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Huang X, Yang Y, Zhao Y, Cao D, Ai X, Zeng A, Gou M, Cai L, Yang H, Zhao C. RhoA-stimulated intra-capillary morphology switch facilitates the arrest of individual circulating tumor cells. Int J Cancer 2018; 142:2094-2105. [PMID: 29277889 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Metastasis is the primary cause of death for most cancer patients. Hematogenous arrest of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is an essential prerequisite for metastases formation. Using transparent transgenic zebrafish (kdrl:eGFP; Casper), together with resonant laser scanning confocal microscopy, we tracked the fate of CTCs in vivo in the blood circulation for days. We found the intra-capillary morphology-switch (ICMS) of individual CTCs from strip to sphere was necessary for their intravascular arrests. Further genetic and pharmacological inhibition experiments indicated that the RhoA signaling was necessary for ICMS and the arrest of CTCs. At last, we demonstrated that early treatment by a clinically approved RhoA/ROCK inhibitor, Fasudil, could efficiently inhibit the initial arrest of individual CTCs and reduce the incidence of tumor metastasis in both zebrafish and mouse models. These results together indicate that RhoA-stimulated ICMS represents a mechanism for the arrest of individual CTCs, providing a potential target for future treatments of hematogenous metastatic disease.
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- Xi Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- Blood Research Laboratory, Chengdu blood Center, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.,Personalized Drug Therapy Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Hospital of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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Abbineni PS, Coorssen JR. Application of High-Throughput Assays to Examine Phospho-Modulation of the Late Steps of Regulated Exocytosis. High Throughput 2017; 6:ht6040017. [PMID: 29479054 PMCID: PMC5748596 DOI: 10.3390/ht6040017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Abstract: Regulated exocytosis enables a range of physiological functions including neurotransmission, and the late steps (i.e., docking, priming and Ca2+-triggered membrane fusion) are modulated by a highly conserved set of proteins and lipids. Many of the molecular components and biochemical interactions required have been identified; the precise mechanistic steps they modulate and the biochemical interactions that need to occur across steps are still the subject of intense investigation. Particularly, although the involvement of phosphorylation in modulating exocytosis has been intensively investigated over the past three decades, it is unclear which phosphorylation events are a conserved part of the fundamental fusion mechanism and/or serve as part of the physiological fusion machine (e.g., to modulate Ca2+ sensitivity). Here, the homotypic fusion of cortical vesicles was monitored by utilizing new high-throughput, cost-effective assays to assess the influence of 17 small molecule phospho-modulators on docking/priming, Ca2+ sensitivity and membrane fusion. Specific phosphatases and casein kinase 2 are implicated in modulating the Ca2+ sensitivity of fusion, whereas sphingosine kinase is implicated in modulating the ability of vesicles to fuse. These results indicate the presence of multiple kinases and phosphatases on the vesicles and critical phosphorylation sites on vesicle membrane proteins and lipids that directly influence late steps of regulated exocytosis.
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- Prabhodh S Abbineni
- Department of Molecular Physiology, and the WSU Molecular Medicine Research Group, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW 2560, Australia.
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- Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada.
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López-Benito S, Lillo C, Hernández-Hernández Á, Chao MV, Arévalo JC. ARMS/Kidins220 and synembryn-B levels regulate NGF-mediated secretion. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:1866-77. [PMID: 26966186 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.184168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Proper development of the nervous system requires a temporally and spatially orchestrated set of events including differentiation, synapse formation and neurotransmission. Nerve growth factor (NGF) acting through the TrkA neurotrophin receptor (also known as NTRK1) regulates many of these events. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for NGF-regulated secretion are not completely understood. Here, we describe a new signaling pathway involving TrkA, ARMS (also known as Kidins220), synembryn-B and Rac1 in NGF-mediated secretion in PC12 cells. Whereas overexpression of ARMS blocked NGF-mediated secretion, without affecting basal secretion, a decrease in ARMS resulted in potentiation. Similar effects were observed with synembryn-B, a protein that interacts directly with ARMS. Downstream of ARMS and synembryn-B are Gαq and Trio proteins, which modulate the activity of Rac1 in response to NGF. Expression of dominant-negative Rac1 rescued the secretion defects of cells overexpressing ARMS or synembryn-B. Thus, this neurotrophin pathway represents a new mechanism responsible for NGF-regulated secretion.
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- Saray López-Benito
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León (INCyL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León (INCyL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca 37007, Spain Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Molecular Neurobiology Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, Departments of Cell Biology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Neural Sciences, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León (INCyL), University of Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca (IBSAL), Salamanca 37007, Spain
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Chen W, Delongchamps NB, Mao K, Beuvon F, Peyromaure M, Liu Z, Dinh-Xuan AT. High RhoA expression at the tumor front in clinically localized prostate cancer and association with poor tumor differentiation. Oncol Lett 2015; 11:1375-1381. [PMID: 26893746 PMCID: PMC4734255 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.4070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Ras homolog gene family, member A (RhoA) has been reported as essential to the invasion process and aggressiveness of numerous cancers. However, there are only sparse data on the expression and activity of RhoA in clinically localised prostate cancer. In numerous cancers, tumour cells at the invasive front demonstrate more aggressive behaviour in comparison with the cells in the central regions. In the present study, the expression and activity of RhoA was evaluated in 34 paraffin-embedded and 20 frozen prostate tissue specimens obtained from 45 patients treated with radical prostatectomy for clinically localised cancer. The expression patterns of RhoA were assessed by immunohistochemical staining and western blotting. Additional comparisons were performed between the tumour centre, tumour front and distant peritumoural tissue. RhoA activity was assessed by G-LISA. Associations between RhoA expression and the clinical features and outcome of the patients were also analysed. The present study found an increasing gradient of expression from the centre to the periphery of index tumour foci. RhoA expression was significantly increased at the tumour front compared to the tumour centre, which was determined using immunohistochemistry (P=0.001). Increased RhoA expression was associated with poor tumour differentiation in the tumour front (P=0.044) and tumour centre (P=0.039). Subsequent to a median follow-up period of 52 months, the rate of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) relapse was increased in patients with higher RhoA expression at the tumour front when compared with patients with lower RhoA expression (62.5 vs. 35.0%), although the difference was not significant (P=0.09). There was no association between RhoA expression and the PSA level or pathological stage in the present study. In conclusion, RhoA expression was increased at the tumour front and was associated with poor tumour differentiation in the tumour front and tumour centre, indicating the potential role of RhoA in prostate cancer. RhoA expression may also act as a prognostic factor in prostate cancer. The present data provide a foundation for novel therapeutic approaches by targeting RhoA in prostate cancer.
