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Lapointe JF, McCarthy CD, Dunphy GB, Mandato CA. Physiological evidence of integrin-antibody reactive proteins influencing the innate cellular immune responses of larval Galleria mellonella hemocytes. INSECT SCIENCE 2020; 27:239-255. [PMID: 30328680 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Larval Galleria mellonella (L.) hemocytes form microaggregates in response to stimulation by Gram-positive bacteria. Hemocyte adhesion to foreign materials is mediated by the cAMP/ protein kinase A pathway and the β-subunit of cholera toxin using a cAMP-independent mechanism. Cholera toxin-induced microaggregation was inhibited by the integrin inhibitory RGDS peptide, implying integrins may be part of the mechanism. Based on the types of mammalian integrin-antibody reactive proteins affecting hemocyte adhesion and bacterial-induced responses α5 , αv , β1 , and β3 subunits occurred on both granular cell and plasmatocyte hemocyte subtypes. A fluorescent band representing the binding of rabbit α5 -integrin subunit antibodies occurred between adhering heterotypic hemocytes. The frequency of the bands was increased by cholera toxin. The α5 and β1 rabbit integrin subunit antibodies inhibited removal of Bacillus subtilis (Cohn) from the hemolymph in vivo. A α5 β1 -specific synthetic peptide blocker similarly diminished hemocyte function whereas the αv β3 -specific inhibitory peptide and the corresponding integrin subunit antibodies did not influence nonself hemocyte activities. Western blots revealed several proteins reacting with a given integrin-antibody subtype. Thus integrin-antibody reactive proteins (which may include integrins) with possible α5 and β1 epitopes modulate immediate hemocyte function. Confocal microscopy established plasmatocyte adhesion to and rosetting over substrata followed by granular cell microaggregate adhesion to plasmatocytes during early stage nodulation.
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- Jason F Lapointe
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, Ste. Anne De Bellevue, Canada
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, Ste. Anne De Bellevue, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Kaminskyj SGW, Heath IB. Studies onSaprolegnia feraxsuggest the general importance of the cytoplasm in determining hyphal morphology. Mycologia 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00275514.1996.12026621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Susan G. W. Kaminskyj
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3
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The growth and development of most fungi take place on a two-dimensional surface or within a three-dimensional matrix. The fungal sense of touch is therefore critical for fungi in the interpretation of their environment and often signals the switch to a new developmental state. Contact sensing, or thigmo-based responses, include thigmo differentiation, such as the induction of invasion structures by plant pathogens in response to topography; thigmonasty, where contact with a motile prey rapidly triggers its capture; and thigmotropism, where the direction of hyphal growth is guided by physical features in the environment. Like plants and some bacteria, fungi grow as walled cells. Despite the well-demonstrated importance of thigmo responses in numerous stages of fungal growth and development, it is not known how fungal cells sense contact through the relatively rigid structure of the cell wall. However, while sensing mechanisms at the molecular level are not entirely understood, the downstream signaling pathways that are activated by contact sensing are being elucidated. In the majority of cases, the response to contact is complemented by chemical cues and both are required, either sequentially or simultaneously, to elicit normal developmental responses. The importance of a sense of touch in the lifestyles and development of diverse fungi is highlighted in this review, and the candidate molecular mechanisms that may be involved in fungal contact sensing are discussed.
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Donadeu FX, Fahiminiya S, Esteves CL, Nadaf J, Miedzinska K, McNeilly AS, Waddington D, Gérard N. Transcriptome profiling of granulosa and theca cells during dominant follicle development in the horse. Biol Reprod 2014; 91:111. [PMID: 25253738 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.118943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Several aspects of equine ovarian physiology are unique among domestic species. Moreover, follicular growth patterns are very similar between horses and humans. This study aimed to characterize, for the first time, global gene expression profiles associated with growth and preovulatory (PO) maturation of equine dominant follicles. Granulosa cells (GCs) and theca interna cells (TCs) were harvested from follicles (n = 5) at different stages of an ovulatory wave in mares corresponding to early dominance (ED; diameter ≥22 mm), late dominance (LD; ≥33 mm) and PO stage (34 h after administration of crude equine gonadotropins at LD stage), and separately analyzed on a horse gene expression microarray, followed by validation using quantitative PCR and immunoblotting/immunohistochemistry. Numbers of differentially expressed transcripts (DETs; ≥2-fold; P < 0.05) during the ED-LD and LD-PO transitions were 546 and 2419 in GCs and 5 and 582 in TCs. The most prominent change in GCs was the down-regulation of transcripts associated with cell division during both ED-LD and LD-PO. In addition, DET sets during LD-PO in GCs were enriched for genes involved in cell communication/adhesion, antioxidation/detoxification, immunity/inflammation, and cholesterol biosynthesis. In contrast, the largest change in TCs during the LD-PO transition was an up-regulation of genes involved in immune activation, with other DET sets mapping to GPCR/cAMP signaling, lipid/amino acid metabolism, and cell proliferation/survival and differentiation. In conclusion, distinct expression profiles were identified between growing and PO follicles and, particularly, between GCs and TCs within each stage. Several DETs were identified that have not been associated with follicle development in other species.
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- F Xavier Donadeu
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom INRA and CNRS, UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Tours, France
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- The Queen's Medical Research Institute, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- INRA and CNRS, UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Tours, France Haras Nationaux, UMR 6175 Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, Nouzilly, France
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Inoue T, Hashimoto R, Matsumoto A, Jahan E, Rafiq AM, Udagawa J, Hatta T, Otani H. In vivo analysis of Arg-Gly-Asp sequence/integrin α5β1-mediated signal involvement in embryonic enchondral ossification by exo utero development system. J Bone Miner Res 2014; 29:1554-63. [PMID: 24375788 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Enchondral ossification is a fundamental mechanism for longitudinal bone growth during vertebrate development. In vitro studies suggested that functional blockade with RGD peptides or with an antibody that interferes with integrin α5β1-ligand interactions inhibited pre-hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation. The purpose of this study is to elucidate in vivo the roles of the integrin α5β1-mediated signal through the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence in the cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction in embryonic enchondral ossification by an exo utero development system. We injected Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) peptides and anti-integrin α5β1 antibody (α5β1 ab) in the upper limbs of mouse embryos at embryonic day (E) 15.5 (RGDS-injected limbs, α5β1 ab-injected limbs), and compared the effects on enchondral ossification with those found in the control limbs (Arg-Gly-Glu-Ser peptide-, mouse IgG-, or vehicle-injected, and no surgery) at E16.5. In the RGDS-injected limbs, the humeri were shorter and there were fewer BrdU-positive cells than in the control limbs. The ratios of cartilage length and area to those of the humerus were higher in the RGDS-injected limbs. The ratios of type X collagen to type 2 collagen mRNA and protein (Coll X/Coll 2) were significantly lower in the RGDS-injected limbs. In those limbs, TUNEL-positive cells were hardly observed, and the ratios of fractin to the Coll X/Coll 2 ratio were lower than in the control limbs. Furthermore, the α5β1 ab-injected limbs showed results similar to those of RGDS-injected limbs. The present in vivo study by exo utero development system showed that RGDS and α5β1 ab injection decreased chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis in enchondral ossification, and suggested that the integrin α5β1-mediated ECM signal through the RGD sequence is involved in embryonic enchondral ossification.
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- Takayuki Inoue
- Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Shimane, Japan
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Zhu W, Wei W, Fu Y, Cheng J, Xie J, Li G, Yi X, Kang Z, Dickman MB, Jiang D. A secretory protein of necrotrophic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum that suppresses host resistance. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53901. [PMID: 23342034 PMCID: PMC3544710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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SSITL (SS1G_14133) of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum encodes a protein with 302 amino acid residues including a signal peptide, its secretion property was confirmed with immunolocalization and immunofluorescence techniques. SSITL was classified in the integrin alpha N-terminal domain superfamily, and its 3D structure is similar to those of human integrin α4-subunit and a fungal integrin-like protein. When S. sclerotiorum was inoculated to its host, high expression of SSITL was detected during the initial stages of infection (1.5–3.0 hpi). Targeted silencing of SSITL resulted in a significant reduction in virulence; on the other hand, inoculation of SSITL silenced transformant A10 initiated strong and rapid defense response in Arabidopsis, the highest expressions of defense genes PDF1.2 and PR-1 appeared at 3 hpi which was 9 hr earlier than that time when plants were inoculated with the wild-type strain of S. sclerotiorum. Systemic resistance induced by A10 was detected by analysis of the expression of PDF1.2 and PR-1, and confirmed following inoculation with Botrytis cinerea. A10 induced much larger lesions on Arabidopsis mutant ein2 and jar1, and slightly larger lesions on mutant pad4 and NahG in comparison with the wild-type plants. Furthermore, both transient and constitutive expression of SSITL in Arabidopsis suppressed the expression of PDF1.2 and led to be more susceptible to A10 and the wild-type strain of S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea. Our results suggested that SSITL is an effector possibly and plays significant role in the suppression of jasmonic/ethylene (JA/ET) signal pathway mediated resistance at the early stage of infection.
