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Martins B, Sorrentino S, Chung WL, Tatli M, Medalia O, Eibauer M. Unveiling the polarity of actin filaments by cryo-electron tomography. Structure 2021; 29:488-498.e4. [PMID: 33476550 PMCID: PMC8111420 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
The actin cytoskeleton plays a fundamental role in numerous cellular processes, such as cell motility, cytokinesis, and adhesion to the extracellular matrix. Revealing the polarity of individual actin filaments in intact cells would foster an unprecedented understanding of cytoskeletal processes and their associated mechanical forces. Cryo-electron tomography provides the means for high-resolution structural imaging of cells. However, the low signal-to-noise ratio of cryo-tomograms obscures the high frequencies, and therefore the polarity of actin filaments cannot be directly measured. Here, we developed a method that enables us to determine the polarity of actin filaments in cellular cryo-tomograms. We applied it to reveal the actin polarity distribution in focal adhesions, and show a linear relation between actin polarity and distance from the apical boundary of the adhesion site. Determining the polarity of individual actin filaments inside cells Reconstruction of actin networks from cryo-tomograms The polarity of actin changes from mixed to uniform along focal adhesions
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- Bruno Martins
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Talayero VC, Vicente-Manzanares M. Multiparametric Analysis of Focal Adhesions in Bidimensional Substrates. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2217:27-37. [PMID: 33215374 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0962-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Focal adhesions in planar substrates constitute an excellent cellular resource to evaluate different parameters related to cell morphology, cytoskeletal organization, and adhesive strength. However, their intrinsic heterogeneity in terms of size, molecular composition, orientation, and so on complicates their analysis. Here, we describe a simple and straightforward ImageJ/Fiji-based method to quantify several parameters that describe the morphology and relative composition of focal adhesions. This type of analysis can be implemented in various ways and become useful for drug and shRNA screenings.
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- Vanessa C Talayero
- Molecular Mechanisms Program, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Molecular Mechanisms Program, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
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Strauss RE, Gourdie RG. Cx43 and the Actin Cytoskeleton: Novel Roles and Implications for Cell-Cell Junction-Based Barrier Function Regulation. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1656. [PMID: 33321985 PMCID: PMC7764618 DOI: 10.3390/biom10121656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Barrier function is a vital homeostatic mechanism employed by epithelial and endothelial tissue. Diseases across a wide range of tissue types involve dynamic changes in transcellular junctional complexes and the actin cytoskeleton in the regulation of substance exchange across tissue compartments. In this review, we focus on the contribution of the gap junction protein, Cx43, to the biophysical and biochemical regulation of barrier function. First, we introduce the structure and canonical channel-dependent functions of Cx43. Second, we define barrier function and examine the key molecular structures fundamental to its regulation. Third, we survey the literature on the channel-dependent roles of connexins in barrier function, with an emphasis on the role of Cx43 and the actin cytoskeleton. Lastly, we discuss findings on the channel-independent roles of Cx43 in its associations with the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesion structures highlighted by PI3K signaling, in the potential modulation of cellular barriers. Mounting evidence of crosstalk between connexins, the cytoskeleton, focal adhesion complexes, and junctional structures has led to a growing appreciation of how barrier-modulating mechanisms may work together to effect solute and cellular flux across tissue boundaries. This new understanding could translate into improved therapeutic outcomes in the treatment of barrier-associated diseases.
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- Randy E. Strauss
- Virginia Tech, Translational Biology Medicine and Health (TBMH) Program, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
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- Center for Heart and Reparative Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
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Okamoto T, Kawamoto E, Usuda H, Tanaka T, Nikai T, Asanuma K, Suzuki K, Shimaoka M, Wada K. Recombinant Human Soluble Thrombomodulin Suppresses Monocyte Adhesion by Reducing Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Endothelial Cellular Stiffening. Cells 2020; 9:cells9081811. [PMID: 32751580 PMCID: PMC7463703 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Endothelial cellular stiffening has been observed not only in inflamed cultured endothelial cells but also in the endothelium of atherosclerotic regions, which is an underlying cause of monocyte adhesion and accumulation. Although recombinant soluble thrombomodulin (rsTM) has been reported to suppress the inflammatory response of endothelial cells, its role in regulating endothelial cellular stiffness remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of anticoagulant rsTM on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced endothelial cellular stiffening. We show that LPS increases endothelial cellular stiffness by using atomic force microscopy and that rsTM reduces LPS-induced cellular stiffening not only through the attenuation of actin fiber and focal adhesion formation but also via the improvement of gap junction functionality. Moreover, post-administration of rsTM, after LPS stimulation, attenuated LPS-induced cellular stiffening. We also found that endothelial cells regulate leukocyte adhesion in a substrate- and cellular stiffness-dependent manner. Our result show that LPS-induced cellular stiffening enhances monocytic THP-1 cell line adhesion, whereas rsTM suppresses THP-1 cell adhesion to inflamed endothelial cells by reducing cellular stiffness. Endothelial cells increase cellular stiffness in reaction to inflammation, thereby promoting monocyte adhesion. Treatment of rsTM reduced LPS-induced cellular stiffening and suppressed monocyte adhesion in a cellular stiffness-dependent manner.
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- Takayuki Okamoto
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; (H.U.); (T.T.); (K.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-853-20-2132
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan; (E.K.); (M.S.)
- Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; (H.U.); (T.T.); (K.W.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; (H.U.); (T.T.); (K.W.)
- Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Contemporary Life Science, Chugoku Gakuen University, 83 Niwase, Kita-ku, Okayama-city, Okayama 701-0197, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan;
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan;
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzuka University of Medical Science, 3500-3, Minamitamagaki-cho, Suzuka-city, Mie 513-8679, Japan;
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan; (E.K.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; (H.U.); (T.T.); (K.W.)
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Weinberg F, Han MKL, Dahmke IN, Del Campo A, de Jonge N. Anti-correlation of HER2 and focal adhesion complexes in the plasma membrane. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0234430. [PMID: 32511274 PMCID: PMC7279600 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Excess presence of the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) as well as of the focal adhesion protein complexes are associated with increased proliferation, migratory, and invasive behavior of cancer cells. A cross-regulation between HER2 and integrin signaling pathways has been found, but the exact mechanism remains elusive. Here, we investigated whether HER2 colocalizes with focal adhesion complexes on breast cancer cells overexpressing HER2. For this purpose, vinculin or talin green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion proteins, both key constituents of focal adhesions, were expressed in breast cancer cells. HER2 was either extracellularly or intracellularly labeled with fluorescent quantum dots nanoparticles (QDs). The cell-substrate interface was analyzed at the location of the focal adhesions by means of total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy or correlative fluorescence- and scanning transmission electron microscopy. Expression of HER2 at the cell-substrate interface was only observed upon intracellular labeling, and was heterogeneous with both HER2-enriched and -low regions. In contrast to an expected enrichment of HER2 at focal adhesions, an anti-correlated expression pattern was observed for talin and HER2. Our findings suggest a spatial anti-correlation between HER2 and focal adhesion complexes for adherent cells.
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- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
- * E-mail:
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Chen HY, Gao LT, Yuan JQ, Zhang YJ, Liu P, Wang G, Ni X, Liu WN, Gao L. Decrease in SHP-1 enhances myometrium remodeling via FAK activation leading to labor. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2020; 318:E930-E942. [PMID: 32343611 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00068.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Preterm birth is one of the most common complications during human pregnancy and is associated with a dramatic switch within the uterus from quiescence to contractility. However, the mechanisms underlying uterine remodeling are largely unknown. Protein kinases and phosphatases play critical roles in regulating the phosphorylation of proteins involved in the smooth muscle cell functions. In the present study, we found that Src-homology phosphatase type-1 (SHP-1, PTPN6) was significantly decreased in human myometrium in labor compared with that not in labor. Timed-pregnant mice injected intraperitoneally with the specific SHP-1 inhibitor protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor I (PTPI-1) manifested significantly preterm labor, with enriched plasmalemmal dense plaques between myometrial cells and increased phosphorylation at Tyr397 and Tyr576/577 sites of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in myometrial cells, which remained to the time of labor, whereas the phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 and phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) showed a rapid increase upon PTPI-1 injection but fell back to normal at the time of labor. The Tyr576/577 in FAK played an important role in the interaction between FAK and SHP-1. Knockdown of SHP-1 dramatically increased the spontaneous contraction of human uterine smooth muscle cells (HUSMCs), which was reversed by coinfection of a FAK-knockdown lentivirus. PGF2α downregulated SHP-1 via PLCβ-PKC-NF-κB or PI3K-NF-κB pathways, suggesting the regenerative downregulation of SHP-1 enhances the uterine remodeling and plasticity by activating FAK and subsequent focal adhesion pathway, which eventually facilitates myometrium contraction and leads to labor. The study sheds new light on understanding of mechanisms that underlie the initiation of labor, and interventions for modulation of SHP-1 may provide a potential strategy for preventing preterm birth.
