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Lidenge SJ, Kossenkov AV, Tso FY, Wickramasinghe J, Privatt SR, Ngalamika O, Ngowi JR, Mwaiselage J, Lieberman PM, West JT, Wood C. Comparative transcriptome analysis of endemic and epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) lesions and the secondary role of HIV-1 in KS pathogenesis. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008681. [PMID: 32706839 PMCID: PMC7406108 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In sub-Saharan Africa, endemic Kaposi's sarcoma (EnKS) is still prevalent despite high incidence of epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma (EpKS) resulting from the on-going HIV-1 epidemic. While KSHV is clearly the etiologic agent of KS, the mechanisms underlying KS development are not fully understood. For example, HIV-1 co-infection and concomitant immune dysfunction have been associated with EpKS development. However, the direct or indirect role(s) of HIV-1, and therefore of immune suppression, in EpKS remains unclear. How, or whether, EpKS is mechanistically distinct from EnKS is unknown. Thus, the absence of HIV-1 co-infection in EnKS provides a unique control for investigating and deciphering whether HIV-1 plays a direct or indirect role in the EpKS tumor microenvironment. We hypothesized that HIV-1 co-infection would induce transcriptome changes that differentiate EpKS from EnKS, thereby defining the direct intra-tumor role of HIV-1 in KS. Comparison of ART-treated and -naïve patients would further define the impact of ART on the KS transcriptome. We utilized RNA-seq followed by multiparameter bioinformatics analysis to compare transcriptomes from KS lesions to uninvolved control skin. We provide the first transcriptomic comparison of EpKS versus EnKS, ART-treated vs-naïve EpKS and male vs female EpKS to define the roles of HIV-1 co-infection, the impact of ART, and gender on KS gene expression profiles. Our findings suggest that ART-use and gender have minimal impact on transcriptome profiles of KS lesions. Gene expression profiles strongly correlated between EpKS and EnKS patients (Spearman r = 0.83, p<10-10). A subset of genes involved in tumorigenesis and inflammation/immune responses showed higher magnitude, but not unique dysregulation in EnKS compared to EpKS. While gender and ART had no detectable contribution, the trend toward higher magnitude of gene dysregulation in EnKS coupled with the absence of HIV-1 transcripts in EpKS may suggest an indirect or systemic effect of HIV-1 to promote KS tumorigenesis.
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- Salum J. Lidenge
- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Dermatology and Venereology section, University Teaching Hospitals, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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- Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Nebraska Center for Virology and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Nebraska Center for Virology and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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Rapid exposure of macrophages to drugs resolves four classes of effects on the leading edge sensory pseudopod: Non-perturbing, adaptive, disruptive, and activating. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0233012. [PMID: 32469878 PMCID: PMC7259666 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Leukocyte migration is controlled by a membrane-based chemosensory pathway on the leading edge pseudopod that guides cell movement up attractant gradients during the innate immune and inflammatory responses. This study employed single cell and population imaging to investigate drug-induced perturbations of leading edge pseudopod morphology in cultured, polarized RAW macrophages. The drugs tested included representative therapeutics (acetylsalicylic acid, diclofenac, ibuprofen, acetaminophen) as well as control drugs (PDGF, Gö6976, wortmannin). Notably, slow addition of any of the four therapeutics to cultured macrophages, mimicking the slowly increasing plasma concentration reported for standard oral dosage in patients, yielded no detectable change in pseudopod morphology. This finding is consistent with the well established clinical safety of these drugs. However, rapid drug addition to cultured macrophages revealed four distinct classes of effects on the leading edge pseudopod: (i) non-perturbing drug exposures yielded no detectable change in pseudopod morphology (acetylsalicylic acid, diclofenac); (ii) adaptive exposures yielded temporary collapse of the extended pseudopod and its signature PI(3,4,5)P3 lipid signal followed by slow recovery of extended pseudopod morphology (ibuprofen, acetaminophen); (iii) disruptive exposures yielded long-term pseudopod collapse (Gö6976, wortmannin); and (iv) activating exposures yielded pseudopod expansion (PDGF). The novel observation of adaptive exposures leads us to hypothesize that rapid addition of an adaptive drug overwhelms an intrinsic or extrinsic adaptation system yielding temporary collapse followed by adaptive recovery, while slow addition enables gradual adaptation to counteract the drug perturbation in real time. Overall, the results illustrate an approach that may help identify therapeutic drugs that temporarily inhibit the leading edge pseudopod during extreme inflammation events, and toxic drugs that yield long term inhibition of the pseudopod with negative consequences for innate immunity. Future studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms of drug-induced pseudopod collapse, as well as the mechanisms of adaptation and recovery following some inhibitory drug exposures.