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- Wenjun Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
- The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China
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Pioli PD, Saleh AMZ, El Fiky A, Nastiuk KL, Krolewski JJ. Sequential proteolytic processing of an interferon-alpha receptor subunit by TNF-alpha converting enzyme and presenilins. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2012; 32:312-25. [PMID: 22458690 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2011.0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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It is well established that interferons trigger tyrosine-kinase-dependent signaling via JAK kinases and STAT transcription factors. However, we have observed both IFNaR2 receptor cleavage and functional activity of the liberated intracellular domain (ICD), suggesting that interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) can also signal via regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP), an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of receptor-mediated signaling. Sequential cleavage of the receptor ectodomain and transmembrane domain is a hallmark of the most common class of RIP. To investigate the mechanisms of IFNaR2 RIP signaling, we examined IFNaR2 cleavage by TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) and presenilin proteases. We tracked the fate of epitope-tagged and fusion variants of IFNaR2 in cells expressing wild-type, mutant, or null versions of TACE and presenilins 1 and 2. Cleavage and subcellular location were determined by immunoblot, fluoresence microscopy, and reporter assays. We found that both TACE and presenilin 1/2 cleave IFNaR2, in a sequential manner that allows the ICD to move to the nucleus. TACE cleavage was induced by IFN-alpha but was not consistently required for the anti-proliferative effects of IFN-alpha. In conclusion, IFNaR2 is cleaved by TACE and Presenilin 1/2, suggesting that interferons signal by both kinase and RIP-mediated pathways.
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- Peter D Pioli
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, IRVINE, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Stepp MA, Daley WP, Bernstein AM, Pal-Ghosh S, Tadvalkar G, Shashurin A, Palsen S, Jurjus RA, Larsen M. Syndecan-1 regulates cell migration and fibronectin fibril assembly. Exp Cell Res 2010; 316:2322-39. [PMID: 20580707 PMCID: PMC3141227 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2010] [Revised: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Corneal scarring is a major cause of blindness worldwide and can result from the deposition of abnormal amounts of collagen fibers lacking the correct size and spacing required to produce a clear cornea. Collagen fiber formation requires a preformed fibronectin (FN) matrix. We demonstrate that the loss of syndecan1 (sdc1) in corneal stromal cells (CSC) impacts cell migration rates, the sizes and composition of focal and fibrillar adhesions, the activation of integrins, and the assembly of fibronectin into fibrils. Integrin and fibronectin expression are not altered on sdc1-null CSCs. Cell adhesion, spreading, and migration studies using low compared to high concentrations of FN and collagen I (CNI) or vitronectin (VN) with and without activation of integrins by manganese chloride show that the impact of sdc1 depletion on integrin activation varies depending on the integrin-mediated activity evaluated. Differences in FN fibrillogenesis and migration in sdc1-null CSCs are reversed by addition of manganese chloride but cell spreading differences remain. To determine if our findings on sdc1 were specific to the cornea, we compared the phenotypes of sdc1-null dermal fibroblasts with those of CSCs. We found that without sdc1, both cell types migrate faster; however, cell-type-specific differences in FN expression and its assembly into fibrils exist between these two cell types. Together, our data demonstrate that sdc1 functions to regulate integrin activity in multiple cell types. Loss of sdc1-mediated integrin function results in cell-type specific differences in matrix assembly. A better understanding of how different cell types regulate FN fibril formation via syndecans and integrins will lead to better treatments for scarring and fibrosis.
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- Mary Ann Stepp
- Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC 20037, USA.
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Wang C, Yoo Y, Fan H, Kim E, Guan KL, Guan JL. Regulation of Integrin β 1 recycling to lipid rafts by Rab1a to promote cell migration. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:29398-405. [PMID: 20639577 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.141440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rab1a is a member of the Rab family of small GTPases with a well characterized function in the regulation of vesicle trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus and within Golgi compartments. The integrin family heterodimeric transmembrane proteins serve as major receptors for extracellular matrix proteins, which play essential roles in cell adhesion and migration. Although effects on intracellular trafficking of integrins or other key cargos by Rab1a could influence cell migration, the regulatory mechanisms linking Rab1a to cell migration are not well understood. Here, we report identification of Rab1a as a novel regulator of cell migration using an unbiased RNAi screen targeting GTPases. Inhibition of Rab1a reduced integrin-mediated cell adhesion and spreading on fibronectins, reduced integrin β1 localization to lipid rafts, and decreased recycling of integrin β1 to the plasma membrane. Analysis of Rab1a effector molecules showed that p115 mediated Rab1a regulation of integrin recycling and lipid raft localization in cell migration. Taken together, these results suggest a novel function for Rab1a in the regulation of cell migration through controlling integrin β1 recycling and localization to lipid rafts via a specific downstream effector pathway.
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- Chenran Wang
- Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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da Silva RG, Tavora B, Robinson SD, Reynolds LE, Szekeres C, Lamar J, Batista S, Kostourou V, Germain MA, Reynolds AR, Jones DT, Watson AR, Jones JL, Harris A, Hart IR, Iruela-Arispe ML, Dipersio CM, Kreidberg JA, Hodivala-Dilke KM. Endothelial alpha3beta1-integrin represses pathological angiogenesis and sustains endothelial-VEGF. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2010; 177:1534-48. [PMID: 20639457 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2010.100043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Integrin alpha3beta1 is a major receptor for laminin. The expression levels of laminins-8 and -10 in the basement membrane surrounding blood vessels are known to change during tumor angiogenesis. Although some studies have suggested that certain ligands of alpha3beta1 can affect angiogenesis either positively or negatively, either a direct in vivo role for alpha3beta1 in this process or its mechanism of action in endothelial cells during angiogenesis is still unknown. Because the global genetic ablation of alpha3-integrin results in an early lethal phenotype, we have generated conditional-knockout mice where alpha3 is deleted specifically in endothelial cells (ec-alpha3-/-). Here we show that ec-alpha3-/- mice are viable, fertile, and display enhanced tumor growth, elevated tumor angiogenesis, augmented hypoxia-induced retinal angiogenesis, and increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-mediated neovascularization ex vivo and in vivo. Furthermore, our data provide a novel method by which an integrin may regulate angiogenesis. We show that alpha3beta1 is a positive regulator of endothelial-VEGF and that, surprisingly, the VEGF produced by endothelial cells can actually repress VEGF-receptor 2 (Flk-1) expression. These data, therefore, identify directly that endothelial alpha3beta1 negatively regulates pathological angiogenesis and implicate an unexpected role for low levels of endothelial-VEGF as an activator of neovascularization.
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- Rita Graça da Silva
- Adhesion and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Barts Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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Germain M, De Arcangelis A, Robinson SD, Baker M, Tavora B, D'Amico G, Silva R, Kostourou V, Reynolds LE, Watson A, Jones JL, Georges-Labouesse E, Hodivala-Dilke K. Genetic ablation of the alpha 6-integrin subunit in Tie1Cre mice enhances tumour angiogenesis. J Pathol 2010; 220:370-81. [PMID: 19967723 DOI: 10.1002/path.2654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Laminins are expressed highly in blood vessel basement membranes and have been implicated in angiogenesis. alpha6beta1- and alpha6beta4-integrins are major receptors for laminins in endothelial cells, but the precise role of endothelial alpha6-integrin in tumour angiogenesis is not clear. We show that blood vessels in human invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast have decreased expression of the alpha6-integrin-subunit when compared with normal breast tissue. These data suggest that a decrease in alpha6-integrin-subunit expression in endothelial cells is associated with tumour angiogenesis. To test whether the loss of the endothelial alpha6-integrin subunit affects tumour growth and angiogenesis, we generated alpha6fl/fl-Tie1Cre+ mice and showed that endothelial deletion of alpha6-integrin is sufficient to enhance tumour size and tumour angiogenesis in both murine B16F0 melanoma and Lewis cell lung carcinoma. Mechanistically, endothelial alpha6-integrin deficiency elevated significantly VEGF-mediated angiogenesis both in vivo and ex vivo. In particular, alpha6-integrin-deficient endothelial cells displayed increased levels of VEGF-receptor 2 (VEGFR2) and VEGF-mediated downstream ERK1/2 activation. By developing the first endothelial-specific alpha6-knockout mice, we show that the expression of the alpha6-integrin subunit in endothelial cells acts as a negative regulator of angiogenesis both in vivo and ex vivo.