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- Huai-Yan Chen
- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shenyang Northern Hospital, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chinese Eastern Theatre Naval Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Physiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
- The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, China
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Stubb A, Laine RF, Miihkinen M, Hamidi H, Guzmán C, Henriques R, Jacquemet G, Ivaska J. Fluctuation-Based Super-Resolution Traction Force Microscopy. Nano Lett 2020; 20:2230-2245. [PMID: 32142297 PMCID: PMC7146861 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Cellular mechanics play a crucial role in tissue homeostasis and are often misregulated in disease. Traction force microscopy is one of the key methods that has enabled researchers to study fundamental aspects of mechanobiology; however, traction force microscopy is limited by poor resolution. Here, we propose a simplified protocol and imaging strategy that enhances the output of traction force microscopy by increasing i) achievable bead density and ii) the accuracy of bead tracking. Our approach relies on super-resolution microscopy, enabled by fluorescence fluctuation analysis. Our pipeline can be used on spinning-disk confocal or widefield microscopes and is compatible with available analysis software. In addition, we demonstrate that our workflow can be used to gain biologically relevant information and is suitable for fast long-term live measurement of traction forces even in light-sensitive cells. Finally, using fluctuation-based traction force microscopy, we observe that filopodia align to the force field generated by focal adhesions.
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- Aki Stubb
- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- MRC-Laboratory
for Molecular Cell Biology, University College
London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
- The
Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, U.K.
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- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
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- MRC-Laboratory
for Molecular Cell Biology, University College
London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
- The
Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, U.K.
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- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
- Faculty
of Science and Engineering, Cell Biology, Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland
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- Turku
Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and
Åbo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Turku, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland
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Anguiano M, Morales X, Castilla C, Pena AR, Ederra C, Martínez M, Ariz M, Esparza M, Amaveda H, Mora M, Movilla N, Aznar JMG, Cortés-Domínguez I, Ortiz-de-Solorzano C. The use of mixed collagen-Matrigel matrices of increasing complexity recapitulates the biphasic role of cell adhesion in cancer cell migration: ECM sensing, remodeling and forces at the leading edge of cancer invasion. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0220019. [PMID: 31945053 PMCID: PMC6964905 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The migration of cancer cells is highly regulated by the biomechanical properties of their local microenvironment. Using 3D scaffolds of simple composition, several aspects of cancer cell mechanosensing (signal transduction, EMC remodeling, traction forces) have been separately analyzed in the context of cell migration. However, a combined study of these factors in 3D scaffolds that more closely resemble the complex microenvironment of the cancer ECM is still missing. Here, we present a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of the role of cell-ECM interactions in cancer cell migration within a highly physiological environment consisting of mixed Matrigel-collagen hydrogel scaffolds of increasing complexity that mimic the tumor microenvironment at the leading edge of cancer invasion. We quantitatively show that the presence of Matrigel increases hydrogel stiffness, which promotes β1 integrin expression and metalloproteinase activity in H1299 lung cancer cells. Then, we show that ECM remodeling activity causes matrix alignment and compaction that favors higher tractions exerted by the cells. However, these traction forces do not linearly translate into increased motility due to a biphasic role of cell adhesions in cell migration: at low concentration Matrigel promotes migration-effective tractions exerted through a high number of small sized focal adhesions. However, at high Matrigel concentration, traction forces are exerted through fewer, but larger focal adhesions that favor attachment yielding lower cell motility.
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- María Anguiano
- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Neuroimaging Laboratory, Division of Neurosciences, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- IDISNA, Ciberonc and Solid Tumours and Biomarkers Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- * E-mail:
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Jana A, Nookaew I, Singh J, Behkam B, Franco AT, Nain AS. Crosshatch nanofiber networks of tunable interfiber spacing induce plasticity in cell migration and cytoskeletal response. FASEB J 2019; 33:10618-10632. [PMID: 31225977 PMCID: PMC6766658 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900131r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Biomechanical cues within tissue microenvironments are critical for maintaining homeostasis, and their disruption can contribute to malignant transformation and metastasis. Once transformed, metastatic cancer cells can migrate persistently by adapting (plasticity) to changes in the local fibrous extracellular matrix, and current strategies to recapitulate persistent migration rely exclusively on the use of aligned geometries. Here, the controlled interfiber spacing in suspended crosshatch networks of nanofibers induces cells to exhibit plasticity in migratory behavior (persistent and random) and the associated cytoskeletal arrangement. At dense spacing (3 and 6 µm), unexpectedly, elongated cells migrate persistently (in 1 dimension) at high speeds in 3-dimensional shapes with thick nuclei, and short focal adhesion cluster (FAC) lengths. With increased spacing (18 and 36 µm), cells attain 2-dimensional morphologies, have flattened nuclei and longer FACs, and migrate randomly by rapidly detaching their trailing edges that strain the nuclei by ∼35%. At 54-µm spacing, kite-shaped cells become near stationary. Poorly developed filamentous actin stress fibers are found only in cells on 3-µm networks. Gene-expression profiling shows a decrease in transcriptional potential and a differential up-regulation of metabolic pathways. The consistency in observed phenotypes across cell lines supports using this platform to dissect hallmarks of plasticity in migration in vitro.-Jana, A., Nookaew, I., Singh, J., Behkam, B., Franco, A. T., Nain, A. S. Crosshatch nanofiber networks of tunable interfiber spacing induce plasticity in cell migration and cytoskeletal response.
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- Aniket Jana
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Dent LG, Manning SA, Kroeger B, Williams AM, Saiful Hilmi AJ, Crea L, Kondo S, Horne-Badovinac S, Harvey KF. The dPix-Git complex is essential to coordinate epithelial morphogenesis and regulate myosin during Drosophila egg chamber development. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008083. [PMID: 31116733 PMCID: PMC6555532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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How biochemical and mechanical information are integrated during tissue development is a central question in morphogenesis. In many biological systems, the PIX-GIT complex localises to focal adhesions and integrates both physical and chemical information. We used Drosophila melanogaster egg chamber formation to study the function of PIX and GIT orthologues (dPix and Git, respectively), and discovered a central role for this complex in controlling myosin activity and epithelial monolayering. We found that Git's focal adhesion targeting domain mediates basal localisation of this complex to filament structures and the leading edge of migrating cells. In the absence of dpix and git, tissue disruption is driven by contractile forces, as reduction of myosin activators restores egg production and morphology. Further, dpix and git mutant eggs closely phenocopy defects previously reported in pak mutant epithelia. Together, these results indicate that the dPix-Git complex controls egg chamber morphogenesis by controlling myosin contractility and Pak kinase downstream of focal adhesions.
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- Lucas G. Dent
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- * E-mail: (LGD); (KFH)
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Laboratory of Invertebrate Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- * E-mail: (LGD); (KFH)
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Chen S, Hourwitz MJ, Campanello L, Fourkas JT, Losert W, Parent CA. Actin Cytoskeleton and Focal Adhesions Regulate the Biased Migration of Breast Cancer Cells on Nanoscale Asymmetric Sawteeth. ACS Nano 2019; 13:1454-1468. [PMID: 30707556 PMCID: PMC7159974 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b07140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Physical guidance from the underlying matrix is a key regulator of cancer invasion and metastasis. We explore the effects of surface topography on the migration phenotype of multiple breast cancer cell lines using aligned nanoscale ridges and asymmetric sawtooth structures. Both benign and metastatic breast cancer cells preferentially move parallel to nanoridges, with enhanced speeds compared to flat surfaces. In contrast, asymmetric sawtooth structures unidirectionally bias the movement of breast cancer cells in a cell-type-dependent manner. Quantitative analysis shows that the level of bias in cell migration increases when cells move with higher speeds or with higher directional persistence. Live-cell imaging studies further reveal that actin polymerization waves are unidirectionally guided by the sawteeth in the same direction as the cell motion. High-resolution fluorescence imaging and scanning electron microscopy studies reveal that two breast cancer cell lines with opposite migrational profiles exhibit profoundly different cell cortical plasticity and focal adhesion patterns. These results suggest that the overall migration response of cancer cells to surface topography is directly related to the underlying cytoskeletal architectures and dynamics, which are regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
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- Song Chen
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
- Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
- Department of Pharmacology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Guadarrama Bello D, Fouillen A, Badia A, Nanci A. A nanoporous titanium surface promotes the maturation of focal adhesions and formation of filopodia with distinctive nanoscale protrusions by osteogenic cells. Acta Biomater 2017; 60:339-349. [PMID: 28728969 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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While topography is a key determinant of the cellular response to biomaterials, the mechanisms implicated in the cell-surface interactions are complex and still not fully elucidated. In this context, we have examined the effect of nanoscale topography on the formation of filopodia, focal adhesions, and gene expression of proteins associated with cell adhesion and sensing. Commercially pure titanium discs were treated by oxidative nanopatterning with a solution of H2SO4/H2O2 50:50 (v/v). Scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy characterizations showed that this facile chemical treatment efficiently creates a unique nanoporous surface with a root-mean-square roughness of 11.5nm and pore diameter of 20±5nm. Osteogenic cells were cultured on polished (control) and nanotextured discs for periods of 6, 24, and 72h. Immunofluorescence analysis revealed increases in the adhesion formation per cell area, focal adhesion length, and maturity on the nanoporous surface. Gene expression for various focal adhesion markers, including paxillin and talin, and different integrins (e.g. α1, β1, and α5) was also significantly increased. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the presence of more filopodia on cells grown on the nanoporous surface. These cell extensions displayed abundant and distinctive nanoscale lateral protrusions of 10-15nm diameter that molded the nanopore walls. Together the increase in the focal adhesions and abundance of filopodia and associated protrusions could contribute to strengthening the adhesive interaction of cells with the surface, and thereby, alter the nanoscale biomechanical relationships that trigger cellular cascades that regulate cell behavior. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Oxidative patterning was exploited to create a unique three-dimensional network of nanopores on titanium surfaces. Our study illustrates how a facile chemical treatment can be advantageously used to modulate cellular behavior. The nanoscale lateral protrusions on filopodia elicited by this surface are novel adhesive structures. Altogether, the increases in focal adhesion, length, maturity, and filopodia with distinctive lateral protrusions could substantially increase the contact area and adhesion strength of cells, thereby promoting the activation of cellular signaling cascades that may explain the positive osteogenic outcomes previously achieved with this surface. Such physicochemical cueing offers a simple attractive alternative to the use of bioactive agents for guiding tissue repair/regeneration around implantable metals.