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Blanco C, Morales D, Mogollones I, Vergara‐Jaque A, Vargas C, Álvarez A, Riquelme D, Leiva‐Salcedo E, González W, Morales D, Maureira D, Aldunate I, Cáceres M, Varela D, Cerda O. EB1‐ and EB2‐dependent anterograde trafficking of TRPM4 regulates focal adhesion turnover and cell invasion. FASEB J 2019; 33:9434-9452. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900136r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Constanza Blanco
- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics Institute of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics Institute of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Multidisciplinary Scientific Nucleus Universidad de Talca Talca Chile
- Center for Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulation Universidad de Talca Talca Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Department of Biology Faculty of Chemistry and Biology Universidad de Santiago de Chile Santiago Chile
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- Department of Biology Faculty of Chemistry and Biology Universidad de Santiago de Chile Santiago Chile
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- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
- Center for Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulation Universidad de Talca Talca Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
- The Wound Repair Treatment, and Health (WoRTH) Initiative Santiago Chile
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- Program of Physiology and Biophysics Institute of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology Universidad de Chile Santiago Chile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels‐Associated Diseases (MiNICAD) Santiago Chile
- The Wound Repair Treatment, and Health (WoRTH) Initiative Santiago Chile
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Rohožková J, Hůlková L, Fukalová J, Flachs P, Hozák P. Pairing of homologous chromosomes in C. elegans meiosis requires DEB-1 - an orthologue of mammalian vinculin. Nucleus 2019; 10:93-115. [PMID: 31068058 PMCID: PMC6527391 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2019.1602337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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During meiosis, homologous chromosomes undergo a dramatic movement in order to correctly align. This is a critical meiotic event but the molecular properties of this 'chromosomal dance' still remainunclear. We identified DEB-1 - an orthologue of mammalian vinculin - as a new component of the mechanistic modules responsible for attaching the chromosomes to the nuclear envelope as apart of the LINC complex. In early meiotic nuclei of C. elegans, DEB-1 is localized to the nuclear periphery and alongside the synaptonemal complex of paired homologues. Upon DEB-1 depletion, chromosomes attached to SUN-1 foci remain highly motile until late pachytene. Although the initiation of homologue pairing started normally, irregularities in the formation of the synaptonemal complex occur, and these results in meiotic defects such as increased number of univalents at diakinesis and high embryonic lethality. Our data identify DEB-1 as a new player regulating chromosome dynamics and pairing during meiotic prophase I.