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- Mitchel Germain
- The Adhesion and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary, University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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Integrins are cell-surface adhesion receptors that play a central role in regulating cell migration by mediating interactions between the extracellular matrix and the actin cytoskeleton. Substantial progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms by which the formation and breakdown of adhesions are regulated. Here we describe general methods used to study integrin-mediated cell migration. Furthermore, we outline detailed procedures to examine focal adhesion assembly and disassembly using time-lapse fluorescent microscopy. Finally, we provide methods for the analysis of podosomes, which are highly dynamic adhesive structures that form in immune cells and invasive cancer cells.
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- Keefe T Chan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Plows LD, Cook RT, Davies AJ, Walker AJ. Integrin engagement modulates the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase, phagocytosis, and cell spreading in molluscan defence cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:779-86. [PMID: 16766054 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2005] [Revised: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Integrins play a key role in cellular immune responses in a variety of organisms; however, knowledge of integrins and their effects on cell signalling and functional responses in molluscan defence reactions is poor. Using integrin-mediated cell adhesion kits, alphaVbeta3 and beta1 integrin-like subunits were identified on the surface of Lymnaea stagnalis haemocytes. Haemocyte binding via these integrins was found to be dependent on Ca2+/Mg2+. Western blotting with an anti-phospho (anti-active) focal adhesion kinase (FAK) antibody revealed a 120-125 kDa FAK-like protein in these cells; this protein was transiently phosphorylated upon haemocyte adhesion over 90 min, with maximal phosphorylation occurring after 30 min binding. Also, integrin engagement with the tetrapeptide Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) resulted in a rapid increase in phosphorylation of the FAK-like protein; however, RGDS did not affect the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Treatment of haemocytes with RGDS (2 mM) inhibited phagocytosis of E. coli bioparticles by 88%. Moreover, at this concentration, RGDS reduced cell spreading by 61%; stress fiber formation was also impaired. Taken together, these results demonstrate a role for integrins in L. stagnalis haemocyte adhesion and defence reactions and, for the first time, link integrin engagement to FAK activation in molluscs.
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- Louise D Plows
- School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK
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Davidson LA, Marsden M, Keller R, Desimone DW. Integrin alpha5beta1 and fibronectin regulate polarized cell protrusions required for Xenopus convergence and extension. Curr Biol 2006; 16:833-44. [PMID: 16682346 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2005] [Revised: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 03/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Integrin recognition of fibronectin is required for normal gastrulation including the mediolateral cell intercalation behaviors that drive convergent extension and the elongation of the frog dorsal axis; however, the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are unclear. RESULTS We report that depletion of fibronectin with antisense morpholinos blocks both convergent extension and mediolateral protrusive behaviors in explant preparations. Both chronic depletion of fibronectin and acute disruptions of integrin alpha5beta1 binding to fibronectin increases the frequency and randomizes the orientation of polarized cellular protrusions, suggesting that integrin-fibronectin interactions normally repress frequent random protrusions in favor of fewer mediolaterally oriented ones. In the absence of integrin alpha5beta1 binding to fibronectin, convergence movements still occur but result in convergent thickening instead of convergent extension. CONCLUSIONS These findings support a role for integrin signaling in regulating the protrusive activity that drives axial extension. We hypothesize that the planar spatial arrangement of the fibrillar fibronectin matrix, which delineates tissue compartments within the embryo, is critical for promoting productive oriented protrusions in intercalating cells.
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- Lance A Davidson
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA.
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Chitcholtan K, Garrill A. A beta4 integrin-like protein co-localises with a phosphotyrosine containing protein in the oomycete Achlya bisexualis: inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation slows tip growth. Fungal Genet Biol 2005; 42:534-45. [PMID: 15893255 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Revised: 03/10/2005] [Accepted: 03/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present immunocytochemical data that indicate the presence of, and a close association between beta4 integrin-like proteins and proteins containing phosphorylated tyrosine residues in the oomycete Achlya bisexualis. When hyphae were plasmolysed, these proteins were present in wall-membrane attachment sites where there was also F-actin. A combination of immunoblots, ELISA, and a coupled enzyme assay suggest that phosphorylation may occur by both autophosphorylation and through the action of a tyrosine kinase. Tyrphostins, which are inhibitors of tyrosine kinases, abolished the anti-phosphotyrosine staining, inhibited the kinase activity, slowed tip growth and affected the organisation of the actin cytoskeleton, in a dose-dependent manner. By analogy with the integrins and associated kinases of the metazoa we suggest that these proteins could contribute to the process of tip growth by providing a means of bidirectional signaling between the cell wall and the cytoplasm.
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- Kenny Chitcholtan
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand
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Rodriguez LG, Guan JL. 14-3-3 regulation of cell spreading and migration requires a functional amphipathic groove. J Cell Physiol 2005; 202:285-94. [PMID: 15389601 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The 14-3-3 proteins associate with many cellular proteins that participate in the regulation of various cellular events including apoptosis, the cell cycle, spreading, and migration. We have previously described that 14-3-3beta binds the beta1-integrin and overexpression of 14-3-3beta promoted increased cell spreading and migration (Han et al. [2001] Oncogene 20: 346-357). In this study, we find that mutation of Ser 60 of 14-3-3beta, outside of the amphipathic groove which is involved in 14-3-3 protein interactions with other ligands, abolished its interaction with integrin. Surprisingly, this mutant retained its ability to promote cell spreading, suggesting that 14-3-3beta interaction with the beta1-integrin is not required for its regulation of cell adhesion. We next showed that mutations of several critical residues in the amphipathic groove did not affect 14-3-3beta interaction with the beta1-integrin. As expected, these mutants disrupted their association with the phosphoserine dependent ligands Raf and Cas. Analysis of the groove mutant LF (mutation of Arg129Tyr130 to Leu and Phe) indicated that, unlike wild type 14-3-3beta, it could not stimulate cell spreading or migration, suggesting that a functional amphipathic groove is required for 14-3-3 regulation of cell adhesion and migration. Consistent with this, cells expressing the LF mutant exhibited a delay in F-actin organization compared to cells expressing wild type or the S60A mutant (Ser 60 to Ala mutation) upon cell adhesion to fibronectin (FN). Taken together, these studies identified a novel binding site on 14-3-3 for integrin beta1 and showed that a functional amphipathic groove, rather than its interaction with integrin beta1, is required for 14-3-3 regulation of cell spreading and migration.
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- Luis G Rodriguez
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Richard O Hynes
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Goel HL, Fornaro M, Moro L, Teider N, Rhim JS, King M, Languino LR. Selective modulation of type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling and functions by beta1 integrins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 166:407-18. [PMID: 15289498 PMCID: PMC2172270 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200403003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We show here that β1 integrins selectively modulate insulin-like growth factor type I receptor (IGF-IR) signaling in response to IGF stimulation. The β1A integrin forms a complex with the IGF-IR and insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1); this complex does not promote IGF-I mediated cell adhesion to laminin (LN), although it does support IGF-mediated cell proliferation. In contrast, β1C, an integrin cytoplasmic variant, increases cell adhesion to LN in response to IGF-I and its down-regulation by a ribozyme prevents IGF-mediated adhesion to LN. Moreover, β1C completely prevents IGF-mediated cell proliferation and tumor growth by inhibiting IGF-IR auto-phosphorylation in response to IGF-I stimulation. Evidence is provided that the β1 cytodomain plays an important role in mediating β1 integrin association with either IRS-1 or Grb2-associated binder1 (Gab1)/SH2-containing protein-tyrosine phosphate 2 (Shp2), downstream effectors of IGF-IR: specifically, β1A associates with IRS-1 and β1C with Gab1/Shp2. This study unravels a novel mechanism mediated by the integrin cytoplasmic domain that differentially regulates cell adhesion to LN and cell proliferation in response to IGF.