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- Weihua Chen
- Department of Urology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China; Department of Functional Physiology, School of Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris 75014, France
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris 75014, France
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- Department of Urology, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris 75014, France
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- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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- Department of Functional Physiology, School of Medicine, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris 75014, France; Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China
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Oligophrenin-1 Connects Exocytotic Fusion to Compensatory Endocytosis in Neuroendocrine Cells. J Neurosci 2015; 35:11045-55. [PMID: 26245966 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4048-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Oligophrenin-1 (OPHN1) is a protein with multiple domains including a Rho family GTPase-activating (Rho-GAP) domain, and a Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs (BAR) domain. Involved in X-linked intellectual disability, OPHN1 has been reported to control several synaptic functions, including synaptic plasticity, synaptic vesicle trafficking, and endocytosis. In neuroendocrine cells, hormones and neuropeptides stored in large dense core vesicles (secretory granules) are released through calcium-regulated exocytosis, a process that is tightly coupled to compensatory endocytosis, allowing secretory granule recycling. We show here that OPHN1 is expressed and mainly localized at the plasma membrane and in the cytosol in chromaffin cells from adrenal medulla. Using carbon fiber amperometry, we found that exocytosis is impaired at the late stage of membrane fusion in Ophn1 knock-out mice and OPHN1-silenced bovine chromaffin cells. Experiments performed with ectopically expressed OPHN1 mutants indicate that OPHN1 requires its Rho-GAP domain to control fusion pore dynamics. On the other hand, compensatory endocytosis assessed by measuring dopamine-β-hydroxylase (secretory granule membrane) internalization is severely inhibited in Ophn1 knock-out chromaffin cells. This inhibitory effect is mimicked by the expression of a truncated OPHN1 mutant lacking the BAR domain, demonstrating that the BAR domain implicates OPHN1 in granule membrane recapture after exocytosis. These findings reveal for the first time that OPHN1 is a bifunctional protein that is able, through distinct mechanisms, to regulate and most likely link exocytosis to compensatory endocytosis in chromaffin cells.
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Croisé P, Estay-Ahumada C, Gasman S, Ory S. Rho GTPases, phosphoinositides, and actin: a tripartite framework for efficient vesicular trafficking. Small GTPases 2014; 5:e29469. [PMID: 24914539 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.29469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Rho GTPases are well known regulators of the actin cytoskeleton that act by binding and activating actin nucleators. They are therefore involved in many actin-based processes, including cell migration, cell polarity, and membrane trafficking. With the identification of phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases as potential binding partners or effectors, Rho GTPases also appear to participate in the regulation of phosphoinositide metabolism. Since both actin dynamics and phosphoinositide turnover affect the efficiency and the fidelity of vesicle transport between cell compartments, Rho GTPases have emerged as critical players in membrane trafficking. Rho GTPase activity, actin remodeling, and phosphoinositide metabolism need to be coordinated in both space and time to ensure the progression of vesicles along membrane trafficking pathways. Although most molecular pathways are still unclear, in this review, we will highlight recent advances made in our understanding of how Rho-dependent signaling pathways organize actin dynamics and phosphoinositides and how phosphoinositides potentially provide negative feedback to Rho GTPases during endocytosis, exocytosis and membrane exchange between intracellular compartments.
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- Pauline Croisé
- CNRS UPR 3212; Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives; Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UPR 3212; Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives; Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UPR 3212; Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives; Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UPR 3212; Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives; Université de Strasbourg; Strasbourg, France
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Gutiérrez LM. New insights into the role of the cortical cytoskeleton in exocytosis from neuroendocrine cells. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 295:109-37. [PMID: 22449488 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394306-4.00009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The cortical cytoskeleton is a dense network of filamentous actin (F-actin) that participates in the events associated with secretion from neuroendocrine cells. This filamentous web traps secretory vesicles, acting as a retention system that blocks the access of vesicles to secretory sites during the resting state, and it mediates their active directional transport during stimulation. The changes in the cortical cytoskeleton that drive this functional transformation have been well documented, particularly in cultured chromaffin cells. At the biochemical level, alterations in F-actin are governed by the activity of molecular motors like myosins II and V and by other calcium-dependent proteins that influence the polymerization and cross-linking of F-actin structures. In addition to modulating vesicle transport, the F-actin cortical network and its associated motor proteins also influence the late phases of the secretory process, including membrane fusion and the release of active substances through the exocytotic fusion pore. Here, we discuss the potential interactions between the F-actin cortical web and proteins such as SNAREs during secretion. We also discuss the role of the cytoskeleton in organizing the molecular elements required to sustain regulated exocytosis, forming a molecular structure that foments the efficient release of neurotransmitters and hormones.
