 2585Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Department of Translational Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,GeneWerk GmbH, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Department of Translational Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Center for Personalized Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden at TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.7497.d0000 0004 0492 0584German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- grid.461742.2Translational Functional Cancer Genomics, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany ,grid.461742.2Department of Translational Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Center for Personalized Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Dresden and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden at TU Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany ,grid.7497.d0000 0004 0492 0584German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Aliyu IA, Kumurya AS, Bala JA, Yahaya H, Saidu H. Proteomes, kinases and signalling pathways in virus-induced filopodia, as potential antiviral therapeutics targets. Rev Med Virol 2020; 31:1-9. [PMID: 33314425 PMCID: PMC7883202 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Filopodia are thin finger-like protrusions at the surface of cells that are internally occupied with bundles of tightly parallel actin filaments. They play significant roles in cellular physiological processes, such as adhesion to extracellular matrix, guidance towards chemo-attractants and in wound healing. Filopodia were recently reported to play important roles in viral infection including initial viral attachment to host cells, cell surfing, viral trafficking, internalization, budding, virus release and spread to other cells in a form that would avoid the host immune system. The detailed virus-host protein interactions underlying most of these processes remain to be elucidated. This review will describe some reported virus-host protein interactions on filopodia with the aim of identifying potential new anti-virus therapeutic targets. Exploring this research area may lead to the development of novel classes of anti-viral therapeutics that can block signalling pathways used by the virus to trigger filopodia formation. Successful compounds would inhibit initial virus attachment, formation of filopodia, expression of putative virus binding protein, extracellular virus trafficking, and budding.
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- Isah Abubakar Aliyu
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.,Virology Unit, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.,Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria
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Donhauser N, Socher E, Millen S, Heym S, Sticht H, Thoma-Kress AK. Transfer of HTLV-1 p8 and Gag to target T-cells depends on VASP, a novel interaction partner of p8. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008879. [PMID: 32997728 PMCID: PMC7526893 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) orf I-encoded accessory protein p8 is cleaved from its precursor p12, and both proteins contribute to viral persistence. p8 induces cellular protrusions, which are thought to facilitate transfer of p8 to target cells and virus transmission. Host factors interacting with p8 and mediating p8 transfer are unknown. Here, we report that vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), which promotes actin filament elongation, is a novel interaction partner of p8 and important for p8 and HTLV-1 Gag cell-to-cell transfer. VASP contains an Ena/VASP homology 1 (EVH1) domain that targets the protein to focal adhesions. Bioinformatics identified a short stretch in p8 (amino acids (aa) 24–45) which may mediate interactions with the EVH1 domain of VASP. Co-immunoprecipitations confirmed interactions of VASP:p8 in 293T, Jurkat and HTLV-1-infected MT-2 cells. Co-precipitation of VASP:p8 could be significantly blocked by peptides mimicking aa 26–37 of p8. Mutational studies revealed that the EVH1-domain of VASP is necessary, but not sufficient for the interaction with p8. Further, deletion of the VASP G- and F-actin binding domains significantly diminished co-precipitation of p8. Imaging identified areas of partial co-localization of VASP with p8 at the plasma membrane and in protrusive structures, which was confirmed by proximity ligation assays. Co-culture experiments revealed that p8 is transferred between Jurkat T-cells via VASP-containing conduits. Imaging and flow cytometry revealed that repression of both endogenous and overexpressed VASP by RNA interference or by CRISPR/Cas9 reduced p8 transfer to the cell surface and to target Jurkat T-cells. Stable repression of VASP by RNA interference in chronically infected MT-2 cells impaired both p8 and HTLV-1 Gag transfer to target Jurkat T-cells, while virus release was unaffected. Thus, we identified VASP as a novel interaction partner of p8, which is important for transfer of HTLV-1 p8 and Gag to target T-cells. The delta-retrovirus Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 encodes the accessory protein p8, which is generated by proteolytic cleavage from p12. Earlier work has shown that p8 enhances the formation of cellular conduits between T-cells, is transferred through these conduits to target T-cells and increases HTLV-1 transmission. It was suggested that p8 dampens T-cell responses in target T-cells, thus facilitating HTLV-1 infection. Our work sheds light on the mechanism of p8 transfer to target T-cells. We show that vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), a novel interaction partner of p8, contributes to transfer of p8 to target T-cells. Mechanistically, VASP is crucial for recruitment of p8 to the cell surface. Since VASP is known to promote elongation of actin filaments by preventing them from capping, interactions of p8 with VASP are an elegant strategy to exploit the host cell machinery for being transported to the cell surface, and as a consequence, to other cells. Given that VASP is also important for cell-to-cell transfer of the HTLV-1 Gag protein, our work proposes that VASP is a new cellular target to counteract HTLV-1 cell-to-cell transmission.
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- Norbert Donhauser
- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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Chen X, Yuan XN, Zhang Z, Gong PJ, Yin WN, Jiang Q, Xu J, Xu XL, Gao Y, Chen WL, Chen FF, Tian YH, Wei L, Zhang JW. Betulinic acid inhibits cell proliferation and migration in gastric cancer by targeting the NF-κB/VASP pathway. Eur J Pharmacol 2020; 889:173493. [PMID: 32860808 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2020.173493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant neoplasms of the digestive system, with China leading in terms of morbidity and mortality rates. Betulinic acid (BA) is a widely-occurring pentacyclic triterpenoid that has been reported to exhibit potent anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumor activities. BA can combat tumors by inducing apoptosis, regulating cell cycle, and inhibiting autophagy, but its mechanism of action in the context of GC is unclear. A preliminary study found that higher expression of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) was correlated with migration in the GC cell line. In this study, BGC-823 cells and MNK45 cells were treated with BA for investigating its effect on the proliferation and migration of cells. Moreover, the expression of VASP and upstream signal molecules were also investigated in this background. The results showed BA could inhibit the proliferation and migration the GC cells. Furthermore, NF-κB acted as a transcription factor to upregulate VASP expression. Moreover, BA could downregulate the expression of VASP at the protein and mRNA level by inhibiting NF-κB activity. In conclusion, these results suggest that BA could inhibit the expression of VASP by negatively regulating NF-κB, thereby inhibiting the proliferation and migration of the GC cells. Our study provides a theoretical basis for exploring the molecular mechanism underlying BA-induced inhibition of proliferation and migration in GC cells.
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- Xiang Chen
- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China; Department of Pathology, Central Theater Command General Hospital, People's Liberation Army of China, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Renmin Hospital, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Division of Nephrology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430014, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China
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- Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital, Hubei Key Laboratory of Tumor Biological Behaviors, Hubei Cancer Clinical Study Center, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, Hubei, China.