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- Hira Lal Goel
- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation St., Worcester 01605, USA
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Das I, Craig C, Funahashi Y, Jung KM, Kim TW, Byers R, Weng AP, Kutok JL, Aster JC, Kitajewski J. Notch Oncoproteins Depend on γ-Secretase/Presenilin Activity for Processing and Function. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:30771-80. [PMID: 15123653 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309252200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During normal development Notch receptor signaling is important in regulating numerous cell fate decisions. Mutations that truncate the extracellular domain of Notch receptors can cause aberrant signaling and promote unregulated cell growth. We have examined two types of truncated Notch oncoproteins that arise from proviral insertion into the Notch4 gene (Notch4/int-3) or a chromosomal translocation involving the Notch1 gene (TAN-1). Both Notch4/int-3 and TAN-1 oncoproteins lack most or all of their ectodomain. Normal Notch signaling requires gamma-secretase/presenilin-mediated proteolytic processing, but whether Notch oncoproteins are also dependent on gamma-secretase/presenilin activity is not known. We demonstrate that Notch4/int-3-induced activation of the downstream transcription factor, CSL, is abrogated in cells deficient in presenilins or treated with a pharmacological inhibitor of gamma-secretase/presenilins. Furthermore, we find that both Notch4/int-3 and TAN-1 accumulate at the cell surface, where presenilin-dependent cleavage occurs, when gamma-secretase/presenilin activity is inhibited. gamma-Secretase/presenilin inhibition effectively blocks cellular responses to Notch4/int-3, but not TAN-1, apparently because some TAN-1 polypeptides lack transmembrane domains and do not require gamma-secretase/presenilin activity for nuclear access. These studies highlight potential uses and limitations of gamma-secretase/presenilin inhibitors in targeted therapy of Notch-related neoplasms.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases
- Animals
- Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
- Biotinylation
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Endopeptidases/metabolism
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Genes, Reporter
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Ligands
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Presenilin-1
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Receptor, Notch1
- Receptor, Notch2
- Receptor, Notch4
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Notch
- Signal Transduction
- Transcription Factors
- Transfection
- Umbilical Veins/cytology
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- Indranil Das
- Department of Pathology and Obstetrics/Gynecology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Bijian K, Takano T, Papillon J, Khadir A, Cybulsky AV. Extracellular matrix regulates glomerular epithelial cell survival and proliferation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 286:F255-66. [PMID: 14559718 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00259.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Glomerular epithelial cell (GEC) injury and apoptosis may contribute to sclerosis in glomerulonephritis. The present study addresses signals that regulate survival of GEC in culture and in the acute puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis (PAN) model of GEC injury in vivo. Compared with GEC on plastic substratum, adhesion to collagen increased activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), c-Src, and ERK and facilitated survival (prevented apoptosis). GEC on plastic exhibited increased caspase-8 and -9 activities, increased expression of the proapoptotic protein, Bax, and decreased the antiapoptotic protein, Bcl-XL, compared with collagen. Stable expression of constitutively active mutants of FAK (CD2-FAK) or MEK (R4F-MEK) activated the ERK pathway and supplanted the requirement of collagen for survival. In contrast, expression of a Ras mutant that activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase but blocks ERK activation or pharmacological inhibition of the ERK pathway decreased survival on collagen. Glomeruli isolated from rats with PAN revealed increased β1-integrin expression, along with increased activation of FAK, c-Src, and ERK, compared with controls. EGF receptor activation was undetectable in PAN. Therefore, adhesion to collagen, resulting in activation of FAK and the Ras-ERK pathway, supports GEC survival. Analogous signals for GEC survival are activated in PAN.
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- Krikor Bijian
- Department of Medicine, McGill university Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A1
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Conti FJA, Rudling RJ, Robson A, Hodivala-Dilke KM. alpha3beta1-integrin regulates hair follicle but not interfollicular morphogenesis in adult epidermis. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:2737-47. [PMID: 12759370 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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alpha3beta1-integrin is abundantly expressed in the epidermis, and in mice, ablation of the alpha3 gene results in embryonic defects and perinatal lethality. To determine the role of alpha3-integrin in adult skin development, we grafted skin from newborn alpha3-integrin-deficient mice on to ICRF nu/nu recipients. We report that adult alpha3-integrin-deficient skin has severe abnormalities restricted to hair follicle morphology, which include stunted hair follicle growth, increased hair follicle fragility, aberrant pigment accumulation and formation of hair follicle clusters. These abnormalities are caused by a combination of defects in: (1) keratinocyte cytoskeletal organisation, (2) outer root sheath architecture and (3) integrity of the lamina densa. Our results indicate that alpha3beta1 is not essential for adult interfollicular epidermal differentiation, but it is required to direct several processes important in hair follicle maintenance and morphogenesis.
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- Francesco J A Conti
- Cancer Research UK, Cell Adhesion and Disease Laboratory, Richard Dimbleby Department of Cancer Research, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Matlin KS, Haus B, Zuk A. Integrins in epithelial cell polarity: using antibodies to analyze adhesive function and morphogenesis. Methods 2003; 30:235-46. [PMID: 12798138 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-2023(03)00030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Epithelial cells polarize in response to cell-substratum and cell-cell adhesive interactions. Contacts between cells and proteins of the extracellular matrix are mediated by integrin receptors. Of the 24 recognized integrin heterodimers, epithelial cells typically express four or more distinct integrins, with the exact complement dependent on the tissue of origin. Investigation of the roles of integrins in epithelial cell polarization has depended on the use of function-blocking antibodies both to determine ligand specificity of individual integrins and to disrupt and redirect normal morphogenesis. In this article we describe techniques for employing function-blocking anti-integrin antibodies in adhesion assays of the polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell line and to demonstrate the involvement of beta1 integrins in collagen-induced tubulocyst formation. These techniques can be easily expanded to other antibodies and epithelial cell lines to characterize specific functions of individual integrins in epithelial morphogenesis.
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- Karl S Matlin
- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Faraldo MM, Deugnier MA, Tlouzeau S, Thiery JP, Glukhova MA. Perturbation of beta1-integrin function in involuting mammary gland results in premature dedifferentiation of secretory epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2002; 13:3521-31. [PMID: 12388754 PMCID: PMC129963 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-02-0086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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To study the mechanism of beta1-integrin function in vivo, we have generated transgenic mouse expressing a dominant negative mutant of beta1-integrin under the control of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter (MMTV-beta1-cyto). Mammary glands from MMTV-beta1-cyto transgenic females present significant growth defects during pregnancy and lactation and impaired differentiation of secretory epithelial cells at the onset of lactation. We report herein that perturbation of beta1-integrin function in involuting mammary gland induced precocious dedifferentiation of the secretory epithelium, as shown by the premature decrease in beta-casein and whey acidic protein mRNA levels, accompanied by inactivation of STAT5, a transcription factor essential for mammary gland development and up-regulation of nuclear factor-kappaB, a negative regulator of STAT5 signaling. This is the first study demonstrating in vivo that cell-extracellular matrix interactions involving beta1-integrins play an important role in the control of milk gene transcription and in the maintenance of the mammary epithelial cell differentiated state.
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- Marisa M Faraldo
- Unité Mixte Recherche 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut Curie, Section de Recherche, 75248 Paris, France
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Saetersdal T, Larsen TH, Dalen H. The beta1 integrin subunit is not a specific component of the costamere domain in human myocardial cells. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2002; 34:323-9. [PMID: 12769264 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023346114107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Studies on altered integrin receptor expression during cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure requires accurate knowledge of the distributional pattern of integrins in myocardial cells. At present the general consensus is that in cardiac muscle the beta1 integrin receptor is mainly localized to the same sarcolemmal domain as vinculin at Z-band levels ('costamere'). Since most previous studies have been focusing on myocardial integrin distribution in lower mammals, the myocardial localization of the beta1 integrin subunit was investigated in biopsies collected from the auricle of patients undergoing a coronary bypass operation. Non-invasive serial optical sectioning was carried out by immuno-laser scanning confocal microscopy. Double-labelling for vinculin/alpha-actinin, and the cytoplasmic domain for the beta1 integrin subunit, showed that beta1 integrin is deposited throughout both the vinculin/alpha-actinin domains and the non-vinculin/alpha-actinin domains. These results were supported by a semi-quantitative analysis in extended focus images of the latter preparations. Higher magnification views at the electron microscopical levels of the large, extracellular domain of the beta1 integrin subunit disclosed a pronounced labelling in the form of a dense, irregular punctuate pattern that was distributed at Z-disc domains as well as along the entire sarcolemmal area between Z-discs. Our findings show that in human, myocardial cells, the beta1 integrin receptor does not only localize to the surface membrane at the Z-disc level ('costamere' in cardiac muscle), but has a widespread distribution along the sarcolemma.