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- Luis M Gutiérrez
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Centro Mixto Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Alicante, Spain
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Momboisse F, Houy S, Ory S, Calco V, Bader MF, Gasman S. How important are Rho GTPases in neurosecretion? J Neurochem 2011; 117:623-31. [PMID: 21392006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07241.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Rho GTPases are small GTP binding proteins belonging to the Ras superfamily which act as molecular switches that regulate many cellular function including cell morphology, cell to cell interaction, cell migration and adhesion. In neuronal cells, Rho GTPases have been proposed to regulate neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. However, the role of Rho GTPases in neurosecretion is poorly documented. In this review, we discuss data that highlight the importance of Rho GTPases and their regulators into the control of neurotransmitter and hormone release in neurons and neuroendocrine cells, respectively.
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- Fanny Momboisse
- CNRS UPR 3212, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Rho GTPases and exocytosis: what are the molecular links? Semin Cell Dev Biol 2010; 22:27-32. [PMID: 21145407 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Delivery of proteins or lipids to the plasma membrane or into the extracellular space occurs through exocytosis, a process that requires tethering, docking, priming and fusion of vesicles, as well as F-actin rearrangements in response to specific extracellular cues. GTPases of the Rho family have been implicated as important regulators of exocytosis, but how Rho proteins control this process is an open question. In this review, we focus on molecular connections that drive Rho-dependent exocytosis in polarized and regulated exocytosis. Specifically, we present data showing that Rho proteins interaction with the exocyst complex and IQGAP mediates polarized exocytosis, whereas interaction with actin-binding proteins like N-WASP mediates regulated exocytosis.
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Tomas A, Yermen B, Regazzi R, Pessin JE, Halban PA. Regulation of insulin secretion by phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate. Traffic 2010; 11:123-37. [PMID: 19845918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00996.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The role of PIP(2) in pancreatic beta cell function was examined here using the beta cell line MIN6B1. Blocking PIP(2) with PH-PLC-GFP or PIP5KIgamma RNAi did not impact on glucose-stimulated secretion although susceptibility to apoptosis was increased. Over-expression of PIP5KIgamma improved cell survival and inhibited secretion with accumulation of endocytic vacuoles containing F-actin, PIP(2), transferrin receptor, caveolin 1, Arf6 and the insulin granule membrane protein phogrin but not insulin. Expression of constitutively active Arf6 Q67L also resulted in vacuole formation and inhibition of secretion, which was reversed by PH-PLC-GFP co-expression. PIP(2) co-localized with gelsolin and F-actin, and gelsolin co-expression partially reversed the secretory defect of PIP5KIgamma-over-expressing cells. RhoA/ROCK inhibition increased actin depolymerization and secretion, which was prevented by over-expressing PIP5KIgamma, while blocking PIP(2) reduced constitutively active RhoA V14-induced F-actin polymerization. In conclusion, although PIP(2) plays a pro-survival role in MIN6B1 cells, excessive PIP(2) production because of PIP5KIgamma over-expression inhibits secretion because of both a defective Arf6/PIP5KIgamma-dependent endocytic recycling of secretory membrane and secretory membrane components such as phogrin and the RhoA/ROCK/PIP5KIgamma-dependent perturbation of F-actin cytoskeleton remodelling.
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- Alejandra Tomas
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Momboisse F, Lonchamp E, Calco V, Ceridono M, Vitale N, Bader MF, Gasman S. betaPIX-activated Rac1 stimulates the activation of phospholipase D, which is associated with exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells. J Cell Sci 2009; 122:798-806. [PMID: 19261846 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.038109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rho GTPases are crucial regulators of actin cytoskeletal rearrangements and play important roles in many cell functions linked to membrane trafficking processes. In neuroendocrine cells, we have previously demonstrated that RhoA and Cdc42 mediate part of the actin remodelling and vesicular trafficking events that are required for the release of hormones by exocytosis. Here, we investigate the functional importance of Rac1 for the exocytotic reaction and dissect the downstream and upstream molecular events that might integrate it to the exocytotic machinery. Using PC12 cells, we found that Rac1 is associated with the plasma membrane and is activated during exocytosis. Silencing of Rac1 by siRNA inhibits hormone release, prevents secretagogue (high K(+))-evoked phospholipase D1 (PLD1) activation and blocks the formation of phosphatidic acid at the plasma membrane. We identify betaPix as the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor integrating Rac1 activation to PLD1 and the exocytotic process. Finally, we show that the presence of the scaffolding protein Scrib at the plasma membrane is essential for betaPix/Rac1-mediated PLD1 activation and exocytosis. As PLD1 has recently emerged as a promoter of membrane fusion in various exocytotic events, our results define a novel molecular pathway linking a Rho GTPase, Rac1, to the final stages of Ca(2+)-regulated exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells.