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Actin polymerization downstream of integrins: signaling pathways and mechanotransduction. Biochem J 2020; 477:1-21. [PMID: 31913455 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 11/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
A cell constantly adapts to its environment. Cell decisions to survive, to proliferate or to migrate are dictated not only by soluble growth factors, but also through the direct interaction of the cell with the surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM). Integrins and their connections to the actin cytoskeleton are crucial for monitoring cell attachment and the physical properties of the substratum. Cell adhesion dynamics are modulated in complex ways by the polymerization of branched and linear actin arrays, which in turn reinforce ECM-cytoskeleton connection. This review describes the major actin regulators, Ena/VASP proteins, formins and Arp2/3 complexes, in the context of signaling pathways downstream of integrins. We focus on the specific signaling pathways that transduce the rigidity of the substrate and which control durotaxis, i.e. directed migration of cells towards increased ECM rigidity. By doing so, we highlight several recent findings on mechanotransduction and put them into a broad integrative perspective that is the result of decades of intense research on the actin cytoskeleton and its regulation.
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Cheng KW, Mullins RD. Initiation and disassembly of filopodia tip complexes containing VASP and lamellipodin. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:2021-2034. [PMID: 32579429 PMCID: PMC7543071 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-04-0270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The shapes of many eukaryotic cells depends on the actin cytoskeleton, and changes in actin assembly dynamics underlie many changes in cell shape. Ena/VASP-family actin polymerases, for example, modulate cell shape by accelerating actin filament assembly locally and slowing filament capping. When concentrated into discrete foci at the leading edge, VASP promotes filopodia assembly and forms part of a poorly understood molecular complex that remains associated with growing filopodia tips. Here we identify precursors of this filopodia tip complex in migrating B16F1 cells: small leading-edge clusters of the adaptor protein lamellipodin (Lpd) that subsequently recruit VASP and initiate filopodia formation. Dimerization, membrane association, and VASP binding are all required for lamellipodin to incorporate into filopodia tip complexes, and overexpression of monomeric, membrane-targeted lamellipodin mutants disrupts tip complex assembly. Once formed, tip complexes containing VASP and lamellipodin grow by fusing with each other, but their growth is limited by a size-dependent dynamic instability. Our results demonstrate that assembly and disassembly dynamics of filopodia tip complexes are determined, in part, by a network of multivalent interactions between Ena/VASP proteins, EVH1 ligands, and actin filaments.
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- Karen W Cheng
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Zhang C, Jiang M, Wang WQ, Zhao SJ, Yin YX, Mi QJ, Yang MF, Song YQ, Sun BL, Zhang ZY. Selective mGluR1 Negative Allosteric Modulator Reduces Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability and Cerebral Edema After Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Transl Stroke Res 2019; 11:799-811. [PMID: 31833035 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-019-00758-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption leads to the vasogenic brain edema and contributes to the early brain injury (EBI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, the mechanisms underlying the BBB damage following SAH are poorly understood. Here we reported that the neurotransmitter glutamate of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was dramatically increased in SAH patients with symptoms of cerebral edema. Using the rat SAH model, we found that SAH caused the increase of CSF glutamate level and BBB permeability in EBI, intracerebroventricular injection of exogenous glutamate deteriorated BBB damage and cerebral edema, while intraperitoneally injection of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1(mGluR1) negative allosteric modulator JNJ16259685 significantly attenuated SAH-induced BBB damage and cerebral edema. In an in vitro BBB model, we showed that glutamate increased monolayer permeability of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC), whereas JNJ16259685 preserved glutamate-damaged BBB integrity in HBMEC. Mechanically, glutamate downregulated the level and phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), decreased the tight junction protein occludin, and increased AQP4 expression at 72 h after SAH. However, JNJ16259685 significantly increased VASP, p-VASP, and occludin, and reduced AQP level at 72 h after SAH. Altogether, our results suggest an important role of glutamate in disruption of BBB function and inhibition of mGluR1 with JNJ16259685 reduced BBB damage and cerebral edema after SAH.
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- Cheng Zhang
- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China.,Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266021, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Baotou Central Hospital, Baotou, 014040, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Shanghai Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200065, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Lab of Cerebral Microcirculation of Shandong, First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai'an, 271016, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Boyer NP, McCormick LE, Menon S, Urbina FL, Gupton SL. A pair of E3 ubiquitin ligases compete to regulate filopodial dynamics and axon guidance. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 2019; 219:132731. [PMID: 31820781 PMCID: PMC7039193 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201902088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Appropriate axon guidance is necessary to form accurate neuronal connections. Axon guidance cues that stimulate cytoskeletal reorganization within the growth cone direct axon navigation. Filopodia at the growth cone periphery have long been considered sensors for axon guidance cues, yet how they respond to extracellular cues remains ill defined. Our previous work found that the filopodial actin polymerase VASP and consequently filopodial stability are negatively regulated via nondegradative TRIM9-dependent ubiquitination. Appropriate VASP ubiquitination and deubiquitination are required for axon turning in response to the guidance cue netrin-1. Here we show that the TRIM9-related protein TRIM67 outcompetes TRIM9 for interacting with VASP and antagonizes TRIM9-dependent VASP ubiquitination. The surprising antagonistic roles of two closely related E3 ubiquitin ligases are required for netrin-1-dependent filopodial responses, axon turning and branching, and fiber tract formation. We suggest a novel model in which coordinated regulation of VASP ubiquitination by a pair of interfering ligases is a critical element of VASP dynamics, filopodial stability, and axon guidance.
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- Nicholas P. Boyer
- Neurobiology Curriculum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC,Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC,Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC,Correspondence to Stephanie L. Gupton:
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Sildenafil Reduces Neointimal Hyperplasia after Angioplasty and Inhibits Platelet Aggregation via Activation of cGMP-dependent Protein Kinase. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7769. [PMID: 31123275 PMCID: PMC6533301 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44190-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Sildenafil is known to reduce cardiac hypertrophy through cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) activation. Studies have demonstrated that cGK has a central switching role in modulating vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype in response to vascular injury. Here, we aimed to examine the effects of cGK activation by sildenafil on neointimal formation and platelet aggregation. After vascular injury, neointimal hyperplasia in rat carotid arteries was significantly reduced in the sildenafil-treated group. This effect of sildenafil was accompanied by the reduction of viability and migration of VSMCs. Further experiments showed that the increased cGK activity by sildenafil inhibited platelet-derived growth factor-induced phenotype change of VSMCs from a contractile form to a synthetic one. Conversely, the use of cGK inhibitor or gene transfer of dominant-negative cGK reversed the effects of sildenafil, increasing viability of VSMCs and neointimal formation. Interestingly, sildenafil significantly inhibited platelet aggregation induced by ADP or thrombin. This effect was reversed by cGK inhibitor, suggesting that sildenafil inhibits platelet aggregation via cGK pathway. This study demonstrated that sildenafil inhibited neointimal formation and platelet aggregation via cGK pathway. These results suggest that sildenafil could be a promising candidate for drug-eluting stents for the prevention of both restenosis and stent thrombosis.
