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Bordetella Dermonecrotic Toxin Is a Neurotropic Virulence Factor That Uses Ca V3.1 as the Cell Surface Receptor. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.03146-19. [PMID: 32209694 PMCID: PMC7157530 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03146-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) is one of the representative toxins produced by Bordetella pertussis, but its role in pertussis, B. pertussis infection, remains unknown. In this study, we identified the T-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel CaV3.1 as the DNT receptor by CRISPR-Cas9-based genome-wide screening. As CaV3.1 is highly expressed in the nervous system, the neurotoxicity of DNT was examined. DNT affected cultured neural cells and caused flaccid paralysis in mice after intracerebral injection. No neurological symptoms were observed by intracerebral injection with the other major virulence factors of the organisms, pertussis toxin and adenylate cyclase toxin. These results indicate that DNT has aspects of the neurotropic virulence factor of B. pertussis The possibility of the involvement of DNT in encephalopathy, which is a complication of pertussis, is also discussed.IMPORTANCE Bordetella pertussis, which causes pertussis, a contagious respiratory disease, produces three major protein toxins, pertussis toxin, adenylate cyclase toxin, and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT), for which molecular actions have been elucidated. The former two toxins are known to be involved in the emergence of some clinical symptoms and/or contribute to the establishment of bacterial infection. In contrast, the role of DNT in pertussis remains unclear. Our study shows that DNT affects neural cells through specific binding to the T-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channel that is highly expressed in the central nervous system and leads to neurological disorders in mice after intracerebral injection. These data raise the possibility of DNT as an etiological agent for pertussis encephalopathy, a severe complication of B. pertussis infection.
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PC 12 Pheochromocytoma Cell Response to Super High Frequency Terahertz Radiation from Synchrotron Source. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11020162. [PMID: 30709066 PMCID: PMC6406661 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11020162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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High frequency (HF) electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have been widely used in many wireless communication devices, yet within the terahertz (THz) range, their effects on biological systems are poorly understood. In this study, electromagnetic radiation in the range of 0.3–19.5 × 1012 Hz, generated using a synchrotron light source, was used to investigate the response of PC 12 neuron-like pheochromocytoma cells to THz irradiation. The PC 12 cells remained viable and physiologically healthy, as confirmed by a panel of biological assays; however, exposure to THz radiation for 10 min at 25.2 ± 0.4 °C was sufficient to induce a temporary increase in their cell membrane permeability. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed cell membrane permeabilization via visualisation of the translocation of silica nanospheres (d = 23.5 ± 0.2 nm) and their clusters (d = 63 nm) into the PC 12 cells. Analysis of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs revealed the formation of atypically large (up to 1 µm) blebs on the surface of PC 12 cells when exposed to THz radiation. Long-term analysis showed no substantial differences in metabolic activity between the PC 12 cells exposed to THz radiation and untreated cells; however, a higher population of the THz-treated PC 12 cells responded to the nerve growth factor (NGF) by extending longer neurites (up to 0–20 µm) compared to the untreated PC12 cells (up to 20 µm). These findings present implications for the development of nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery and gene therapy strategies since THz irradiation can promote nanoparticle uptake by cells without causing apoptosis, necrosis or physiological damage, as well as provide a deeper fundamental insight into the biological effects of environmental exposure of cells to electromagnetic radiation of super high frequencies.
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Narumiya S, Thumkeo D. Rho signaling research: history, current status and future directions. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:1763-1776. [PMID: 29749605 PMCID: PMC6032899 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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One of the main research areas in biology from the mid‐1980s through the 1990s was the elucidation of signaling pathways governing cell responses. These studies brought, among other molecules, the small GTPase Rho to the epicenter. Rho signaling research has since expanded to all areas of biology and medicine. Here, we describe how Rho emerged as a key molecule governing cell morphogenesis and movement, how it was linked to actin reorganization, and how the study of Rho signaling has expanded from cultured cells to whole biological systems. We then give an overview of the current research status of Rho signaling in development, brain, cardiovascular system, immunity and cancer, and discuss the future directions of Rho signaling research, with emphasis on one Rho effector, ROCK*.
*The Rho GTPase family. Rho family GTPases have now expanded to contain 20 members. Amino acid sequences of 20 Rho GTPases found in human were aligned and the phylogenetic tree was generated by ClustalW2 software (EMBL‐EBI) based on NJ algorithm. The subfamilies of the Rho GTPases are highlighted by the circle and labeled on the right side. Rho cited in this review refers to the original members of Rho subfamily, RhoA, RhoB and RhoC, that are C3 substrates, and, unless specified, not to other members of the Rho subfamily such as Rac, Cdc42, and Rnd. ![]()
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- Shuh Narumiya
- Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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The ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 exoenzyme from C. botulinum selectively inactivates Rho and is therefore often used as an inhibitor for investigations on Rho signaling. Previous studies of our group revealed that C3 inhibited cell proliferation in HT22 cells accompanied by increased transcriptional activities of Sp1 and c-Jun and reduced levels of cyclin D1, p21 and phosphorylated p38. By use of a p38α-deficient and a p38α-expressing control cell line, the impact of p38 on C3-mediated inhibition of cell proliferation and alterations on MAPK signaling was studied by growth kinetic experiments and Western blot analyses. The cell growth of p38α-expressing cells was impaired by C3, while the p38α-deficient cells did not exhibit any C3-induced effect. The activity of the MKK3/6-p38 MAPK signaling cascade as well as the phosphorylation of c-Jun and JNK was reduced by C3 exclusively in the presence of p38α. Moreover, the activity of upstream MAPKKK TAK1 was lowered in the p38α-expressing cells. These results indicated a resistance of p38α-deficient cells to C3-mediated inhibition of cell growth. This anti-proliferative effect was highly associated with the decreased activity of c-Jun and upstream p38 and JNK MAPK signaling as a consequence of the absence of p38α in these cells.
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von Elsner L, Hagemann S, Just I, Rohrbeck A. C3 exoenzyme impairs cell proliferation and apoptosis by altering the activity of transcription factors. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2016; 389:1021-31. [PMID: 27351882 PMCID: PMC4977334 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-016-1270-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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C3 exoenzyme from C. botulinum is an ADP-ribosyltransferase that inactivates selectively RhoA, B, and C by coupling an ADP-ribose moiety. Rho-GTPases are involved in various cellular processes, such as regulation of actin cytoskeleton, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. Previous studies of our group with the murine hippocampal cell line HT22 revealed a C3-mediated inhibition of cell proliferation after 48 h and a prevention of serum-starved cells from apoptosis. For both effects, alterations of various signaling pathways are already known, including also changes on the transcriptional level. Investigations on the transcriptional activity in HT22 cells treated with C3 for 48 h identified five out of 48 transcription factors namely Sp1, ATF2, E2F-1, CBF, and Stat6 with a significantly regulated activity. For validation of identified transcription factors, studies on the protein level of certain target genes were performed. Western blot analyses exhibited an enhanced abundance of Sp1 target genes p21 and COX-2 as well as an increase in phosphorylation of c-Jun. In contrast, the level of p53 and apoptosis-inducing GADD153, a target gene of ATF2, was decreased. Our results reveal that C3 regulates the transcriptional activity of Sp1 and ATF2 resulting downstream in an altered protein abundance of various target genes. As the affected proteins are involved in the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis, thus the C3-mediated anti-proliferative and anti-apoptotic effects are consequences of the Rho-dependent alterations of the activity of certain transcriptional factors.