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- Fanny Momboisse
- Département Neurotransmission et Sécrétion Neuroendocrine, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (UPR 3212), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Université de Strasbourg, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Hammar E, Tomas A, Bosco D, Halban PA. Role of the Rho-ROCK (Rho-associated kinase) signaling pathway in the regulation of pancreatic beta-cell function. Endocrinology 2009; 150:2072-9. [PMID: 19106222 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Extracellular matrix has a beneficial impact on beta-cell spreading and function, but the underlying signaling pathways have yet to be fully elucidated. In other cell types, Rho, a well-characterized member of the family of Rho GTPases, and its effector Rho-associated kinase (ROCK), play an important role as downstream mediators of outside in signaling from extracellular matrix. Therefore, a possible role of the Rho-ROCK pathway in beta-cell spreading, actin cytoskeleton dynamics, and function was investigated. Rho was inhibited using a new cell-permeable version of C3 transferase, whereas the activity of ROCK was repressed using the specific ROCK inhibitors H-1152 and Y-27632. Inhibition of Rho and of ROCK increased spreading and improved both short-term and prolonged glucose-stimulated insulin secretion but had no impact on basal secretion. Inhibition of this pathway led to a depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton. Furthermore, the impact of the inhibition of ROCK on stimulated insulin secretion was acute and reversible, suggesting that rapid signaling such as phosphorylation is involved. Finally, quantification of the activity of RhoA indicated that the extracellular matrix represses RhoA activity. Overall these results show for the first time that the Rho-ROCK signaling pathway contributes to the stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton and inhibits glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in primary pancreatic beta-cells. Furthermore, they indicate that inhibition of this pathway might be one of the mechanisms by which the extracellular matrix exerts its beneficial effects on pancreatic beta-cell function.
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- Eva Hammar
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, University Medical Center, Rue Michel Servet 1, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Major advances in understanding regulated mucin secretion from airway goblet cells have been made in the past decade in the areas of pharmacology and basic cell biology. For instance, it is now appreciated that nucleotide agonists acting locally through P2Y purinoceptors on apical membranes of surface goblet cells provide the major regulatory system for mucin secretion. Similarly, Clara cells, the primary secretory cell in the mouse airways (and human small airways), are now recognized as major mucin-secreting cells. In Clara cells, the relative lack of staining for mucosubstances reflects essentially equal baseline rates of mucin synthesis and secretion, with little to no accumulation of mucin granules in storage pools. During mucous metaplasia induced under inflammatory conditions, mucin synthesis is massively upregulated in Clara cells, and stored mucin granules come to dominate the secretory cell phenotype. More importantly, we have seen a transition in the past few years from a pharmacological focus on regulated mucin secretion to a more molecular mechanistic focus that has great promise going forward. In part, these advances are occurring through the use of well-differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cell cultures, but recent work in mouse models perhaps has had the most important impact. Emerging data from Munc13-2- and synaptotagmin 2-deficient mouse models represent the first direct, molecular-level manipulations of proteins involved in regulated secretory cell mucin secretion. These new data indicate that Munc13-2 is responsible for regulating a baseline mucin secretory pathway in the airways and is not essential for purinergic agonist-induced mucin secretion. In contrast, synaptotagmin 2, a fast Ca2+ sensor for the SNARE complex, is essential for regulated secretion. Interestingly, these early results suggest that there are two pathways for excocytic mucin release from goblet cells.
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- C William Davis
- Cystic Fibrosis/Pulmonary Research & Treatment Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7248, USA.
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The role of actin remodeling in the trafficking of intracellular vesicles, transporters, and channels: focusing on aquaporin-2. Pflugers Arch 2007; 456:737-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-007-0404-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2007] [Revised: 11/12/2007] [Accepted: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Ferraro F, Ma XM, Sobota JA, Eipper BA, Mains RE. Kalirin/Trio Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors regulate a novel step in secretory granule maturation. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4813-25. [PMID: 17881726 PMCID: PMC2096607 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms involved in the maturation of secretory granules, organelles that store hormones and neuropeptides, are poorly understood. As granule content proteins are processed, the composition of granule membranes changes, yielding constitutive-like secretion of immature content proteins and producing secretagogue-responsive mature granules. Constitutive-like secretion was not previously recognized as a process subject to regulation. We show that Kalirin and Trio, homologous Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), which interact with a secretory granule resident protein, modulate cargo secretion from immature granules. Some of the Kalirin and Trio isoforms expressed in neuroendocrine cells colocalize with immature granules. Overexpression of their N-terminal GEF domain (GEF1) enhances secretion from immature granules, depleting cells of secretory cargo in the absence of secretagogue. This response requires GEF1 activity and is mimicked by Kalirin/Trio substrates Rac1 and RhoG. Accordingly, selective pharmacological inhibition of endogenous GEF1 activity decreases secretagogue-independent release of hormone precursors, accumulating product peptide in mature secretory granules. Kalirin/Trio modulation of cargo secretion from immature granules provides secretory cells with an extra layer of control over the sets of peptides released. Control of this step enhances the range of physiological responses that can be elicited, whereas lack of control could have pathological consequences.
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- Francesco Ferraro
- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3401
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Lorusso A, Covino C, Priori G, Bachi A, Meldolesi J, Chieregatti E. Annexin2 coating the surface of enlargeosomes is needed for their regulated exocytosis. EMBO J 2006; 25:5443-56. [PMID: 17082761 PMCID: PMC1679766 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Enlargeosomes are small cytoplasmic vesicles that undergo rapid, Ca2+-dependent exo/endocytosis. The role of the cytoskeleton in these processes was unknown. In PC12-27 cells, microtubule disassembly had little effect on enlargeosomes, whereas microfilament disassembly increased markedly both their resting and stimulated exocytosis, and inhibited their endocytosis. Even at rest enlargeosomes are coated at their cytosolic surface by an actin-associated protein, annexin2, bound by a dual, Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent mechanism. In contrast, the other enlargeosome marker, desmoyokin/Ahnak, is transported across the organelle membrane, apparently by an ABC transporter, and binds to its lumenal face. Annexin2-GFP expression revealed that, upon stimulation, the slow and random enlargeosome movement increases markedly and becomes oriented toward the plasma membrane. After annexin2 downregulation enlargeosome exocytosis induced by both [Ca2+]i rise and cytoskeleton disruption is inhibited, and the NGF-induced differentiation is blocked. Binding of annexin2 to the enlargeosome membrane, the most extensive ever reported (>50% annexin2 bound to approximately 3% of total membrane area), seems therefore to participate in the regulation of their exocytosis.