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Harker AJ, Katkar HH, Bidone TC, Aydin F, Voth GA, Applewhite DA, Kovar DR. Ena/VASP processive elongation is modulated by avidity on actin filaments bundled by the filopodia cross-linker fascin. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:851-862. [PMID: 30601697 PMCID: PMC6589784 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e18-08-0500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ena/VASP tetramers are processive actin elongation factors that localize to diverse F-actin networks composed of filaments bundled by different cross-linking proteins, such as filopodia (fascin), lamellipodia (fimbrin), and stress fibers (α-actinin). Previously, we found that Ena takes approximately threefold longer processive runs on trailing barbed ends of fascin-bundled F-actin. Here, we used single-molecule TIRFM (total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy) and developed a kinetic model to further dissect Ena/VASP’s processive mechanism on bundled filaments. We discovered that Ena’s enhanced processivity on trailing barbed ends is specific to fascin bundles, with no enhancement on fimbrin or α-actinin bundles. Notably, Ena/VASP’s processive run length increases with the number of both fascin-bundled filaments and Ena “arms,” revealing avidity facilitates enhanced processivity. Consistently, Ena tetramers form more filopodia than mutant dimer and trimers in Drosophila culture cells. Moreover, enhanced processivity on trailing barbed ends of fascin-bundled filaments is an evolutionarily conserved property of Ena/VASP homologues, including human VASP and Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-34. These results demonstrate that Ena tetramers are tailored for enhanced processivity on fascin bundles and that avidity of multiple arms associating with multiple filaments is critical for this process. Furthermore, we discovered a novel regulatory process whereby bundle size and bundling protein specificity control activities of a processive assembly factor.
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- Alyssa J Harker
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, cThe James Franck Institute, and dInstitute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.,Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202
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- Department of Chemistry, cThe James Franck Institute, and dInstitute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.,Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202
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- Department of Chemistry, cThe James Franck Institute, and dInstitute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.,Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202
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- Department of Chemistry, cThe James Franck Institute, and dInstitute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.,Department of Biology, Reed College, Portland, OR 97202
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.,Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Young LE, Latario CJ, Higgs HN. Roles for Ena/VASP proteins in FMNL3-mediated filopodial assembly. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:131/21/jcs220814. [PMID: 30373894 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.220814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Filopodia are actin-dependent finger-like structures that protrude from the plasma membrane. Actin filament barbed-end-binding proteins localized to filopodial tips are key to filopodial assembly. Two classes of barbed-end-binding proteins are formins and Ena/VASP proteins, and both classes have been localized to filopodial tips in specific cellular contexts. Here, we examine the filopodial roles of the FMNL formins and Ena/VASP proteins in U2OS cells. FMNL3 suppression reduces filopodial assembly by 90%, and FMNL3 is enriched at >95% of filopodial tips. Suppression of VASP or Mena (also known as ENAH) reduces filopodial assembly by >75%. However, VASP and Mena do not display consistent filopodial tip localization, but are enriched in focal adhesions (FAs). Interestingly, >85% of FMNL3-containing filopodia are associated with FAs. Two situations increase Ena/VASP filopodial localization: (1) expression of myosin-X, and (2) actively spreading cells. In spreading cells, filopodia often mark sites of nascent adhesions. Interestingly, VASP suppression in spreading cells causes a significant increase in adhesion assembly at filopodial tips. This work demonstrates that, in U2OS cells, Ena/VASP proteins play roles in filopodia beyond those at filopodial tips.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Lorna E Young
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover NH 03755, USA
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Maziveyi M, Alahari SK. Cell matrix adhesions in cancer: The proteins that form the glue. Oncotarget 2018; 8:48471-48487. [PMID: 28476046 PMCID: PMC5564663 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.17265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The main purposes of Integrin-mediated cell contacts are to interpret bi-directional signals between the extracellular environment and intracellular proteins, as well as, anchor the cell to a matrix. Many cell adhesion molecules have been discovered with a wide spectrum of responsibilities, including recruiting, activating, elongating, and maintaining. This review will perlustrate some of the key incidences that precede focal adhesion formation. Tyrosine phosphorylation is a key signaling initiation event that leads to the recruitment of multiple proteins to focal adhesion sites. Recruitment and concentration of proteins such as Paxillin and Vinculin to Integrin clutches is necessary for focal adhesion development. The assembled networks are responsible for transmitting signals back and forth from the extracellular matrix (ECM) to Actin and its binding proteins. Cancer cells exhibit highly altered focal adhesion dynamics. This review will highlight some key discoveries in cancer cell adhesion, as well as, identify current gaps in knowledge.
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- Mazvita Maziveyi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Efimova N, Svitkina TM. Branched actin networks push against each other at adherens junctions to maintain cell-cell adhesion. J Cell Biol 2018; 217:1827-1845. [PMID: 29507127 PMCID: PMC5940301 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201708103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Adherens junctions (AJs) are mechanosensitive cadherin-based intercellular adhesions that interact with the actin cytoskeleton and carry most of the mechanical load at cell-cell junctions. Both Arp2/3 complex-dependent actin polymerization generating pushing force and nonmuscle myosin II (NMII)-dependent contraction producing pulling force are necessary for AJ morphogenesis. Which actin system directly interacts with AJs is unknown. Using platinum replica electron microscopy of endothelial cells, we show that vascular endothelial (VE)-cadherin colocalizes with Arp2/3 complex-positive actin networks at different AJ types and is positioned at the interface between two oppositely oriented branched networks from adjacent cells. In contrast, actin-NMII bundles are located more distally from the VE-cadherin-rich zone. After Arp2/3 complex inhibition, linear AJs split, leaving gaps between cells with detergent-insoluble VE-cadherin transiently associated with the gap edges. After NMII inhibition, VE-cadherin is lost from gap edges. We propose that the actin cytoskeleton at AJs acts as a dynamic push-pull system, wherein pushing forces maintain extracellular VE-cadherin transinteraction and pulling forces stabilize intracellular adhesion complexes.