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- Jana Rohožková
- a Department of Epigenetics of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. division BIOCEV , Vestec , Czech Republic
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- a Department of Epigenetics of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. division BIOCEV , Vestec , Czech Republic
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- b Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. , Prague , Czech Republic
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- a Department of Epigenetics of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. division BIOCEV , Vestec , Czech Republic
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- a Department of Epigenetics of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. division BIOCEV , Vestec , Czech Republic.,b Department of Biology of the Cell Nucleus , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. , Prague , Czech Republic.,c Microscopy centre , Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR, v.v.i. , Prague , Czech Republic
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Tvorogova A, Saidova A, Smirnova T, Vorobjev I. Dynamic microtubules drive fibroblast spreading. Biol Open 2018; 7:7/12/bio038968. [PMID: 30545950 PMCID: PMC6310885 DOI: 10.1242/bio.038968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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When cells with a mesenchymal type of motility come into contact with an adhesive substrate they adhere and start spreading by the formation of lamellipodia. Using a label-free approach and virtual synchronization approach we analyzed spreading in fibroblasts and cancer cells. In all cell lines spreading is a non-linear process undergoing isotropic or anisotropic modes with first fast (5–20 min) and then slow (30–120 min) phases. In the first 10 min cell area increases 2–4 times, while the absolute rate of initial spreading decreases 2–8 times. Fast spreading depends on actin polymerization and dynamic microtubules. Inhibition of microtubule growth was sufficient for a slowdown of initial spreading. Inhibition of myosin II in the presence of stable microtubules restored fast spreading. Inhibition of actin polymerization or complete depolymerization of microtubules slowed down fast spreading. However, in these cases inhibition of myosin II only partially restored spreading kinetics. We conclude that rapid growth of microtubules towards cell margins at the first stage of cell spreading temporarily inhibits phosphorylation of myosin II and is essential for the fast isotropic spreading. Comparison of the fibroblasts with cancer cells shows that fast spreading in different cell types shares similar kinetics and mechanisms, and strongly depends on dynamic microtubules. Summary: Cell spreading is a non-linear process. The fast spreading phase depends on dynamic microtubules (MTs). Rapid growth of MTs towards the cell membrane promotes the temporal relaxation of acto-myosin contractility.
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- Anna Tvorogova
- Department of Electron Microscopy, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov State University, 1-40 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Electron Microscopy, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov State University, 1-40 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia .,Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russia.,Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, Kabanbay Batyr ave. 53, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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Jayatilaka H, Giri A, Karl M, Aifuwa I, Trenton NJ, Phillip JM, Khatau S, Wirtz D. EB1 and cytoplasmic dynein mediate protrusion dynamics for efficient 3-dimensional cell migration. FASEB J 2018; 32:1207-1221. [PMID: 29097501 PMCID: PMC5893312 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700444rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Microtubules have long been implicated to play an integral role in metastatic disease, for which a critical step is the local invasion of tumor cells into the 3-dimensional (3D) collagen-rich stromal matrix. Here we show that cell migration of human cancer cells uses the dynamic formation of highly branched protrusions that are composed of a microtubule core surrounded by cortical actin, a cytoskeletal organization that is absent in cells on 2-dimensional (2D) substrates. Microtubule plus-end tracking protein End-binding 1 and motor protein dynein subunits light intermediate chain 2 and heavy chain 1, which do not regulate 2D migration, critically modulate 3D migration by affecting RhoA and thus regulate protrusion branching through differential assembly dynamics of microtubules. An important consequence of this observation is that the commonly used cancer drug paclitaxel is 100-fold more effective at blocking migration in a 3D matrix than on a 2D matrix. This work reveals the central role that microtubule dynamics plays in powering cell migration in a more pathologically relevant setting and suggests further testing of therapeutics targeting microtubules to mitigate migration.—Jayatilaka, H., Giri, A., Karl, M., Aifuwa, I., Trenton, N. J., Phillip, J. M., Khatau, S., Wirtz, D. EB1 and cytoplasmic dynein mediate protrusion dynamics for efficient 3-dimensional cell migration.
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- Hasini Jayatilaka
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Reimer M, Denby E, Zustiak SP, Schober JM. Ras GAP-related and C-terminal domain-dependent localization and tumorigenic activities of IQGAP1 in melanoma cells. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189589. [PMID: 29240845 PMCID: PMC5730206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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IQGAP1 interacts with a number of binding partners through a calponin homology domain (CHD), a WW motif, IQ repeats, a Ras GAP-related domain (GRD), and a conserved C-terminal (CT) domain. Among various biological and cellular functions, IQGAP1 is known to play a role in actin cytoskeleton dynamics during membrane ruffling and lamellipodium protrusion. In addition, phosphorylation near the CT domain is thought to control IQGAP1 activity through regulation of intramolecular interaction. In a previous study, we discovered that IQGAP1 preferentially localizes to retracting areas in B16F10 mouse melanoma cells, not areas of membrane ruffling and lamellipodium protrusion. Nothing is known of the domains needed for retraction localization and very little is known of IQGAP1 function in the actin cytoskeleton of melanoma cells. Thus, we examined localization of IQGAP1 mutants to retracting areas, and characterized knock down phenotypes on tissue culture plastic and physiologic-stiffness hydrogels. Localization of IQGAP1 mutants (S1441E/S1443D, S1441A/S1443A, ΔCHD, ΔGRD or ΔCT) to retracting and protruding cell edges were measured. In retracting areas there was a decrease in S1441A/S1443A, ΔGRD and ΔCT localization, a minor decrease in ΔCHD localization, and normal localization of the S1441E/S1443D mutant. In areas of cell protrusion just behind the lamellipodium leading edge, we surprisingly observed both ΔGRD and ΔCT localization, and increased number of microtubules. IQGAP1 knock down caused loss of cell polarity on laminin-coated glass, decreased proliferation on tissue culture polystyrene, and abnormal spheroid growth on laminin-coated hydrogels. We propose that the GRD and CT domains regulate IQGAP1 localization to retracting actin networks to promote a tumorigenic role in melanoma cells.