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- Anna Lorusso
- Scientific Institute San Raffaele, ALEMBIC, Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Institute San Raffaele, ALEMBIC, Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Center of Excellence in Cell Development, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Institute San Raffaele, ALEMBIC, Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center, Milan, Italy
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- Scientific Institute San Raffaele, ALEMBIC, Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center, Milan, Italy
- Department of Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Center of Excellence in Cell Development, Milan, Italy
- IIT Research Unit of Molecular Neuroscience, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Center of Excellence in Cell Development, Milan, Italy
- IIT Research Unit of Molecular Neuroscience, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, DIBIT, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy. Tel.: +39 022 643 4604; Fax: +39 022 643 4813; E-mail
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Malacombe M, Bader MF, Gasman S. Exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells: new tasks for actin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1175-83. [PMID: 17034880 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Revised: 08/29/2006] [Accepted: 09/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Most secretory cells undergoing calcium-regulated exocytosis in response to cell surface receptor stimulation display a dense subplasmalemmal actin network, which is remodeled during the exocytotic process. This review summarizes new insights into the role of the cortical actin cytoskeleton in exocytosis. Many earlier findings support the actin-physical-barrier model whereby transient depolymerization of cortical actin filaments permits vesicles to gain access to their appropriate docking and fusion sites at the plasma membrane. On the other hand, data from our laboratory and others now indicate that actin polymerization also plays a positive role in the exocytotic process. Here, we discuss the potential functions attributed to the actin cytoskeleton at each major step of the exocytotic process, including recruitment, docking and fusion of secretory granules with the plasma membrane. Moreover, we present actin-binding proteins, which are likely to link actin organization to calcium signals along the exocytotic pathway. The results cited in this review are derived primarily from investigations of the adrenal medullary chromaffin cell, a cell model that is since many years a source of information concerning the molecular machinery underlying exocytosis.
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- Magali Malacombe
- Département Neurotransmission et Sécrétion Neuroendocrine, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (UMR 7168/LC2), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Université Louis Pasteur, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Street M, Marsh SJ, Stabach PR, Morrow JS, Brown DA, Buckley NJ. Stimulation of Gαq-coupled M1 muscarinic receptor causes reversible spectrin redistribution mediated by PLC, PKC and ROCK. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:1528-36. [PMID: 16551696 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Spectrin is a cytoskeletal protein that plays a role in formation of the specialized plasma membrane domains. However, little is known of the molecular mechanism that regulates responses of spectrin to extracellular stimuli, such as activation of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). We have found that αII spectrin is a component of the Gαq/11-associated protein complex in CHO cells stably expressing the M1 muscarinic receptor, and investigated the effect of activation of GPCR on the cellular localization of yellow-fluorescent-protein-tagged αII spectrin. Stimulation of Gαq/11-coupled M1 muscarinic receptor triggered reversible redistribution of αII spectrin following a rise in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. This redistribution, accompanied by non-apoptotic membrane blebbing, required an intact actin cytoskeleton and was dependent on activation of phospholipase C, protein kinase C, and Rho-associated kinase ROCK. Muscarinic-agonist-induced spectrin remodeling appeared particularly active at localized domains, which is clear contrast to that caused by constitutive activation of ROCK and to global rearrangement of the spectrin lattice caused by changes in osmotic pressure. These results suggest a role for spectrin in providing a dynamic and reversible signaling platform to the specific domains of the plasma membrane in response to stimulation of GPCR.
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- Miyoko Street
- University of Leeds, Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, Garstang Building, Mount Preston Street, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
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Fukuda T, Takekoshi K, Nanmoku T, Ishii K, Isobe K, Kawakami Y. Inhibition of the RhoA/Rho kinase system attenuates catecholamine biosynthesis in PC 12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1726:28-33. [PMID: 16219424 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2004] [Revised: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The small GTPase, RhoA, and its downstream effecter Rho-kinase (ROK) are reported to be involved in various cellular functions, such as myosin light chain phosphorylation during smooth muscle contraction and exocytosis. Indeed, growing evidence suggests that the RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway plays an important role in regulating exocytosis in these cells. However, it is not known whether the RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway has an effect on catecholamine synthesis. Using the rat pheochromocytoma cell line, PC12, we examined the effects of either Rho-kinase inhibitor (Y27632) or RhoA inhibitor (C3 toxin) on nicotine-induced catecholamine biosynthesis. We show that nicotine (10 microM) induces a significant, though transient, increase in RhoA activation in these cells. Treatment with either Y27632 (1 microM) or C3 toxin (10 microg/ml) significantly inhibited the nicotine-induced increase of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNA and the corresponding enzyme activity. TH catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of catecholamine. Y27632 significantly inhibited nicotine-induced phosphorylation of TH at Ser40 as well as Ser19, which are known to be phosphorylated by Ca(2+)/calmodulin kinase II. Furthermore, Y27632 (10 microM) as well as C3 toxin (10 microg/ml) significantly inhibited the nicotine-induced increase of TH at the protein level. Thus, we propose that activation of RhoA, and its downstream effecter Rho-kinase, is a prerequisite for catecholamine biosynthesis in PC12 cells. At the concentrations used in our experiments, Y27632 does not affect cAMP/PKA activity or PKC activity, indicating that the inhibitory effect of Y27632 can be attributed to the inhibition of Rho-kinase activity as observed in chromaffin cells. In contrast, neither Y27632 (10 microM) nor C3 toxin (10 microg/ml) significantly altered catecholamine secretion in PC12 cells. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that inhibition of the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway in chromaffin cells lowers TH activity, probably through CaMKII inhibition. By contrast, neither Y27632 nor C3 toxin affect the secretion of catecholamine.