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- Nadia Efimova
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Koessler J, Schwarz M, Weber K, Etzel J, Koessler A, Boeck M, Kobsar A. The role of adenosine diphosphate mediated platelet responsiveness for the stability of platelet integrity in citrated whole blood under ex vivo conditions. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188193. [PMID: 29155852 PMCID: PMC5695795 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Platelets are important for effective hemostasis and considered to be involved in pathophysiological processes, e.g. in cardiovascular diseases. Platelets provided for research or for therapeutic use are frequently separated from citrated whole blood (WB) stored for different periods of time. Although functionally intact platelets are required, the stability of platelet integrity, e.g. adenosine diphosphate (ADP) mediated responsiveness, has never been thoroughly investigated in citrated WB under ex vivo conditions. Objectives Platelet integrity was evaluated at different time points in citrated WB units, collected from healthy donors and stored for 5 days at ambient temperature. The analysis included the measurement of activation markers, of induced light transmission aggregometry and of purinergic receptor expression or function. Inhibitory pathways were explored by determination of basal vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP)-phosphorylation, intracellular cyclic nucleotide levels and the content of phosphodiesterase 5A. Fresh peripheral blood (PB) samples served as controls. Results On day 5 of storage, thrombin receptor activating peptide-6 (TRAP-6) stimulated CD62P expression and fibrinogen binding were comparable to PB samples. ADP induced aggregation continuously decreased during storage. Purinergic receptor expression remained unchanged, whereas the P2Y1 activity progressively declined in contrast to preserved P2Y12 and P2X1 function. Inhibitory pathways were unaffected except for a slight elevation of VASP phosphorylation at Ser239 on day 5. Conclusion After 5 days of storage in citrated WB, platelet responsiveness to TRAP-6 is sufficiently maintained. However, ADP-mediated platelet integrity is more sensitive to deterioration, especially after storage for more than 2 days. Decreasing ADP-induced aggregation is particularly caused by the impairment of the purinergic receptor P2Y1 activity. These characteristics should be considered in the use of platelets from stored citrated WB for experimental or therapeutic issues.
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- Juergen Koessler
- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Haemotherapy, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Acevedo LA, Greenwood AI, Nicholson LK. A Noncanonical Binding Site in the EVH1 Domain of Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Regulates Its Interactions with the Proline Rich Region of Zyxin. Biochemistry 2017; 56:4626-4636. [PMID: 28783324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) is a processive actin polymerase with roles in the control of cell shape and cell migration. Through interaction with the cytoskeletal adaptor protein Zyxin, VASP can localize to damaged stress fibers where it serves to repair and reinforce these structures. VASP localization is mediated by its N-terminal Ena/VASP homology (EVH1) domain, which binds to the (W/F)PxφP motif (most commonly occurring as FPPPP) found in cytoskeletal proteins such as vinculin, lamellipodin, and Zyxin. Sequentially close clusters of four or five of these motifs frequently occur, as in the proline rich region of Zyxin with four such motifs. This suggests that tetrameric VASP might bind very tightly to Zyxin through avidity, with all four EVH1 domains binding to a single Zyxin molecule. Here, quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance titration analysis reveals a dominant bivalent 1:1 (Zyxin:EVH1) interaction between the Zyxin proline rich region and the VASP EVH1 domain that utilizes the EVH1 canonical binding site and a novel secondary binding site on the opposite face of the EVH1 domain. We further show that binding to the secondary binding site is specifically inhibited by mutation of VASP EVH1 domain residue Y39 to E, which mimics Abl-induced phosphorylation of Y39. On the basis of these findings, we propose a model in which phosphorylation of Y39 acts as a stoichiometry switch that governs binding partner selection by the constitutive VASP tetramer. These results have broader implications for other multivalent VASP EVH1 domain binding partners and for furthering our understanding of the role of Y39 phosphorylation in regulating VASP localization and cellular function.
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- Lucila Andrea Acevedo
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Applied Science, College of William and Mary , Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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AMPK and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Signaling Regulates K-Ras Plasma Membrane Interactions via Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase 2. Mol Cell Biol 2016; 36:3086-3099. [PMID: 27697864 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00365-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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K-Ras must localize to the plasma membrane and be arrayed in nanoclusters for biological activity. We show here that K-Ras is a substrate for cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinases (PKGs). In intact cells, activated PKG2 selectively colocalizes with K-Ras on the plasma membrane and phosphorylates K-Ras at Ser181 in the C-terminal polybasic domain. K-Ras phosphorylation by PKG2 is triggered by activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and requires endothelial nitric oxide synthase and soluble guanylyl cyclase. Phosphorylated K-Ras reorganizes into distinct nanoclusters that retune the signal output. Phosphorylation acutely enhances K-Ras plasma membrane affinity, but phosphorylated K-Ras is progressively lost from the plasma membrane via endocytic recycling. Concordantly, chronic pharmacological activation of AMPK → PKG2 signaling with mitochondrial inhibitors, nitric oxide, or sildenafil inhibits proliferation of K-Ras-positive non-small cell lung cancer cells. The study shows that K-Ras is a target of a metabolic stress-signaling pathway that can be leveraged to inhibit oncogenic K-Ras function.
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Gliotoxin Suppresses Macrophage Immune Function by Subverting Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate Homeostasis. mBio 2016; 7:e02242. [PMID: 27048806 PMCID: PMC4817266 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02242-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aspergillus fumigatus, an opportunistic fungal pathogen, spreads in the environment by releasing numerous conidia that are capable of reaching the small alveolar airways of mammalian hosts. In otherwise healthy individuals, macrophages are responsible for rapidly phagocytosing and eliminating these conidia, effectively curbing their germination and consequent invasion of pulmonary tissue. However, under some circumstances, the fungus evades phagocyte-mediated immunity and persists in the respiratory tree. Here, we report that A. fumigatus escapes macrophage recognition by strategically targeting phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] metabolism through gliotoxin, a potent immunosuppressive mycotoxin. Time-lapse microscopy revealed that, in response to the toxin, macrophages cease to ruffle, undergo abrupt membrane retraction, and fail to phagocytose large targets effectively. Gliotoxin was found to prevent integrin activation and interfere with actin dynamics, both of which are instrumental for phagocytosis; similar effects were noted in immortalized and primary phagocytes. Detailed studies of the underlying molecular mechanisms of toxicity revealed that inhibition of phagocytosis is attributable to impaired accumulation of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and the associated dysregulation of downstream effectors, including Rac and/or Cdc42. Strikingly, in response to the diacylglycerol mimetic phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, gliotoxin-treated macrophages reactivate beta integrins, reestablish actin dynamics, and regain phagocytic capacity, despite the overt absence of plasmalemmal PtdIns(3,4,5)P3. Together, our findings identify phosphoinositide metabolism as a critical upstream target of gliotoxin and also indicate that increased diacylglycerol levels can bypass the requirement for PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 signaling during membrane ruffling and phagocytosis. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most frequent cause of human infections in the Aspergillus genus. In immunocompromised populations, invasive aspergillosis (IA) is associated with a mortality rate of up to 90%, and current antifungal therapies have failed to prevent or reverse the infection. Therefore, a deeper understanding of the interactions between A. fumigatus and its host is required. In healthy humans, alveolar macrophages can ingest and eliminate fungal spores, thus limiting their germination into mycotoxin-producing hyphae. Our studies reveal that gliotoxin—the most abundant Aspergillus mycotoxin—undermines the ability of phagocytes to carry out their protective functions. By targeting PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 signaling and downregulating phagocytic immune defenses, the toxin could also exacerbate polymicrobial infections. Notably, we were able to reverse gliotoxin toxicity by addition of diacylglycerol analogues, which may provide the basis for therapeutic interventions.