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- Dainelys Guadarrama Bello
- Laboratory for the Study of Calcified Tissues and Biomaterials, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada.
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- Laboratory for the Study of Calcified Tissues and Biomaterials, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada.
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- Laboratory for the Study of Calcified Tissues and Biomaterials, Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dentistry, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P 6128 succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C3J7, Canada.
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Närvä E, Stubb A, Guzmán C, Blomqvist M, Balboa D, Lerche M, Saari M, Otonkoski T, Ivaska J. A Strong Contractile Actin Fence and Large Adhesions Direct Human Pluripotent Colony Morphology and Adhesion. Stem Cell Reports 2017. [PMID: 28625538 PMCID: PMC5511101 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Cell-type-specific functions and identity are tightly regulated by interactions between the cell cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix (ECM). Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have ultimate differentiation capacity and exceptionally low-strength ECM contact, yet the organization and function of adhesion sites and associated actin cytoskeleton remain poorly defined. We imaged hPSCs at the cell-ECM interface with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and discovered that adhesions at the colony edge were exceptionally large and connected by thick ventral stress fibers. The actin fence encircling the colony was found to exert extensive Rho-ROCK-myosin-dependent mechanical stress to enforce colony morphology, compaction, and pluripotency and to define mitotic spindle orientation. Remarkably, differentiation altered adhesion organization and signaling characterized by a switch from ventral to dorsal stress fibers, reduced mechanical stress, and increased integrin activity and cell-ECM adhesion strength. Thus, pluripotency appears to be linked to unique colony organization and adhesion structure. Human pluripotent colonies have exceptional actin structure and focal adhesions Contraction-dependent tight colony compaction enforces pluripotency Colony morphology is maintained by edge-oriented cell divisions Differentiation alters actin orientation, integrin activity, and adhesion strength
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- Elisa Närvä
- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology and Biomedicum Stem Cell Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology and Biomedicum Stem Cell Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland; Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00290, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland; Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku 20520, Finland.
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Kräter M, Jacobi A, Otto O, Tietze S, Müller K, Poitz DM, Palm S, Zinna VM, Biehain U, Wobus M, Chavakis T, Werner C, Guck J, Bornhauser M. Bone marrow niche-mimetics modulate HSPC function via integrin signaling. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2549. [PMID: 28566689 PMCID: PMC5451425 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02352-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The bone marrow (BM) microenvironment provides critical physical cues for hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) maintenance and fate decision mediated by cell-matrix interactions. However, the mechanisms underlying matrix communication and signal transduction are less well understood. Contrary, stem cell culture is mainly facilitated in suspension cultures. Here, we used bone marrow-mimetic decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) to study HSPC-ECM interaction. Seeding freshly isolated HSPCs adherent (AT) and non-adherent (SN) cells were found. We detected enhanced expansion and active migration of AT-cells mediated by ECM incorporated stromal derived factor one. Probing cell mechanics, AT-cells displayed naïve cell deformation compared to SN-cells indicating physical recognition of ECM material properties by focal adhesion. Integrin αIIb (CD41), αV (CD51) and β3 (CD61) were found to be induced. Signaling focal contacts via ITGβ3 were identified to facilitate cell adhesion, migration and mediate ECM-physical cues to modulate HSPC function.
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- Martin Kräter
- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Centre for Innovation Competence - Humoral Immune Reactions in Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 17489, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
- Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pathobiochemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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- Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany.
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany.
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Manifacier I, Milan JL, Jeanneau C, Chmilewsky F, Chabrand P, About I. Computational Tension Mapping of Adherent Cells Based on Actin Imaging. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146863. [PMID: 26812601 PMCID: PMC4728200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Forces transiting through the cytoskeleton are known to play a role in adherent cell activity. Up to now few approaches haves been able to determine theses intracellular forces. We thus developed a computational mechanical model based on a reconstruction of the cytoskeleton of an adherent cell from fluorescence staining of the actin network and focal adhesions (FA). Our custom made algorithm converted the 2D image of an actin network into a map of contractile interactions inside a 2D node grid, each node representing a group of pixels. We assumed that actin filaments observed under fluorescence microscopy, appear brighter when thicker, we thus presumed that nodes corresponding to pixels with higher actin density were linked by stiffer interactions. This enabled us to create a system of heterogeneous interactions which represent the spatial organization of the contractile actin network. The contractility of this interaction system was then adapted to match the level of force the cell truly exerted on focal adhesions; forces on focal adhesions were estimated from their vinculin expressed size. This enabled the model to compute consistent mechanical forces transiting throughout the cell. After computation, we applied a graphical approach on the original actin image, which enabled us to calculate tension forces throughout the cell, or in a particular region or even in single stress fibers. It also enabled us to study different scenarios which may indicate the mechanical role of other cytoskeletal components such as microtubules. For instance, our results stated that the ratio between intra and extra cellular compression is inversely proportional to intracellular tension.
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- Ian Manifacier
- Aix-Marseille Université, ISM, CNRS, UMR 7287, Marseille, France
- APHM, Institute for Locomotion, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, 13009, Marseille, France
- * E-mail:
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- Aix-Marseille Université, ISM, CNRS, UMR 7287, Marseille, France
- APHM, Institute for Locomotion, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, ISM, CNRS, UMR 7287, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, ISM, CNRS, UMR 7287, Marseille, France
- APHM, Institute for Locomotion, Sainte-Marguerite Hospital, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, ISM, CNRS, UMR 7287, Marseille, France
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Yoshino Y, Suzuki M, Takahashi H, Ishioka C. Inhibition of invasion by glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta inhibitors through dysregulation of actin re-organisation via down-regulation of WAVE2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 464:275-80. [PMID: 26116771 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.06.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cancer cell invasion is a critical phenomenon in cancer pathogenesis. Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) has been reported to regulate cancer cell invasion both negatively and positively. Thus, the net effect of GSK-3β on invasion is unclear. In this report, we showed that GSK-3β inhibitors induced dysregulation of the actin cytoskeleton and functional insufficiency of focal adhesion, which resulted in suppressed invasion. In addition, WAVE2, an essential molecule for actin fibre branching, was down-regulated after GSK-3β inhibition. Collectively, we propose that the WAVE2-actin cytoskeleton axis is an important target of GSK-3β inhibitors in cancer cell invasion.
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- Yuki Yoshino
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan; Department of Medical Oncology, Tohoku University Hospital, Tohoku University, Seiryo-machi 1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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Hecht FM, Rheinlaender J, Schierbaum N, Goldmann WH, Fabry B, Schäffer TE. Imaging viscoelastic properties of live cells by AFM: power-law rheology on the nanoscale. Soft Matter 2015; 11:4584-4591. [PMID: 25891371 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02718c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We developed force clamp force mapping (FCFM), an atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique for measuring the viscoelastic creep behavior of live cells with sub-micrometer spatial resolution. FCFM combines force-distance curves with an added force clamp phase during tip-sample contact. From the creep behavior measured during the force clamp phase, quantitative viscoelastic sample properties are extracted. We validate FCFM on soft polyacrylamide gels. We find that the creep behavior of living cells conforms to a power-law material model. By recording short (50-60 ms) force clamp measurements in rapid succession, we generate, for the first time, two-dimensional maps of power-law exponent and modulus scaling parameter. Although these maps reveal large spatial variations of both parameters across the cell surface, we obtain robust mean values from the several hundreds of measurements performed on each cell. Measurements on mouse embryonic fibroblasts show that the mean power-law exponents and the mean modulus scaling parameters differ greatly among individual cells, but both parameters are highly correlated: stiffer cells consistently show a smaller power-law exponent. This correlation allows us to distinguish between wild-type cells and cells that lack vinculin, a dominant protein of the focal adhesion complex, even though the mean values of viscoelastic properties between wildtype and knockout cells did not differ significantly. Therefore, FCFM spatially resolves viscoelastic sample properties and can uncover subtle mechanical signatures of proteins in living cells.
