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Thery M, Akhmanova A. Confined migration: Microtubules control the cell rear. Curr Biol 2024; 34:R728-R731. [PMID: 39106829 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2024]
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Cell migration through complex 3D environments relies on the interplay between actin and microtubules. A new study shows that, when cells pass through narrow constrictions, CLASP-dependent microtubule stabilisation at the cell rear controls actomyosin contractility to enable nuclear translocation and preserve cell integrity.
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- Manuel Thery
- CytoMorpho Lab, LPCV, UMR5168, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA/INRA/CNRS, Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France; CytoMorpho Lab, CBI, UMR8132, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris, CEA/CNRS, Institut Pierre Gilles De Gennes, 6 rue Jean Calvin, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Schmidt CJ, Stehbens SJ. Microtubule control of migration: Coordination in confinement. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2024; 86:102289. [PMID: 38041936 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2023.102289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023]
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The microtubule cytoskeleton has a well-established, instrumental role in coordinating cell migration. Decades of research has focused on understanding how microtubules couple intracellular trafficking with cortical targeting and spatial organization of signaling to facilitate locomotion. Movement in physically challenging environments requires coordination of forces generated by the actin cytoskeleton to drive cell shape changes, with microtubules acting to spatially regulate contractility. Recent work has demonstrated that the mechanical properties of microtubules are adaptive to stress, leading to a new understanding of their roles in cell migration. Herein we review new developments in how microtubules sense and adapt to changes in the physical properties of their environment during migration. We frame our discussion around our current understanding of how microtubules target cell-matrix adhesions, and their role in the spatiotemporal coordination of signaling to form mechano feedback loops. We expand on how these mechanisms may influence cell morphology in confined three-dimensional settings, and the importance of locally tuning the mechanical stability of polymers in response to mechanical cues. Finally, we discuss new roles for Golgi-derived microtubules in mechanosensing, and how preferential motor use may influence polymer stability to resist the physical constraints cells experience in confined environments.
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- Christanny J Schmidt
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.
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Shirai Y, Okuda T, Oshima K, Nadano D. Characterization of human Ccser2 as a protein tracking the plus-ends of microtubules. BMC Res Notes 2023; 16:198. [PMID: 37684684 PMCID: PMC10486078 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-023-06475-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Microtubules, which are closely related to cell proliferation, have been the promising therapeutic target of cancer. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the intracellular control mechanisms of microtubules, the whole picture of which is still unclear though. Intracellular dynamics of microtubules are regulated by various microtubule-associated proteins, one group of which is microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins (+ TIPs), localizing to the extending tips of microtubules. Here, we report the identification and analysis of Ccser2 as a new + TIP in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. RESULTS Ccser2 was found to be a member of + TIPs by microscopic observations including time-lapse imaging. The C-terminal region of Ccser2, including two SxIP motifs, was likely to be important for the tracking function. In MCF-7 cells, endogenous Ccser2 was mainly detected in the peripheral regions of microtubule fibers, suggesting that Ccser2 functions in cell projections.
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- Yuko Shirai
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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Müller M, Gorek L, Kamm N, Jacob R. Manipulation of the Tubulin Code Alters Directional Cell Migration and Ciliogenesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:901999. [PMID: 35903547 PMCID: PMC9315229 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.901999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Conjunction of epithelial cells into monolayer sheets implies the ability to migrate and to undergo apicobasal polarization. Both processes comprise reorganization of cytoskeletal elements and rearrangements of structural protein interactions. We modulated expression of tubulin tyrosin ligase (TTL), the enzyme that adds tyrosine to the carboxy terminus of detyrosinated α-tubulin, to study the role of tubulin detyrosination/-tyrosination in the orientation of cell motility and in epithelial morphogenesis. Oriented cell migration and the organization of focal adhesions significantly lose directionality with diminishing amounts of microtubules enriched in detyrosinated tubulin. On the other hand, increasing quantities of detyrosinated tubulin results in faster plus end elongation of microtubules in migrating and in polarized epithelial cells. These plus ends are decorated by the plus end binding protein 1 (EB1), which mediates interaction between microtubules enriched in detyrosinated tubulin and the integrin-ILK complex at focal adhesions. EB1 accumulates at the apical cell pole at the base of the primary cilium following apicobasal polarization. Polarized cells almost devoid of detyrosinated tubulin form stunted primary cilia and multiluminal cysts in 3D-matrices. We conclude that the balance between detyrosinated and tyrosinated tubulin alters microtubule dynamics, affects the orientation of focal adhesions and determines the organization of primary cilia on epithelial cells.
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- Manuel Müller
- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- DFG Research Training Group, Membrane Plasticity in Tissue Development and Remodelling, GRK 2213, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Cell Pathology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- DFG Research Training Group, Membrane Plasticity in Tissue Development and Remodelling, GRK 2213, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- *Correspondence: Ralf Jacob,
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Pudelko K, Wieland A, Hennecke M, Räschle M, Bastians H. Increased Microtubule Growth Triggered by Microvesicle-mediated Paracrine Signaling is Required for Melanoma Cancer Cell Invasion. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 2:366-379. [PMID: 36875714 PMCID: PMC9981201 DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The acquisition of cell invasiveness is the key transition from benign melanocyte hyperplasia to aggressive melanoma. Recent work has provided an intriguing new link between the presence of supernumerary centrosomes and increased cell invasion. Moreover, supernumerary centrosomes were shown to drive non-cell-autonomous invasion of cancer cells. Although centrosomes are the principal microtubule organizing centers, the role of dynamic microtubules for non-cell-autonomous invasion remains unexplored, in particular, in melanoma. We investigated the role of supernumerary centrosomes and dynamic microtubules in melanoma cell invasion and found that highly invasive melanoma cells are characterized by the presence of supernumerary centrosomes and by increased microtubule growth rates, both of which are functionally interlinked. We demonstrate that enhanced microtubule growth is required for increased three-dimensional melanoma cell invasion. Moreover, we show that the activity to enhance microtubule growth can be transferred onto adjacent noninvasive cells through microvesicles involving HER2. Hence, our study suggests that suppressing microtubule growth, either directly using anti-microtubule drugs or through HER2 inhibitors might be therapeutically beneficial to inhibit cell invasiveness and thus, metastasis of malignant melanoma. Significance This study shows that increased microtubule growth is required for melanoma cell invasion and can be transferred onto adjacent cells in a non-cell-autonomous manner through microvesicles involving HER2.