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Lehtimäki J, Hakala M, Lappalainen P. Actin Filament Structures in Migrating Cells. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2016; 235:123-152. [PMID: 27469496 DOI: 10.1007/164_2016_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell migration is necessary for several developmental processes in multicellular organisms. Furthermore, many physiological processes such as wound healing and immunological events in adult animals are dependent on cell migration. Consequently, defects in cell migration are linked to various diseases including immunological disorders as well as cancer progression and metastasis formation. Cell migration is driven by specific protrusive and contractile actin filament structures, but the types and relative contributions of these actin filament arrays vary depending on the cell type and the environment of the cell. In this chapter, we introduce the most important actin filament structures that contribute to mesenchymal and amoeboid cell migration modes and discuss the mechanisms by which the assembly and turnover of these structures are controlled by various actin-binding proteins.
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- Jaakko Lehtimäki
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 56, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 56, 00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 56, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
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Tojkander S, Gateva G, Husain A, Krishnan R, Lappalainen P. Generation of contractile actomyosin bundles depends on mechanosensitive actin filament assembly and disassembly. eLife 2015; 4:e06126. [PMID: 26652273 PMCID: PMC4714978 DOI: 10.7554/elife.06126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Adhesion and morphogenesis of many non-muscle cells are guided by contractile actomyosin bundles called ventral stress fibers. While it is well established that stress fibers are mechanosensitive structures, physical mechanisms by which they assemble, align, and mature have remained elusive. Here we show that arcs, which serve as precursors for ventral stress fibers, undergo lateral fusion during their centripetal flow to form thick actomyosin bundles that apply tension to focal adhesions at their ends. Importantly, this myosin II-derived force inhibits vectorial actin polymerization at focal adhesions through AMPK-mediated phosphorylation of VASP, and thereby halts stress fiber elongation and ensures their proper contractility. Stress fiber maturation additionally requires ADF/cofilin-mediated disassembly of non-contractile stress fibers, whereas contractile fibers are protected from severing. Taken together, these data reveal that myosin-derived tension precisely controls both actin filament assembly and disassembly to ensure generation and proper alignment of contractile stress fibers in migrating cells. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06126.001 Muscle cells are the best-known example of a cell in the human body that can contract. These cells contain bundles of filaments made of proteins called actin and myosin, which can generate pulling forces. However, many other cells in the human body also rely on similar “contractile actomyosin bundles” to help them stick to each other, to maintain the correct shape or to migrate from one location to another. These bundles in the non-muscle cells are often called “ventral stress fibers”. Ventral stress fibers develop from structures commonly referred to as “arcs”. Previous work has clearly established that ventral stress fibers are sensitive to mechanical forces. However, the underlying mechanism behind this process was not known, and it remained unclear how external forces could promote these actomyosin bundles to assemble, align and mature. Tojkander et al. documented the formation of ventral stress fibers in migrating human cells grown in the laboratory. This revealed that pre-existing arcs fuse with each other to form thicker and more contractile actomyosin bundles. The formation of these bundles then pulls on the two ends of the stress fibers that are attached to sites on the edges of the cell. Tojkander et al. also showed that this tension inactivates a protein called VASP, which is also found at these sites. Inactivating VASP inhibits the construction of actin filaments, which in turn stops the stress fibers from elongating and allows them to contract. Further experiments then revealed that ventral stress fibers are maintained and can even become thicker under a sustained pulling force. Conversely, stress fibers that were not under tension were decorated by proteins that promote the disassembly of actin filaments. This subsequently led to the disappearance of these fibers. Future studies could now examine whether the newly identified pathway, which allows mechanical forces to control the assembly and alignment of stress fibers, is conserved in other cell-types. Furthermore, and because the assembly of such mechanosensitive actomyosin bundles is often defective in cancer cells, it will also be important to study this pathway’s significance in the context of cancer progression. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06126.002
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- Sari Tojkander
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Young LE, Heimsath EG, Higgs HN. Cell type-dependent mechanisms for formin-mediated assembly of filopodia. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:4646-59. [PMID: 26446836 PMCID: PMC4678021 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-09-0626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Filopodia are finger-like protrusions from the plasma membrane and are of fundamental importance to cellular physiology, but the mechanisms governing their assembly are still in question. One model, called convergent elongation, proposes that filopodia arise from Arp2/3 complex-nucleated dendritic actin networks, with factors such as formins elongating these filaments into filopodia. We test this model using constitutively active constructs of two formins, FMNL3 and mDia2. Surprisingly, filopodial assembly requirements differ between suspension and adherent cells. In suspension cells, Arp2/3 complex is required for filopodial assembly through either formin. In contrast, a subset of filopodia remains after Arp2/3 complex inhibition in adherent cells. In adherent cells only, mDia1 and VASP also contribute to filopodial assembly, and filopodia are disproportionately associated with focal adhesions. We propose an extension of the existing models for filopodial assembly in which any cluster of actin filament barbed ends in proximity to the plasma membrane, either Arp2/3 complex dependent or independent, can initiate filopodial assembly by specific formins.
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- Lorna E Young
- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Biochemistry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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Morimatsu M, Mekhdjian AH, Chang AC, Tan SJ, Dunn AR. Visualizing the interior architecture of focal adhesions with high-resolution traction maps. NANO LETTERS 2015; 15:2220-8. [PMID: 25730141 PMCID: PMC5924765 DOI: 10.1021/nl5047335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Focal adhesions (FAs) are micron-sized protein assemblies that coordinate cell adhesion, migration, and mechanotransduction. How the many proteins within FAs are organized into force sensing and transmitting structures is poorly understood. We combined fluorescent molecular tension sensors with super-resolution light microscopy to visualize traction forces within FAs with <100 nm spatial resolution. We find that αvβ3 integrin selectively localizes to high force regions. Paxillin, which is not generally considered to play a direct role in force transmission, shows a higher degree of spatial correlation with force than vinculin, talin, or α-actinin, proteins with hypothesized roles as force transducers. These observations suggest that αvβ3 integrin and paxillin may play important roles in mechanotransduction.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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Lu XG, Kang X, Zhou FQ, Wang XZ, Guo S, Fan ZW, Liang ZK, Yu J. Effects of pyruvate-enriched peritoneal dialysis solution on intestinal barrier in peritoneal resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock in rats. J Surg Res 2015; 193:368-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Revised: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Rotty JD, Wu C, Haynes EM, Suarez C, Winkelman JD, Johnson HE, Haugh JM, Kovar DR, Bear JE. Profilin-1 serves as a gatekeeper for actin assembly by Arp2/3-dependent and -independent pathways. Dev Cell 2014; 32:54-67. [PMID: 25543281 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cells contain multiple F-actin assembly pathways, including the Arp2/3 complex, formins, and Ena/VASP, which have largely been analyzed separately. They collectively generate the bulk of F-actin from a common pool of G-actin; however, the interplay and/or competition between these pathways remains poorly understood. Using fibroblast lines derived from an Arpc2 conditional knockout mouse, we established matched-pair cells with and without the Arp2/3 complex. Arpc2(-/-) cells lack lamellipodia and migrate more slowly than WT cells but have F-actin levels indistinguishable from controls. Actin assembly in Arpc2(-/-) cells was resistant to cytochalasin-D and was highly dependent on profilin-1 and Ena/VASP but not formins. Profilin-1 depletion in WT cells increased F-actin and Arp2/3 complex in lamellipodia. Conversely, addition of exogenous profilin-1 inhibited Arp2/3 complex actin nucleation in vitro and in vivo. Antagonism of the Arp2/3 complex by profilin-1 in cells appears to maintain actin homeostasis by balancing Arp2/3 complex-dependent and -independent actin assembly pathways.