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- Leonie von Elsner
- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, Straße 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, Straße 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, Straße 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, Straße 1, D-30625, Hannover, Germany
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Hoeppner LH, Sinha S, Wang Y, Bhattacharya R, Dutta S, Gong X, Bedell VM, Suresh S, Chun C, Ramchandran R, Ekker SC, Mukhopadhyay D. RhoC maintains vascular homeostasis by regulating VEGF-induced signaling in endothelial cells. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:3556-68. [PMID: 26136364 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.167601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Vasculogenesis and angiogenesis are controlled by vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A). Dysregulation of these physiological processes contributes to the pathologies of heart disease, cancer and stroke. Rho GTPase proteins play an integral role in VEGF-mediated formation and maintenance of blood vessels. The regulatory functions of RhoA and RhoB in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis are well defined, whereas the purpose of RhoC remains poorly understood. Here, we describe how RhoC promotes vascular homeostasis by modulating endothelial cell migration, proliferation and permeability. RhoC stimulates proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by stabilizing nuclear β-catenin, which promotes transcription of cyclin D1 and subsequently drives cell cycle progression. RhoC negatively regulates endothelial cell migration through MAPKs and downstream MLC2 signaling, and decreases vascular permeability through downregulation of the phospholipase Cγ (PLCγ)-Ca(2+)-eNOS cascade in HUVECs. Using a VEGF-inducible zebrafish (Danio rerio) model, we observed significantly increased vascular permeability in RhoC morpholino (MO)-injected zebrafish compared with control MO-injected zebrafish. Taken together, our findings suggest that RhoC is a key regulator of vascular homeostasis in endothelial cells.
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- Luke H Hoeppner
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Developmental Vascular Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Developmental Vascular Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Auer M, Allodi I, Barham M, Udina E, Neiss WF, Navarro X, Klimaschewski L. C3 exoenzyme lacks effects on peripheral axon regeneration in vivo. J Peripher Nerv Syst 2013; 18:30-6. [PMID: 23521641 DOI: 10.1111/jns5.12004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Peripheral nerve injury triggers the activation of the small GTPase RhoA in spinal motor and peripheral sensory neurons. C3 transferase, an exoenzyme produced by Clostridium botulinum that inactivates RhoA by ADP-ribosylation, has been successfully applied in central nervous system (CNS) lesion models to facilitate regeneration functionally and morphologically. Until now it has not been demonstrated if C3bot exerts positive effects on peripheral axon regeneration as well. In organotypic spinal cord preparations, C3bot reduced axonal growth of motoneurons, while no effect on sensory axon outgrowth from dorsal root ganglia (DRG) explants was observed. Enzymatically inactive C3E174Q was ineffective in both culture models. Spinal cord slices exhibited a significant increase in microglia/macrophages after treatment with C3bot suggesting an inflammatory component in the inhibition of axon growth. C3bot or C3E174Q were then applied into conduits implanted after transection of the sciatic nerve in rats. Functional evaluation by electrophysiology, nociception, and walking track tests did not show any significant difference between groups with active or mutant C3E174Q . Transmission electron microscopy of the regenerated nerves revealed no significant differences in the number of myelinated and unmyelinated axons 6 weeks after surgery. Compared to the CNS, the functional significance of RhoA may be limited during nerve regeneration in a growth-promoting environment.
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- Maria Auer
- Division of Neuroanatomy, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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Auer M, Schweigreiter R, Hausott B, Thongrong S, Höltje M, Just I, Bandtlow C, Klimaschewski L. Rho-independent stimulation of axon outgrowth and activation of the ERK and Akt signaling pathways by C3 transferase in sensory neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2012; 6:43. [PMID: 23087613 PMCID: PMC3468917 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Peripheral nerve injury triggers the activation of RhoA in spinal motor and peripheral sensory neurons. RhoA activates a number of effector proteins including the Rho-associated kinase, ROCK, which targets the cytoskeleton and leads to inhibition of neurite outgrowth. Blockade of the Rho/ROCK pathway by pharmacological means improves axon regeneration after experimental injury. C3bot transferase, an exoenzyme produced by Clostridium botulinum, inactivates RhoA by ADP-ribosylation. It has been successfully applied in experimental CNS lesions to facilitate axon regeneration. Up to now it was not investigated thoroughly whether C3bot exerts positive effects on peripheral axon regeneration as well. In the present study, recombinant membrane permeable C3bot produced a small, but significant, axon outgrowth effect on peripheral sensory neurons dissociated from adult dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of the rat. Neuronal overexpression of C3, however, did not enhance axonal growth. Moreover, transfection of plasmids encoding dominant negative RhoA or RhoA specific shRNAs failed to increase axonal growth. Furthermore, we show that the C3bot mutant, C3E174Q, which lacks RhoA inhibitory activity, still stimulates axonal growth. When analyzing possible signaling mechanisms we found that extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt are activated by C3bot and ERK is induced by the C3E174Q mutant. Upregulation of kinase activities by C3bot occurs significantly faster than inactivation of RhoA indicating a RhoA-independent pathway of action by C3bot. The induction of ERK signaling by C3bot was detected in embryonic hippocampal neurons, too. Taken together, although RhoA plays a central role for inhibition of axon outgrowth by myelin-derived inhibitors, it does not interfere with axonal growth of sensory neurons on a permissive substrate in vitro. C3bot blocks neuronal RhoA activity, but its positive effects on axon elongation and branching appear to be mediated by Rho independent mechanisms involving activation of axon growth promoting ERK and Akt kinases.
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- Maria Auer
- Division of Neuroanatomy, Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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Rohrbeck A, Kolbe T, Hagemann S, Genth H, Just I. Distinct biological activities of C3 and ADP-ribosyltransferase-deficient C3-E174Q. FEBS J 2012; 279:2657-71. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Potentiation of nerve growth factor-induced neurite outgrowth by the ROCK inhibitor Y-27632: A possible role of IP3 receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 648:67-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 08/20/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Fukui A, Horiguchi Y. DERMONECROTIC TOXIN: THE OLD BUT NEW VIRULENCE FACTOR PRODUCED BY BORDETELLA SPP. TOXIN REV 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/15569540500321019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kamata Y, Hattori Y. Neural Differentiation of Human Neuroblastoma GOTO Cells via a Rho-Rho Kinase-Phosphorylation Signal Transduction and Continuous Observation of a Single GOTO Cell during Differentiation. J Vet Med Sci 2007; 69:37-42. [PMID: 17283398 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.69.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Nerve growth factor, retinoic acid, dibutyryl cAMP, ganglioside G(Q1b), and botulinum C3 exoenzyme were evaluated for their neural differentiating potential on human neuroblastoma GOTO cells. C3 exoenzyme is an ADP-ribosyltransferase inactivating Rho protein (a small GTP-binding protein). C3 exoenzyme caused the fastest differentiation of GOTO cells into neural cells and induced the strongest network of the cells. Fasudil, an inhibitor of Rho-kinase, induced outgrowth of the neurites in the GOTO cells. Calyculin A, an inhibitor of phosphatases including myosin phosphatase, counteracted C3 exoenzyme-induced neurite outgrowth of the cells. These findings suggest that differentiation of GOTO cells triggered by C3 exoenzyme is attained via inactivation of Rho protein, inhibition of Rho-kinase, and activation of myosin phosphatase. Because of the strong differentiating potential of C3 exoenzyme, the transduction pathway consisting of Rho protein, Rho-kinase, and myosin phosphatase seems to be main stream in the neural differentiation of GOTO cells. A single GOTO cell was observed continuously after treatment with C3 exoenzyme. The cell started to change shape from its original morphology only 15 min after treatment with C3 exoenzyme, and it was completely spherical within 60 min. Neurites appeared on the membrane of the cell 2 hr after the treatment and then gradual outgrowth began. These observations are fundamental information in elucidating the mechanism of neural differentiation, especially at an early stage.