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- Karoline Pudelko
- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Georg-August University Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Georg-August University Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Georg-August University Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Göttingen, Germany
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Torrino S, Grasset EM, Audebert S, Belhadj I, Lacoux C, Haynes M, Pisano S, Abélanet S, Brau F, Chan SY, Mari B, Oldham WM, Ewald AJ, Bertero T. Mechano-induced cell metabolism promotes microtubule glutamylation to force metastasis. Cell Metab 2021; 33:1342-1357.e10. [PMID: 34102109 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mechanical signals from the tumor microenvironment modulate cell mechanics and influence cell metabolism to promote cancer aggressiveness. Cells withstand external forces by adjusting the stiffness of their cytoskeleton. Microtubules (MTs) act as compression-bearing elements. Yet how cancer cells regulate MT dynamic in response to the locally constrained environment has remained unclear. Using breast cancer as a model of a disease in which mechanical signaling promotes disease progression, we show that matrix stiffening rewires glutamine metabolism to promote MT glutamylation and force MT stabilization, thereby promoting cell invasion. Pharmacologic inhibition of glutamine metabolism decreased MT glutamylation and affected their mechanical stabilization. Similarly, decreased MT glutamylation by overexpressing tubulin mutants lacking glutamylation site(s) decreased MT stability, thereby hampering cancer aggressiveness in vitro and in vivo. Together, our results decipher part of the enigmatic tubulin code that coordinates the fine-tunable properties of MT and link cell metabolism to MT dynamics and cancer aggressiveness.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IPMC, Valbonne, France
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, INSERM, IRCAN, Nice, France
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IPMC, Valbonne, France
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- Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, IPMC, Valbonne, France
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Cell Dynamics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ricolo D, Castro-Ribera J, Araújo SJ. Cytoskeletal players in single-cell branching morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2021; 477:22-34. [PMID: 34004181 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Branching networks are a very common feature of multicellular animals and underlie the formation and function of numerous organs including the nervous system, the respiratory system, the vasculature and many internal glands. These networks range from subcellular structures such as dendritic trees to large multicellular tissues such as the lungs. The production of branched structures by single cells, so called subcellular branching, which has been better described in neurons and in cells of the respiratory and vascular systems, involves complex cytoskeletal remodelling events. In Drosophila, tracheal system terminal cells (TCs) and nervous system dendritic arborisation (da) neurons are good model systems for these subcellular branching processes. During development, the generation of subcellular branches by single-cells is characterized by extensive remodelling of the microtubule (MT) network and actin cytoskeleton, followed by vesicular transport and membrane dynamics. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on cytoskeletal regulation of subcellular branching, based on the terminal cells of the Drosophila tracheal system, but drawing parallels with dendritic branching and vertebrate vascular subcellular branching.
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- Delia Ricolo
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, School of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine University of Barcelona (IBUB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, School of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine University of Barcelona (IBUB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, School of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Biomedicine University of Barcelona (IBUB), Barcelona, Spain.
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Bressan C, Saghatelyan A. Intrinsic Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Migration in the Postnatal Brain. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 14:620379. [PMID: 33519385 PMCID: PMC7838331 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2020.620379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Neuronal migration is a fundamental brain development process that allows cells to move from their birthplaces to their sites of integration. Although neuronal migration largely ceases during embryonic and early postnatal development, neuroblasts continue to be produced and to migrate to a few regions of the adult brain such as the dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone (SVZ). In the SVZ, a large number of neuroblasts migrate into the olfactory bulb (OB) along the rostral migratory stream (RMS). Neuroblasts migrate in chains in a tightly organized micro-environment composed of astrocytes that ensheath the chains of neuroblasts and regulate their migration; the blood vessels that are used by neuroblasts as a physical scaffold and a source of molecular factors; and axons that modulate neuronal migration. In addition to diverse sets of extrinsic micro-environmental cues, long-distance neuronal migration involves a number of intrinsic mechanisms, including membrane and cytoskeleton remodeling, Ca2+ signaling, mitochondria dynamics, energy consumption, and autophagy. All these mechanisms are required to cope with the different micro-environment signals and maintain cellular homeostasis in order to sustain the proper dynamics of migrating neuroblasts and their faithful arrival in the target regions. Neuroblasts in the postnatal brain not only migrate into the OB but may also deviate from their normal path to migrate to a site of injury induced by a stroke or by certain neurodegenerative disorders. In this review, we will focus on the intrinsic mechanisms that regulate long-distance neuroblast migration in the adult brain and on how these pathways may be modulated to control the recruitment of neuroblasts to damaged/diseased brain areas.
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- Cedric Bressan
- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- CERVO Brain Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Galletti G, Zhang C, Gjyrezi A, Cleveland K, Zhang J, Powell S, Thakkar PV, Betel D, Shah MA, Giannakakou P. Microtubule Engagement with Taxane Is Altered in Taxane-Resistant Gastric Cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2020; 26:3771-3783. [PMID: 32321717 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-3018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Although taxane-based therapy is standard treatment for advanced gastric cancer, a majority of patients exhibit intrinsic resistance to taxanes. Here, we aim to identify the molecular basis of taxane resistance in gastric cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We performed a post hoc analysis of the TAX-325 clinical trial and molecular interrogation of gastric cancer cell lines to assess the benefit of docetaxel in diffuse (DIF-GC) versus intestinal (INT-GC) gastric cancer. We assessed drug-induced microtubule stabilization in gastric cancer cells and in biopsies of patients with gastric cancer treated with taxanes. We performed transcriptome analysis in taxane-treated gastric cancer cells and patients to identify molecular drivers of taxane resistance. RESULTS Patients with DIF-GC did not derive a clinical benefit from taxane treatment suggesting intrinsic taxane resistance. DIF-GC cell lines displayed intrinsic resistance specific to taxanes because of impaired drug-induced microtubule stabilization, in the absence of tubulin mutations or decreased drug accumulation. Using taxane-treated gastric cancer patient biopsies, we demonstrated that absence of drug-target engagement was correlated with clinical taxane resistance. Taxane-sensitive cell lines displayed faster microtubule dynamics at baseline, implicating proteins that regulate cytoskeletal dynamics in intrinsic taxane resistance. Differential gene expression analysis of untreated and docetaxel-treated gastric cancer lines and patient samples identified kinesins to be associated with taxane sensitivity in vitro and in patient samples. CONCLUSIONS Our data reveal that taxane resistance is more prevalent in patients with DIF-GC, support assessment of drug-target engagement as an early read-out of taxane clinical efficacy, and encourage the investigation of kinesins and other microtubule-associated proteins as potentially targetable mediators of taxane resistance in gastric cancer.
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- Giuseppe Galletti
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. .,Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Araújo SJ. Centrosomes in Branching Morphogenesis. Results Probl Cell Differ 2019; 67:323-336. [PMID: 31435801 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23173-6_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
Abstract
The centrosome, a major microtubule organizer, has important functions in regulating the cytoskeleton as well as the position of cellular structures and orientation of cells within tissues. The centrosome serves as the main cytoskeleton-organizing centre in the cell and is the classical site of microtubule nucleation and anchoring. For these reasons, centrosomes play a very important role in morphogenesis, not just in the early stages of cell divisions but also in the later stages of organogenesis. Many organs such as lung, kidney and blood vessels develop from epithelial tubes that branch into complex networks. Cells in the nervous system also form highly branched structures in order to build complex neuronal networks. During branching morphogenesis, cells have to rearrange within tissues though multicellular branching or through subcellular branching, also known as single-cell branching. For highly branched structures to be formed during embryonic development, the cytoskeleton needs to be extensively remodelled. The centrosome has been shown to play an important role during these events.
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- Sofia J Araújo
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, School of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Zaoui K, Duhamel S, Parachoniak CA, Park M. CLIP-170 spatially modulates receptor tyrosine kinase recycling to coordinate cell migration. Traffic 2019; 20:187-201. [PMID: 30537020 PMCID: PMC6519375 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Endocytic sorting of activated receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), alternating between recycling and degradative processes, controls signal duration, location and surface complement of RTKs. The microtubule (MT) plus-end tracking proteins (+TIPs) play essential roles in various cellular activities including translocation of intracellular cargo. However, mechanisms through which RTKs recycle back to the plasma membrane following internalization in response to ligand remain poorly understood. We report that net outward-directed movement of endocytic vesicles containing the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) Met RTK, requires recruitment of the +TIP, CLIP-170, as well as the association of CLIP-170 to MT plus-ends. In response to HGF, entry of Met into Rab4-positive endosomes results in Golgi-localized γ-ear-containing Arf-binding protein 3 (GGA3) and CLIP-170 recruitment to an activated Met RTK complex. We conclude that CLIP-170 co-ordinates the recycling and the transport of Met-positive endocytic vesicles to plus-ends of MTs towards the cell cortex, including the plasma membrane and the lamellipodia, thereby promoting cell migration.