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Kang KT. Endothelium-derived Relaxing Factors of Small Resistance Arteries in Hypertension. Toxicol Res 2014; 30:141-8. [PMID: 25343007 PMCID: PMC4206740 DOI: 10.5487/tr.2014.30.3.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRFs), including nitric oxide (NO), prostacyclin (PGI2), and endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), play pivotal roles in regulating vascular tone. Reduced EDRFs cause impaired endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation, or endothelial dysfunction. Impaired endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in response to acetylcholine (ACh) is consistently observed in conduit vessels in human patients and experimental animal models of hypertension. Because small resistance arteries are known to produce more than one type of EDRF, the mechanism(s) mediating endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in small resistance arteries may be different from that observed in conduit vessels under hypertensive conditions, where vasorelaxation is mainly dependent on NO. EDHF has been described as one of the principal mediators of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in small resistance arteries in normotensive animals. Furthermore, EDHF appears to become the predominant endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation pathway when the endothelial NO synthase (NOS3)/NO pathway is absent, as in NOS3-knockout mice, whereas some studies have shown that the EDHF pathway is dysfunctional in experimental models of hypertension. This article reviews our current knowledge regarding EDRFs in small arteries under normotensive and hypertensive conditions.
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- Kyu-Tae Kang
- College of Pharmacy, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea ; Innovative Drug Center, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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Steering cell migration: lamellipodium dynamics and the regulation of directional persistence. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2014; 15:577-90. [PMID: 25145849 DOI: 10.1038/nrm3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Membrane protrusions at the leading edge of cells, known as lamellipodia, drive cell migration in many normal and pathological situations. Lamellipodial protrusion is powered by actin polymerization, which is mediated by the actin-related protein 2/3 (ARP2/3)-induced nucleation of branched actin networks and the elongation of actin filaments. Recently, advances have been made in our understanding of positive and negative ARP2/3 regulators (such as the SCAR/WAVE (SCAR/WASP family verprolin-homologous protein) complex and Arpin, respectively) and of proteins that control actin branch stability (such as glial maturation factor (GMF)) or actin filament elongation (such as ENA/VASP proteins) in lamellipodium dynamics and cell migration. This Review highlights how the balance between actin filament branching and elongation, and between the positive and negative feedback loops that regulate these activities, determines lamellipodial persistence. Importantly, directional persistence, which results from lamellipodial persistence, emerges as a critical factor in steering cell migration.
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Kim SD, Lee YJ, Baik JS, Han JY, Lee CG, Heo K, Park YS, Kim JS, Ji HD, Park SI, Rhee MH, Yang K. Baicalein inhibits agonist- and tumor cell-induced platelet aggregation while suppressing pulmonary tumor metastasis via cAMP-mediated VASP phosphorylation along with impaired MAPKs and PI3K-Akt activation. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 92:251-65. [PMID: 25268843 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 09/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Recently, the importance of platelet activation in cancer metastasis has become generally accepted. As a result, the development of new platelet inhibitors with minimal adverse effects is now a promising area of targeted cancer therapy. Baicalein is a functional ingredient derived from the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, a plant used intraditional medicine. The pharmacological effects of this compound including anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities have already been demonstrated. However, its effects on platelet activation are unknown. We therefore investigated the effects of baicalein on ligand-induced platelet aggregation and pulmonary cancer metastasis. In the present study, baicalein inhibited agonist-induced platelet aggregation, granule secretion markers (P-selectin expression and ATP release), [Ca(2+)]i mobilization, and integrin αIIbβ3 expression. Additionally, baicalein attenuated ERK2, p38, and Akt activation, and enhanced VASP phosphorylation. Indeed, baicalein was shown to directly inhibit PI3K kinase activity. Moreover, baicalein attenuated the platelet aggregation induced by C6 rat glioma tumor cells in vitro and suppressed CT26 colon cancer metastasis in mice. These features indicate that baicalein is a potential therapeutic drug for the prevention of cancer metastasis.
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- Sung Dae Kim
- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Cell Signaling, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea
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- Cardiovascular Product Evaluation Center, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-752, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Cell Signaling, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea.
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- Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiation Oncology, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Busan 619-953, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiaton Oncology, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 139-706, Republic of Korea.
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Arlier Z, Basar M, Kocamaz E, Kiraz K, Tanriover G, Kocer G, Arlier S, Giray S, Nasırcılar S, Gunduz F, Senturk UK, Demir N. Hypertension alters phosphorylation of VASP in brain endothelial cells. Int J Neurosci 2014; 125:288-97. [PMID: 24894047 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2014.930740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hypertension impairs cerebral vascular function. Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) mediates active reorganization of the cytoskeleton via membrane ruffling, aggregation and tethering of actin filaments. VASP regulation of endothelial barrier function has been demonstrated by studies using VASP(-/-) animals under conditions associated with tissue hypoxia. We hypothesize that hypertension regulates VASP expression and/or phosphorylation in endothelial cells, thereby contributing to dysfunction in the cerebral vasculature. Because exercise has direct and indirect salutary effects on vascular systems that have been damaged by hypertension, we also investigated the effect of exercise on maintenance of VASP expression and/or phosphorylation. We used immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and immunocytochemistry to examine the effect of hypertension on VASP expression and phosphorylation in brain endothelial cells in normotensive [Wistar-Kyoto (WKY)] and spontaneously hypertensive (SH) rats under normal and exercise conditions. In addition, we analyzed VASP regulation in normoxia- and hypoxia-induced endothelial cells. Brain endothelial cells exhibited significantly lower VASP immunoreactivity and phosphorylation at the Ser157 residue in SHR versus WKY rats. Exercise reversed hypertension-induced alterations in VASP phosphorylation. Western blotting and immunocytochemistry indicated reduction in VASP phosphorylation in hypoxic versus normoxic endothelial cells. These results suggest that diminished VASP expression and/or Ser157 phosphorylation mediates endothelial changes associated with hypertension and exercise may normalize these changes, at least in part, by restoring VASP phosphorylation.