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- Yoichi Kamata
- Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai-si, Japan
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Matheson SF, Hu KQ, Brouns MR, Sordella R, VanderHeide JD, Settleman J. Distinct but overlapping functions for the closely related p190 RhoGAPs in neural development. Dev Neurosci 2006; 28:538-50. [PMID: 17028431 DOI: 10.1159/000095116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2006] [Accepted: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The p190 RhoGAPs, p190A and p190B, are highly related GTPase-activating proteins for the Rho GTPases. Rho GTPases and p190A reportedly control various aspects of brain development, and we hypothesized that p190B would be likewise involved in neuronal development. We find that like p190A, p190B is prominently expressed in the developing and adult brain. Unlike p190A, p190B is not abundantly tyrosine phosphorylated. We further demonstrate, using p190B-deficient mice, that p190B is required for normal brain development. Mice lacking p190B display several major defects, including (1) deficits in the formation of major forebrain commissures, including the corpus callosum and anterior commissure, (2) dilation of the lateral ventricles, suggesting inhibition of neurogenesis and/or survival, (3) thinning of the neocortical intermediate zone, suggesting defects in neuronal differentiation and/or axonal outgrowth, and (4) impaired neuronal differentiation. These defects are similar to, but distinct from, those described in p190A-deficient mice. RNA interference-mediated knockdown of neither p190 protein results in significant inhibition of neurite outgrowth in neuroblastoma cells, despite an apparent increase in RhoA activity. We conclude that p190 RhoGAPs control pivotal aspects of neural development, including neuronal differentiation and process outgrowth, and that these effects are mediated by signaling systems that include, but are not limited to, RhoA.
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Ahmed I, Calle Y, Iwashita S, Nur-E-Kamal A. Role of Cdc42 in neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells and cerebellar granule neurons. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 281:17-25. [PMID: 16328953 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-0165-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2005] [Accepted: 06/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Inactivation of Rho GTPases inhibited the neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells. The role of Cdc42 in neurite outgrowth was then studied by selective inhibition of Cdc42 signals. Overexpression of ACK42, Cdc42 binding domain of ACK-1, inhibited NGF-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. ACK42 also inhibited the neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells induced by constitutively activated mutant of Cdc42, but not Rac. These results suggest that Cdc42 plays an important role in mediating NGF-induced neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells. Inhibition of neurite outgrowth was also demonstrated using a cell permeable chimeric protein, penetratin-ACK42. A dominant negative mutant of Rac, RacN17 inhibited Cdc42-induced neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells suggesting that Rac acts downstream of Cdc42. Further studies, using primary-cultures of rat cerebellar granule neurons, showed that Cdc42 is also involved in the neurite outgrowth of cerebellar granule neurons. Both penetratin-ACK42 and Clostridium difficile toxin B, which inactivates all members of Rho GTPases strongly inhibited the neurite outgrowth of cerebellar granule neurons. These results show that Cdc42 plays a similar and essential role in the development of neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells and cerebellar granule neurons. These results provide evidence that Cdc42 produces signals that are essential for the neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells and cerebellar granule neurons.
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- Ijaz Ahmed
- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Our brain serves as a center for cognitive function and neurons within the brain relay and store information about our surroundings and experiences. Modulation of this complex neuronal circuitry allows us to process that information and respond appropriately. Proper development of neurons is therefore vital to the mental health of an individual, and perturbations in their signaling or morphology are likely to result in cognitive impairment. The development of a neuron requires a series of steps that begins with migration from its birth place and initiation of process outgrowth, and ultimately leads to differentiation and the formation of connections that allow it to communicate with appropriate targets. Over the past several years, it has become clear that the Rho family of GTPases and related molecules play an important role in various aspects of neuronal development, including neurite outgrowth and differentiation, axon pathfinding, and dendritic spine formation and maintenance. Given the importance of these molecules in these processes, it is therefore not surprising that mutations in genes encoding a number of regulators and effectors of the Rho GTPases have been associated with human neurological diseases. This review will focus on the role of the Rho GTPases and their associated signaling molecules throughout neuronal development and discuss how perturbations in Rho GTPase signaling may lead to cognitive disorders.
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- Eve-Ellen Govek
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Aktories K, Wilde C, Vogelsgesang M. Rho-modifying C3-like ADP-ribosyltransferases. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 152:1-22. [PMID: 15372308 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-004-0034-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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C3-like exoenzymes comprise a family of seven bacterial ADP-ribosyltransferases, which selectively modify RhoA, B, and C at asparagine-41. Crystal structures of C3 exoenzymes are available, allowing novel insights into the structure-function relationships of these exoenzymes. Because ADP-ribosylation specifically inhibits the biological functions of the low-molecular mass GTPases, C3 exoenzymes are established pharmacological tools to study the cellular functions of Rho GTPases. Recent studies, however, indicate that the functional consequences of C3-induced ADP-ribosylation are more complex than previously suggested. In the present review the basic properties of C3 exoenzymes are briefly summarized and new findings are reviewed.
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- K Aktories
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Otto-Krayer-Haus, Albertstr. 25, Freiburg, Germany.
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Kim Y, Chang S. Modulation of actomyosin contractility by myosin light chain phosphorylation/dephosphorylation through Rho GTPases signaling specifies axon formation in neurons. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 318:579-87. [PMID: 15120639 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Actin depolymerization through Rho GTPases or exogenous mechanical tension has been suggested as a key determinant for the first step of neuronal polarization, the axonogenesis, in which one of the neurites starts to grow becoming the axon. The underlying mechanism and the relationship between two forces in the cells, however, are mostly unknown. Here, we report that the myosin-dependent contractility is a common effector between two forces and a critical determinant in axonogenesis and neuronal polarization. We have found that inhibition of myosin ATPase activity and modulation of myosin light chain phosphorylation/dephosphorylation through Rho GTPases signaling induced multiple axons. Moreover, overexpression of wild-type myosin light chain kinase dramatically increased filopodial structures and produced multi-axonal structures. Our results suggest that MLC phosphorylation/dephosphorylation through Rho GTPases signaling modulates the actomyosin contractility, and then in turn provides a physiological tension in neurons to induce axon.