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- Kossay Zaoui
- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research CentreMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research CentreMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research CentreMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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- Department of BiochemistryMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research CentreMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Department of MedicineMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
- Department of OncologyMcGill UniversityMontrealQuebecCanada
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van Haren J, Wittmann T. Microtubule Plus End Dynamics - Do We Know How Microtubules Grow?: Cells boost microtubule growth by promoting distinct structural transitions at growing microtubule ends. Bioessays 2019; 41:e1800194. [PMID: 30730055 PMCID: PMC7021488 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201800194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Microtubules form a highly dynamic filament network in all eukaryotic cells. Individual microtubules grow by tubulin dimer subunit addition and frequently switch between phases of growth and shortening. These unique dynamics are powered by GTP hydrolysis and drive microtubule network remodeling, which is central to eukaryotic cell biology and morphogenesis. Yet, our knowledge of the molecular events at growing microtubule ends remains incomplete. Here, recent ultrastructural, biochemical and cell biological data are integrated to develop a realistic model of growing microtubule ends comprised of structurally distinct but biochemically overlapping zones. Proteins that recognize microtubule lattice conformations associated with specific tubulin guanosine nucleotide states may independently control major structural transitions at growing microtubule ends. A model is proposed in which tubulin dimer addition and subsequent closure of the MT wall are optimized in cells to achieve rapid physiological microtubule growth.
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- Jeffrey van Haren
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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Mohan R, Mohan N, Vaikkath D. Hyaluronic Acid Dictates Chondrocyte Morphology and Migration in Composite Gels. Tissue Eng Part A 2018; 24:1481-1491. [PMID: 29681215 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2017.0411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Tissue equivalent collagen-hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels are widely used for cartilage tissue engineering; however, not much importance has been given to investigate how cellular responses are altered with varying concentrations of hyaluronic acid in gels. In this study, different concentrations of hyaluronic acid dialdehyde (HAD) were combined with collagen to fabricate collagen-HAD composite (CH) gels, and the influence of HAD on cell shape, migration, viability, cytoskeletal organization, and gel contraction was examined. The microstructure and the mechanical strength of the composite gels were altered by varying HAD concentrations. Morphology of chondrocytes cultured on CH gels showed a significant increase in their aspect ratio and decrease in number of cell protrusions with increase in concentration of HAD. The organization of the cytoskeleton at the cellular protrusions was vimentin localized at the base, microtubules at the tip, and actin localized throughout the cell body. Changes in HAD concentrations altered hydrogel mechanical strength, cytoskeletal organization, and formation of cellular protrusions, all of which contributed to changes in cell morphology and migration. These changes were more evident in 3D cell-encapsulated gels than chondrocytes cultured over the 2D gels. However, viability of cells and matrix contraction, staining for adhesion protein vinculin, and hyaluronic acid receptor CD44 remained similar in all CH compositions. The changes in cell responses further influenced extracellular matrix deposition during in vitro culture. Cell responses in low HAD gels mimic the cellular behavior in damaged cartilage, whereas those in high HAD gels resembled the behavior in healthy cartilage tissue. Our study illustrates the importance of careful formulations of hydrogel compositions in designing biomimetic matrices that are used as in vitro models to study chondrocyte behavior.
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- Renu Mohan
- 1 Division of Bioceramics, Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology , Trivandrum, India
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- 2 Cellular and Molecular Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology , Trivandrum, India
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- 3 Division of Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Technologies, Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology , Trivandrum, India
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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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [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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van Haren J, Charafeddine RA, Ettinger A, Wang H, Hahn KM, Wittmann T. Local control of intracellular microtubule dynamics by EB1 photodissociation. Nat Cell Biol 2018; 20:252-261. [PMID: 29379139 PMCID: PMC5826794 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-017-0028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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End-binding proteins, EBs, are adaptors that recruit functionally diverse +TIP proteins to growing microtubule plus ends. To test with high spatial and temporal accuracy how, when and where +TIP protein complexes contribute to dynamic cell biology, we developed a photo-inactivated EB1 variant (π-EB1) by inserting a blue light-sensitive protein-protein interaction module between the microtubule- and +TIP-binding domains of EB1. π-EB1 replaces endogenous EB1 function in the absence of blue light. In contrast, blue light-mediated π-EB1 photo-dissociation results in rapid +TIP complex disassembly, and acutely and reversibly attenuates microtubule growth independent of microtubule end association of the microtubule polymerase CKAP5 (ch-TOG, XMAP215). Local π-EB1 photo-dissociation allows subcellular microtubule dynamics control at the second and micrometre scale, and elicits aversive turning of migrating cancer cells. Importantly, light-mediated domain splitting can serve as template to optically control other intracellular protein activities.
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- Jeffrey van Haren
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Center Munich, München, Germany
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Goldspink DA, Rookyard C, Tyrrell BJ, Gadsby J, Perkins J, Lund EK, Galjart N, Thomas P, Wileman T, Mogensen MM. Ninein is essential for apico-basal microtubule formation and CLIP-170 facilitates its redeployment to non-centrosomal microtubule organizing centres. Open Biol 2017; 7:rsob.160274. [PMID: 28179500 PMCID: PMC5356440 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Differentiation of columnar epithelial cells involves a dramatic reorganization of the microtubules (MTs) and centrosomal components into an apico-basal array no longer anchored at the centrosome. Instead, the minus-ends of the MTs become anchored at apical non-centrosomal microtubule organizing centres (n-MTOCs). Formation of n-MTOCs is critical as they determine the spatial organization of MTs, which in turn influences cell shape and function. However, how they are formed is poorly understood. We have previously shown that the centrosomal anchoring protein ninein is released from the centrosome, moves in a microtubule-dependent manner and accumulates at n-MTOCs during epithelial differentiation. Here, we report using depletion and knockout (KO) approaches that ninein expression is essential for apico-basal array formation and epithelial elongation and that CLIP-170 is required for its redeployment to n-MTOCs. Functional inhibition also revealed that IQGAP1 and active Rac1 coordinate with CLIP-170 to facilitate microtubule plus-end cortical targeting and ninein redeployment. Intestinal tissue and in vitro organoids from the Clip1/Clip2 double KO mouse with deletions in the genes encoding CLIP-170 and CLIP-115, respectively, confirmed requirement of CLIP-170 for ninein recruitment to n-MTOCs, with possible compensation by other anchoring factors such as p150Glued and CAMSAP2 ensuring apico-basal microtubule formation despite loss of ninein at n-MTOCs.