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- Michael Reimer
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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Tang EI, Mruk DD, Cheng CY. Regulation of microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeleton in the seminiferous epithelium during spermatogenesis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2016; 59:35-45. [PMID: 26791048 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
In rodents and humans, testicular cells, similar to other mammalian cells, are supported by actin-, microtubule (MT)- and intermediate filament-based cytoskeletons. Although the cytoskeletal network of the testis serves an important role in regulating spermatogenesis during the epithelial cycle, most of the published findings in the literature are limited to studies that only visualize these cytoskeletons in the seminiferous epithelium. Few focus on the underlying molecular mechanism that regulates their organization in the epithelium in response to changes in the stages of the epithelial cycle. Functional studies in the last decade have begun to focus on the role of binding proteins that regulate these cytoskeletons, with some interesting findings rapidly emerging in the field. Since the actin- and intermediate filament-based cytoskeletons have been recently reviewed, herein we focus on the MT-based cytoskeleton for two reasons. First, besides serving as a structural support cytoskeleton, MTs are known to serve as the track to support and facilitate the transport of germ cells, such as preleptotene spermatocytes connected in clones and elongating/elongated spermatids during spermiogenesis, across the blood-testis barrier (BTB) and the adluminal compartment, respectively, during spermatogenesis. While these cellular events are crucial to the completion of spermatogenesis, they have been largely ignored in the past. Second, MT-based cytoskeleton is working in concert with the actin-based cytoskeleton to provide structural support for the transport of intracellular organelles across the cell cytosol, such as endosome-based vesicles, and phagosomes, which contain residual bodies detached from spermatids, to maintain the cellular homeostasis in the seminiferous epithelium. We critically evaluate some recent published findings herein to support a hypothesis regarding the role of MT in conferring germ cell transport in the seminiferous epithelium.
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- Elizabeth I Tang
- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States
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- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, United States.
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Villari G, Jayo A, Zanet J, Fitch B, Serrels B, Frame M, Stramer BM, Goult BT, Parsons M. A direct interaction between fascin and microtubules contributes to adhesion dynamics and cell migration. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:4601-14. [PMID: 26542021 PMCID: PMC4696496 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.175760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Fascin is an actin-binding and bundling protein that is highly upregulated in most epithelial cancers. Fascin promotes cell migration and adhesion dynamics in vitro and tumour cell metastasis in vivo. However, potential non-actin bundling roles for fascin remain unknown. Here, we show for the first time that fascin can directly interact with the microtubule cytoskeleton and that this does not depend upon fascin-actin bundling. Microtubule binding contributes to fascin-dependent control of focal adhesion dynamics and cell migration speed. We also show that fascin forms a complex with focal adhesion kinase (FAK, also known as PTK2) and Src, and that this signalling pathway lies downstream of fascin-microtubule association in the control of adhesion stability. These findings shed light on new non actin-dependent roles for fascin and might have implications for the design of therapies to target fascin in metastatic disease.