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- Yujin Kim
- Department of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 1 Oryong-dong Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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Recent experiments in various cell types such as mammalian neutrophils and Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae point to a key role for the lipid product of PI 3-kinase, PIP(3), in determining internal polarity. In neurons, as a consequence of the elongation of one neurite, the axon is specified and the cell acquires its polarity. To test the hypothesis that PI 3-kinase and PIP(3) may play a role in neuronal polarity, and especially in axon specification, we observed localization of PIP(3) visualized by Akt-PH-GFP in developing hippocampal neurons. We found that PIP(3) accumulates in the tip of the growing processes. This accumulation is inhibited by addition of PI 3-kinase inhibitors. Those inhibitors, consistently with a role of PIP(3) in process formation and elongation, delay the transition from stage 1 neurons to stage 3 neurons, and both axon formation and elongation. Moreover, when the immature neurite contacts a bead coated with laminin, a substrate known to induce axon specification, PIP(3) accumulates in its growth cone followed by a rapid elongation of the neurite. In such conditions, the addition of PI 3-kinase inhibitors inhibits both PIP(3) accumulation and future axon elongation. These results suggest that PIP(3) is involved in axon specification, possibly by stimulating neurite outgrowth. In addition, when a second neurite contacted the beads, this neurite rapidly elongates whereas the elongation of the first laminin-contacting neurite stops, consistently with the hypothesis of a negative feedback mechanism from the growing future axon to the other neurites.
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- Céline Ménager
- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, Showa, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Yau L, Zahradka P. ADP-Ribosylation and the Cardiovascular System. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0453-5_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Charrier E, Reibel S, Rogemond V, Aguera M, Thomasset N, Honnorat J. Collapsin response mediator proteins (CRMPs): involvement in nervous system development and adult neurodegenerative disorders. Mol Neurobiol 2003; 28:51-64. [PMID: 14514985 DOI: 10.1385/mn:28:1:51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2003] [Accepted: 03/26/2003] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The members of the collapsin response mediator protein (CRMP) family-five cytosolic phosphoproteins -are highly expressed throughout brain development. The first member to be cloned, CRMP2, was identified as an intracellular messenger required for the growth cone-collapse induced by semaphorin 3A (Sema3A). A rapidly expanding body of study indicates that the functions of CRMPs are not solely limited to the signaling transduction of the Sema3A guidance cue. They are probably involved in multiple cellular and molecular events involved in apoptosis/proliferation, cell migration, and differentiation. In the adult brain, the expression of CRMPs is dramatically downregulated. However, they remain expressed in structures that retain their capacity for differentiation and plasticity and also in a subpopulation of oligodendrocytes (CRMP2 and CRMP5). Moreover, the expression of CRMPs is altered in neurodegenerative diseases, and these proteins may be of key importance in the physiopathology of the adult nervous system.
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- Emmanuelle Charrier
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U 433, Hôpital Neurologique, 59 Bd Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France
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Jian-Hui L, Bo J, Yong-Ming B, Li-Jia A. Effect of Cuscuta chinensis glycoside on the neuronal differentiation of rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Int J Dev Neurosci 2003; 21:277-81. [PMID: 12850061 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-5748(03)00040-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Exposure of rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells to Cuscuta chinensis glycoside induced neuronal differentiation with resulting outgrowth of neurites and increase of acetylcholinesterase activity. A specific inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase, PD98059, prevented this effect of C. chinensis on PC12 cells. These results suggested that C. chinensis glycoside induced neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells linked to the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascade.
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- Liu Jian-Hui
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China
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Martinez MC, Ochiishi T, Majewski M, Kosik KS. Dual regulation of neuronal morphogenesis by a delta-catenin-cortactin complex and Rho. J Cell Biol 2003; 162:99-111. [PMID: 12835311 PMCID: PMC2172717 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200211025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Delta-catenin is a neuronal protein that contains 10 Armadillo motifs and binds to the juxtamembrane segment of classical cadherins. We report that delta-catenin interacts with cortactin in a tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent manner. This interaction occurs within a region of the delta-catenin sequence that is also essential for the neurite elongation effects. Src family kinases can phosphorylate delta-catenin and bind to delta-catenin through its polyproline tract. Under conditions when tyrosine phosphorylation is reduced, delta-catenin binds to cortactin and cells extend unbranched primary processes. Conversely, increasing tyrosine phosphorylation disrupts the delta-catenin-cortactin complex. When RhoA is inhibited, delta-catenin enhances the effects of Rho inhibition on branching. We conclude that delta-catenin contributes to setting a balance between neurite elongation and branching in the elaboration of a complex dendritic tree.
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- Maria Cruz Martinez
- Dept. of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Institute of Medicine, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Of the several types of polarized cells, the neuron is one of the most dramatic examples. It extends two distinctive processes, axon and dendrite. Polarization in neurons enables the two processes to play their functionally different roles, sending and receiving electrical signals in a vectorial fashion. While a catalog of structural, molecular, and functional differences between axon and dendrite is accumulating, the mechanisms involved in establishment of neuronal polarity are not well understood. Neuronal polarity formation begins with the elongation of one process as an axon in a symmetric cell phase. In this review, we describe recent advances in the understanding of several cellular events in the early development of axon and dendrite. We also discuss the involvement of the Rho family small GTPases, their upstream and downstream molecules, and collapsin response mediator protein-2 (CRMP-2) in the regulation of neuronal polarity.
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- Nariko Arimura
- Department of Cell Pharmacology and Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
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Abe T, Kato M, Miki H, Takenawa T, Endo T. Small GTPase Tc10 and its homologue RhoT induce N-WASP-mediated long process formation and neurite outgrowth. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:155-68. [PMID: 12456725 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rho family small GTPases regulate multiple cellular functions through reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Among them, Cdc42 and Tc10 induce filopodia or peripheral processes in cultured cells. We have identified a member of the family, designated as RhoT, which is closely related to Tc10. Tc10 was highly expressed in muscular tissues and brain and remarkably induced during differentiation of C2 skeletal muscle cells and neuronal differentiation of PC12 and N1E-115 cells. On the other hand, RhoT was predominantly expressed in heart and uterus and induced during neuronal differentiation of N1E-115 cells. Tc10 exogenously expressed in fibroblasts generated actin-filament-containing peripheral processes longer than the Cdc42-formed filopodia, whereas RhoT produced much longer and thicker processes containing actin filaments. Furthermore, both Tc10 and RhoT induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 and N1E-115 cells, but Cdc42 did not do this by itself. Tc10 and RhoT as well as Cdc42 bound to the N-terminal CRIB-motif-containing portion of N-WASP and activated N-WASP to induce Arp2/3-complex-mediated actin polymerization. The formation of peripheral processes and neurites by Tc10 and RhoT was prevented by the coexpression of dominant-negative mutants of N-WASP. Thus, N-WASP is essential for the process formation and neurite outgrowth induced by Tc10 and RhoT. Neuronal differentiation of PC12 and N1E-115 cells induced by dibutyryl cyclic AMP and by serum starvation, respectively, was prevented by dominant-negative Cdc42, Tc10 and RhoT. Taken together, all these Rho family proteins are required for neuronal differentiation, but they exert their functions differentially in process formation and neurite extension. Consequently, N-WASP activated by these small GTPases mediates neuronal differentiation in addition to its recently identified role in glucose uptake.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Actin-Related Protein 2
- Amino Acid Motifs/genetics
- Animals
- Brain/cytology
- Brain/growth & development
- Brain/metabolism
- Bucladesine/pharmacology
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/analysis
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Fibroblasts/cytology
- Fibroblasts/enzymology
- GTP Phosphohydrolases/genetics
- GTP Phosphohydrolases/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/genetics
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle, Skeletal/cytology
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Neurites/drug effects
- Neurites/enzymology
- Neurites/ultrastructure
- PC12 Cells
- Phylogeny
- Pseudopodia/drug effects
- Pseudopodia/enzymology
- Pseudopodia/ultrastructure
- Rats
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein, Neuronal
- cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein/genetics
- cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein/metabolism
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/isolation & purification
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- Tomoyuki Abe
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, and Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Yayoicho, Inageku, Chiba, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Nusser N, Gosmanova E, Zheng Y, Tigyi G. Nerve growth factor signals through TrkA, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and Rac1 to inactivate RhoA during the initiation of neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:35840-6. [PMID: 12133829 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203617200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells, nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neuronal differentiation is blocked by constitutively active dominant mutants of RhoA but augmented by negative ones, suggesting a not yet elucidated inhibitory signaling link between NGF receptors and RhoA. Here we show that NGF treatment rapidly translocates RhoA from the plasma membrane to the cytosol and simultaneously decreases RhoA affinity to its target Rho-associated kinase (ROK), a key mediator of neurite outgrowth. This effect was transient, because after 2 days of NGF treatment, RhoA relocated from the cytosol to the plasma membrane, and its GTP loading returned to a level found in undifferentiated cells. Inhibition of RhoA is mediated by activation of the TrkA receptor, because NGF failed to induce RhoA translocation and inhibition of ROK binding in nnr5 cells that lack TrkA, whereas the inhibition was reconstituted in receptor add-back B5 cells. In MM17-26 cells, which due to expression of dominant negative Ras do not differentiate, NGF-stimulated transient RhoA inhibition was unaffected. The inhibitory pathway from TrkA to RhoA involves phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K), because the inhibitors LY294002 or wortmannin prevented NGF-induced RhoA translocation and increased RhoA association with ROK. Furthermore, inhibition of PI3K significantly reduced NGF- mediated Rac1 activation, whereas dominant negative Rac1 abolished the inhibitory signaling to RhoA. Taken together, these data indicate that NGF-mediated activation of TrkA receptor stimulates PI3K, which in turn increases Rac1 activity to induce transient RhoA inactivation during the initial phase of neurite outgrowth.