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- School of Computing Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Almada E, Tonucci FM, Hidalgo F, Ferretti A, Ibarra S, Pariani A, Vena R, Favre C, Girardini J, Kierbel A, Larocca MC. Akap350 Recruits Eb1 to The Spindle Poles, Ensuring Proper Spindle Orientation and Lumen Formation in 3d Epithelial Cell Cultures. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14894. [PMID: 29097729 PMCID: PMC5668257 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14241-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The organization of epithelial cells to form hollow organs with a single lumen requires the accurate three-dimensional arrangement of cell divisions. Mitotic spindle orientation is defined by signaling pathways that provide molecular links between specific spots at the cell cortex and astral microtubules, which have not been fully elucidated. AKAP350 is a centrosomal/Golgi scaffold protein, implicated in the regulation of microtubule dynamics. Using 3D epithelial cell cultures, we found that cells with decreased AKAP350 expression (AKAP350KD) formed polarized cysts with abnormal lumen morphology. Analysis of mitotic cells in AKAP350KD cysts indicated defective spindle alignment. We established that AKAP350 interacts with EB1, a microtubule associated protein that regulates spindle orientation, at the spindle poles. Decrease of AKAP350 expression lead to a significant reduction of EB1 levels at spindle poles and astral microtubules. Conversely, overexpression of EB1 rescued the defective spindle orientation induced by deficient AKAP350 expression. The specific delocalization of the AKAP350/EB1complex from the centrosome decreased EB1 levels at astral microtubules and lead to the formation of 3D-organotypic structures which resembled AKAP350KD cysts. We conclude that AKAP350 recruits EB1 to the spindle poles, ensuring EB1 presence at astral microtubules and proper spindle orientation during epithelial morphogenesis.
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- Evangelina Almada
- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas Dr. Rodolfo A. Ugalde, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, CONICET, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología Experimental, Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
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Short Linear Sequence Motif LxxPTPh Targets Diverse Proteins to Growing Microtubule Ends. Structure 2017; 25:924-932.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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HGF/Met Signaling in Cancer Invasion: The Impact on Cytoskeleton Remodeling. Cancers (Basel) 2017; 9:cancers9050044. [PMID: 28475121 PMCID: PMC5447954 DOI: 10.3390/cancers9050044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The invasion of cancer cells into surrounding tissue and the vasculature is essential for tumor metastasis. Increasing evidence indicates that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) induces cancer cell migration and invasion. A broad spectrum of mechanisms underlies cancer cell migration and invasion. Cytoskeletal reorganization is of central importance in the development of the phenotype of cancer cells with invasive behavior. Through their roles in cell mechanics, intracellular trafficking, and signaling, cytoskeleton proteins participate in all essential events leading to cell migration. HGF has been involved in cytoskeleton assembly and reorganization, and its role in regulating cytoskeleton dynamics is still expanding. This review summarizes our current understanding of the role of HGF in regulating cytoskeleton remodeling, distribution, and interactions.
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EB1 contributes to proper front-to-back polarity in neutrophil-like HL-60 cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2017; 96:143-153. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2017.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 12/10/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Takács Z, Jankovics F, Vilmos P, Lénárt P, Röper K, Erdélyi M. The spectraplakin Short stop is an essential microtubule regulator involved in epithelial closure in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:712-724. [PMID: 28062848 PMCID: PMC5339884 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.193003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Dorsal closure of the Drosophila embryonic epithelium provides an excellent model system for the in vivo analysis of molecular mechanisms regulating cytoskeletal rearrangements. In this study, we investigated the function of the Drosophila spectraplakin Short stop (Shot), a conserved cytoskeletal structural protein, during closure of the dorsal embryonic epithelium. We show that Shot is essential for the efficient final zippering of the opposing epithelial margins. By using isoform-specific mutant alleles and genetic rescue experiments with truncated Shot variants, we demonstrate that Shot functions as an actin-microtubule cross-linker in mediating zippering. At the leading edge of epithelial cells, Shot regulates protrusion dynamics by promoting filopodia formation. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) analysis and in vivo imaging of microtubule growth revealed that Shot stabilizes dynamic microtubules. The actin- and microtubule-binding activities of Shot are simultaneously required in the same molecule, indicating that Shot is engaged as a physical crosslinker in this process. We propose that Shot-mediated interactions between microtubules and actin filaments facilitate filopodia formation, which promotes zippering by initiating contact between opposing epithelial cells.
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- Zsanett Takács
- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg 69117, Germany
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- MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged 6726, Hungary
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Three-dimensional (3D) cell motility underlies essential processes, such as embryonic development, tissue repair and immune surveillance, and is involved in cancer progression. Although the cytoskeleton is a well-studied regulator of cell migration, most of what we know about its functions originates from studies conducted in two-dimensional (2D) cultures. This research established that the microtubule network mediates polarized trafficking and signaling that are crucial for cell shape and movement in 2D. In parallel, developments in light microscopy and 3D cell culture systems progressively allowed to investigate cytoskeletal functions in more physiologically relevant settings. Interestingly, several studies have demonstrated that microtubule involvement in cell morphogenesis and motility can differ in 2D and 3D environments. In this Commentary, we discuss these differences and their relevance for the understanding the role of microtubules in cell migration in vivo. We also provide an overview of microtubule functions that were shown to control cell shape and motility in 3D matrices and discuss how they can be investigated further by using physiologically relevant models.
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- Benjamin P. Bouchet
- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht 3584 CH, The Netherlands
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Bouchet BP, Noordstra I, van Amersfoort M, Katrukha EA, Ammon YC, Ter Hoeve ND, Hodgson L, Dogterom M, Derksen PWB, Akhmanova A. Mesenchymal Cell Invasion Requires Cooperative Regulation of Persistent Microtubule Growth by SLAIN2 and CLASP1. Dev Cell 2016; 39:708-723. [PMID: 27939686 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Microtubules regulate signaling, trafficking, and cell mechanics, but the respective contribution of these functions to cell morphogenesis and migration in 3D matrices is unclear. Here, we report that the microtubule plus-end tracking protein (+TIP) SLAIN2, which suppresses catastrophes, is not required for 2D cell migration but is essential for mesenchymal cell invasion in 3D culture and in a mouse cancer model. We show that SLAIN2 inactivation does not affect Rho GTPase activity, trafficking, and focal adhesion formation. However, SLAIN2-dependent catastrophe inhibition determines microtubule resistance to compression and pseudopod elongation. Another +TIP, CLASP1, is also needed to form invasive pseudopods because it prevents catastrophes specifically at their tips. When microtubule growth persistence is reduced, inhibition of depolymerization is sufficient for pseudopod maintenance but not remodeling. We propose that catastrophe inhibition by SLAIN2 and CLASP1 supports mesenchymal cell shape in soft 3D matrices by enabling microtubules to perform a load-bearing function.
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- Benjamin P Bouchet
- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ ,Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tian X, Ohmura T, Shah AS, Son S, Tian Y, Birukova AA. Role of End Binding Protein-1 in endothelial permeability response to barrier-disruptive and barrier-enhancing agonists. Cell Signal 2016; 29:1-11. [PMID: 27667566 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rapid changes in microtubule (MT) polymerization dynamics affect regional activity of small GTPases RhoA and Rac1, which play a key role in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton and endothelial cell (EC) permeability. This study tested the role of End Binding Protein-1 (EB1) in the mechanisms of increased and decreased EC permeability caused by thrombin and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and mediated by RhoA and Rac1 GTPases, respectively. Stimulation of human lung EC with thrombin inhibited peripheral MT growth, which was monitored by morphological and biochemical evaluation of peripheral MT and the levels of stabilized MT. In contrast, stimulation of EC with HGF promoted peripheral MT growth and protrusion of EB1-positive MT plus ends to the EC peripheral submembrane area. EB1 knockdown by small interfering RNA did not affect partial MT depolymerization, activation of Rho signaling, and permeability response to thrombin, but suppressed the HGF-induced endothelial barrier enhancement. EB1 knockdown suppressed HGF-induced activation of Rac1 and Rac1 cytoskeletal effectors cortactin and PAK1, impaired HGF-induced assembly of cortical cytoskeleton regulatory complex (WAVE-p21Arc-IQGAP1), and blocked HGF-induced enhancement of peripheral actin cytoskeleton and VE-cadherin-positive adherens junctions. Altogether, these data demonstrate a role for EB1 in coordination of MT-dependent barrier enhancement response to HGF, but show no involvement of EB1 in acute increase of EC permeability caused by the barrier disruptive agonist. The results suggest that increased peripheral EB1 distribution is a critical component of the Rac1-mediated pathway and peripheral cytoskeletal remodeling essential for agonist-induced EC barrier enhancement.