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- Zulfikar Arlier
- 1Department of Neurology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
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Garzon-Muvdi T, Pradilla G, Ruzevick JJ, Bender M, Edwards L, Grossman R, Zhao M, Rudek MA, Riggins G, Levy A, Tamargo RJ. A glutamate receptor antagonist, S-4-carboxyphenylglycine (S-4-CPG), inhibits vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in haptoglobin 2-2 mice [corrected]. Neurosurgery 2014; 73:719-28; discussion 729. [PMID: 23842553 DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Vasospasm contributes to delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Glutamate concentrations increase after SAH and correlate with vasospasm in experimental SAH. The haptoglobin (Hp) 2-2 genotype is associated with higher risk of vasospasm after SAH. We tested the efficacy of (S)-4-carboxyphenylglycine (S-4-CPG), a metabotropic glutamate receptor inhibitor, for the treatment of vasospasm after SAH in Hp 2-2 and Hp 1-1 mice. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect on vasospasm and neurobehavioral scores after SAH of systemic S-4-CPG, as well as its toxicity, and phosphorylation of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) in Hp 2-2 mice. METHODS Western blot was used to assess changes in VASP phosphorylation in response to glutamate with and without S-4-CPG. A pharmacokinetics study was done to evaluate S-4-CPG penetration through the blood-brain barrier in vivo. Toxicity was assessed by administering increasing S-4-CPG doses. Efficacy of S-4-CPG assessed the effect of S-4-CPG on lumen patency of the basilar artery and animal behavior after SAH in Hp 1-1 and Hp 2-2 mice. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the presence of neutrophils surrounding the basilar artery after SAH. RESULTS Exposure of human brain microvascular endothelial cells to glutamate decreased phosphorylation of VASP, but glutamate treatment in the presence of S-4-CPG maintains phosphorylation of VASP. S-4-CPG crosses the blood-brain barrier and was not toxic to mice. S-4-CPG treatment significantly prevents vasospasm after SAH. S-4-CPG administered after SAH resulted in a trend toward improvement of animal behavior. CONCLUSION S-4-CPG prevents vasospasm after experimental SAH in Hp2-2 mice. S-4-CPG was not toxic and is a potential therapeutic agent for vasospasm after SAH.
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- Tomas Garzon-Muvdi
- Department of †Neurosurgery; ‡Oncology Center-Chemical Therapeutics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; §Technion Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Cazabat L, Ragazzon B, Varin A, Potier-Cartereau M, Vandier C, Vezzosi D, Risk-Rabin M, Guellich A, Schittl J, Lechêne P, Richter W, Nikolaev VO, Zhang J, Bertherat J, Vandecasteele G. Inactivation of the Carney complex gene 1 (PRKAR1A) alters spatiotemporal regulation of cAMP and cAMP-dependent protein kinase: a study using genetically encoded FRET-based reporters. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:1163-74. [PMID: 24122441 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Carney complex (CNC) is a hereditary disease associating cardiac myxoma, spotty skin pigmentation and endocrine overactivity. CNC is caused by inactivating mutations in the PRKAR1A gene encoding PKA type I alpha regulatory subunit (RIα). Although PKA activity is enhanced in CNC, the mechanisms linking PKA dysregulation to endocrine tumorigenesis are poorly understood. In this study, we used Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based sensors for cAMP and PKA activity to define the role of RIα in the spatiotemporal organization of the cAMP/PKA pathway. RIα knockdown in HEK293 cells increased basal as well as forskolin or prostaglandin E1 (PGE1)-stimulated total cellular PKA activity as reported by western blots of endogenous PKA targets and the FRET-based global PKA activity reporter, AKAR3. Using variants of AKAR3 targeted to subcellular compartments, we identified similar increases in the response to PGE1 in the cytoplasm and at the outer mitochondrial membrane. In contrast, at the plasma membrane, the response to PGE1 was decreased along with an increase in basal FRET ratio. These results were confirmed by western blot analysis of basal and PGE1-induced phosphorylation of membrane-associated vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein. Similar differences were observed between the cytoplasm and the plasma membrane in human adrenal cells carrying a RIα inactivating mutation. RIα inactivation also increased cAMP in the cytoplasm, at the outer mitochondrial membrane and at the plasma membrane, as reported by targeted versions of the cAMP indicator Epac1-camps. These results show that RIα inactivation leads to multiple, compartment-specific alterations of the cAMP/PKA pathway revealing new aspects of signaling dysregulation in tumorigenesis.
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Meijer LAT, Zhou H, Chan OYA, Altelaar AFM, Hennrich ML, Mohammed S, Bos JL, Heck AJR. Quantitative global phosphoproteomics of human umbilical vein endothelial cells after activation of the Rap signaling pathway. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:732-49. [PMID: 23403867 DOI: 10.1039/c3mb25524g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The small GTPase Rap1 is required for proper cell-cell junction formation and also plays a key role in mediating cAMP-induced tightening of adherens junctions and subsequent increased barrier function of endothelial cells. To further study how Rap1 controls barrier function, we performed quantitative global phosphoproteomics in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) prior to and after Rap1 activation by the Epac-selective cAMP analog 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP-AM (007-AM). Tryptic digests were labeled using stable isotope dimethyl labeling, enriched with phosphopeptides by strong cation exchange (SCX), followed by titanium(iv) immobilized metal affinity chromatography (Ti(4+)-IMAC) and analyzed by high resolution mass spectrometry. We identified 19 859 unique phosphopeptides containing 17 278 unique phosphosites on 4594 phosphoproteins, providing the largest HUVEC phosphoproteome to date. Of all identified phosphosites, 220 (∼1%) were more than 1.5-fold up- or downregulated upon Rap activation, in two independent experiments. Compatible with the function of Rap1, these alterations were found predominantly in proteins regulating the actin cytoskeleton, cell-cell junctions and cell adhesion.
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- Lars A T Meijer
- Molecular Cancer Research, Centre for Biomedical Genetics and Cancer Genomics Centre, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Plotnikov SV, Waterman CM. Guiding cell migration by tugging. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013; 25:619-26. [PMID: 23830911 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The ability of cells to move directionally toward areas of stiffer extracellular matrix (ECM) via a process known as 'durotaxis' is thought to be critical for development and wound healing, but durotaxis can also drive cancer metastasis. Migration is driven by integrin-mediated focal adhesions (FAs), protein assemblies that couple contractile actomyosin bundles to the plasma membrane, transmit force generated by the cytoskeleton to the ECM, and convert the mechanical properties of the microenvironment into biochemical signals. To probe the stiffness of the ECM, motile fibroblasts modulate FA mechanics on the nanoscale and exert forces that are reminiscent of repeated tugging on the ECM. Within a single cell, all FAs tug autonomously and thus act as local rigidity sensors, allowing discernment of differences in the extracellular matrix rigidity at high spatial resolution. In this article, we review current advances that may shed light on the mechanism of traction force fluctuations within FAs. We also examine plausible downstream effectors of tugging forces which may regulate cytoskeletal and FA dynamics to guide cell migration in response to ECM stiffness gradients.