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- Nora Nusser
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA [corrected]
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da Silva JS, Dotti CG. Breaking the neuronal sphere: regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in neuritogenesis. Nat Rev Neurosci 2002; 3:694-704. [PMID: 12209118 DOI: 10.1038/nrn918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 348] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The sprouting of neurites, which will later become axons and dendrites, is an important event in early neuronal differentiation. Studies in living neurons indicate that neuritogenesis begins immediately after neuronal commitment, with the activation of membrane receptors by extracellular cues. These receptors activate intracellular cascades that trigger changes in the actin cytoskeleton, which promote the initial breakdown of symmetry. Then, through the regulation of gene transcription, and of microtubule and membrane dynamics, the newly formed neurite becomes stabilized. A key challenge is to define the molecular machinery that regulates the actin cytoskeleton during initial neurite sprouting. We propose that analysing the molecules involved in actin-dependent mechanisms in non-neuronal systems, such as budding yeast and migrating fibroblasts, could help to uncover the secrets of neuritogenesis.
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- Jorge Santos da Silva
- Cavalieri Ottolenghi Scientific Institute, Universita Degli Studi di Torino, A.O. San Luigi Gonzaga, Regione Gonzole 10, 10024 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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Kamata Y, Hoshi H, Choki H, Kozaki S. Characterization of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody against botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase, C3 exoenzyme. J Vet Med Sci 2002; 64:767-71. [PMID: 12399599 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A monoclonal antibody, named C302, was prepared and characterized against botulinum ADP-ribosyltransferase C3 exoenzyme that inactivates RhoA GTP-binding protein, resulting in the neurite outgrowth of human neuroblastoma GOTO cells. C302 bound not to the smaller fragments derived from the protease-treated C3 exoenzyme but to the intact C3 exoenzyme. It seems that the C302 epitope may depend on the three-dimensional structure of C3 exoenzyme molecule. C302 depressed the enzymatic and biological actions of C3 exoenzyme. The dose-dependent depression pattern of C302 on the enzyme activity was similar to that to the biological one. C302 turned the neurite-bearing shape of the C3 exoenzyme-treated GOTO cells into the intact shape. By using of C302 mAb and C3 exoenzyme, the research concerning GTP-binding proteins would be improved.
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- Yoichi Kamata
- Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Neurons are the most highly polarized cells, comprised of two structurally and functionally distinct parts, axons and dendrites. This asymmetry enables a vectorial flow of signaling within neurons. One of the most fundamental questions still to be answered in neuroscience is how these two specialized processes initially develop. The first manifestation of polarization occurs when one of the immature neurites acquires axonal characteristics. We review recent advances that have highlighted the involvement of several cellular events in the initial formation of the axon, including membrane traffic and cytoskeletal rearrangement. We then discuss the molecular mechanisms underlying axon formation, focusing on the Rho family small GTPases and an axon-inducing neuronal protein, CRMP-2.
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- Yuko Fukata
- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Suzuki A, Endo T. Ermelin, an endoplasmic reticulum transmembrane protein, contains the novel HELP domain conserved in eukaryotes. Gene 2002; 284:31-40. [PMID: 11891044 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00885-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have cloned a cDNA encoding a novel protein referred to as ermelin from mouse C2 skeletal muscle cells. This protein contained six hydrophobic amino acid stretches corresponding to transmembrane domains, two histidine-rich sequences, and a sequence homologous to the fusion peptides of certain fusion proteins. Ermelin also contained a novel modular sequence, designated as HELP domain, which was highly conserved among eukaryotes, from yeast to higher plants and animals. All these HELP domain-containing proteins, including mouse KE4, Drosophila Catsup, and Arabidopsis IAR1, possessed multipass transmembrane domains and histidine-rich sequences. Ermelin was predominantly expressed in brain and testis, and induced during neuronal differentiation of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells but downregulated during myogenic differentiation of C2 cells. The mRNA was accumulated in hippocampus and cerebellum of brain and central areas of seminiferous tubules in testis. Epitope-tagging experiments located ermelin and KE4 to a network structure throughout the cytoplasm. Staining with the fluorescent dye DiOC(6)(3) identified this structure as the endoplasmic reticulum. These results suggest that at least some, if not all, of the HELP domain-containing proteins are multipass endoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins with functions conserved among eukaryotes.
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- Akiko Suzuki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, and Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inageku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Fujita A, Hattori Y, Takeuchi T, Kamata Y, Hata F. NGF induces neurite outgrowth via a decrease in phosphorylation of myosin light chain in PC12 cells. Neuroreport 2001; 12:3599-602. [PMID: 11733719 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200111160-00045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The relationship between phosphorylation of myosin light chain (MLC) and neurite outgrowth induced by nerve growth factor (NGF) was studied in PC12 cells. Inhibitors of Rho kinase, HA-1077 or Y-27632 also induced neurite outgrowth. As already reported botulinum exoenzyme C3 which inactivates Rho protein also induced neurite outgrowth. Calyeulin A, an inhibitor of phosphatase counteracted both NGF- and C3- induced neurite outgrowth. Treatments of both NGF and C3 resulted in significant and transient decrease in phosphorylated MLC. These results suggest that NGF induces neurite outgrowth of PC12 by a transient decrease in phosphorylated MLC which is brought about by activation of MLC phosphatase via inhibition of Rho-Rho kinase pathway.