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- Giulia Villari
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5547, Centre de Biologie du Développement, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research UK Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XR, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, Guys Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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Gamper I, Fleck D, Barlin M, Spehr M, El Sayad S, Kleine H, Maxeiner S, Schalla C, Aydin G, Hoss M, Litchfield DW, Lüscher B, Zenke M, Sechi A. GAR22β regulates cell migration, sperm motility, and axoneme structure. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 27:277-94. [PMID: 26564797 PMCID: PMC4713131 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-06-0426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Spatiotemporal cytoskeleton remodeling is crucial for several biological processes. GAR22β interacts with EB1 via a novel noncanonical amino acid sequence and is pivotal for cell motility and focal adhesion turnover. GAR22β is also crucial for generation, motility, and ultrastructural organization of spermatozoa. Spatiotemporal cytoskeleton remodeling is pivotal for cell adhesion and migration. Here we investigated the function of Gas2-related protein on chromosome 22 (GAR22β), a poorly characterized protein that interacts with actin and microtubules. Primary and immortalized GAR22β−/− Sertoli cells moved faster than wild-type cells. In addition, GAR22β−/− cells showed a more prominent focal adhesion turnover. GAR22β overexpression or its reexpression in GAR22β−/− cells reduced cell motility and focal adhesion turnover. GAR22β–actin interaction was stronger than GAR22β–microtubule interaction, resulting in GAR22β localization and dynamics that mirrored those of the actin cytoskeleton. Mechanistically, GAR22β interacted with the regulator of microtubule dynamics end-binding protein 1 (EB1) via a novel noncanonical amino acid sequence, and this GAR22β–EB1 interaction was required for the ability of GAR22β to modulate cell motility. We found that GAR22β is highly expressed in mouse testes, and its absence resulted in reduced spermatozoa generation, lower actin levels in testes, and impaired motility and ultrastructural disorganization of spermatozoa. Collectively our findings identify GAR22β as a novel regulator of cell adhesion and migration and provide a foundation for understanding the molecular basis of diverse cytoskeleton-dependent processes.
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- Ivonne Gamper
- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, Department of Chemosensation, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, Department of Chemosensation, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University Medical School, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Tang EI, Mok KW, Lee WM, Cheng CY. EB1 regulates tubulin and actin cytoskeletal networks at the sertoli cell blood-testis barrier in male rats: an in vitro study. Endocrinology 2015; 156:680-93. [PMID: 25456071 PMCID: PMC4298315 DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
During spermatogenesis, developing germ cells are transported across the seminiferous epithelium. Studies propose that because microtubules (MTs) serve as the tracks for transporting cell organelles, they may also serve a similar function in the transport of developing germ cells. Polarized MTs may provide the tracks along which polarized actin microfilaments, which act as vehicles to transport cargo, such as preleptotene spermatocytes through the blood-testis barrier (BTB) and spermatids across the epithelium. Yet the molecular mechanism(s) underlying these events remain unknown. Using an established in vitro Sertoli cell system to study BTB function, we demonstrated herein that a MT regulatory protein end-binding protein 1 (EB1) regulates the MT- and also the actin-based cytoskeleton of the Sertoli cell BTB in the rat. EB1 serves as a coordinator between the two cytoskeletons by regulating MT polymerization and actin filament bundling to modulate germ cell transport at the Sertoli cell BTB. A knockdown of EB1 by RNA interference was found to perturb the tight junction (TJ)-permeability barrier, as evidenced by mislocalization of junctional proteins critical for barrier function to facilitate spermatocyte transport, which was likely achieved by two coordinated events. First, EB1 knockdown resulted in changes in MT polymerization, thereby perturbing MT organization in Sertoli cells in which polarized MT no longer stretched properly across the cell cytosol to serve as the tracks. Second, EB1 knockdown perturbed actin organization via its effects on the branched actin polymerization-inducing protein called Arp3 (actin-related protein 3), perturbing microfilament bundling capability based on a biochemical assay, thereby causing microfilament truncation and misorganization, disrupting the function of the vehicle. This reduced actin microfilament bundling capability thus perturbed TJ-protein distribution and localization at the BTB, destabilizing the TJ barrier, leading to its remodeling to facilitate spermatocyte transport. In summary, EB1 provides a functional link between tubulin- and actin-based cytoskeletons to confer spermatocyte transport at the BTB.