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- Thorvald Saetersdal
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Experimental Cardiology Unit, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway
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Reynolds LE, Wyder L, Lively JC, Taverna D, Robinson SD, Huang X, Sheppard D, Hynes RO, Hodivala-Dilke KM. Enhanced pathological angiogenesis in mice lacking beta3 integrin or beta3 and beta5 integrins. Nat Med 2002; 8:27-34. [PMID: 11786903 DOI: 10.1038/nm0102-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 481] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Inhibition of alphavbeta3 or alphavbeta5 integrin function has been reported to suppress neovascularization and tumor growth, suggesting that these integrins are critical modulators of angiogenesis. Here we report that mice lacking beta3 integrins or both beta3 and beta5 integrins not only support tumorigenesis, but have enhanced tumor growth as well. Moreover, the tumors in these integrin-deficient mice display enhanced angiogenesis, strongly suggesting that neither beta3 nor beta5 integrins are essential for neovascularization. We also observed that angiogenic responses to hypoxia and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are augmented significantly in the absence of beta3 integrins. We found no evidence that the expression or functions of other integrins were altered as a consequence of the beta3 deficiency, but we did observe elevated levels of VEGF receptor-2 (also called Flk-1) in beta3-null endothelial cells. These data indicate that alphavbeta3 and alphavbeta5 integrins are not essential for vascular development or pathological angiogenesis and highlight the need for further evaluation of the mechanisms of action of alphav-integrin antagonists in anti-angiogenic therapeutics.
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- Louise E Reynolds
- Cell Adhesion and Disease Laboratory, Richard Dimbleby Department, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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Gruber A, Lell CP, Speth C, Stoiber H, Lass-Flörl C, Sonneborn A, Ernst JF, Dierich MP, Würzner R. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat binds to Candida albicans, inducing hyphae but augmenting phagocytosis in vitro. Immunology 2001; 104:455-61. [PMID: 11899432 PMCID: PMC1783331 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01328.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tat, the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transactivating protein, binds through its RGD-motif to human integrin receptors. Candida albicans, the commonest cause of mucosal candidiasis in subjects infected with HIV-1, also possesses RGD-binding capacity. The present study reveals that Tat binds to C. albicans but not to C. tropicalis. Tat binding was markedly reduced by laminin and to a lesser extent by a complement C3 peptide containing the RGD motif, but not by a control peptide. The outgrowth of C. albicans was accelerated following binding of Tat, but phagocytosis of opsonized C. albicans was also increased after Tat binding. Thus, Tat binding promotes fungal virulence by inducing hyphae but may also reduce it by augmenting phagocytosis. The net effect of Tat in vivo is difficult to judge but in view of the many disease-promoting effects of Tat we propose that accelerating the formation of hyphae dominates over the augmentation of phagocytosis.
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- A Gruber
- Institute for Hygiene and Social Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for AIDS-Research, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Klotz SA, Pendrak ML, Hein RC. Antibodies to alpha5beta1 and alpha(v)beta3 integrins react with Candida albicans alcohol dehydrogenase. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:3159-64. [PMID: 11700367 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-11-3159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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It has been hypothesized that Candida albicans possesses integrin-like receptors on its cell surface. This is because C. albicans binds numerous fluid-phase extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins on its cell surface and adheres to the same ECM proteins when immobilized. In addition, numerous antibodies to human integrins (receptors for ECM proteins) bind to the fungal cell surface and in so doing inhibit the binding of the respective proteins. To demonstrate the presence of such a cell surface integrin, a cDNA library of C. albicans yeast cells was screened with polyclonal antiserum to the human fibronectin receptor (alpha5beta1 integrin). Clones isolated by this screening technique also reacted specifically to antiserum against the human vitronectin receptor (alpha(v)beta3 integrin). DNA sequence analysis of the cloned insert predicted a 350 aa protein (37 kDa). This predicted protein showed 75% homology at the nucleotide sequence level to alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In vitro transcription/translation of the cloned inserts yielded a 37 kDa protein that was immunoprecipitated with antibodies to the alpha5beta1 and alpha(v)beta3 integrins and an antibody to a C. albicans fibronectin receptor. These antibodies and an mAb to the human vitronectin receptor demonstrated an antigen of -37 kDa present in the cell-wall preparations of C. albicans and in spent growth medium. All four antibodies reacted with authentic ADH. The possible significance of these results in relation to C. albicans adherence is discussed.
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- S A Klotz
- Research Service, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Service System, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Santoni G, Spreghini E, Lucciarini R, Amantini C, Piccoli M. Involvement of alpha(v)beta3 integrin-like receptor and glycosaminoglycans in Candida albicans germ tube adhesion to vitronectin and to a human endothelial cell line. Microb Pathog 2001; 31:159-72. [PMID: 11562169 DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2001.0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to investigate the expression of alpha(v)beta3 and alpha(v)beta5 integrin-like vitronectin receptors (VNRs) on Candida albicans germ tube and their involvement in its adhesion to vitronectin (VN) and human endothelial cells. By immunofluorescence and FACS analysis, several monoclonal antibodies directed against human alpha(v) or beta3 integrin subunit or alpha(v)beta3 and alpha(v)beta5 heterodimers, positively stained C. albicans germ tubes. C. albicans germ tubes specifically adhered (45-50%) to VN and this adhesion was markedly inhibited by RGD-, but not RGE-containing peptides. Adhesion of C. albicans germ tubes to VN was strongly inhibited by anti-alphav, anti-beta3 or anti-alpha(v)beta3, but not by alpha(v)beta5 monoclonal antibody. C. albicans germ tube adhesion to VN was also inhibited by glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin or chondroitin sulphate. Finally, we show that C. albicans germ tubes adhere to the human EA.hy 926 endothelial cell line. This adhesion is markedly blocked by anti-beta3 monoclonal antibody, GRGDSP peptide or heparin, and is completely abolished by their combination. Overall these results indicate that C. albicans germ tube adherence to VN and to a human endothelial cell line is mediated by alpha(v)beta3, but not by alpha(v)beta5-like integrin, and depends on GAGs which may act by regulating alpha(v)beta3 integrin-like/VN adhesive interaction.
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- G Santoni
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Experimental Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy.
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Lee M, Cram EJ, Shen B, Schwarzbauer JE. Roles for beta(pat-3) integrins in development and function of Caenorhabditis elegans muscles and gonads. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:36404-10. [PMID: 11473126 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105795200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heterodimeric integrin receptors for extracellular matrix (ECM) play vital roles in bidirectional signaling during tissue development, organization, remodeling, and repair. The beta integrin subunit cytoplasmic domain is essential for transmission of many of these signals and overexpression of an unpaired beta tail in cultured cells inhibits endogenous integrins. Unlike vertebrates, which have at least nine beta subunit genes, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans expresses only one beta subunit (betapat-3), and a null mutation in this gene causes embryonic lethality. To determine the functions of integrins during larval development and in adult tissues, we have taken a dominant negative approach by expression of an HA-betatail transgene composed of a hemagglutinin (HA) epitope tag extracellular domain connected to the betapat-3 transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. Expression of this transgene in muscle and gonad, major sites of integrin expression, caused a variety of phenotypes dependent on the level of transgene expression. Abnormalities in body wall and sex muscles led to uncoordinated movement and egg-laying defects. Significant anomalies in migration and pathfinding were caused by tissue-specific expression of HA-betatail in the distal tip cells (DTC), the cells that direct gonad morphogenesis. A pat-3 gene with Tyr to Phe mutations in the cytoplasmic domain was able to rescue pat-3 null animals but also showed DTC migration defects. These results show that betapat-3 plays important roles in post-embryonic organogenesis and tissue function.