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- A Fujita
- Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-1 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
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Wakamatsu Y, Zhao X, Jin C, Day N, Shibahara M, Nomura N, Nakahara T, Murata T, Yokoyama KK. Mannosylerythritol lipid induces characteristics of neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells through an ERK-related signal cascade. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:374-83. [PMID: 11168372 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2001.01887.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells undergo neuronal differentiation in response to nerve growth factor (NGF). The differentiation involves protein kinase cascades that include the kinases MEK and ERK, as well as activation of the transcription factors c-Jun and c-Fos. We show here, that exposure of PC12 cells to mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL), a yeast extracellular glycolipid, enhances the activity of acetylcholinesterase and interrupts the cell cycle at the G1 phase, with resulting outgrowth of neurites and partial cellular differentiation. Treatment with MEL stimulates the phosphorylation of ERK to a similar extent as treatment with NGF, although, the appearance of phosphorylated ERK is somewhat delayed. Both the MEL-induced outgrowth of neurites and the increase in the activity of acetylcholinesterase are prevented by PD98059, a specific inhibitor of MEK. Northern blotting analysis of c-jun transcripts and analysis of transcription in PC12 cells of a c-jun/CAT reporter construct demonstrated a significant increase in the rate of transcription of the c-jun gene upon treatment with MEL. The sequence elements required for the MEL-mediated activation of transcription of the c-jun gene are located between nucleotides -126 and -79 in the 5' flanking region. Our results suggest that MEL induces characteristics of neuronal differentiation in PC12 cells, with transactivation of the c-jun gene, via an ERK-related signal cascade that is partially overlapping the pathways activated in response to NGF. These results might provide the groundwork for the use of microbial extracellular glycolipids as novel reagents for the treatment of cancer cells.
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- Y Wakamatsu
- RIKEN (The Institute of Physical & Chemical Research), Tsukuba Institute, Japan
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The biological basis of mental retardation is poorly understood. Mental retardation is associated with an immature morphology of synaptic spines, structures involved in neurotransmission and memory processes, suggesting that mental retardation is due to a deficiency in neuronal network formation. Recently, several genes involved in X-linked mental retardation (MRX) have been cloned. Investigation of the roles of these genes in neuronal development and function should lead to a better understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying mental retardation. A significant number of MRX genes is directly involved in signal transduction through Rho proteins. These Rho proteins act as molecular switches which integrate extracellular and intracellular signals to regulate rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. Since the actin cytoskeleton mediates neuronal motility and morphogenesis, one can envision how mutations in proteins involved in Rho-dependent signaling result in mental retardation by altering neuronal network formation.
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- G J Ramakers
- Neurons and Networks, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Borbiev T, Nurmukhambetova S, Liu F, Verin AD, Garcia JG. Introduction of C3 exoenzyme into cultured endothelium by lipofectamine. Anal Biochem 2000; 285:260-4. [PMID: 11017711 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- T Borbiev
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Bradke F, Dotti CG. Establishment of neuronal polarity: lessons from cultured hippocampal neurons. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2000; 10:574-81. [PMID: 11084319 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4388(00)00124-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In recent years we have learned a great deal about the molecular mechanisms underlying axonal elongation and navigation and the manner in which extracellular signals modify a growth cone's course of action. Yet, the mechanisms responsible for the earlier events of axonal and dendritic generation are just beginning to be understood. The recent advances in this exciting field highlight the importance of studies of cell migration and axonal elongation for our current understanding of the establishment of neuronal polarity.
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- F Bradke
- Departments of Anatomy and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, CA 94143-0452, USA.
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Nakamura Y, Hashimoto R, Amano M, Nagata K, Matsumoto N, Goto H, Fukusho E, Mori H, Kashiwagi Y, Kudo T, Inagaki M, Takeda M. Localized phosphorylation of vimentin by rho-kinase in neuroblastoma N2a cells. Genes Cells 2000; 5:823-37. [PMID: 11029658 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00372.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vimentin, which is one of the intermediate filaments, is the major cytoskeletal component in developing neurones or neuroblastoma cells. Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase), is rich in neurones and is found downstream of Rho. It is involved in the agonist-induced neurite retraction of neuronal cells, and phosphorylates vimentin at Ser-38 and Ser-71 resulting in in vitro disassembly of the filaments. RESULTS We have investigated the distribution of vimentin phosphorylated by Rho-kinase in N2a neuroblastoma cells using site-specific phosphorylation-dependent antibodies. TM71 immunoreactivity, which specifically indicates Ser-71 phosphorylation on vimentin, was found in some neurites of dibutyryl cAMP-differentiated N2a cells. Transfection of the constitutively active form of Rho-kinase, CAT, significantly elevated TM71 immunoreactivity, and induced neurite retraction or cell rounding. Conversely, transfection of the dominant negative form of Rho-kinase, RB/PH(TT), or treatment of 10 microM Y-27632, a Rho-kinase specific inhibitor, abolished TM71 immuno-reactivity, and induced irregular neurite outgrowth. In contrast, 20 nM okadaic acid (OA) induced neurite retraction and specifically elevated TM71 immunoreactivity. In the OA-induced neurite retraction, tubulin disappeared in retracting neurites, where vimentin and actin remained co-localized. Furthermore, the OA-induced elevation of TM71 immunoreactivity and neurite retraction were completely blocked by pretreatment with 10 microM Y-27632, or by the ectopic expression of RB/PH(TT). CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that the localized phosphorylation of vimentin by Rho-kinase in neurites was closely related with the cellular morphology of N2a cells, and that the Rho-kinase activity towards vimentin was balanced with OA-sensitive phosphatases.
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- Y Nakamura
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka 565-0871, Japan.
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In a relatively short period of time covering the last 2 decades, regeneration of retinofugal axons has become one of most prominent experimental models in restorative neurobiology. There is now a significant knowledge both on the mechanisms governing retinal ganglion cell responses to transection of the optic nerve, and the subsequent cell-cell interactions accumulating in death of the neurons. In addition, retinofugal axons served as an excellent model to examine whether, and to conclude that these axons have remarkable abilities for re-growth. This last issue was of invaluable importance, because axons could regenerate in vivo, into peripheral nerve grafts, and last but not least within the white matter of the cut optic nerve. As it stands to date, the extremely complex aspects of axonal regeneration will probably be understood within the retinofugal pathway. Final elucidation of this delicate system will essentially lead to some revision of our knowledge concerning neurotraumatology and CNS-repair.
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- P Heiduschka
- Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Münster Eye Hospital, Domagkstrasse 15, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Kaibuchi K, Kuroda S, Amano M. Regulation of the cytoskeleton and cell adhesion by the Rho family GTPases in mammalian cells. Annu Rev Biochem 2000; 68:459-86. [PMID: 10872457 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.68.1.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 781] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Members of the Rho family of small Ras-like GTPases--including RhoA, -B, and -C, Rac1 and -2, and Cdc42--exhibit guanine nucleotide-binding activity and function as molecular switches, cycling between an inactive GDP-bound state and an active GTP-bound state. The Rho family GTPases participate in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and cell adhesion through specific targets. Identification and characterization of these targets have begun to clarify how the Rho family GTPases act to regulate cytoskeletal structure and cell-cell and cell-substratum contacts in mammalian cells. The Rho family GTPases are also involved in regulation of smooth muscle contraction, cell morphology, cell motility, neurite retraction, and cytokinesis. However, the molecular mechanisms by which the Rho family GTPases participate in the regulation of such processes are not well established.