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- Sergey V Plotnikov
- Cell Biology and Physiology Center, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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The niche-derived glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) induces migration of mouse spermatogonial stem/progenitor cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59431. [PMID: 23613711 PMCID: PMC3632550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In mammals, the biological activity of the stem/progenitor compartment sustains production of mature gametes through spermatogenesis. Spermatogonial stem cells and their progeny belong to the class of undifferentiated spermatogonia, a germ cell population found on the basal membrane of the seminiferous tubules. A large body of evidence has demonstrated that glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a Sertoli-derived factor, is essential for in vivo and in vitro stem cell self-renewal. However, the mechanisms underlying this activity are not completely understood. In this study, we show that GDNF induces dose-dependent directional migration of freshly selected undifferentiated spermatogonia, as well as germline stem cells in culture, using a Boyden chamber assay. GDNF-induced migration is dependent on the expression of the GDNF co-receptor GFRA1, as shown by migration assays performed on parental and GFRA1-transduced GC-1 spermatogonial cell lines. We found that the actin regulatory protein vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) is specifically expressed in undifferentiated spermatogonia. VASP belongs to the ENA/VASP family of proteins implicated in actin-dependent processes, such as fibroblast migration, axon guidance, and cell adhesion. In intact seminiferous tubules and germline stem cell cultures, GDNF treatment up-regulates VASP in a dose-dependent fashion. These data identify a novel role for the niche-derived factor GDNF, and they suggest that GDNF may impinge on the stem/progenitor compartment, affecting the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration.
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Hocking KM, Baudenbacher FJ, Putumbaka G, Venkatraman S, Cheung-Flynn J, Brophy CM, Komalavilas P. Role of cyclic nucleotide-dependent actin cytoskeletal dynamics:Ca(2+)](i) and force suppression in forskolin-pretreated porcine coronary arteries. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60986. [PMID: 23593369 PMCID: PMC3625185 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Initiation of force generation during vascular smooth muscle contraction involves a rise in intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)]i) and phosphorylation of myosin light chains (MLC). However, reversal of these two processes alone does not account for the force inhibition that occurs during relaxation or inhibition of contraction, implicating that other mechanisms, such as actin cytoskeletal rearrangement, play a role in the suppression of force. In this study, we hypothesize that forskolin-induced force suppression is dependent upon changes in actin cytoskeletal dynamics. To focus on the actin cytoskeletal changes, a physiological model was developed in which forskolin treatment of intact porcine coronary arteries (PCA) prior to treatment with a contractile agonist resulted in complete suppression of force. Pretreatment of PCA with forskolin suppressed histamine-induced force generation but did not abolish [Ca(2+)]i rise or MLC phosphorylation. Additionally, forskolin pretreatment reduced filamentous actin in histamine-treated tissues, and prevented histamine-induced changes in the phosphorylation of the actin-regulatory proteins HSP20, VASP, cofilin, and paxillin. Taken together, these results suggest that forskolin-induced complete force suppression is dependent upon the actin cytoskeletal regulation initiated by the phosphorylation changes of the actin regulatory proteins and not on the MLC dephosphorylation. This model of complete force suppression can be employed to further elucidate the mechanisms responsible for smooth muscle tone, and may offer cues to pathological situations, such as hypertension and vasospasm.
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- Kyle M. Hocking
- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Goldmann WH, Auernheimer V, Thievessen I, Fabry B. Vinculin, cell mechanics and tumour cell invasion. Cell Biol Int 2013; 37:397-405. [PMID: 23494917 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The focal adhesion protein, vinculin, is important for transmitting mechanical forces and orchestrating mechanical signalling events. Deregulation of vinculin results in altered cell adhesion, contractility, motility and growth, all of which are important processes in cancer metastasis. This review summarises recent reports on the role of vinculin in cellular force generation and signalling, and discusses implications for a role of vinculin in promoting cancer cell migration in 3D environments.
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- Wolfgang H Goldmann
- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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Harris JJ, McCarthy HJ, Ni L, Wherlock M, Kang H, Wetzels JF, Welsh GI, Saleem MA. Active proteases in nephrotic plasma lead to a podocin-dependent phosphorylation of VASP in podocytes via protease activated receptor-1. J Pathol 2013; 229:660-71. [PMID: 23436459 DOI: 10.1002/path.4149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is associated with glomerular podocyte injury. Podocytes undergo dramatic changes in their actin structure, with little mechanistic insight to date into the human disease. Post-transplantation recurrence of FSGS is the archetypal form of the disease caused by unknown circulating plasma 'factors'. There is increasing indication that plasma protease activity could be central to this disease. Using clinical plasma exchange material, collected from patients in relapse and remission stages of disease, the effects of FSGS plasma on human conditionally immortalized podocytes (ciPods) were studied. We show that vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) is phosphorylated in response to relapse plasma from ten consecutively tested patients, and not in response to paired remission plasma or non-FSGS controls. The phosphorylation signal is absent in human podocytes carrying a pathological podocin mutation. To test for a plasma ligand, inhibition of proteases in relapse plasma leads to the loss of VASP phosphorylation. By the use of siRNA technology, we show that proteases in the plasma signal predominantly via protease activated receptor-1 (PAR1) to VASP. Mechanistically, FSGS plasma increases podocyte motility, which is dependent on VASP phosphorylation. These data suggest a specific biomarker for disease activity, as well as revealing a novel and highly specific receptor-mediated signalling pathway to the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Jessica J Harris
- Academic Renal Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK
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Colgan SP, Fennimore B, Ehrentraut SF. Adenosine and gastrointestinal inflammation. J Mol Med (Berl) 2013; 91:157-64. [PMID: 23296303 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-012-0990-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Nucleosides such as adenosine (Ado) influence nearly every aspect of physiology and pathophysiology. Extracellular nucleotides liberated at local sites of inflammation are metabolized through regulated phosphohydrolysis by a series of ecto-nucleotidases including ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 (CD39) and ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73), found on the surface of a variety of cell types. Once generated, Ado is made available to bind and activate one of four G protein-coupled Ado receptors. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies implicate Ado in a broad array of tissue-protective mechanisms that provide new insight into adenosine actions. Studies in cultured cells and murine tissues have indicated that Ado receptors couple to novel posttranslational protein modifications, including Cullin deneddylation, as a new anti-inflammatory mechanism. Studies in Ado receptor-null mice have been revealing and indicate a particularly important role for the Ado A2B receptor in animal models of intestinal inflammation. Here, we review contributions of Ado to cell and tissue stress responses, with a particular emphasis on the gastrointestinal mucosa.
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- Sean P Colgan
- Department of Medicine and Mucosal Inflammation Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12700 East 19th Ave., MS B-146, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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