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- M Lee
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-1014, USA
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DiPersio CM, Trevithick JE, Hynes RO. Functional comparison of the alpha3A and alpha3B cytoplasmic domain variants of the chicken alpha3 integrin subunit. Exp Cell Res 2001; 268:45-60. [PMID: 11461117 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Integrin alpha3beta1 can be alternatively spliced to generate alpha3A and alpha3B cytoplasmic domain variants that are conserved among vertebrates. To identify distinct functions of these variants, we transfected cells with intact alpha3 integrins or chimeric receptors. alpha3Abeta1 and alpha3Bbeta1 each localized to focal contacts in keratinocytes on an extracellular matrix rich in laminin-5, to which both are known to bind with high affinity. However, alpha3B accumulated intracellularly in keratinocytes on collagen, suggesting that laminin binding may stabilize alpha3Bbeta1 surface expression. Neither alpha3 cytoplasmic domain affected recruitment of chimeric alpha5 integrins to fibronectin-induced focal contacts, and either substituted for the alpha5 cytoplasmic domain in alpha5beta1-mediated cell migration. However, the alpha5/alpha3B chimera localized to cell-cell borders in MDCK or CHO cells to a lesser extent than did the alpha5/alpha3A chimera. To determine whether the alpha3 cytoplasmic domains conferred distinct localization to a nonintegrin protein, we transfected cells with interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) chimeras containing the alpha3 cytoplasmic domains. The IL-2R/alpha3A chimera was expressed efficiently on the cell surface, while the IL-2R/alpha3B chimera accumulated intracellularly. Our findings suggest that the alpha3B cytoplasmic domain harbors a retention signal that is regulated in an intact integrin and can alter cell surface expression and distribution of alpha3beta1.
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- C M DiPersio
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Rowin ME, Xue V, Irazuzta J. Hypothermia attenuates beta1 integrin expression on extravasated neutrophils in an animal model of meningitis. Inflammation 2001; 25:137-44. [PMID: 11403204 PMCID: PMC7101612 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011044312536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Brain injury in meningitis occurs in part as a consequence of leukocyte migration and activation. Leukocyte integrins are pivotal in the inflammatory response by mediating adhesion to vascular endothelium and extracellular matrix proteins. We have demonstrated that moderate hypothermia early in the course of meningitis decreases leukocyte sequestration within the brain parenchyma. This study examines whether hypothermia alters neutrophil integrin expression in a rabbit model of bacterial meningitis. Prior to the induction of meningitis, peripheral blood samples were obtained and the neutrophils isolated. Sixteen hours after inducing group B streptococcal meningitis, animals were treated with antibiotics, i.v. fluids, and mechanically ventilated. Animals were randomized to hypothermia (32-33 degrees C) or normothermia conditions. After 10 hours of hypothermia or normothermia, neutrophils were isolated from the blood and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF), stained for beta1 and beta2 integrins, and analyzed using flow cytometry. Cerebral spinal fluid neutrophil beta1 integrin expression was significantly decreased in hypothermic animals. Beta-1 integrins can assume a higher affinity or "activated" state following inflammatory stimulation. Expression of "activated" beta1 integrins was also significantly decreased in hypothermic animals. Beta2 CSF neutrophil integrin expression was decreased in hypothermic animals, but failed to reach significance. These data suggest hypothermia may attenuate extravasated leukocyte expression of both total and "activated" beta1 integrins.
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- M E Rowin
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Hyphal tip growth is a complex process involving finely regulated interactions between the synthesis and expansion of cell wall and plasma membrane, diverse intracellular movements, and turgor regulation. F-actin is a major regulator and integrator of these processes. It directly contributes to (a) tip morphogenesis, most likely by participation in an apical membrane skeleton that reinforces the apical plasma membrane, (b) the transport and exocytosis of vesicles that contribute plasma membrane and cell wall material to the hyphal tips, (c) the localization of plasma membrane proteins in the tips, and (d) cytoplasmic and organelle migration and positioning. The pattern of reorganization of F-actin prior to formation of new tips during branch initiation also indicates a critical role in early stages of assembly of the tip apparatus. One of the universal characteristics of all critically examined tip-growing cells, including fungal hyphae, is the obligatory presence of a tip-high gradient of cytoplasmic Ca2+ that probably regulates both actin and nonactin components of the apparatus, and the formation of which may also initiate new tips. This review discusses the diversity of evidence behind these concepts.
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- S Torralba
- Biology Department, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Canada
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Glee PM, Cutler JE, Benson EE, Bargatze RF, Hazen KC. Inhibition of hydrophobic protein-mediated Candida albicans attachment to endothelial cells during physiologic shear flow. Infect Immun 2001; 69:2815-20. [PMID: 11292693 PMCID: PMC98229 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.5.2815-2820.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Adhesion interactions during hematogenous dissemination of Candida albicans likely involve a complex array of host and fungal factors. Possible C. albicans factors include changes in cell surface hydrophobicity and exposed antigens that have been shown in static adhesion assays to influence attachment events. We used a novel in vitro shear analysis system to investigate host-pathogen interactions and the role of fungal cell surface hydrophobicity in adhesion events with human endothelial cells under simulated physiologic shear. Endothelial monolayers were grown in capillary tubes and tested with and without interleukin-1 beta activation in buffered medium containing human serum. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic stationary-phase C. albicans yeast cells were infused into the system under shear flow and found to adhere with widely varying efficiencies. The average number of adherent foci was determined from multiple fields, sampled via video microscopy, between 8 and 12 min after infusion. Hydrophobic C. albicans cells demonstrated significantly more heterotypic binding events (Candida-endothelial cell) and greater homotypic binding events (Candida-Candida) than hydrophilic yeast cells. Cytokine activation of the endothelium significantly increased binding by hydrophobic C. albicans compared to unactivated host cells. Preincubation of hydrophobic yeast cells with a monoclonal antibody against hydrophobic cell wall proteins significantly blocked adhesion interactions with the endothelial monolayers. Because the antibody also blocks C. albicans binding to laminin and fibronectin, results suggest that vascular adhesion events with endothelial cells and exposed extracellular matrix may be blocked during C. albicans dissemination. Future studies will address the protective efficacy of blocking or redirecting blood-borne fungal cells to favor host defense mechanisms.
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- P M Glee
- Ligocyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bozeman, Montana 59718, USA.
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Haack H, Hynes RO. Integrin receptors are required for cell survival and proliferation during development of the peripheral glial lineage. Dev Biol 2001; 233:38-55. [PMID: 11319856 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Proliferation and survival of Schwann cells are important for nerve development and for disease processes in peripheral nerves. We have analyzed embryos lacking alpha4- or alpha5-integrins and show here that these integrins contribute to the control of glial cell numbers. To overcome early embryonic lethality an explant and grafting system that allows the study of isolated glial progenitor cells both in vitro and in vivo was used. Schwann cells differentiate in the absence of alpha5 but their numbers and the proliferation rate of early progenitor cells are reduced, suggesting that alpha5 is essential for normal proliferation. Survival, rather than proliferation, is compromised in alpha4-deficient explants. Conditional immortalization allowed further characterization and revealed that alpha4 contributes to survival in a cell-density-dependent fashion. In addition, transplants into chicken embryos were used to analyze in vivo cell migration and showed that cell death occurs mainly in highly motile, individually migrating cells. The cell death patterns in vitro and in vivo argue that alpha4-integrins play a role in survival during cell migration. Neural crest migration has been suggested to require these integrins; however, no defects in migration were observed in the absence of alpha4 or alpha5. We conclude that integrins can complement growth factors in the control of glial cell numbers.
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- H Haack
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Han DC, Rodriguez LG, Guan JL. Identification of a novel interaction between integrin beta1 and 14-3-3beta. Oncogene 2001; 20:346-57. [PMID: 11313964 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2000] [Revised: 10/26/2000] [Accepted: 11/01/2000] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Integrins are cell surface receptors for extracellular matrix, which play important roles in a variety of biological processes. 14-3-3 proteins are a highly conserved family of cytoplasmic proteins that associate with several intracellular signaling molecules in regulation of various cellular functions. Here, we report identification of an interaction between the integrin beta1 cytoplasmic domain and 14-3-3beta by using the yeast two-hybrid screen. Like several other proteins, the integrin beta1 cytoplasmic domain associated with 14-3-3beta by a non-phosphoserine mechanism. The 14-3-3beta/integrin beta1 interaction was confirmed by in vitro binding assays as well as co-precipitation in vivo. Furthermore, we found that 14-3-3beta co-localized with integrin beta1 during the early stage of cell spreading on fibronectin, suggesting a potential role of the 14-3-3beta/integrin beta1 interaction in the regulation of cell adhesion. Using tetracycline-regulated expression system, we showed that overexpression of 14-3-3beta stimulated cell spreading and migration on fibronectin but not on poly-L-lysine. However, the induced expression of 14-3-3beta did not affect tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK or its substrates, p130(cas) and paxillin, suggesting that 14-3-3beta regulated integrin-mediated cell spreading and migration by FAK-independent mechanisms. Taken together, these results identify an interaction between integrin and 14-3-3 proteins and suggest a potentially novel cellular function for 14-3-3 proteins in the regulation of integrin-mediated cell adhesion and signaling events.