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- Fabian M Hecht
- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestraße 91, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestraße 91, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Liu Y, Medda R, Liu Z, Galior K, Yehl K, Spatz JP, Cavalcanti-Adam E, Salaita K. Nanoparticle tension probes patterned at the nanoscale: impact of integrin clustering on force transmission. Nano Lett 2014; 14:5539-46. [PMID: 25238229 PMCID: PMC4189618 DOI: 10.1021/nl501912g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Herein we aimed to understand how nanoscale clustering of RGD ligands alters the mechano-regulation of their integrin receptors. We combined molecular tension fluorescence microscopy with block copolymer micelle nanolithography to fabricate substrates with arrays of precisely spaced probes that can generate a 10-fold fluorescence response to pN-forces. We found that the mechanism of sensing ligand spacing is force-mediated. This strategy is broadly applicable to investigating receptor clustering and its role in mechanotransduction pathways.
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- Yang Liu
- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University, INF 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department
of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University, INF 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
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Ada Cavalcanti-Adam
- Department
of Biophysical Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University, INF 253, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Emory University, 1515 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Elosegui-Artola A, Jorge-Peñas A, Moreno-Arotzena O, Oregi A, Lasa M, García-Aznar JM, De Juan-Pardo EM, Aldabe R. Image analysis for the quantitative comparison of stress fibers and focal adhesions. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107393. [PMID: 25269086 PMCID: PMC4182299 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Actin stress fibers (SFs) detect and transmit forces to the extracellular matrix through focal adhesions (FAs), and molecules in this pathway determine cellular behavior. Here, we designed two different computational tools to quantify actin SFs and the distribution of actin cytoskeletal proteins within a normalized cellular morphology. Moreover, a systematic cell response comparison between the control cells and those with impaired actin cytoskeleton polymerization was performed to demonstrate the reliability of the tools. Indeed, a variety of proteins that were present within the string beginning at the focal adhesions (vinculin) up to the actin SFs contraction (non-muscle myosin II (NMMII)) were analyzed. Finally, the software used allows for the quantification of the SFs based on the relative positions of FAs. Therefore, it provides a better insight into the cell mechanics and broadens the knowledge of the nature of SFs.
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- Alberto Elosegui-Artola
- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Unit, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas and Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Unit, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas and Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Unit, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas and Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Gene Therapy and Hepatology Area, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Unit, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Técnicas and Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastian, Spain
- * E-mail: (RA); (EMDJ)
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- Gene Therapy and Hepatology Area, Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA), University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- * E-mail: (RA); (EMDJ)
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Lu S, Seong J, Wang Y, Chang SC, Eichorst JP, Ouyang M, Li JYS, Chien S, Wang Y. Decipher the dynamic coordination between enzymatic activity and structural modulation at focal adhesions in living cells. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5756. [PMID: 25056908 PMCID: PMC4108961 DOI: 10.1038/srep05756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Focal adhesions (FAs) are dynamic subcellular structures crucial for cell adhesion, migration and differentiation. It remains an enigma how enzymatic activities in these local complexes regulate their structural remodeling in live cells. Utilizing biosensors based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), we developed a correlative FRET imaging microscopy (CFIM) approach to quantitatively analyze the subcellular coordination between the enzymatic Src activation and the structural FA disassembly. CFIM reveals that the Src kinase activity only within the microdomain of lipid rafts at the plasma membrane is coupled with FA dynamics. FA disassembly at cell periphery was linearly dependent on this raft-localized Src activity, although cells displayed heterogeneous levels of response to stimulation. Within lipid rafts, the time delay between Src activation and FA disassembly was 1.2 min in cells seeded on low fibronectin concentration ([FN]) and 4.3 min in cells on high [FN]. CFIM further showed that the level of Src-FA coupling, as well as the time delay, was regulated by cell-matrix interactions, as a tight enzyme-structure coupling occurred in FA populations mediated by integrin αvβ₃, but not in those by integrin α₅β₁. Therefore, different FA subpopulations have distinctive regulation mechanisms between their local kinase activity and structural FA dynamics.
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- Shaoying Lu
- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0435
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
- Current address: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0435
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0435
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0435
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0435
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
- Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
- Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Single-molecule experiments indicate that integrin affinity is cation-type-dependent, but in spread cells integrins are engaged in complex focal adhesions (FAs), which can also regulate affinity. To better understand cation-type-dependent adhesion in fully spread cells, we investigated attachment strength by application of external shear. While cell attachment strength is indeed modulated by cations, the regulation of integrin-mediated adhesion is also exceedingly complex, cell specific, and niche dependent. In the presence of magnesium only, fibroblasts and fibrosarcoma cells remodel their cytoskeleton to align in the direction of applied shear in an α5-integrin/fibronectin-dependent manner, which allows them to withstand higher shear. In the presence of calcium or on collagen in modest shear, fibroblasts undergo piecewise detachment but fibrosarcoma cells exhibit increased attachment strength. These data augment the current understanding of force-mediated detachment by suggesting a dynamic interplay in situ between cell adhesion and integrins depending on local niche cation conditions.
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- Alexander Fuhrmann
- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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de Vega S, Suzuki N, Nonaka R, Sasaki T, Forcinito P, Arikawa-Hirasawa E, Yamada Y. A C-terminal fragment of fibulin-7 interacts with endothelial cells and inhibits their tube formation in culture. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 545:148-53. [PMID: 24480309 PMCID: PMC3974681 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 12/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that fibulin-7 (Fbln7) is expressed in teeth by pre-odontoblast and odontoblast cells, localized in the basement membrane and dentin matrices, and is an adhesion molecule for dental mesenchyme cells and odontoblasts. Fbln7 is also expressed in blood vessels by endothelial cells. In this report, we show that a recombinant C-terminal Fbln7 fragment (Fbln7-C) bound to Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) but did not promote cell spreading and actin stress fiber formation. Fbln7-C binding to HUVECs induced integrin clustering at cell adhesion sites with other focal adhesion molecules, and sustained activation of FAK, p130Cas, and Rac1. In addition, RhoA activation was inhibited, thereby preventing HUVEC spreading. As endothelial cell spreading is an important step for angiogenesis, we examined the effect of Fbln7-C on angiogenesis using in vitro assays for endothelial cell tube formation and vessel sprouting from aortic rings. We found that Fbln7-C inhibited the HUVEC tube formation and the vessel sprouting in aortic ring assays. Our findings suggest potential anti-angiogenic activity of the Fbln7 C-terminal region.
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- Susana de Vega
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, United States; Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, United States; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
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- Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Nikolaus Fiebiger Center of Molecular Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, United States
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- Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, United States.
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Scheffler JM, Schiefermeier N, Huber LA. Mild fixation and permeabilization protocol for preserving structures of endosomes, focal adhesions, and actin filaments during immunofluorescence analysis. Methods Enzymol 2014; 535:93-102. [PMID: 24377919 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-397925-4.00006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Intracellular membrane trafficking is a highly dynamic process to sort proteins into either the recycling or degradation pathway. The late endosome is a major component of this endosomal biogenesis toward degradation by the lysosome. The endocytotic system is spread throughout the cytoplasm, and vesicle motility is achieved by multiple proteins including Rabs, motor proteins, and cytostructural elements. The subcellular localization of the late endosome is distributed from the accumulation in the perinuclear region toward the cell periphery. Using immunofluorescence methods combined with live-cell microscopy, we want to show that the preservation of the peripheral late endosomal compartment can be successfully achieved by two different techniques. On one hand, we compare two different widely used permeabilization methods: Triton X-100 and saponin. Comparing live-cell microscopic pictures of the same cell with immunofluorescences after fixation and permeabilization revealed improved results by the use of saponin. On the other hand, we present here a protocol of mild fixation to preserve peripheral structures like focal adhesion in combination with endosomes and actin filaments.
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- Julia M Scheffler
- Biocenter, Division of Cell Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Biocenter, Division of Cell Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Biocenter, Division of Cell Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Tahtamouni LH, Shaw AE, Hasan MH, Yasin SR, Bamburg JR. Non-overlapping activities of ADF and cofilin-1 during the migration of metastatic breast tumor cells. BMC Cell Biol 2013; 14:45. [PMID: 24093776 PMCID: PMC3850953 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-14-45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND ADF/cofilin proteins are key modulators of actin dynamics in metastasis and invasion of cancer cells. Here we focused on the roles of ADF and cofilin-1 individually in the development of polarized migration of rat mammary adenocarcinoma (MTLn3) cells, which express nearly equal amounts of each protein. Small interference RNA (siRNA) technology was used to knockdown (KD) the expression of ADF and cofilin-1 independently. RESULTS Either ADF KD or cofilin KD caused cell elongation, a reduction in cell area, a decreased ability to form invadopodia, and a decreased percentage of polarized cells after 180 s of epidermal growth factor stimulation. Moreover, ADF KD or cofilin KD increased the rate of cell migration and the time of lamellipodia protrusion but through different mechanisms: lamellipodia protrude more frequently in ADF KD cells and are more persistent in cofilin KD cells. ADF KD cells showed a significant increase in F-actin aggregates, whereas cofilin KD cells showed a significant increase in prominent F-actin bundles and increased cell adhesion. Focal adhesion area and cell adhesion in cofilin KD cells were returned to control levels by expressing exogenous cofilin but not ADF. Return to control rates of cell migration in ADF KD cells was achieved by expression of exogenous ADF but not cofilin, whereas in cofilin KD cells, expression of cofilin efficiently rescued control migration rates. CONCLUSION Although ADF and cofilin have many redundant functions, each of these isoforms has functional differences that affect F-actin structures, cell adhesion and lamellipodial dynamics, all of which are important determinants of cell migration.