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- K Kaibuchi
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan.
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Watanabe Y, Morimatsu M, Syuto B. The evaluation of the potential of botulinum C3 enzyme as an exogenous differentiation inducing factor to neurons. J Vet Med Sci 2000; 62:473-8. [PMID: 10852394 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Botulinum C3 enzyme produced by Clostridium botulinum type C and D strains modifies Rho proteins. In a previous study, we observed that the LDH isozyme pattern of neurons treated with C3 enzyme was different from that induced with endogenous growth factor of neurons such as NGF [21]. This type of change is considered to have an advantage in the medical use of C3 enzyme for neural disorder. To determine the functional similarity of C3-treated neurons to control and NGF-treated neurons, we examined the responses of C3-treated neurons to various drugs, including some neurotransmitters, by measuring the rise of intracellular Ca ions into the neurons. The time course of the rise of intracellular Ca ions induced by high concentration of potassium in the C3-treated neurons was similar to that in the NGF-treated neurons. The C3-treated neurons responded to glutamic acid, aspartic acid, kainic acid, gamma-aminobutylic acid, muscarine and ACh with similar time courses and magnitudes as the control neurons. These results suggest that the C3 enzyme induces the functional differentiation of neurons, and that C3 enzyme has the potential for the medical use as an exogenous differentiation-inducing factor of neurons.
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- Y Watanabe
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty ofAgriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Watanabe Y, Morimatsu M, Syuto B. Botulinum C3 enzyme changes the lactate dehydrogenase isozyme pattern of primary culture of neurons. J Vet Med Sci 2000; 62:249-54. [PMID: 10770595 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.62.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Changes in the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isozyme pattern of primary culture of neurons treated with botulinum C3 enzyme were examined in order to elucidate the functional changes accompanying the morphological change that follows ADP-ribosylation of Rho protein. Primary neurons were prepared from the cerebrum of ICR mouse embryos on day 15. Neurons were cultured in MEM with 10% fetal calf serum at 37 degrees C. In the neurons treated with C3 enzyme, a typical morphological change was observed after 24 hr, and the LDH isozyme pattern was changed after 72 hr. The ratio of H-subunit to M-subunit in LDH was decreased by C3 treatment, suggesting the induction of a state of lower intracellular oxygen consumption in neurons in the primary cultures.
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- Y Watanabe
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Sarner S, Kozma R, Ahmed S, Lim L. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Cdc42, and Rac1 act downstream of Ras in integrin-dependent neurite outgrowth in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:158-72. [PMID: 10594018 PMCID: PMC85071 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.1.158-172.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ras and Rho family GTPases have been ascribed important roles in signalling pathways determining cellular morphology and growth. Here we investigated the roles of the GTPases Ras, Cdc42, Rac1, and Rho and that of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in the pathway leading from serum starvation to neurite outgrowth in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells. Serum-starved cells grown on a laminin matrix exhibited integrin-dependent neurite outgrowth. Expression of dominant negative mutants of Ras, PI 3-kinase, Cdc42, or Rac1 all blocked this neurite outgrowth, while constitutively activated mutants of Ras, PI 3-kinase, or Cdc42 were each sufficient to promote outgrowth even in the presence of serum. A Ras(H40C;G12V) double mutant which binds preferentially to PI 3-kinase also promoted neurite formation. Activated Ras(G12V)-induced outgrowth required PI 3-kinase activity, but activated PI 3-kinase-induced outgrowth did not require Ras activity. Although activated Rac1 by itself did not induce neurites, neurite outgrowth induced by activated Cdc42(G12V) was Rac1 dependent. Cdc42(G12V)-induced neurites appeared to lose their normal polarization, almost doubling the average number of neurites produced by a single cell. Outgrowth induced by activated Ras or PI 3-kinase required both Cdc42 and Rac1 activity, but Cdc42(G12V)-induced outgrowth did not need Ras or PI 3-kinase activity. Active Rho(G14V) reduced outgrowth promoted by Ras(G12V). Finally, expression of dominant negative Jun N-terminal kinase or extracellular signal-regulated kinase did not inhibit outgrowth, suggesting these pathways are not essential for this process. Our results suggest a hierarchy of signalling where Ras signals through PI 3-kinase to Cdc42 and Rac1 activation (and Rho inactivation), culminating in neurite outgrowth. Thus, in the absence of serum factors, Ras may initiate cell cycle arrest and terminal differentiation in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells.
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- S Sarner
- Department of Neurochemistry, Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, United Kingdom
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Neurons begin to polarize when one of the neurites becomes the axon. Hippocampal neurons in cell culture have a sharp transition between their unpolarized and polarized stage revealed by the rapid growth of the future axon. Recent progress shows that both a cytoplasmic membrane flow and actin dynamics govern axon formation, and thereby initial neuronal polarization. We here review these mechanisms, evaluate their physiological role, and show similarities to the transient polarization of migrating fibroblasts. Finally, we present a model how actin dynamics and vectorial membrane flow may interact to achieve axon formation.
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- F Bradke
- Cell Biology Programme, EMBL, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany.
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The Rho small GTPases, Cdc42, Rac1 and Rho, are implicated in regulation of integrin-mediated cell-substratum adhesion and cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion. Identification and characterization of effectors of these GTPases have provided insights into their modes of action. Rho-kinase, an effector of Rho, regulates integrin-mediated cell-substratum adhesion (focal adhesion) by regulating the phosphorylation state of myosin light chain (MLC): it directly phosphorylates MLC and also inactivates myosin phosphatase. IQGAP1, an effector of Cdc42 and Rac1, regulates cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion by interacting with (beta)-catenin and dissociating (alpha)-catenin from the cadherin-catenins complex. Activated Cdc42 and Rac1 inhibit IQGAP1, thereby stabilizing the cadherin-catenins complex. Cdc42/Rac1 and IQGAP1 thus appear to constitute a switch that regulates cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion.
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- M Fukata
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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The Rho GTPase (Rho) is a member of the Rho family, which belongs to the Ras superfamily of GTP-binding proteins. Like other GTP-binding proteins, Rho exists in two conformational states, an inactive GDP-bound form and an active GTP-bound form. Active Rho interacts with specific effectors to regulate the actin cytoskeleton and to mediate a variety of biological functions in cells. Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase) is the most studied Rho-effector, and studies of its biochemical and cell biological functions have provided us with useful information for understanding the molecular mechanisms of the actions of Rho. This review aims to summarize the roles of Rho and Rho-kinase in the regulation of the cytoskeletons.