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- D C Han
- Cancer Biology Laboratories, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, NY 14853, USA
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Dietz KJ. The Extracellular Matrix of the Plant Cell: Location of Signal Perception, Transduction and Response. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56849-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Qian Y, Noya M, Ainsworth AJ. Molecular characterization and leukocyte distribution of a teleost beta1 integrin molecule. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2000; 76:61-74. [PMID: 10973686 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(00)00200-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The beta1 integrin, in combination with the alpha subunit, is responsible for migration of leukocytes into areas of inflammation. Although identified in mammalian species; the beta1 or CD29 molecule has yet to be identified in fish. The present investigation has identified a full-length channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, cDNA beta1 molecule composed of 2786 bases and a deduced amino acid sequence of 797 amino acids. The catfish molecule has an amino acid identity ranging from 71.87 to 74.12% with bovine, feline, human, and Xenopus. The channel catfish molecule retains several characteristics of mammalian beta1 molecules, such as four cysteine-rich repeat regions, and eight potential N-linked glycosylation sites. Based on Western blotting the channel catfish beta1 molecule has a molecular mass of approximately 130kDa, essentially the same as that for mammalian species. These results confirm the existence and expression of a beta1 gene in channel catfish, a species phylogenetically distant from mammals.
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- Y Qian
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, CB 7290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Progress in the understanding of fungal adhesion has led to the identification of novel proteins recognizing the RGD tripeptide in matrix proteins and to the characterization of what appears to be an emerging subset of fungal adhesins that themselves contain an RGD sequence.
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- M K Hostetter
- Yale Child Health Research Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA.
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Restucci B, Maiolino P, Papparella S, De Vico G. Expression of beta1 integrin in relation to histological features in normal and neoplastic canine testicles. J Comp Pathol 2000; 123:164-70. [PMID: 11032670 DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2000.0410] [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: 11/11/2022]
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The expression of the beta1 common chain of the VLA integrin subfamily was evaluated immunohistochemically in a series of five normal and 30 neoplastic canine testicles. The tumours, consisting of seminomas or Sertoli cell tumours, were classified according to WHO criteria as intraductal without signs of invasion, intraductal with signs of invasion, or diffuse. Expression of beta1 integrin decreased progressively from intraductal tumours without signs of invasion, to the diffuse type, in which immunolabelling was generally absent. In a few cases of diffuse neoplasia, groups of neoplastic cells exhibited strong positivity that was not restricted to the basal pole of the cell membrane. These results suggest that the expression of beta1 integrin was related to the histological tumour type, possibly reflecting a specific requirement for a reduction in integrin by neoplastic cells with infiltrative and metastatic potential.
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- B Restucci
- Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale-Settore Anatomia Patologica Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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DiPersio CM, Shao M, Di Costanzo L, Kreidberg JA, Hynes RO. Mouse keratinocytes immortalized with large T antigen acquire alpha3beta1 integrin-dependent secretion of MMP-9/gelatinase B. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 16):2909-21. [PMID: 10910775 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.16.2909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Remodeling of the extracellular matrix during tissue development, wound repair and tumor cell invasion depends on the coordinated regulation of cell adhesion receptors, matrix proteins and enzymes that proteolyse the extracellular matrix. Integrin alpha3beta1 is a major receptor on epidermal keratinocytes for laminin-5 in the cutaneous basement membrane and is required for normal basement membrane organization during skin development. alpha3beta1 is also expressed at high levels in the majority of adherent transformed cells and in most tumors, and it could have similar roles in extracellular matrix remodeling during tumorigenesis and cell invasion. In the present study, we show that alpha3beta1 expression is required in immortalized mouse keratinocytes (MK) for the production of the matrix metalloproteinase MMP-9/gelatinase B, an MMP that is coexpressed with alpha3beta1 in epithelial cell carcinomas and during wound healing, and contributes to the invasive potential of some tumor cells. MMP-9 was expressed in MK cells derived from wild-type mice, but not in MK cells derived from alpha3-null mice. Reconstitution of alpha3beta1 expression in alpha3-null MK cells through transfection with the alpha3 subunit restored MMP-9 secretion, indicating an alpha3beta1-dependent pathway for MMP-9 production. alpha3beta1-dependent expression of MMP-9 was associated with the immortalized phenotype, since nonimmortalized, primary keratinocytes required soluble growth factors, but not alpha3beta1, for efficient expression of MMP-9. Our results suggest that an alpha3beta1-independent pathway(s) for MMP-9 production is suppressed in keratinocytes immortalized with large T antigen, and that an alpha3beta1-dependent pathway is required for sustained production of MMP-9 in the absence of other pathways.
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- C M DiPersio
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Brenner KA, Corbett SA, Schwarzbauer JE. Regulation of fibronectin matrix assembly by activated Ras in transformed cells. Oncogene 2000; 19:3156-63. [PMID: 10918570 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fibronectin extracellular matrix plays a critical role in the microenvironment of cells. Loss of this matrix frequently accompanies oncogenic transformation, allowing changes in cell growth, morphology, and tissue organization. The HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cell line is deficient in formation of fibronectin matrix fibrils but assembly can be induced by the glucocorticoid dexamethasone. Here we show that fibronectin assembly can also be restored by stimulation of alpha5beta1 integrin with activating antibody or with Mn2+ suggesting that integrin activity is reduced in these cells. While dexamethasone promoted actin stress fiber formation, actin filaments remained cortical following Mn2+ treatment showing that the dexamethasone effect is not due solely to cytoskeletal changes. HT1080 cells have one activated allele of N-ras and PD98059 inhibition of signaling from Ras through ERK increased fibronectin matrix accumulation. Conversely, the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB203580 blocked induction of matrix and increased ERK phosphorylation. Thus, two MAP kinase pathways contribute to the control of integrin-mediated fibronectin assembly. ERK activity and fibronectin assembly were linked in three different ras-transformed cell lines but not in SV40- or RSV-transformed cells indicating that oncogenic Ras uses a distinct mechanism to down-regulate cell-fibronectin interactions.
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- K A Brenner
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Imanaka-Yoshida K, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Yoshida T, Sakakura T. Vinculin, Talin, Integrin alpha6beta1 and laminin can serve as components of attachment complex mediating contraction force transmission from cardiomyocytes to extracellular matrix. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 2000; 42:1-11. [PMID: 9915580 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0169(1999)42:1<1::aid-cm1>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Recently, we reported that cardiomyocytes adhere to extracellular matrix at costameres, the striated distribution of vinculin between Z-lines and the sarcolemma, where transmission of contraction forces from myofibrils to the extracellular matrix occurs. To identify other molecules involved in force transmission at costameres, we examined adult rat and embryonic chick cardiomyocytes cultured on coverslips or flexible thin silicone rubber substrata. Immunolocalization of talin showed a costameric, striated distribution, which corresponded to dark contacts with interference reflection microscopy. The molecules involved in substrate adhesion were cross-linked with the non-penetrating cross-linking agent Bis(sulfosuccinimidyl)-suberate and detected by immunohistochemical staining with anti-alpha6, alpha3, alphav, or beta1 integrin antibodies. Both alpha6 and beta1 showed costameric distributions, but alpha3 and alpha(v) did not. The distribution of laminin after cross-linking and extraction also showed a costameric distribution. When anti-integrin beta1 antibody was added to live cardiomyocytes grown on the silicone rubber substratum, the transmission of contraction forces was inhibited. These findings suggest that vinculin, talin, integrin alpha6beta1 and laminin system can be involved in transmission of contraction force to the extracellular matrix.
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- K Imanaka-Yoshida
- Department of Pathology, Mie University, School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
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Degousée N, Gupta GD, Lew RR, Heath IB. A putative spectrin-containing membrane skeleton in hyphal tips of Neurospora crassa. Fungal Genet Biol 2000; 30:33-44. [PMID: 10955906 DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.2000.1201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The apical plasma membrane (PM) is important in hyphal tip growth, where it may regulate tip extensibility via its association with an appropriate membrane skeleton (MS). By cell fractionation and immunocytochemistry we show that proteins with characteristics of actin, spectrin, and integrin are associated in a MS-like manner with the PM of Neurospora crassa hyphae. The spectrin-like protein in particular is highly concentrated at the PM in the region of maximum apical expansion. This protein shares with other spectrins immunoreactivity, molecular weight, PM association, and actin binding capacity. Its distribution in hyphae suggests that it is a dominant component of the MS in true fungi and is critical to hyphal tip growth.