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- Xinyong Tian
- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
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- Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.
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Doublecortin Is Excluded from Growing Microtubule Ends and Recognizes the GDP-Microtubule Lattice. Curr Biol 2016; 26:1549-1555. [PMID: 27238282 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Many microtubule (MT) functions are mediated by a diverse class of proteins (+TIPs) at growing MT plus ends that control intracellular MT interactions and dynamics and depend on end-binding proteins (EBs) [1]. Cryoelectron microscopy has recently identified the EB binding site as the interface of four tubulin dimers that undergoes a conformational change in response to β-tubulin GTP hydrolysis [2, 3]. Doublecortin (DCX), a MT-associated protein (MAP) required for neuronal migration during cortical development [4, 5], binds to the same site as EBs [6], and recent in vitro studies proposed DCX localization to growing MT ends independent of EBs [7]. Because this conflicts with observations in neurons [8, 9] and the molecular function of DCX is not well understood, we revisited intracellular DCX dynamics at low expression levels. Here, we report that DCX is not a +TIP in cells but, on the contrary, is excluded from the EB1 domain. In addition, we find that DCX-MT interactions are highly sensitive to MT geometry. In cells, DCX binding was greatly reduced at MT segments with high local curvature. Remarkably, this geometry-dependent binding to MTs was completely reversed in the presence of taxanes, which reconciles incompatible observations in cells [9] and in vitro [10]. We propose a model explaining DCX specificity for different MT geometries based on structural changes induced by GTP hydrolysis that decreases the spacing between adjacent tubulin dimers [11]. Our data are consistent with a unique mode of MT interaction in which DCX specifically recognizes this compacted GDP-like MT lattice.
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Kushner EJ, Ferro LS, Yu Z, Bautch VL. Excess centrosomes perturb dynamic endothelial cell repolarization during blood vessel formation. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:1911-20. [PMID: 27099371 PMCID: PMC4907724 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-09-0645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Excess centrosomes preclude proper interphase MTOC reorientation during sprouting morphogenesis. Normal centrosome numbers are required for dynamic repolarization and migration of sprouting ECs, which contribute to blood vessel formation. Blood vessel formation requires dynamic movements of endothelial cells (ECs) within sprouts. The cytoskeleton regulates migratory polarity, and centrosomes organize the microtubule cytoskeleton. However, it is not well understood how excess centrosomes, commonly found in tumor stromal cells, affect microtubule dynamics and interphase cell polarity. Here we find that ECs dynamically repolarize during sprouting angiogenesis, and excess centrosomes block repolarization and reduce migration and sprouting. ECs with excess centrosomes initially had more centrosome-derived microtubules but, paradoxically, fewer steady-state microtubules. ECs with excess centrosomes had elevated Rac1 activity, and repolarization was rescued by blockade of Rac1 or actomyosin blockers, consistent with Rac1 activity promoting cortical retrograde actin flow and actomyosin contractility, which precludes cortical microtubule engagement necessary for dynamic repolarization. Thus normal centrosome numbers are required for dynamic repolarization and migration of sprouting ECs that contribute to blood vessel formation.
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- Erich J Kushner
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Spatiotemporal quantification of subcellular ATP levels in a single HeLa cell during changes in morphology. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16874. [PMID: 26575097 PMCID: PMC4647183 DOI: 10.1038/srep16874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The quantitative relationship between change in cell shape and ATP consumption is an unsolved problem in cell biology. In this study, a simultaneous imaging and image processing analysis allowed us to observe and quantify these relationships under physiological conditions, for the first time. We focused on two marginal regions of cells: the microtubule-rich 'lamella' and the actin-rich 'peripheral structure'. Simultaneous imaging and correlation analysis revealed that microtubule dynamics cause lamellar shape change accompanying an increase in ATP level. Also, image processing and spatiotemporal quantification enabled to visualize a chronological change of the relationships between the protrusion length and ATP levels, and it suggested they are influencing each other. Furthermore, inhibition of microtubule dynamics diminished motility in the peripheral structure and the range of fluctuation of ATP level in the lamella. This work clearly demonstrates that cellular motility and morphology are regulated by ATP-related cooperative function between microtubule and actin dynamics.
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Nakai Y, Ozeki M, Hiraiwa T, Tanimoto R, Funahashi A, Hiroi N, Taniguchi A, Nonaka S, Boilot V, Shrestha R, Clark J, Tamura N, Draviam VM, Oku H. High-speed microscopy with an electrically tunable lens to image the dynamics of in vivo molecular complexes. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2015; 86:013707. [PMID: 25638090 DOI: 10.1063/1.4905330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We provide an evaluation for an electrically tunable lens (ETL), combined with a microscope system, from the viewpoint of tracking intracellular protein complexes. We measured the correlation between the quantitative axial focus shift and the control current for ETL, and determined the stabilization time for refocusing to evaluate the electrical focusing behaviour of our system. We also confirmed that the change of relative magnification by the lens and associated resolution does not influence the ability to find intracellular targets. By applying the ETL system to observe intracellular structures and protein complexes, we confirmed that this system can obtain 10 nm order z-stacks, within video rate, while maintaining the quality of images and that this system has sufficient optical performance to detect the molecules.
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- Yuichiro Nakai
- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University, Hiyoshi Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Japan
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- Imaging Science, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Imaging Science, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Electronics and Informatics, Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan
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ERG induces taxane resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5548. [PMID: 25420520 PMCID: PMC4244604 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Taxanes are the only chemotherapies used to treat patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Despite the initial efficacy of taxanes in treating CRPC, all patients ultimately fail due to the development of drug resistance. In this study, we show that ERG overexpression in in vitro and in vivo models of CRPC is associated with decreased sensitivity to taxanes. ERG affects several parameters of microtubule dynamics and inhibits effective drug-target engagement of docetaxel or cabazitaxel with tubulin. Finally, analysis of a cohort of 34 men with metastatic CRPC treated with docetaxel chemotherapy reveals that ERG-overexpressing prostate cancers have twice the chance of docetaxel resistance than ERG-negative cancers. Our data suggest that ERG plays a role beyond regulating gene expression and functions outside the nucleus to cooperate with tubulin towards taxane insensitivity. Determining ERG rearrangement status may aid in patient selection for docetaxel or cabazitaxel therapy and/or influence co-targeting approaches. Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer is treated with the microtubule-stabilizing drugs taxanes, but resistance ultimately develops. Here Galletti et al. show that ERG, a transcription factor commonly overexpressed in prostate cancers, confers taxane resistance by binding to soluble tubulin.