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- Y Fukata
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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Kawano Y, Fukata Y, Oshiro N, Amano M, Nakamura T, Ito M, Matsumura F, Inagaki M, Kaibuchi K. Phosphorylation of myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin phosphatase by Rho-kinase in vivo. J Cell Biol 1999; 147:1023-38. [PMID: 10579722 PMCID: PMC2169354 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 451] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase), which is activated by the small GTPase Rho, phosphorylates myosin-binding subunit (MBS) of myosin phosphatase and thereby inactivates the phosphatase activity in vitro. Rho-kinase is thought to regulate the phosphorylation state of the substrates including myosin light chain (MLC), ERM (ezrin/radixin/moesin) family proteins and adducin by their direct phosphorylation and by the inactivation of myosin phosphatase. Here we identified the sites of phosphorylation of MBS by Rho-kinase as Thr-697, Ser-854 and several residues, and prepared antibody that specifically recognized MBS phosphorylated at Ser-854. We found by use of this antibody that the stimulation of MDCK epithelial cells with tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) induced the phosphorylation of MBS at Ser-854 under the conditions in which membrane ruffling and cell migration were induced. Pretreatment of the cells with Botulinum C3 ADP-ribosyltransferase (C3), which is thought to interfere with Rho functions, or Rho-kinase inhibitors inhibited the TPA- or HGF-induced MBS phosphorylation. The TPA stimulation enhanced the immunoreactivity of phosphorylated MBS in the cytoplasm and membrane ruffling area of MDCK cells. In migrating MDCK cells, phosphorylated MBS as well as phosphorylated MLC at Ser-19 were localized in the leading edge and posterior region. Phosphorylated MBS was localized on actin stress fibers in REF52 fibroblasts. The microinjection of C3 or dominant negative Rho-kinase disrupted stress fibers and weakened the accumulation of phosphorylated MBS in REF52 cells. During cytokinesis, phosphorylated MBS, MLC and ERM family proteins accumulated at the cleavage furrow, and the phosphorylation level of MBS at Ser-854 was increased. Taken together, these results indicate that MBS is phosphorylated by Rho-kinase downstream of Rho in vivo, and suggest that myosin phosphatase and Rho-kinase spatiotemporally regulate the phosphorylation state of Rho-kinase substrates including MLC and ERM family proteins in vivo in a cooperative manner.
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- Yoji Kawano
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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- Division of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- The First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-0021, Japan
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- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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Kaibuchi K, Kuroda S, Fukata M, Nakagawa M. Regulation of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion by the Rho family GTPases. Curr Opin Cell Biol 1999; 11:591-6. [PMID: 10508646 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-0674(99)00014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Reports in the past two years have shown that Cdc42, Rac1, and Rho - belonging to the Rho small GTPase family - participate in the regulation of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion. IQGAP1, an effector of Cdc42 and Rac1, interacts with cadherin and beta-catenin and induces the dissociation of alpha-catenin from the cadherin-catenins complex leading to disruption of cell-cell adhesion: activated Cdc42 and Rac1 counteract the effect of IQGAP1. Thus, Cdc42 and Rac1 appear to regulate cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion acting through IQGAP1.
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- K Kaibuchi
- Division of Signal Transduction Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, 630-0101, Japan. kaibuchi@bs. aist-nara.ac.jp
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Regeneration in the CNS is blocked by many different growth inhibitory proteins. To foster regeneration, we have investigated a strategy to block the neuronal response to growth inhibitory signals. Here, we report that injured axons regrow directly on complex inhibitory substrates when Rho GTPase is inactivated. Treatment of PC12 cells with C3 enzyme to inactivate Rho and transfection with dominant negative Rho allowed neurite growth on inhibitory substrates. Primary retinal neurons treated with C3 extended neurites on myelin-associated glycoprotein and myelin substrates. To explore regeneration in vivo, we crushed optic nerves of adult rat. After C3 treatment, numerous cut axons traversed the lesion to regrow in the distal white matter of the optic nerve. These results indicate that targeting signaling mechanisms converging to Rho stimulates axon regeneration on inhibitory CNS substrates.
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Komagome R, Shuto B, Moriishi K, Kimura K, Saito M. Neuronal and glial differentiation of neuroblastoma and glioma cells by Rho inhibitory bacterial exo-enzyme C3. Neuropathology 1999. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.1999.00247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sebök A, Nusser N, Debreceni B, Guo Z, Santos MF, Szeberenyi J, Tigyi G. Different roles for RhoA during neurite initiation, elongation, and regeneration in PC12 cells. J Neurochem 1999; 73:949-60. [PMID: 10461884 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0730949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The goal of the present study was to characterize the effects of RhoA at different stages of nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neuronal differentiation in the PC12 model. This comparative analysis was prompted by previous studies that reported apparently opposite effects for Rho in different models of neuronal differentiation and regeneration. PC12 cells were transfected with activated V14RhoA or dominant negative N19RhoA under the control of either a constitutive or a steroid-regulated promoter. Upon exposure to NGF, V14RhoA cells continued to proliferate and did not extend neurites; however, they remained responsive to NGF, as indicated by the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases. This inability to differentiate was reversed by C3 toxin and activation of cyclic AMP signaling, which inactivate RhoA. N19RhoA expression led to an increase in neurite initiation and branching. In contrast, when the RhoA mutants were expressed after NGF priming, only the rate of neurite extension was altered; V14RhoA clones had neurites approximately twice as long, whereas neurites of N19RhoA cells were approximately 50% shorter than those of appropriate controls. The effects of Rho in neurite regeneration mimicked those observed during the initial stages of morphogenesis; activation inhibited, whereas inactivation promoted, neurite outgrowth. Our results indicate that RhoA function changes at different stages of NGF-induced neuronal differentiation and neurite regeneration.
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- A Sebök
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA
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Fukata Y, Oshiro N, Kinoshita N, Kawano Y, Matsuoka Y, Bennett V, Matsuura Y, Kaibuchi K. Phosphorylation of adducin by Rho-kinase plays a crucial role in cell motility. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1999; 145:347-61. [PMID: 10209029 PMCID: PMC2133101 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.145.2.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Adducin is a membrane skeletal protein that binds to actin filaments (F-actin) and thereby promotes the association of spectrin with F-actin to form a spectrin-actin meshwork beneath plasma membranes such as ruffling membranes. Rho-associated kinase (Rho- kinase), which is activated by the small guanosine triphosphatase Rho, phosphorylates alpha-adducin and thereby enhances the F-actin-binding activity of alpha-adducin in vitro. Here we identified the sites of phosphorylation of alpha-adducin by Rho-kinase as Thr445 and Thr480. We prepared antibody that specifically recognized alpha-adducin phosphorylated at Thr445, and found by use of this antibody that Rho-kinase phosphorylated alpha-adducin at Thr445 in COS7 cells in a Rho-dependent manner. Phosphorylated alpha-adducin accumulated in the membrane ruffling area of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells and the leading edge of scattering cells during the action of tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). The microinjection of Botulinum C3 ADP-ribosyl-transferase, dominant negative Rho-kinase, or alpha-adducinT445A,T480A (substitution of Thr445 and Thr480 by Ala) inhibited the TPA-induced membrane ruffling in MDCK cells and wound-induced migration in NRK49F cells. alpha-AdducinT445D,T480D (substitution of Thr445 and Thr480 by Asp), but not alpha-adducinT445A,T480A, counteracted the inhibitory effect of the dominant negative Rho-kinase on the TPA-induced membrane ruffling in MDCK cells. Taken together, these results indicate that Rho-kinase phosphorylates alpha-adducin downstream of Rho in vivo, and that the phosphorylation of adducin by Rho-kinase plays a crucial role in the regulation of membrane ruffling and cell motility.
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- Y Fukata
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma 630-0101, Japan
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Kaibuchi K. Regulation of cytoskeleton and cell adhesion by Rho targets. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 22:23-38. [PMID: 10081063 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-58591-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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- K Kaibuchi
- Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan
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