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- Elizabeth I Tang
- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research (E.I.T., K.-W.M., C.Y.C.), Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York 10065; and School of Biological Sciences (W.M.L.), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Galva C, Kirik V, Lindeboom JJ, Kaloriti D, Rancour DM, Hussey PJ, Bednarek SY, Ehrhardt DW, Sedbrook JC. The microtubule plus-end tracking proteins SPR1 and EB1b interact to maintain polar cell elongation and directional organ growth in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:4409-25. [PMID: 25415978 PMCID: PMC4277225 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.131482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The microtubule plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) END BINDING1b (EB1b) and SPIRAL1 (SPR1) are required for normal cell expansion and organ growth. EB proteins are viewed as central regulators of +TIPs and cell polarity in animals; SPR1 homologs are specific to plants. To explore if EB1b and SPR1 fundamentally function together, we combined genetic, biochemical, and cell imaging approaches in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that eb1b-2 spr1-6 double mutant roots exhibit substantially more severe polar expansion defects than either single mutant, undergoing right-looping growth and severe axial twisting instead of waving on tilted hard-agar surfaces. Protein interaction assays revealed that EB1b and SPR1 bind each other and tubulin heterodimers, which is suggestive of a microtubule loading mechanism. EB1b and SPR1 show antagonistic association with microtubules in vitro. Surprisingly, our combined analyses revealed that SPR1 can load onto microtubules and function independently of EB1 proteins, setting SPR1 apart from most studied +TIPs in animals and fungi. Moreover, we found that the severity of defects in microtubule dynamics in spr1 eb1b mutant hypocotyl cells correlated well with the severity of growth defects. These data indicate that SPR1 and EB1b have complex interactions as they load onto microtubule plus ends and direct polar cell expansion and organ growth in response to directional cues.
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- Charitha Galva
- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790
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Lopez BJ, Valentine MT. Mechanical effects of EB1 on microtubules depend on GTP hydrolysis state and presence of paclitaxel. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2014; 71:530-41. [PMID: 25160006 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Using the nonhydrolyzable GTP analog GMPCPP and the slowly hydrolyzable GTPγS, we polymerize microtubules that recapitulate the end binding behavior of the plus end interacting protein (+TIP) EB1 along their entire length, and use these to investigate the impact of EB1 binding on microtubule mechanics. To measure the stiffness of single filaments, we use a spectral analysis method to determine the ensemble of shapes adopted by a freely diffusing, fluorescently labeled microtubule. We find that the presence of EB1 can stiffen microtubules in a manner that depends on the hydrolysis state of the tubulin-bound nucleotide, as well as the presence of the small-molecule stabilizer paclitaxel. We find that the magnitude of the EB1-induced stiffening is not proportional to the EB1-microtubule binding affinity, suggesting that the stiffening effect does not arise purely from an increase in the total amount of bound EB1. Additionally, we find that EB1 binds cooperatively to microtubules in manner that depends on tubulin-bound nucleotide state.
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- Benjamin J Lopez
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
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Bordeleau F, Alcoser TA, Reinhart-King CA. Physical biology in cancer. 5. The rocky road of metastasis: the role of cytoskeletal mechanics in cell migratory response to 3D matrix topography. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 306:C110-20. [PMID: 24196535 PMCID: PMC3919983 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00283.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The tumor microenvironment is a milieu of heterogeneous architectural features that affect tumor growth and metastatic invasion. Pore size, density, stiffness, and fiber architecture change dramatically from location to location throughout the tumor matrix. While many studies have addressed the effects of two-dimensional extracellular matrix structure and composition on cell migration, less is known about how cancer cells navigate complex, heterogeneous three-dimensional (3D) microenvironments. Mechanical structures such as actin and keratin, part of the cytoskeletal framework, and lamins, part of the nucleoskeletal framework, play a key role in migration and are altered during cancer progression. Recent evidence suggests that these changes in cytoskeletal and nucleoskeletal structures may enable cancer cells to efficiently respond to features such as pore size and stiffness to invade and migrate. Here we discuss the role of cell mechanics and the cytoskeleton in the ability of cells to navigate and respond to 3D matrix features and heterogeneities.
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- Francois Bordeleau
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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