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- Toshiyuki Fukuda
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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Bi Y, Williams JA. A role for Rho and Rac in secretagogue-induced amylase release by pancreatic acini. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C22-32. [PMID: 15743890 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00395.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton has long been implicated in protein secretion. We investigated whether Rho and Rac, known regulators of the cytoskeleton, are involved in amylase secretion by mouse pancreatic acini. Secretagogues, including cholecystokinin (CCK) and the acetylcholine analog carbachol, increased the amount of GTP-bound RhoA and Rac1 and induced translocation from cytosol to a membrane fraction. Immunocytochemistry revealed the translocation of Rho and Rac within the apical region of the cell. Expression by means of adenoviral vectors of dominant-negative Rho (RhoN19), dominant-negative Rac (RacN17), and Clostridium Botulinum C3 exotoxin, which ADP ribosylates and inactivates Rho, significantly inhibited amylase secretion by CCK and carbachol; inhibiting both Rho and Rac resulted in a greater reduction. This inhibitory effect of RhoN19 on CCK-induced amylase secretion was apparent in both the early and late phases of secretion, whereas RacN17 was more potent on the late phase of secretion. None of these three affected the basal Ca2+or the peak intracellular Ca2+concentration stimulated by CCK. Latrunculin, a marine toxin that sequesters actin monomers, time-dependently decreased the total amount of filamentous actin (F-actin) and dose-dependently decreased secretion by secretagogues without affecting Ca2+signaling. These data suggest that Rho and Rac are both involved in CCK-induced amylase release in pancreatic acinar cell possibly through an effect on the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Yan Bi
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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Li J, O'Connor KL, Greeley GH, Blackshear PJ, Townsend CM, Evers BM. Myristoylated Alanine-rich C Kinase Substrate-mediated Neurotensin Release via Protein Kinase C-δ Downstream of the Rho/ROK Pathway. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:8351-7. [PMID: 15623535 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409431200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Myristoylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS) is a cellular substrate for protein kinase C (PKC). Recently, we have shown that PKC isoforms-alpha and -delta, as well as the Rho/Rho kinase (ROK) pathway, play a role in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-mediated secretion of the gut peptide neurotensin (NT) in the BON human endocrine cell line. Here, we demonstrate that activation of MARCKS protein is important for PMA- and bombesin (BBS)-mediated NT secretion in BON cells. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) to MARCKS significantly inhibited, whereas overexpression of wild-type MARCKS significantly increased PMA-mediated NT secretion. Endogenous MARCKS and green fluorescent protein-tagged wild-type MARCKS were translocated from membrane to cytosol upon PMA treatment, further confirming MARCKS activation. MARCKS phosphorylation was inhibited by PKC-delta siRNA, ROKalpha siRNA, and C3 toxin (a Rho protein inhibitor), suggesting that the PKC-delta and the Rho/ROK pathways are necessary for MARCKS activation. The phosphorylation of PKC-delta was inhibited by C3 toxin, demonstrating that the role of MARCKS in NT secretion was regulated by PKC-delta downstream of the Rho/ROK pathway. BON cell clones stably transfected with the receptor for gastrin releasing peptide, a physiologic stimulant of NT, and treated with BBS, the amphibian equivalent of gastrin releasing peptide, demonstrated a similar MARCKS phosphorylation as noted with PMA. BBS-mediated NT secretion was attenuated by MARCKS siRNA. Collectively, these findings provide evidence for novel signaling pathways, including the sequential regulation of MARCKS activity by Rho/ROK and PKC-delta proteins, in stimulated gut peptide secretion.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Surgery and Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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Li J, O'Connor KL, Hellmich MR, Greeley GH, Townsend CM, Evers BM. The Role of Protein Kinase D in Neurotensin Secretion Mediated by Protein Kinase C-α/-δ and Rho/Rho Kinase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:28466-74. [PMID: 15123666 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m314307200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Neurotensin (NT) is a gut peptide that plays an important role in gastrointestinal (GI) secretion, motility, and growth as well as the proliferation of NT receptor positive cancers. Secretion of NT is regulated by phorbol ester-sensitive protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms-alpha and -delta and may involve protein kinase D (PKD). The purpose of our present study was: (i) to define the role of PKD in NT release from BON endocrine cells and (ii) to delineate the upstream signaling mechanisms mediating this effect. Here, we demonstrate that small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeted against PKD dramatically inhibited both basal and PMA-stimulated NT secretion; NT release is significantly increased by overexpression of PKD. PKC-alpha and -delta siRNA attenuated PKD activity, whereas overexpression of PKC-alpha and -delta enhanced PKD activity. Rho kinase (ROK) siRNA significantly inhibited NT secretion, whereas overexpression of ROKalpha effectively increased NT release. Rho protein inhibitor C3 dramatically inhibited both NT secretion and PKD activity. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that PKD activation plays a central role in NT peptide secretion; upstream regulators of PKD include PKC-alpha and -delta and Rho/ROK. Importantly, our results identify novel signaling pathways, which culminate in gut peptide release.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Surgery and Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0536, USA
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Tashiro K, Nagao T, Kurose H, Ichijo H, Urushidani T. Role of Rho in rabbit parietal cell. J Cell Physiol 2003; 197:409-17. [PMID: 14566970 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Rho is known as an important regulator of actin microfilament formation. We were led to study it because a dynamic rearrangement of actin filaments occurs during activation of gastric acid secretion. In order to use specific probes, the rabbit gastric gland culture system was employed and the various genes were expressed using adenovirus vector. When the constitutive active mutant of Rho (RhoAV14) was expressed, histamine- or carbachol-stimulated acid secretion monitored by (14)C-aminopyrine accumulation was inhibited. Conversely, expression of C3 toxin, the specific inhibitor of Rho, and expression of G(12/13)-specific regulator of G-protein signaling domain, the specific inhibitor of G(12/13) which is considered to be an upstream mediator of Rho, both potentiated acid secretion stimulated by the agonists. F-actin staining of parietal cell expressing RhoAV14 revealed that the microfilament supporting the intracellular canaliculi (not on the basolateral membrane) almost disappeared. No clear changes in the intracellular localization of Rho were observed during stimulation of parietal cell. In resting glands, the endogenous active form of Rho was relatively high, and it decreased during histamine stimulation. The finding that any treatment which inhibit Rho augment acid secretion whereas those that activate Rho inhibit secretion strongly suggests that the Rho-pathway conducts a negatively regulating signal in parietal cell activation, possibly via site-specific regulation of actin microfilaments.