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- Lubna H Tahtamouni
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Kanitkar M, Jaiswal A, Deshpande R, Bellare J, Kale VP. Enhanced growth of endothelial precursor cells on PCG-matrix facilitates accelerated, fibrosis-free, wound healing: a diabetic mouse model. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69960. [PMID: 23922871 PMCID: PMC3724903 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Diabetes mellitus (DM)-induced endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) dysfunction causes impaired wound healing, which can be rescued by delivery of large numbers of 'normal' EPCs onto such wounds. The principal challenges herein are (a) the high number of EPCs required and (b) their sustained delivery onto the wounds. Most of the currently available scaffolds either serve as passive devices for cellular delivery or allow adherence and proliferation, but not both. This clearly indicates that matrices possessing both attributes are 'the need of the day' for efficient healing of diabetic wounds. Therefore, we developed a system that not only allows selective enrichment and expansion of EPCs, but also efficiently delivers them onto the wounds. Murine bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (MNCs) were seeded onto a PolyCaprolactone-Gelatin (PCG) nano-fiber matrix that offers a combined advantage of strength, biocompatibility wettability; and cultured them in EGM2 to allow EPC growth. The efficacy of the PCG matrix in supporting the EPC growth and delivery was assessed by various in vitro parameters. Its efficacy in diabetic wound healing was assessed by a topical application of the PCG-EPCs onto diabetic wounds. The PCG matrix promoted a high-level attachment of EPCs and enhanced their growth, colony formation, and proliferation without compromising their viability as compared to Poly L-lactic acid (PLLA) and Vitronectin (VN), the matrix and non-matrix controls respectively. The PCG-matrix also allowed a sustained chemotactic migration of EPCs in vitro. The matrix-effected sustained delivery of EPCs onto the diabetic wounds resulted in an enhanced fibrosis-free wound healing as compared to the controls. Our data, thus, highlight the novel therapeutic potential of PCG-EPCs as a combined 'growth and delivery system' to achieve an accelerated fibrosis-free healing of dermal lesions, including diabetic wounds.
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- Meghana Kanitkar
- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, University of Pune Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Pellegrino L, Stebbing J, Braga VM, Frampton AE, Jacob J, Buluwela L, Jiao LR, Periyasamy M, Madsen CD, Caley MP, Ottaviani S, Roca-Alonso L, El-Bahrawy M, Coombes RC, Krell J, Castellano L. miR-23b regulates cytoskeletal remodeling, motility and metastasis by directly targeting multiple transcripts. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:5400-12. [PMID: 23580553 PMCID: PMC3664824 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Revised: 03/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Uncontrolled cell proliferation and cytoskeletal remodeling are responsible for tumor development and ultimately metastasis. A number of studies have implicated microRNAs in the regulation of cancer cell invasion and migration. Here, we show that miR-23b regulates focal adhesion, cell spreading, cell-cell junctions and the formation of lamellipodia in breast cancer (BC), implicating a central role for it in cytoskeletal dynamics. Inhibition of miR-23b, using a specific sponge construct, leads to an increase of cell migration and metastatic spread in vivo, indicating it as a metastatic suppressor microRNA. Clinically, low miR-23b expression correlates with the development of metastases in BC patients. Mechanistically, miR-23b is able to directly inhibit a number of genes implicated in cytoskeletal remodeling in BC cells. Through intracellular signal transduction, growth factors activate the transcription factor AP-1, and we show that this in turn reduces miR-23b levels by direct binding to its promoter, releasing the pro-invasive genes from translational inhibition. In aggregate, miR-23b expression invokes a sophisticated interaction network that co-ordinates a wide range of cellular responses required to alter the cytoskeleton during cancer cell motility.
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- Loredana Pellegrino
- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine (ICTEM), Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK, HPB Surgical Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK, Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Cutaneous Research, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK and Department of Histopathology, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Elong Edimo W, Vanderwinden JM, Erneux C. SHIP2 signalling at the plasma membrane, in the nucleus and at focal contacts. Adv Biol Regul 2013; 53:28-37. [PMID: 23040614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2012.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Phosphoinositide 5-phosphatases are critical enzymes in modulating the concentrations of PI(3,4,5)P(3), PI(4,5)P(2) and PI(3,5)P(2). The SH2 domain containing inositol 5-phosphatases SHIP1 and SHIP2 belong to this family of enzymes very much involved in physiopathology and development. Therefore activity and localization of the enzymes are particularly important taking into account both catalytic and non-catalytic mechanisms of the SHIP phosphatases. Several different mechanisms have been reported for SHIP2 targeting that often result from specific protein:protein interactions. In unstimulated astrocytoma cells, SHIP2 has a perinuclear and cytoplasmic localization. In serum-stimulated cells, SHIP2 can be localized at the plasma membrane and at focal contacts in polarized cells. A phosphorylated form of SHIP2 on S132 can be found in the nucleus and nuclear speckles. When present at the plasma membrane, SHIP2 may control the intracellular level of PI(3,4,5)P(3) thereby producing PI(3,4)P(2). When present in the nucleus, SHIP2 probably associates to other nuclear proteins such as lamin A/C and could potentially control nuclear PI(4,5)P(2). Finally, its presence at focal adhesions and lamellipodia could suggest a role in cell adhesion and migration. It is proposed that the complex phenotype observed in SHIP2 mutant mice in tissue development and growth could result from the addition of plasma membrane and nuclear effects consecutive to SHIP2 alteration.
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- William's Elong Edimo
- Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRIBHM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, Bldg. C, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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Felkl M, Tomas K, Smid M, Mattes J, Windoffer R, Leube RE. Monitoring the cytoskeletal EGF response in live gastric carcinoma cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45280. [PMID: 23028903 PMCID: PMC3459943 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Altered cell motility is considered to be a key factor in determining tumor invasion and metastasis. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling has been implicated in this process by affecting cytoskeletal organization and dynamics in multiple ways. To sort the temporal and spatial regulation of EGF-dependent cytoskeletal re-organization in relation to a cell's motile behavior time-lapse microscopy was performed on EGF-responsive gastric carcinoma-derived MKN1 cells co-expressing different fluorescently labeled cytoskeletal filaments and focal adhesion components in various combinations. The experiments showed that EGF almost instantaneously induces a considerable increase in membrane ruffling and lamellipodial activity that can be inhibited by Cetuximab EGF receptor antibodies and is not elicited in non-responsive gastric carcinoma Hs746T cells. The transient cell extensions are rich in actin but lack microtubules and keratin intermediate filaments. We show that this EGF-induced increase in membrane motility can be measured by a simple image processing routine. Microtubule plus-ends subsequently invade growing cell extensions, which start to accumulate focal complexes at the lamellipodium-lamellum junction. Such paxillin-positive complexes mature into focal adhesions by tyrosine phosphorylation and recruitment of zyxin. These adhesions then serve as nucleation sites for keratin filaments which are used to enlarge the neighboring peripheral keratin network. Focal adhesions are either disassembled or give rise to stable zyxin-rich fibrillar adhesions which disassemble in the presence of EGF to support formation of new focal adhesion sites in the cell periphery. Taken together the results serve as a basis for modeling the early cytoskeletal EGF response as a tightly coordinated and step-wise process which is relevant for the prediction of the effectiveness of anti-EGF receptor-based tumor therapy.
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- Marco Felkl
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Hagenberg, Austria
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- Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Hagenberg, Austria
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- Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH, Hagenberg, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Tolde O, Rösel D, Janoštiak R, Veselý P, Brábek J. Dynamics and morphology of focal adhesions in complex 3D environment. Folia Biol (Praha) 2012; 58:177-184. [PMID: 23249636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Focal adhesions are specific types of cellular adhesion structures through which both mechanical force and regulatory signals are transmitted. Recently, the existence of focal adhesions in 3D environment has been questioned. Using a unique life-like model of dermis-based matrix we analysed the presence of focal adhesions in a complex 3D environment. Although the dermis-based matrix constitutes a 3D environment, the interface of cell-to-matrix contacts on thick bundled fibres within this matrix resembles 2D conditions. We call this a quasi-2D situation. We suggest that the quasi-2D interface of cell-to-matrix contacts constituted in the dermis-based matrix is much closer to in tissue conditions than the meshed structure of mostly uniform thin fibres in the gel-based matrices. In agreement with our assumption, we found that the cell adhesion structures are formed by cells that invade the dermis-based matrix and that these structures are of similar size as focal adhesions formed on fibronectin-coated coverslips (2D). In both 2D situation and the dermis-based matrix, we observed comparable vinculin dynamics in focal adhesions and comparable enlargement of the focal adhesions in response to a MEK inhibitor. We conclude that focal adhesions that are formed in the 3D environment are similar in size and dynamics as those seen in the 2D setting.
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- O Tolde
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
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The notorious biofouling organism Dreissena polymorpha (the zebra mussel) attaches to a variety of surfaces using a byssus, a series of protein threads that connect the animal to adhesive plaques secreted onto hard substrata. Here, the use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) to characterize the composition of different regions of the byssus is reported. All parts of the byssus show mass peaks corresponding to small proteins in the range of 3.7-7 kDa, with distinctive differences between different regions. Indeed, spectra from thread and plaques are almost completely non-overlapping. In addition, several peaks were identified that are unique to the interfacial region of the plaque, and therefore likely represent specialized adhesive proteins. These results indicate a high level of control over the distribution of proteins, presumably with different functions, in the byssus of this freshwater species.