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- N Degousée
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Rowin ME, Xue V, Irazuzta J. Integrin expression on neutrophils in a rabbit model of Group B Streptococcal meningitis. Inflammation 2000; 24:157-73. [PMID: 10718117 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007085627268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Products released by polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) during an acute inflammatory response can result in diffuse tissue injury. Integrins are cell surface adhesion proteins that play a pivotal role in inflammation by allowing PMNs to adhere to the endothelium and migrate through the extracellular matrix. We examined the expression of beta1 and beta2 integrins on neutrophils from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in an animal model of Group B Streptococcal meningitis. We further evaluated whether integrin expression correlates with pathophysiologic markers of central nervous system inflammation. Our data demonstrate that beta3 and beta2 integrin expression on circulating neutrophils does not significantly increase as a consequence of meningitis. In extravesated CSF neutrophils, a significant increase in expression of both beta1 and beta2 integrins is noted. Furthermore, a majority of the beta1 integrins on extravesated neutrophils have undergone affinity modulation. Using regression analysis, we demonstrated that increasing beta1 integrin expression correlates with decreasing CSF glucose concentration and serum/CSF glucose ratio. Regression analysis approached significance when CSF protein was compared to PMN beta1 integrin expression. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes beta1 integrin expression also showed a direct correlation to myeloperoxidase activity in brain tissue. Beta2 expression on CSF PMNs did not correlate with these markers of inflammation/sequestration. These data demonstrate integrin expression on extravesated neutrophils markedly increases during meningitis and support a role for beta1 integrins on neutrophils in the pathophysiologic consequences of meningitis.
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- M E Rowin
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincintnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Ivanina T, Neusch C, Li YX, Tong Y, Labarca C, Mosher DF, Lester HA. Expression of GIRK (Kir3.1/Kir3.4) channels in mouse fibroblast cells with and without beta1 integrins. FEBS Lett 2000; 466:327-32. [PMID: 10682853 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01738-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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G protein-activated K+ channel (GIRK) subunits possess a conserved extracellular integrin-binding motif (RGD) and bind directly to beta1 integrins. We expressed GIRK1/GIRK4 channels labeled with green fluorescent protein in fibroblast cell lines expressing or lacking beta1 integrins. Neither plasma membrane localization nor agonist-evoked GIRK currents were affected by the absence of beta1 integrins or by incubation with externally applied RGD-containing peptide. Mutation of the aspartate (D) of RGD impaired currents, GIRK glycosylation, and membrane localization, but the interaction with beta1 integrins remained intact. Thus, beta1 integrins are not essential for functional GIRK expression; and the GIRK-integrin interactions involve structural elements other than the RGD motif.
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- T Ivanina
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA
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Galbraith CG, Sheetz MP. Keratocytes pull with similar forces on their dorsal and ventral surfaces. J Cell Biol 1999; 147:1313-24. [PMID: 10601343 PMCID: PMC2168090 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.6.1313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/1999] [Accepted: 11/04/1999] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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As cells move forward, they pull rearward against extracellular matrices (ECMs), exerting traction forces. However, no rearward forces have been seen in the fish keratocyte. To address this discrepancy, we have measured the propulsive forces generated by the keratocyte lamella on both the ventral and the dorsal surfaces. On the ventral surface, a micromachined device revealed that traction forces were small and rearward directed under the lamella, changed direction in front of the nucleus, and became larger under the cell body. On the dorsal surface of the lamella, an optical gradient trap measured rearward forces generated against fibronectin-coated beads. The retrograde force exerted by the cell on the bead increased in the thickened region of the lamella where myosin condensation has been observed (Svitkina, T.M., A.B. Verkhovsky, K.M. McQuade, and G. G. Borisy. 1997. J. Cell Biol. 139:397-415). Similar forces were generated on both the ventral (0.2 nN/microm(2)) and the dorsal (0.4 nN/microm(2)) surfaces of the lamella, suggesting that dorsal matrix contacts are as effectively linked to the force-generating cytoskeleton as ventral contacts. The correlation between the level of traction force and the density of myosin suggests a model for keratocyte movement in which myosin condensation in the perinuclear region generates rearward forces in the lamella and forward forces in the cell rear.
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- Catherine G. Galbraith
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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The vertebrate integrins provide a paradigm for cell surface proteins involved in adhesion and morphogenesis. However, homologs of integrins have been found in more primitive organisms. This review will discuss the evidence for surface proteins in Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis that contain motifs reminiscent of integrins and will analyze the contributions of one of these proteins, Int1p, to adhesion, morphogenesis, and virulence. Other microorganisms thought to express integrin-like proteins will also be addressed.
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- M K Hostetter
- Yale University School of Medicine, 464 Congress Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06519, USA
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Over 100 years ago, Reinhardt suggested that hyphal tip growth is comparable to ameboid movement inside a tube; the apical cytoplasm being protruded like a pseudopodium with the wall assembled on its surface. There are increasing data from hyphae which are explicable by this model. Fungi produce pseudopodia-like structures and their cytoplasm contains all of the major components implicated in pseudopodium production in animal cells. Most of these components are concentrated in hyphal tips and tip growth involves actin, a major component of pseudopodia. Together these data indicate that the essence of the ameboid model is still tenable. However, detailed mechanisms of tip growth remain too poorly known to provide definitive proof of the model and the behavior of the trailing cytoplasm indicates differences which are probably a response to the walled lifestyle.
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- I B Heath
- Institut für Genetik, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Tran NL, Nagle RB, Cress AE, Heimark RL. N-Cadherin expression in human prostate carcinoma cell lines. An epithelial-mesenchymal transformation mediating adhesion withStromal cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1999; 155:787-98. [PMID: 10487836 PMCID: PMC1866912 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65177-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/07/1999] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In human prostate adenocarcinoma, an association between loss of E-cadherin, increased Gleason score, and extracapsular dissemination has been observed. Further characterization of the E-cadherin/catenin phenotype of human prostate carcinoma cell lines showed loss of E-cadherin and expression of N-cadherin in poorly differentiated prostate carcinoma cell lines (PC-3N derived from PC-3, PC-3, and JCA1). We showed that N-cadherin is concentrated at sites of cell-cell contact in PC-3N cellular extensions. N-cadherin was also expressed in prostate stromal fibroblasts both in vitro and in prostate tissue. Co-cultures of prostate stromal fibroblasts and PC-3N cells showed the immunolocalization of N-cadherin in intercellular contacts. In addition, the isoform expression of the cadherin binding protein p120(ctn) differed in relation to the expression of E- versus N-cadherin by the prostate carcinoma cell lines. The p100 isoform was more highly expressed in E-cadherin-positive carcinoma cell lines, whereas p120 was predominantly expressed only in N-cadherin-positive prostate carcinoma cell lines and prostate stromal fibroblasts. The N-cadherin-positive carcinoma cell line, PC-3N, displayed aggressive invasion into the surface of the diaphragm muscle after intraperitoneal injection of SCID mice. The gain of N-cadherin and loss of E-cadherin by invasive prostate carcinoma cell lines suggests a progression from an epithelial to a mesenchymal phenotype, which may allow for their interaction with surrounding stromal fibroblasts and facilitate metastasis.
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- N L Tran
- Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Research, University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, 85724, USA
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Felsenfeld DP, Schwartzberg PL, Venegas A, Tse R, Sheetz MP. Selective regulation of integrin--cytoskeleton interactions by the tyrosine kinase Src. Nat Cell Biol 1999; 1:200-6. [PMID: 10559917 DOI: 10.1038/12021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cell motility on extracellular-matrix (ECM) substrates depends on the regulated generation of force against the substrate through adhesion receptors known as integrins. Here we show that integrin-mediated traction forces can be selectively modulated by the tyrosine kinase Src. In Src-deficient fibroblasts, cell spreading on the ECM component vitronectin is inhibited, while the strengthening of linkages between integrin vitronectin receptors and the force-generating cytoskeleton in response to substrate rigidity is dramatically increased. In contrast, Src deficiency has no detectable effects on fibronectin-receptor function. Finally, truncated Src (lacking the kinase domain) co-localizes to focal-adhesion sites with alpha v but not with beta 1 integrins. These data are consistent with a selective, functional interaction between Src and the vitronectin receptor that acts at the integrin-cytoskeleton interface to regulate cell spreading and migration.
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- D P Felsenfeld
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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