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- Keiichiro Tashiro
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
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Gasman S, Chasserot-Golaz S, Malacombe M, Way M, Bader MF. Regulated exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells: a role for subplasmalemmal Cdc42/N-WASP-induced actin filaments. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 15:520-31. [PMID: 14617808 PMCID: PMC329227 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-06-0402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In neuroendocrine cells, actin reorganization is a prerequisite for regulated exocytosis. Small GTPases, Rho proteins, represent potential candidates coupling actin dynamics to membrane trafficking events. We previously reported that Cdc42 plays an active role in regulated exocytosis in chromaffin cells. The aim of the present work was to dissect the molecular effector pathway integrating Cdc42 to the actin architecture required for the secretory reaction in neuroendocrine cells. Using PC12 cells as a secretory model, we show that Cdc42 is activated at the plasma membrane during exocytosis. Expression of the constitutively active Cdc42(L61) mutant increases the secretory response, recruits neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP), and enhances actin polymerization in the subplasmalemmal region. Moreover, expression of N-WASP stimulates secretion by a mechanism dependent on its ability to induce actin polymerization at the cell periphery. Finally, we observed that actin-related protein-2/3 (Arp2/3) is associated with secretory granules and that it accompanies granules to the docking sites at the plasma membrane upon cell activation. Our results demonstrate for the first time that secretagogue-evoked stimulation induces the sequential ordering of Cdc42, N-WASP, and Arp2/3 at the interface between granules and the plasma membrane, thereby providing an actin structure that makes the exocytotic machinery more efficient.
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- Stéphane Gasman
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Propre de Recherche 2356, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 37, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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da Costa SR, Okamoto CT, Hamm-Alvarez SF. Actin microfilaments et al.--the many components, effectors and regulators of epithelial cell endocytosis. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2003; 55:1359-83. [PMID: 14597136 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2003.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The aim of this review is to introduce the advances made over the past several years regarding the participation of actin and actin-associated proteins in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in simple cell models, and then to consider the evidence for the involvement of these effectors in apical clathrin-mediated endocytosis in epithelial cells. Basic mechanisms of clathrin-mediated endocytosis are initially addressed, followed by a detailed description of the actin cytoskeleton: its organization, function and, most importantly, the essential role played by proteins and signaling pathways responsible for the regulation of actin filament dynamics. Our focus then shifts to the GTPase, dynamin and its pivotal role as a bridge between various components of the clathrin endocytic machinery and the actin cytoskeleton. Mechanisms and effectors of dynamin-dependent endocytosis are then described, with a particular emphasis on novel proteins, which link dynamin to actin filaments. We consider additional effectors proposed to interact with actin to facilitate clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a dynamin-independent manner. The multiple roles which actin filaments are thought to play in endocytosis are addressed followed by a more detailed characterization of actin filament participation specifically in apical endocytosis. We conclude by discussing how these concepts may be integrated to improve drug internalization at the apical plasma membrane of epithelial cells.
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- Silvia R da Costa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Dufour EM, Nandrot E, Marchant D, Van Den Berghe L, Gadin S, Issilame M, Dufier JL, Marsac C, Carper D, Menasche M, Abitbol M. Identification of novel genes and altered signaling pathways in the retinal pigment epithelium during the Royal College of Surgeons rat retinal degeneration. Neurobiol Dis 2003; 14:166-80. [PMID: 14572440 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-9961(03)00102-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Shed photoreceptor outer segments (POS) are phagocytosed by RPE cells in a circadian manner. The homozygous deletion of the c-mer gene abolishes the ingestion phase of this phagocytosis in the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rat strain, which in turn leads to the death of photoreceptor cells. We identified RPE transcripts for which the expression is modulated by the abrogation of POS phagocytosis. A microarray approach and the differential display (DDRT-PCR) technique revealed 116 modulated known genes, 4 modulated unknown genes, and 15 expressed sequenced tags (ESTs) corresponding to unknown genes. The microarray and DDRT-PCR analyses detected alterations in signaling pathways such as the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt-mTOR pathway and the DLK/JNK/SAPK pathway. The abrogation of POS phagocytosis caused a decrease in endomembrane biogenesis and altered endocytosis, exocytosis, transcytosis, and several metabolic and signaling pathways in RCS RPE cells. We also found differential levels of transcripts encoding proteins involved in phagocytosis, vesicle trafficking, the cytoskeleton, retinoic acid, and general metabolism.