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- Trevor W Gilbert
- Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Mouse embryonic fibroblasts explore the chemical suitability before spreading on a given substrate. We find this early phase of cell spreading to be characterized by transient adhesion patches with a typical mean size of (1.0 ± 0.4) µm and a lifetime of (33 ± 12) s. Eventually, these patches fuse to initiate extensive spreading of the cell. We monitor cell adhesion using reflection interference contrast and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Digital time lapse movies are analysed employing spatio-temporal correlation functions of adhesion patterns. Correlation length and time can be scaled to obtain a master curve at the fusion point.
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- Pavel Ryzhkov
- Institut für Biophysik, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Tan L, Meyer T, Pfau B, Hofmann T, Tan TW, Jones D. Rapid vinculin exchange dynamics at focal adhesions in primary osteoblasts following shear flow stimulation. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 2010; 10:92-99. [PMID: 20190385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The adaptor protein vinculin plays a key position in the formation of focal adhesions and regulates cell attachment. To study the turnover of vinculin in bone-derived cells, we expressed green fluorescent protein-tagged vinculin in primary bovine osteoblasts and examined the appearance of focal adhesions in cells exposed to laminar shear flow. Already 20 sec after application of shear stress fluorescently labelled focal adhesions became visible as small flashing dots at the periphery of cells. The number of newly formed focal adhesions per individual cell increased continuously over approximately 300 sec and then remained relatively stable. The assembly of focal adhesions in shear stress-stimulated osteoblasts was accompanied by a transient rise in intracellular calcium levels. The mean assembly time of an individual focal adhesion plaque was 32.2+/-2.2 sec and the mean disassembly time was 60.5+/-6.0 sec. The recruitment of vinculin to nascent focal adhesions was in the same range as the recovery half-life of GFP-vinculin at stable focal adhesions (13.0+/-2.0 sec). These data show that accumulation of GFP-vinculin in newly formed focal adhesions and its exchange from pre-existing, mature plaques are both rapid processes that occur in mechanically stimulated osteoblasts within less than one minute.
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- L Tan
- Institut für Experimentelle Orthopädie und Biomechanik, Universität Marburg, Germany
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Goldwich A, Scholz M, Tamm ER. Myocilin promotes substrate adhesion, spreading and formation of focal contacts in podocytes and mesangial cells. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 131:167-80. [PMID: 18855004 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myocilin, a secreted glycoprotein of the olfactomedin family, is constitutively expressed in podocytes of the rat kidney and induced in mesangial cells during mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis. As myocilin has been found to be associated with fibrillar components of the extracellular matrix, and adhesive properties have been shown for other members of the olfactomedin family, we hypothesized that myocilin might play a role in cell-matrix interactions in the glomerulus. To elucidate functional properties of myocilin, recombinant myocilin was expressed in 293 EBNA cells and purified by Ni-chelate and heparin chromatography. Culture plates were coated with myocilin, and primary rat mesangial cells and cells from an immortal murine podocyte cell line were seeded onto the plates in serum free conditions. Both cell types showed concentration-dependant attachment to myocilin, an effect that was statistically significant and could be blocked with specific antibodies. When compared to equal amounts of fibronectin or collagen 1, myocilin was less effective in promoting substrate adhesion. Synergistic effects in substrate adhesion were observed when myocilin was added to low concentrations of fibronectin. Twenty-five percent of cells that had attached to myocilin substrates showed spreading and expressed focal contacts which were labeled by vinculin/phalloidin staining. Comparable findings were observed when human or murine trabecular meshwork cells were seeded on myocilin substrates. Adhesive properties of myocilin required multimer formation, and were not observed when culture plates were coated with a C-terminal fragment of myocilin, containing the olfactomedin domain. We conclude that myocilin promotes substrate adhesion of podocytes and mesangial cells, and might contribute to cell-matrix adhesion of both cell types in vivo.
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- Andreas Goldwich
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Swenson-Fields KI, Sandquist JC, Rossol-Allison J, Blat IC, Wennerberg K, Burridge K, Means AR. MLK3 limits activated Galphaq signaling to Rho by binding to p63RhoGEF. Mol Cell 2008; 32:43-56. [PMID: 18851832 PMCID: PMC2603627 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 08/29/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mixed lineage kinase 3 (MLK3) is a MAP3K that activates the JNK-dependent MAPK pathways. Here, we show that MLK3 is required for cell migration in a manner independent of its role as a MAP3K or MLK3 kinase activity. Rather, MLK3 functions in a regulated way to limit levels of the activated GTPase Rho by binding to the Rho activator, p63RhoGEF/GEFT, which, in turn, prevents its activation by Galphaq. These findings demonstrate a scaffolding role for MLK3 in controlling the extent of Rho activation that modulates cell migration. Moreover, they suggest that MLK3 functions as a network hub that links a number of signaling pathways.
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- Katherine I. Swenson-Fields
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology; University of Kansas, School of Medicine 66160 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
- Department of Pathology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC 27599; USA
- Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, AL 35205; USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC 27599; USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Duke University Medical Center; Durham, NC 27710; USA
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Collin O, Na S, Chowdhury F, Hong M, Shin ME, Wang F, Wang N. Self-organized podosomes are dynamic mechanosensors. Curr Biol 2008; 18:1288-94. [PMID: 18760605 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Podosomes are self-organized, dynamic, actin-containing structures that adhere to the extracellular matrix via integrins [1-5]. Yet, it is not clear what regulates podosome dynamics and whether podosomes can function as direct mechanosensors, like focal adhesions [6-9]. We show here that myosin-II proteins form circular structures outside and at the podosome actin ring to regulate podosome dynamics. Inhibiting myosin-II-dependent tension dissipated podosome actin rings before dissipating the myosin-ring structure. As podosome rings changed size or shape, tractions underneath the podosomes were exerted onto the substrate and were abolished when myosin-light-chain activity was inhibited. The magnitudes of tractions were comparable to those generated underneath focal adhesions, and they increased with substrate stiffness. The dynamics of podosomes and of focal adhesions were different. Torsional tractions underneath the podosome rings were generated with rotations of podosome rings in a nonmotile, nonrotating cell, suggesting a unique feature of these circular structures. Stresses applied via integrins at the apical surface directly displaced podosomes near the basal surface. Stress-induced podosome displacements increased nonlinearly with applied stresses. Our results suggest that podosomes are dynamic mechanosensors in which interactions of myosin tension and actin dynamics are crucial for regulating these self-organized structures in living cells.
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- Olivier Collin
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Santiago-Martínez E, Soplop NH, Patel R, Kramer SG. Repulsion by Slit and Roundabout prevents Shotgun/E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion during Drosophila heart tube lumen formation. J Cell Biol 2008; 182:241-8. [PMID: 18663139 PMCID: PMC2483515 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200804120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 06/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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During Drosophila melanogaster heart development, a lumen forms between apical surfaces of contralateral cardioblasts (CBs). We show that Slit and its receptor Roundabout (Robo) are required at CB apical domains for lumen formation. Mislocalization of Slit outside the apical domain causes ectopic lumen formation and the mislocalization of cell junction proteins, E-cadherin (E-Cad) and Enabled, without disrupting overall CB cell polarity. Ectopic lumen formation is suppressed in robo mutants, which indicates robo's requirement for this process. Genetic evidence suggests that Robo and Shotgun (Shg)/E-Cad function together in modulating CB adhesion. robo and shg/E-Cad transheterozygotes have lumen defects. In robo loss-of-function or shg/E-Cad gain-of-function embryos, lumen formation is blocked because of inappropriate CB adhesion and an accumulation of E-Cad at the apical membrane. In contrast, shg/E-Cad loss-of-function or robo gain-of-function blocks lumen formation due to a loss of CB adhesion. Our data show that Slit and Robo pathways function in lumen formation as a repulsive signal to antagonize E-Cad-mediated cell adhesion.
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- Edgardo Santiago-Martínez
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Nemethova M, Auinger S, Small JV. Building the actin cytoskeleton: filopodia contribute to the construction of contractile bundles in the lamella. J Cell Biol 2008; 180:1233-44. [PMID: 18362182 PMCID: PMC2290848 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200709134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Filopodia are rodlike extensions generally attributed with a guidance role in cell migration. We now show in fish fibroblasts that filopodia play a major role in generating contractile bundles in the lamella region behind the migrating front. Filopodia that developed adhesion to the substrate via paxillin containing focal complexes contributed their proximal part to stress fiber assembly, and filopodia that folded laterally contributed to the construction of contractile bundles parallel to the cell edge. Correlated light and electron microscopy of cells labeled for actin and fascin confirmed integration of filopodia bundles into the lamella network. Inhibition of myosin II did not subdue the waving and folding motions of filopodia or their entry into the lamella, but filopodia were not then integrated into contractile arrays. Comparable results were obtained with B16 melanoma cells. These and other findings support the idea that filaments generated in filopodia and lamellipodia for protrusion are recycled for seeding actomyosin arrays for use in retraction.