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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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Tian X, Tian Y, Moldobaeva N, Sarich N, Birukova AA. Microtubule dynamics control HGF-induced lung endothelial barrier enhancement. PLoS One 2014; 9:e105912. [PMID: 25198505 PMCID: PMC4157766 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 07/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Microtubules (MT) play a vital role in many cellular functions, but their role in peripheral actin cytoskeletal dynamics which is essential for control of endothelial barrier and monolayer integrity is less understood. We have previously described the enhancement of lung endothelial cell (EC) barrier by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) which was associated with Rac1-mediated remodeling of actin cytoskeleton. This study investigated involvement of MT-dependent mechanisms in the HGF-induced enhancement of EC barrier. HGF-induced Rac1 activation was accompanied by phosphorylation of stathmin, a regulator of MT dynamics. HGF also stimulated MT peripheral growth monitored by time lapse imaging and tracking analysis of EB-1-decorated MT growing tips, and increased the pool of acetylated tubulin. These effects were abolished by EC pretreatment with HGF receptor inhibitor, downregulation of Rac1 pathway, or by expression of a stathmin-S63A phosphorylation deficient mutant. Expression of stathmin-S63A abolished the HGF protective effects against thrombin-induced activation of RhoA cascade, permeability increase, and EC barrier dysfunction. These results demonstrate a novel MT-dependent mechanism of HGF-induced EC barrier regulation via Rac1/PAK1/stathmin-dependent control of MT dynamics.
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- Xinyong Tian
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Cell polarity is characterised by differences in structure, composition and function between at least two poles of a cell. In epithelial cells, these spatial differences allow for the formation of defined apical and basal membranes. It has been increasingly recognised that cell-matrix interactions and integrins play an essential role in creating epithelial cell polarity, although key gaps in our knowledge remain. This Commentary will discuss the mounting evidence for the role of integrins in polarising epithelial cells. We build a model in which both inside-out signals to polarise basement membrane assembly at the basal surface, and outside-in signals to control microtubule apical-basal orientation and vesicular trafficking are required for establishing and maintaining the orientation of epithelial cell polarity. Finally, we discuss the relevance of the basal integrin polarity axis to cancer. This article is part of a Minifocus on Establishing polarity.
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- Jessica L Lee
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Laht P, Otsus M, Remm J, Veske A. B-plexins control microtubule dynamics and dendrite morphology of hippocampal neurons. Exp Cell Res 2014; 326:174-84. [PMID: 24954409 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Semaphorins and their receptors plexins are implicated in various processes in the nervous system, but how B-plexins regulate the growth of dendrites remains poorly characterized. We had previously observed that Plexin-B1 and B3 interact with microtubule end-binding proteins (EBs) that are central adapters at growing microtubule tips, and this interaction is involved in neurite growth. Therefore, we hypothesized that plexins regulate microtubule dynamics and through that also dendritogenesis. The role of all three B-plexins was systematically examined in these processes. B-plexins and their ligand Semaphorin-4D influence the dynamics of microtubule tips both EB-dependently and independendently. EB3 as well as Plexin-B1, B2 and B3 turned out to have a significant role in the development of dendritic arbor of rat hippocampal neurons. Our results clearly indicate that semaphorin-plexin-EB pathway is one molecular mechanism how extracellular guidance cues are translated into intracellular mechanics. Taken together, Semaphorin-4D and B-plexins modulate the dynamic behavior of microtubule tips, and are therefore important in neurite growth.
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- Piret Laht
- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn 12618, Estonia; Competence Centre for Cancer Research, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Competence Centre for Cancer Research, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, Tallinn 12618, Estonia; Competence Centre for Cancer Research, Tallinn, Estonia.
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NAD+ and SIRT3 control microtubule dynamics and reduce susceptibility to antimicrotubule agents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E2443-52. [PMID: 24889606 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404269111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) is an endogenous enzyme cofactor and cosubstrate that has effects on diverse cellular and physiologic processes, including reactive oxygen species generation, mitochondrial function, apoptosis, and axonal degeneration. A major goal is to identify the NAD(+)-regulated cellular pathways that may mediate these effects. Here we show that the dynamic assembly and disassembly of microtubules is markedly altered by NAD(+). Furthermore, we show that the disassembly of microtubule polymers elicited by microtubule depolymerizing agents is blocked by increasing intracellular NAD(+) levels. We find that these effects of NAD(+) are mediated by the activation of the mitochondrial sirtuin sirtuin-3 (SIRT3). Overexpression of SIRT3 prevents microtubule disassembly and apoptosis elicited by antimicrotubule agents and knockdown of SIRT3 prevents the protective effects of NAD(+) on microtubule polymers. Taken together, these data demonstrate that NAD(+) and SIRT3 regulate microtubule polymerization and the efficacy of antimicrotubule agents.
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Stehbens SJ, Paszek M, Pemble H, Ettinger A, Gierke S, Wittmann T. CLASPs link focal-adhesion-associated microtubule capture to localized exocytosis and adhesion site turnover. Nat Cell Biol 2014; 16:561-73. [PMID: 24859005 PMCID: PMC4108447 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Turnover of integrin-based focal adhesions (FAs) with the extracellular matrix (ECM) is essential for coordinated cell movement. In collectively migrating human keratinocytes, FAs assemble near the leading edge, grow and mature as a result of contractile forces, and disassemble underneath the advancing cell body. We report that clustering of microtubule-associated CLASP1 and CLASP2 proteins around FAs temporally correlates with FA turnover. CLASPs and LL5β, which recruits CLASPs to FAs, facilitate FA disassembly. CLASPs are further required for FA-associated ECM degradation, and matrix metalloprotease inhibition slows FA disassembly similar to CLASP or LL5β depletion. Finally, CLASP-mediated microtubuletethering at FAs establishes a FA-directed transport pathway for delivery, docking and localized fusion of exocytic vesicles near FAs. We propose that CLASPs couple microtubule organization, vesicle transport and cell interactions with the ECM, establishing a local secretion pathway that facilitates FA turnover by severing cell-matrix connections.
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- Samantha J Stehbens
- 1] Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA [2]
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- 1] Department of Surgery and Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA [2]
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Lyle KS, Corleto JA, Wittmann T. Microtubule dynamics regulation contributes to endothelial morphogenesis. BIOARCHITECTURE 2014; 2:220-7. [PMID: 23267416 PMCID: PMC3527317 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.22335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Because little is known how microtubules contribute to cell migration in a physiological three-dimensional environment, we analyzed microtubule function and dynamics during in vitro angiogenesis in which endothelial cells form networks on a reconstituted basement membrane. Endothelial network formation resulted from distinct cell behaviors: matrix reorganization by myosin-mediated contractile forces, and active cell migration along reorganized, bundled matrix fibers. Inhibition of microtubule dynamics inhibited persistent cell migration, but not matrix reorganization. In addition, microtubule polymerization dynamics and CLASP2-binding to microtubules were spatially regulated to promote microtubule growth into endothelial cell protrusions along matrix tension tracks. We propose that microtubules counter-act contractile forces of the cortical actin cytoskeleton and are required to stabilize endothelial cell protrusions in a soft three-dimensional environment.