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- Eric M Dufour
- CERTO, Equipe d'accueil n degrees 2502 du Ministère de la Recherche, Université René Descartes, Faculté de Médecine Necker, 156 rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris, France
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Gasman S, Chasserot-Golaz S, Bader MF, Vitale N. Regulation of exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells: focus on ARF and Rho GTPases. Cell Signal 2003; 15:893-9. [PMID: 12873702 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(03)00052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Neurons and neuroendocrine cells release transmitters and hormones by exocytosis, a highly regulated process in which secretory vesicles or granules fuse with the plasma membrane to release their contents in response to a calcium trigger. Several stages have been recognized in exocytosis. After recruitment and docking at the plasma membrane, vesicles/granules enter a priming step, which is then followed by the fusion process. Cortical actin remodelling accompanies the exocytotic reaction, but the links between actin dynamics and trafficking events remain poorly understood. Here, we review the action of Rho and ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) GTPases within the exocytotic pathway in adrenal chromaffin cells. Rho proteins are well known for their pivotal role in regulating the actin cytoskeleton. ARFs were originally identified as regulators of vesicle transport within cells. The possible interplay between these two families of GTPases and their downstream effectors provides novel insights into the mechanisms that govern exocytosis.
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- Stéphane Gasman
- CNRS UPR-2356 Neurotransmission et Sécrétion Neuroendocrine, Centre de Neurochimie, 5 rue Blaise Pascal, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Actin and its associated proteins participate in several intracellular trafficking mechanisms. This review assesses recent work that shows how actin participates in the terminal trafficking event of membrane bilayer fusion. A recent flurry of reports defines a role for Rho proteins in membrane fusion and also demonstrates that this role is distinct from any vesicle transport mechanism. Rho proteins are well known to govern actin remodeling, which implicates this process as a condition of membrane fusion. A small but significant body of work examines actin-regulated events of intracellular membrane fusion, exocytosis and endocytosis. In general, actin has been shown to act as a negative regulator of exocytosis. Cortical actin filaments act as a barrier that requires transient removal to allow vesicles to undergo docking at the plasma membrane. However, once docked, F-actin synthesis may act as a positive regulator to give the final stimulus to drive membrane fusion. F-actin synthesis is clearly needed for endocytosis and intracellular membrane fusion events. What may seem like dissimilar results are perhaps snapshots of a single mechanism of membranous actin remodeling (i.e. dynamic disassembly and reassembly) that is universally needed for all membrane fusion events.
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- Gary Eitzen
- Department of Cell Biology, MSB 5-14, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.
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Li Q, Ho CS, Marinescu V, Bhatti H, Bokoch GM, Ernst SA, Holz RW, Stuenkel EL. Facilitation of Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis by Rac1-GTPase in bovine chromaffin cells. J Physiol 2003; 550:431-45. [PMID: 12754309 PMCID: PMC2343055 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.039073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Rho family GTPases are primary mediators of cytoskeletal reorganization, although they have also been reported to regulate cell secretion. Yet, the extent to which Rho family GTPases are activated by secretory stimuli in neural and neuroendocrine cells remains unknown. In bovine adrenal chromaffin cells, we found Rac1, but not Cdc42, to be rapidly and selectively activated by secretory stimuli using an assay selective for the activated GTPases. To examine effects of activated Rac1 on secretion, constitutively active mutants of Rac1 (Rac1-V12, Rac1-L61) were transiently expressed in adrenal chromaffin cells. These mutants facilitated secretory responses elicited from populations of intact and digitonin-permeabilized cells as well as from cells under whole cell patch clamp. A dominant negative Rac1 mutant (Rac1-N17) produced no effect on secretion. Expression of RhoGDI, a negative regulator of Rac1, inhibited secretory responses while overexpression of effectors of Rac1, notably, p21-activated kinase (Pak1) and actin depolymerization factor (ADF) promoted evoked secretion. In addition, expression of effector domain mutants of Rac1-V12 that exhibit reduced activation of the cytoskeletal regulators Pak1 and Partner of Rac1 (POR1) resulted in a loss of Rac1-V12-mediated enhancement of evoked secretion. These findings suggest that Rac1, in part, functions to modulate secretion through actions on the cytoskeleton. Consistent with this hypothesis, the actin modifying drugs phalloidin and jasplakinolide enhanced secretion, while latrunculin-A inhibited secretion and eliminated the secretory effects of Rac1-V12. In summary, Rac1 was activated by secretory stimuli and modulated the secretory pathway downstream of Ca2+ influx, partly through regulation of cytoskeletal organization.
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- Quanwen Li
- Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Neurons possess a polarized morphology. In general, each neuron has several dendrites but only one axon. Such morphology is the basis for directionalized rapid signaling, information flowing from the short dendrites to the long axon. The mechanisms involved in the establishment of the neuronal polarity remain largely unknown. However, recently, members of Rho family proteins have been implicated in the regulation of neuronal morphology especially development of neuronal polarity, axon outgrowth and guidance, dendritic tree elaboration and synapse formation. Moreover, the Rho GTPases have been reported to be directly or indirectly involved in some neurological conditions such as X-linked mental retardation as well as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. These findings demonstrate the importance of Rho GTPases in the development, maintenance and function of the nervous system.
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- Céline Ménager
- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japon.
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