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- Maria Nemethova
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1030, Austria
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Bacterial motility is essential for chemotaxis, virulence and complex social interactions leading to biofilm and fruiting body formation. Although bacterial swimming in liquids with a flagellum is well understood, little is known regarding bacterial movements across solid surfaces. Gliding motility, one such mode of locomotion, has remained largely mysterious because cells move smoothly along their long axis in the absence of any visible organelle. In this review, I discuss recent evidence that focal adhesion systems mediate gliding motility in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus and combine this evidence with previous work to suggest a new working hypothesis inspired from knowledge in apicomplexan parasites. I then propose experimental directions to test the model and compare it to other pre-existing models. Finally, evidence on gliding mechanisms of selected organisms are presented to ask whether some features of the model have precedents in other bacteria and whether this complex biological process could be explained by a single mechanism or involves multiple distinct mechanisms.
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- T Mignot
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Campus CNRS Joseph Aiguier, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France.
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The activation of Rho-kinase is known to modulate the organization of the actin-based cytoskeletal systems, including the formation of stress fibers and focal adhesions. Rho-kinase likely plays a more crucial and complex role in the organization of actin-based cytoskeletal systems than in that of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK). In order to understand the role of Rho-kinase in the organization of stress fibers and focal adhesions, we treated cultured fibroblasts with a Rho-kinase inhibitor and analyzed the stress fiber and focal adhesion organization under conventional fluorescence microscopy and replica electron microscopy. Some of the cells were transfected with GFP-labeled paxillin, actin or alpha-actinin, and the effects of the inhibitor were monitored in the living cells. The Rho-kinase inhibitor caused disassembly of the stress fibers and focal adhesions in the central portion of the cell within 1 h. However, the stress fibers and focal adhesions located in the cell periphery were not as severely affected by the Rho-kinase inhibitor. The time-lapse video recording revealed that when these cells were washed with a fresh medium in order to remove the Rho-kinase inhibitor, the stress fibers and focal adhesions located in the center of the cell gradually reorganized and, within 1.5-2 h, the cells completely recovered. This observation strongly suggests that the activation of Rho-kinase plays an important role in the organization of the central stress fibers and focal adhesions.
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- Kazuo Katoh
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-city, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.
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Biggs MJP, Richards RG, Gadegaard N, Wilkinson CDW, Dalby MJ. Regulation of implant surface cell adhesion: characterization and quantification of S-phase primary osteoblast adhesions on biomimetic nanoscale substrates. J Orthop Res 2007; 25:273-82. [PMID: 17106874 DOI: 10.1002/jor.20319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Integration of an orthopedic prosthesis for bone repair must be associated with osseointegration and implant fixation, an ideal that can be approached via topographical modification of the implant/bone interface. It is thought that osteoblasts use cellular extensions to gather spatial information of the topographical surroundings prior to adhesion formation and cellular flattening. Focal adhesions (FAs) are dynamic structures associated with the actin cytoskeleton that form adhesion plaques of clustered integrin receptors that function in coupling the cell cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix (ECM). FAs contain structural and signalling molecules crucial to cell adhesion and survival. To investigate the effects of ordered nanotopographies on osteoblast adhesion formation, primary human osteoblasts (HOBs) were cultured on experimental substrates possessing a defined array of nanoscale pits. Nickel shims of controlled nanopit dimension and configuration were fabricated by electron beam lithography and transferred to polycarbonate (PC) discs via injection molding. Nanopits measuring 120 nm diameter and 100 nm in depth with 300 nm center-center spacing were fabricated in three unique geometric conformations: square, hexagonal, and near-square (300 nm spaced pits in square pattern, but with +/-50 nm disorder). Immunofluorescent labeling of vinculin allowed HOB adhesion complexes to be visualized and quantified by image software. Perhipheral adhesions as well as those within the perinuclear region were observed, and adhesion length and number were seen to vary on nanopit substrates relative to smooth PC. S-phase cells on experimental substrates were identified with bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) immunofluorescent detection, allowing adhesion quantification to be conducted on a uniform flattened population of cells within the S-phase of the cell cycle. Findings of this study demonstrate the disruptive effects of ordered nanopits on adhesion formation and the role the conformation of nanofeatures plays in modulating these effects. Highly ordered arrays of nanopits resulted in decreased adhesion formation and a reduction in adhesion length, while introducing a degree of controlled disorder present in near-square arrays, was shown to increase focal adhesion formation and size. HOBs were also shown to be affected morphologicaly by the presence and conformation of nanopits. Ordered arrays affected cellular spreading, and induced an elongated cellular phenotype, indicative of increased motility, while near-square nanopit symmetries induced HOB spreading. It is postulated that nanopits affect osteoblast-substrate adhesion by directly or indirectly affecting adhesion complex formation, a phenomenon dependent on nanopit dimension and conformation.
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- Manus J P Biggs
- Centre for Cell Engineering, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
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Liu B, McGrath JJ. Effects of two-step freezing on the ultra-structural components of murine osteoblast cultures. Cryo Letters 2006; 27:369-74. [PMID: 17256071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Understanding the ultra-structural response of cells to the cryopreservation process is important for designing cryopreservation strategies for cells and tissues. Cell-cell interaction and cell-scaffold interactions alter cryopreservation response and, in turn, the cellular structures involved in adhesion and intercellular contact are possible targets of cryopreservation-induced damage. Immuno-fluorescence was used to assess the status of the actin filaments (F-actin), focal adhesions (vinculin) and gap junctions (connexin-43) of murine osteoblasts attached to hydroxyapatite (HA) discs and plastic coverslips for a two-step freezing process. The freezing process de-polymerized and distorted the actin filaments of dead cells, while those of live cells experienced little change. Vinculin and connexin-43 structures were rarely seen in dead cells, while a portion of vinculin (8.14+/-2.27 percent) and connexin-43 (21.7+/-4.7 percent) structures remained in live cells. These results suggest that focal adhesions and gap junctions may support cell robustness during cryopreservation. The present study contributes to our knowledge of the damage mechanisms associated with attached cells during a freezing process.
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- Baolin Liu
- Institute of Cryobiology, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
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Kumar A, Song ZH. CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated changes of trabecular meshwork cellular properties. Mol Vis 2006; 12:290-7. [PMID: 16617296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the roles of CB1 cannabinoid receptors in cellular functions of trabecular meshwork (TM) cells, including cell migration, adhesion, morphology and cytoskeleton changes. METHODS Noladin ether, a selective CB1 receptor agonist, and SR141716A, a selective CB1 receptor antagonist, were used to characterize the cellular functions of cultured porcine TM cells. Fluorescence assisted transmigration invasion and motility assays (FATIMA) were conducted to study TM cell migration using soluble fibronectin as a chemoattractant. Wound healing assays were used to further study TM cell migration. Standard cell adhesion assays of TM cells were performed on fibronectin-coated plates. In morphological studies, Alexafluor 488-labeled phalloidin staining was used to examine actin filaments, and immunocytochemistry using anti-paxillin antibodies was used to detect focal adhesions. RESULTS In cell migration assays, CB1 agonist noladin ether at nanomolar ranges led to a concentration-dependent inhibition of migration of TM cells toward soluble fibronectin. CB1 antagonist SR141716A antagonized noladin ether-induced inhibition of migration of TM cells. In addition, noladin ether caused a delay in wound healing of confluent trabecular meshwork monolayers and this effect of noladin ether was antagonized by SR141716A. In cell adhesion assays, noladin ether treatment led to a moderate, but significant decrease of adhesion of TM cells to fibronectin-coated surface. This effect of noladin ether was concentration-dependent, and was antagonized by SR141716A. In morphological studies, noladin ether treatment caused rounding of TM cells in contrast to well-spread control TM cells. In addition, there was a reduction and fragmentation of actin stress fibers stained with Alexafluor 488-labeled phalloidin and a decrease of focal adhesions detected with an anti-paxillin antibody. CONCLUSIONS Noladin ether modulates the migration, adhesion, morphology, and actin cytoskeleton of TM cells. These effects of noladin ether are mediated through TM cell CB1 cannabinoid receptors.
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- Akhilesh Kumar
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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Joos U, Biskup T, Ernst O, Westphal I, Gherasim C, Schmidt R, Edinger K, Pilarczyk G, Duschl C. Investigation of cell adhesion to structured surfaces using total internal reflection fluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Eur J Cell Biol 2006; 85:225-8. [PMID: 16546565 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2005.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Adhesion of adherent cells on structured surfaces is influenced by the surface pattern given. Here, we designed a structured gold relief surface based on cell adhesion patterns we had previously observed. We analysed the geometric parameters and the overall distribution of focal adhesion kinase in focal adhesions on unstructured glass surfaces using optical microscopy. The basic structural elements obtained from this analysis were arranged in regular clusters that resembled the shape of a polarised migratory cell. In time-lapse studies we observed that the cells adhere preferentially to the gold pads and adopt the shape of the clusters. Staining of the actin cytoskeleton revealed that the actin filaments are aligned to the gold pads of the elementary structure.