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- Karen S Lyle
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California at San Francisco, USA
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Stehbens SJ, Wittmann T. Analysis of focal adhesion turnover: a quantitative live-cell imaging example. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 123:335-46. [PMID: 24974036 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-420138-5.00018-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent advances in optical and fluorescent protein technology have rapidly raised expectations in cell biology, allowing quantitative insights into dynamic intracellular processes like never before. However, quantitative live-cell imaging comes with many challenges including how best to translate dynamic microscopy data into numerical outputs that can be used to make meaningful comparisons rather than relying on representative data sets. Here, we use analysis of focal adhesion turnover dynamics as a straightforward specific example on how to image, measure, and analyze intracellular protein dynamics, but we believe this outlines a thought process and can provide guidance on how to understand dynamic microcopy data of other intracellular structures.
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- Samantha J Stehbens
- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Oreopoulos J, Berman R, Browne M. Spinning-disk confocal microscopy: present technology and future trends. Methods Cell Biol 2014; 123:153-75. [PMID: 24974027 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-420138-5.00009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Live-cell imaging requires not only high temporal resolution but also illumination powers low enough to minimize photodamage. Traditional single-point laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) is generally limited by both the relatively slow speed at which it can acquire optical sections by serial raster scanning (a few Hz) and the higher potential for phototoxicity. These limitations have driven the development of rapid, parallel forms of confocal microscopy, the most popular of which is the spinning-disk confocal microscope (SDCM). Here, we briefly introduce the SDCM technique, discuss its strengths and weaknesses against LSCM, and update the reader on some recent developments in SDCM technology that improve its performance and expand its utility for life science research now and in the future.
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- Spectral Applied Research, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
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Fluorescence microscopy of live cells has become an integral part of modern cell biology. Fluorescent protein (FP) tags, live cell dyes, and other methods to fluorescently label proteins of interest provide a range of tools to investigate virtually any cellular process under the microscope. The two main experimental challenges in collecting meaningful live cell microscopy data are to minimize photodamage while retaining a useful signal-to-noise ratio and to provide a suitable environment for cells or tissues to replicate physiological cell dynamics. This chapter aims to give a general overview on microscope design choices critical for fluorescence live cell imaging that apply to most fluorescence microscopy modalities and on environmental control with a focus on mammalian tissue culture cells. In addition, we provide guidance on how to design and evaluate FP constructs by spinning disk confocal microscopy.
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- Andreas Ettinger
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Ogden A, Rida PCG, Aneja R. Heading off with the herd: how cancer cells might maneuver supernumerary centrosomes for directional migration. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2013; 32:269-87. [PMID: 23114845 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-012-9413-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The complicity of centrosomes in carcinogenesis is unmistakable. Mounting evidence clearly implicates a robust correlation between centrosome amplification (CA) and malignant transformation in diverse tissue types. Furthermore, CA has been suggested as a marker of cancer aggressiveness, in particular the invasive phenotype, in breast and prostate cancers. One means by which CA promotes malignancy is through induction of transient spindle multipolarity during mitosis, which predisposes the cell to karyotypic changes arising from low-grade chromosome mis-segregation. It is well recognized that during cell migration in interphase, centrosome-mediated nucleation of a radial microtubule array is crucial for establishing a polarized Golgi apparatus, without which directionality is precluded. The question of how cancer cells maneuver their supernumerary centrosomes to achieve directionality during cell migration is virtually uncharted territory. Given that CA is a hallmark of cancers and has been correlated with cancer aggressiveness, malignant cells are presumably competent in managing their centrosome surfeit during directional migration, although the cellular logistics of this process remain unexplored. Another key angle worth pondering is whether an overabundance of centrosomes confers some advantage on cancer cells in terms of their migratory and invasive capabilities. Recent studies have uncovered a remarkable strategy that cancer cells employ to deal with the problem of excess centrosomes and ensure bipolar mitoses, viz., centrosome clustering. This review aims to change the narrative by exploring how an increased centrosome complement may, via aneuploidy-independent modulation of the microtubule cytoskeleton, enhance directional migration and invasion of malignant cells. We postulate that CA imbues cancer cells with cytoskeletal advantages that enhance cell polarization, Golgi-dependent vesicular trafficking, stromal invasion, and other aspects of metastatic progression. We also propose that centrosome declustering may represent a novel, cancer cell-specific antimetastatic strategy, as cancer cells may rely on centrosome clustering during migration as they do in mitosis. Elucidation of these details offers an exciting avenue for future research, as does investigating how CA may promote metastasis through enhanced directional migration.
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- Angela Ogden
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Espenel C, Acharya BR, Kreitzer G. A biosensor of local kinesin activity reveals roles of PKC and EB1 in KIF17 activation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 203:445-55. [PMID: 24189273 PMCID: PMC3824023 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201305023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We showed previously that the kinesin-2 motor KIF17 regulates microtubule (MT) dynamics and organization to promote epithelial differentiation. How KIF17 activity is regulated during this process remains unclear. Several kinesins, including KIF17, adopt compact and extended conformations that reflect autoinhibited and active states, respectively. We designed biosensors of KIF17 to monitor its activity directly in single cells using fluorescence lifetime imaging to detect Förster resonance energy transfer. Lifetime data are mapped on a phasor plot, allowing us to resolve populations of active and inactive motors in individual cells. Using this biosensor, we demonstrate that PKC contributes to the activation of KIF17 and that this is required for KIF17 to stabilize MTs in epithelia. Furthermore, we show that EB1 recruits KIF17 to dynamic MTs, enabling its accumulation at MT ends and thus promoting MT stabilization at discrete cellular domains.
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- Cedric Espenel
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021
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Kif3a guides microtubular dynamics, migration and lumen formation of MDCK cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e62165. [PMID: 23658710 PMCID: PMC3641035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The microtubular motor Kinesin-2 and its subunit Kif3a are essential for the formation of primary cilia, an organelle implicated in a wide spectrum of developmental abnormalities. Outside cilia, Kinesin-2 mediated transport has been implicated in vesicle and N-cadherin transport, but it is unknown if and how extraciliary Kif3a affects basic cellular functions such as migration or the formation of multicellular structures. Here we show that tetracycline inducible depletion of Kif3a in MDCK cells slows epithelial cell migration. Microtubules at the leading edge of Kif3a depleted cells failed to grow perpendicularly into the leading edge and microtubular dynamics were dampened in Kif3a depleted cells. Loss of Kif3a retarded lateral membrane specification and completely prevented the formation of three-dimensional spheres in collagen. These data uncover that Kif3a regulates the microtubular cytoskeleton in the cell periphery and imply that extra-ciliary Kif3a has an unexpected function in morphogenesis.
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Maier B, Kirsch M, Anderhub S, Zentgraf H, Krämer A. The novel actin/focal adhesion-associated protein MISP is involved in mitotic spindle positioning in human cells. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:1457-71. [PMID: 23574715 PMCID: PMC3674073 DOI: 10.4161/cc.24602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Accurate mitotic spindle positioning is essential for the regulation of cell fate choices, cell size and cell position within tissues. The most prominent model of spindle positioning involves a cortical pulling mechanism, where the minus end-directed microtubule motor protein dynein is attached to the cell cortex and exerts pulling forces on the plus ends of astral microtubules that reach the cortex. In nonpolarized cultured cells integrin-dependent, retraction fiber-mediated cell adhesion is involved in spindle orientation. Proteins serving as intermediaries between cortical actin or retraction fibers and astral microtubules remain largely unknown. In a recent genome-wide RNAi screen we identified a previously uncharacterized protein, MISP (C19ORF21) as being involved in centrosome clustering, a process leading to the clustering of supernumerary centrosomes in cancer cells into a bipolar mitotic spindle array by microtubule tension. Here, we show that MISP is associated with the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesions and is expressed only in adherent cell types. During mitosis MISP is phosphorylated by Cdk1 and localizes to retraction fibers. MISP interacts with the +TIP EB1 and p150glued, a subunit of the dynein/dynactin complex. Depletion of MISP causes mitotic arrest with reduced tension across sister kinetochores, chromosome misalignment and spindle multipolarity in cancer cells with supernumerary centrosomes. Analysis of spindle orientation revealed that MISP depletion causes randomization of mitotic spindle positioning relative to cell axes and cell center. Together, we propose that MISP links microtubules to the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesions in order to properly position the mitotic spindle.