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- Uta Joos
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Invalidenstrasse 42, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Interaction between chondrocytes and extracellular matrix is considered a key factor in the generation of grafts for matrix-associated chondrocyte transplantation. Therefore, our objective was to study the influence of differentiation status on cellular attachment. Adhesion of chondrocytes to collagen type II increased after removal from native cartilage up to the third day in monolayer in a dose-dependent manner. Following dedifferentiation after the second passage, adhesion to collagen types I (-84%) and II (-46%) decreased, whereas adhesion to fibrinogen (+59%) and fibronectin (+43%) increased. A cartilage construct was developed based on a clinically established collagen type I scaffold. In this matrix, more than 80% of the cells could be immobilized by mechanisms of adhesion, filtration, and cell entrapment. Confocal laser microscopy revealed focal adhesion sites as points of cell-matrix interaction, as well as collagen type II expression in the cartilage graft after two weeks of in vitro cultivation. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) treated chondrocytes showed increased adhesion to collagen types I and II, fibronectin, and fibrinogen. Attachment to these investigated proteins significantly enhanced cell proliferation. Matrix design in cartilage engineering must meet the biological demands of amplified cells, because adhesion of chondrocytes depends on their differentiation status and is regulated by bFGF.
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- Hagen Schmal
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
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Fibroblast-to-myofibroblast differentiation - a key event in the development of fibrocontractive diseases and in wound granulation tissue contraction - is hallmarked by the formation of stress fibers and the neo-expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin. Incorporation of the smooth muscle actin isoform into stress fibers confers to myofibroblasts a high contractile activity which is transmitted to the extracellular matrix at sites of specialized adhesions, termed 'fibronexus' in tissue and 'supermature focal adhesions' in two-dimensional cell culture. Myofibroblast differentiation requires a mechanically restrained environment in conjunction with the action of growth factors like transforming growth factor beta and specialized matrix molecules like the ED-A splice variant of fibronectin. This mini-review discusses the roles of myofibroblast adhesions in sensing matrix stress, in transmitting contractile force to the extracellular environment and in creating the high intracellular tension that is required for myofibroblast development.
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- Boris Hinz
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Bâtiment SG - AA-B143, Station 15, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Bowden ET, Onikoyi E, Slack R, Myoui A, Yoneda T, Yamada KM, Mueller SC. Co-localization of cortactin and phosphotyrosine identifies active invadopodia in human breast cancer cells. Exp Cell Res 2006; 312:1240-53. [PMID: 16442522 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 12/09/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Invadopodia are filopodia-like projections possessing protease activity that participate in tumor cell invasion. We demonstrate that co-localization of cortactin and phosphotyrosine identifies a subset of cortactin puncta termed "invadopodial complexes" that we find to be closely associated with the plasma membrane at active sites of focal degradation of the extracellular matrix in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Manipulation of c-Src activity in cells by transfection with kinase activated c-Src(527) or kinase inactive c-Src(295) results in a dramatic increase or decrease, respectively, in the number of these structures associated with changes in the number of sites of active matrix degradation. Overexpression of kinase-inactive c-Src(295) does not prevent localization of cortactin at the membrane; however, co-localized phosphotyrosine staining is decreased. Thus, elevated phosphotyrosine at invadopodial complexes is specifically associated with the proteolytic activity of invadopodia. Further, invadopodial complexes are spatially, morphologically and compositionally distinct from focal adhesions as determined by localization of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), which is not present in invadopodial complexes. Expression of kinase-inactive c-Src(295) blocks invadopodia activity, but does not block filopodia formation. Thus, invadopodia, but not filopodia, are highly correlated with matrix invasion, and sites of invadopodial activity can be identified by the formation of invadopodial complexes.
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- Emma T Bowden
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, DC 20057-1469, USA
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Goffin JM, Pittet P, Csucs G, Lussi JW, Meister JJ, Hinz B. Focal adhesion size controls tension-dependent recruitment of alpha-smooth muscle actin to stress fibers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 172:259-68. [PMID: 16401722 PMCID: PMC2063555 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200506179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 510] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Expression of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) renders fibroblasts highly contractile and hallmarks myofibroblast differentiation. We identify α-SMA as a mechanosensitive protein that is recruited to stress fibers under high tension. Generation of this threshold tension requires the anchoring of stress fibers at sites of 8–30-μm-long “supermature” focal adhesions (suFAs), which exert a stress approximately fourfold higher (∼12 nN/μm2) on micropatterned deformable substrates than 2–6-μm-long classical FAs. Inhibition of suFA formation by growing myofibroblasts on substrates with a compliance of ≤11 kPa and on rigid micropatterns of 6-μm-long classical FA islets confines α-SMA to the cytosol. Reincorporation of α-SMA into stress fibers is established by stretching 6-μm-long classical FAs to 8.1-μm-long suFA islets on extendable membranes; the same stretch producing 5.4-μm-long classical FAs from initially 4-μm-long islets is without effect. We propose that the different molecular composition and higher phosphorylation of FAs on supermature islets, compared with FAs on classical islets, accounts for higher stress resistance.
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- Jérôme M. Goffin
- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Loesberg WA, Walboomers XF, van Loon JJWA, Jansen JA. The effect of combined hypergravity and microgrooved surface topography on the behaviour of fibroblasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 63:384-94. [PMID: 16607630 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This study evaluated in vitro the differences in morphological behaviour between fibroblast cultured on smooth and micro-grooved substrata (groove depth: 1 mum, width: 1, 2, 5, 10 microm), which undergo artificial hypergravity by centrifugation (10, 24 and 50 g; or 1 g control). The aim of the study was to clarify which of these parameters was more important to determine cell behaviour. Morphological characteristics were investigated using scanning electron microscopy and fluorescence microscopy in order to obtain qualitative information on cell spreading and alignment. Confocal laser scanning microscopy visualised distribution of actin filaments and vinculin anchoring points through immunostaining. Finally, expression of collagen type I, fibronectin, and alpha(1)- and beta(1)-integrin were investigated by PCR. Microscopy and image analysis showed that the fibroblasts aligned along the groove direction on all textured surfaces. On the smooth substrata (control), cells spread out in a random fashion. The alignment of cells cultured on grooved surfaces increased with higher g-forces until a peak value at 25 g. An ANOVA was performed on the data, for all main parameters: topography, gravity force, and time. In this analysis, all parameters proved significant. In addition, most gene levels were reduced by hypergravity. Still, collagen type 1 and fibronectin are seemingly unaffected by time or force. From our data it is concluded that the fibroblasts primarily adjust their shape according to morphological environmental cues like substratum surface whilst a secondary, but significant, role is played by hypergravity forces.
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- W A Loesberg
- Department of Periodontology and Biomaterials, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) can produce high-resolution topographic images of biological samples in physiologically relevant environments and is therefore well suited for the imaging of cellular surfaces. In this work we have investigated focal adhesion complexes by combined fluorescence microscopy and AFM. To generate high-resolution AFM topographs of focal adhesions, REF52 (rat embryo fibroblast) cells expressing YFP-paxillin as a marker for focal adhesions were de-roofed and paxillin-positive focal adhesions subsequently imaged by AFM. The improved resolution of the AFM topographs complemented the optical images and offered ultrastructural insight into the architecture of focal adhesions. Focal adhesions had a corrugated dorsal surface formed by microfilament bundles spaced 127+/-50 nm (mean+/-s.d.) apart and protruding 118+/-26 nm over the substratum. Within focal adhesions microfilaments were sometimes branched and arranged in horizontal layers separated by 10 to 20 nm. From the AFM topographs focal adhesion volumes could be estimated and were found to range from 0.05 to 0.50 microm(3). Furthermore, the AFM topographs show that focal adhesion height increases towards the stress-fiber-associated end at an angle of about 3 degrees . Finally, by correlating AFM height information with fluorescence intensities of YFP-paxillin and F-actin staining, we show that the localization of paxillin is restricted to the ventral half of focal adhesions, whereas F-actin-containing microfilaments reside predominantly in the membrane-distal half.
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- Clemens M Franz
- Center of Biotechnology, University of Technology Dresden, Tatzberg 49, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Mercer RR, Mastro AM. Cytokines secreted by bone-metastatic breast cancer cells alter the expression pattern of f-actin and reduce focal adhesion plaques in osteoblasts through PI3K. Exp Cell Res 2005; 310:270-81. [PMID: 16154565 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2005.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2005] [Revised: 07/19/2005] [Accepted: 07/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to bone, resulting in osteolytic lesions. These lesions, formed by activated osteoclasts, cause pain, an increased susceptibility to fractures, and hypercalcemia. It has been shown that breast cancer cells communicate with osteoblasts and subsequently stimulate osteoclast activity; however, little research has focused on understanding the interaction between breast cancer cells and osteoblasts. We recently reported that conditioned medium from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells inhibited the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts through the secretion of transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta). In addition, the breast cancer conditioned medium altered MC3T3-E1 morphology, the pattern of actin stress fibers, and reduced focal adhesion plaques. In the current study, we identified the mechanism used by MDA-MB-231 cells to cause these effects. When MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts were cultured with MDA-MB-231 conditioned medium preincubated with neutralizing antibodies to platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), insulin-like growth factorII (IGFII), and TGFbeta, focal adhesion plaques and actin stress fiber formation were restored. These cytokines were further found to signal through PI3Kinase and Rac. In conclusion, TGFbeta, PDGF, and IGFII might be good therapeutic targets for treating breast cancer-induced osteolytic lesions.
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- Robyn R Mercer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 431 South Frear Bldg., University Park, PA 16802, USA
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