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- Bettina Maier
- Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Hematology/Oncology, German Cancer Research Center and Department of Internal Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Duellberg C, Fourniol FJ, Maurer SP, Roostalu J, Surrey T. End-binding proteins and Ase1/PRC1 define local functionality of structurally distinct parts of the microtubule cytoskeleton. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 23:54-63. [PMID: 23103209 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The microtubule cytoskeleton is crucial for the intracellular organization of eukaryotic cells. It is a dynamic scaffold that has to perform a variety of very different functions. This multitasking is achieved through the activity of numerous microtubule-associated proteins. Two prominent classes of proteins are central to the selective recognition of distinct transiently existing structural features of the microtubule cytoskeleton. They define local functionality through tightly regulated protein recruitment. Here we summarize the recent developments in elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying the action of microtubule end-binding proteins (EBs) and antiparallel microtubule crosslinkers of the Ase1/PRC1 family that represent the core of these two recruitment modules. Despite their fundamentally different activities, these conserved families share several common features.
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- Christian Duellberg
- London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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Goldspink DA, Gadsby JR, Bellett G, Keynton J, Tyrrell BJ, Lund EK, Powell PP, Thomas P, Mogensen MM. The microtubule end-binding protein EB2 is a central regulator of microtubule reorganisation in apico-basal epithelial differentiation. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:4000-14. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.129759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Microtubule end-binding (EB) proteins influence microtubule dynamic instability, a process essential for microtubule reorganisation during apico-basal epithelial differentiation. Here we establish for the first time that EB2, but not EB1, expression is critical for initial microtubule reorganisation during apico-basal epithelial differentiation, and that EB2 downregulation promotes bundle formation. EB2 siRNA knockdown during early stages of apico-basal differentiation prevented microtubule reorganisation, while its downregulation at later stages promoted microtubule stability and bundle formation. Interestingly, while EB1 is not essential for microtubule reorganisation its knockdown prevented apico-basal bundle formation and epithelial elongation. EB2 siRNA depletion in undifferentiated epithelial cells induced formation of straight, less dynamic microtubules with EB1 and ACF7 lattice association and co-alignment with actin filaments, a phenotype that could be rescued by formin inhibition. Importantly, in situ inner ear and intestinal crypt epithelial tissue revealed direct correlations between low level of EB2 expression and presence of apico-basal microtubule bundles, which were absent where EB2 was elevated. EB2 is evidently important for initial microtubule reorganisation during epithelial polarisation, while its downregulation facilitates EB1/ACF7 microtubule lattice association, microtubule-actin filament co-alignment and bundle formation. The spatiotemporal expression of EB2 thus dramatically influences microtubule organisation, EB1/ACF7 deployment and epithelial differentiation.
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Oyanagi J, Ogawa T, Sato H, Higashi S, Miyazaki K. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition stimulates human cancer cells to extend microtubule-based invasive protrusions and suppresses cell growth in collagen gel. PLoS One 2012; 7:e53209. [PMID: 23300891 PMCID: PMC3534040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial event in tumor invasion and metastasis. However, most of past EMT studies have been conducted in the conventional two-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture. Therefore, it remains unclear what invasive phenotypes are acquired by EMT-induced cancer cells. To address this point, we attempted to characterize EMT cells in more physiological, three-dimensional (3D) collagen gel culture. EMT was induced by treating three human carcinoma cell lines (A549, Panc-1 and MKN-1) with TGF-ß. The TGF-ß treatment stimulated these cells to overexpress the invasion markers laminin γ2 and MT1-MMP in 2D culture, in addition to the induction of well-known morphological change and EMT marker expression. EMT induction enhanced cell motility and adhesiveness to fibronectin and collagen in 2D culture. Although EMT cells showed comparable cell growth to control cells in 2D culture, their growth rates were extremely suppressed in soft agar and collagen gel cultures. Most characteristically, EMT-induced cancer cells commonly and markedly extended invasive protrusions in collagen gel. These protrusions were mainly supported by microtubules rather than actin cytoskeleton. Snail-introduced, stable EMT cells showed similar protrusions in 3D conditions without TGF-ß. Moreover, these protrusions were suppressed by colchicine or inhibitors of heat shock protein 90 (HSP-90) and protein phosphatase 2A. However, MMP inhibitors did not suppress the protrusion formation. These data suggest that EMT enhances tumor cell infiltration into interstitial stroma by extending microtubule-based protrusions and suppressing cell growth. The elevated cell adhesion to fibronectin and collagen and high cell motility also seem important for the tumor invasion.
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- Jun Oyanagi
- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City Universi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City Universi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City Universi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City Universi, Yokohama, Japan
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Nakamura S, Grigoriev I, Nogi T, Hamaji T, Cassimeris L, Mimori-Kiyosue Y. Dissecting the nanoscale distributions and functions of microtubule-end-binding proteins EB1 and ch-TOG in interphase HeLa cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51442. [PMID: 23251535 PMCID: PMC3520847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Recently, the EB1 and XMAP215/TOG families of microtubule binding proteins have been demonstrated to bind autonomously to the growing plus ends of microtubules and regulate their behaviour in in vitro systems. However, their functional redundancy or difference in cells remains obscure. Here, we compared the nanoscale distributions of EB1 and ch-TOG along microtubules using high-resolution microscopy techniques, and also their roles in microtubule organisation in interphase HeLa cells. The ch-TOG accumulation sites protruded ∼100 nm from the EB1 comets. Overexpression experiments showed that ch-TOG and EB1 did not interfere with each other’s localisation, confirming that they recognise distinct regions at the ends of microtubules. While both EB1 and ch-TOG showed similar effects on microtubule plus end dynamics and additively increased microtubule dynamicity, only EB1 exhibited microtubule-cell cortex attachment activity. These observations indicate that EB1 and ch-TOG regulate microtubule organisation differently via distinct regions in the plus ends of microtubules.
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- Satoko Nakamura
- Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Optical Image Analysis Unit, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Stehbens S, Wittmann T. Targeting and transport: how microtubules control focal adhesion dynamics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 198:481-9. [PMID: 22908306 PMCID: PMC3514042 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201206050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Directional cell migration requires force generation that relies on the
coordinated remodeling of interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM),
which is mediated by integrin-based focal adhesions (FAs). Normal FA turnover
requires dynamic microtubules, and three members of the diverse group of
microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins are principally involved in mediating
microtubule interactions with FAs. Microtubules also alter the assembly state of
FAs by modulating Rho GTPase signaling, and recent evidence suggests that
microtubule-mediated clathrin-dependent and -independent endocytosis regulates
FA dynamics. In addition, FA-associated microtubules may provide a polarized
microtubule track for localized secretion of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs).
Thus, different aspects of the molecular mechanisms by which microtubules
control FA turnover in migrating cells are beginning to emerge.
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- Samantha Stehbens
- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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