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Su L, Wang Z, Xie S, Hu D, Cheng YC, Mruk DD, Guan Y. Testin regulates the blood-testis barrier via disturbing occludin/ZO-1 association and actin organization. J Cell Physiol 2020; 235:6127-6138. [PMID: 31975378 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The blood-testis barrier (BTB) separates the seminiferous epithelium into the apical and basal compartments. The BTB has to operate timely and accurately to ensure the correct migration of germ cells, meanwhile maintaining the immunological barrier. Testin was first characterized from primary Sertoli cells, it is a secretory protein and a sensitive biomarker to monitor junctions between Sertoli and germ cells. Till now, the functions of testin on BTB dynamics and the involving mechanisms are unknown. Herein, testin acts as a regulatory protein on BTB integrity. In vitro testin knockdown by RNAi caused significant damage to the Sertoli cell barrier with no apparent changes in the protein levels of several major tight junction (TJ), adhesion junction, and gap junction proteins. Also, testin RNAi caused the diffusion of two TJ structural proteins, occludin and ZO-1, diffusing away from the Sertoli cell surface into the cytoplasm. Association and colocalization between ZO-1 and occludin were decreased after testin RNAi, examined by Co-IP and coimmunofluorescent staining, respectively. Furthermore, testin RNAi induced a dramatic disruption on the arrangement of actin filament bundles and a reduced F-actin/G-actin ratio. The actin regulatory protein ARP3 appeared at the Sertoli cell interface after testin RNAi without its protein level change, whereas overexpressing testin in Sertoli cells showed no effect on TJ barrier integrity. The above findings suggest that besides as a monitor for Sertoli-germ cell junction integrity, testin is also an essential molecule to maintain Sertoli-Sertoli junctions.
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- Linlin Su
- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns, the Center for Burn Treatment, Xinxiang Second People's Hospital, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, the Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, the Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Department of Urology, Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Medicine, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
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Ryoo SR, Kim YK, Kim MH, Min DH. Behaviors of NIH-3T3 fibroblasts on graphene/carbon nanotubes: proliferation, focal adhesion, and gene transfection studies. ACS NANO 2010; 4:6587-98. [PMID: 20979372 DOI: 10.1021/nn1018279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Carbon-based materials, including graphene and carbon nanotubes, have been considered attractive candidates for biomedical applications such as scaffolds in tissue engineering, substrates for stem cell differentiation, and components of implant devices. Despite the potential biomedical applications of these materials, only limited information is available regarding the cellular events, including cell viability, adhesion, and spreading, that occur when mammalian cells interface with carbon-based nanomaterials. Here, we report behaviors of mammalian cells, specifically NIH-3T3 fibroblast cells, grown on supported thin films of graphene and carbon nanotubes to investigate biocompatibility of the artificial surface. Proliferation assay, cell shape analysis, focal adhesion study, and quantitative measurements of cell adhesion-related gene expression levels by RT-PCR reveal that the fibroblast cells grow well, with different numbers and sizes of focal adhesions, on graphene- and carbon nanotube-coated substrates. Interestingly, the gene transfection efficiency of cells grown on the substrates was improved up to 250% that of cells grown on a cover glass. The present study suggests that these nanomaterials hold high potential for bioapplications showing high biocompatibility, especially as surface coating materials for implants, without inducing notable deleterious effects while enhancing some cellular functions (i.e., gene transfection and expression).
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- Soo-Ryoon Ryoo
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Li J, Zhang S, Chen J, Du T, Wang Y, Wang Z. Modeled microgravity causes changes in the cytoskeleton and focal adhesions, and decreases in migration in malignant human MCF-7 cells. PROTOPLASMA 2009; 238:23-33. [PMID: 19730978 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0068-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 08/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Because cells are sensitive to mechanical forces,microgravity might act on stress-dependent cell changes. Regulation of focal adhesions (FAs) and cytoskeletal activity plays a role in cell maintenance, cell movement,and migration. Human MCF-7 cells were exposed to modeled microgravity (MMG) to test the hypothesis that migration responsiveness to microgravity is associated with cytoskeleton and FA anomalies. MMG acts on MCF-7 cells by disorganizing cytoskeleton filaments (microfilaments and microtubules). Microfilaments in MMG did not display their typical radial array. Likewise, microtubules were disrupted in MCF-7 cells within 4 h of initiation of MMG and were partly reestablished by 48 h. FAs generated inmicrogravity were less mature than those established in controls, shown by reduced FAs number and clustering. In parallel, MMG decreased kinases activity (such as FAK,PYK2, and ILK) of FAs in MCF-7 cells. The expression of both integrinbeta1 and integrinbeta4 were downregulated by MMG. We conclude that cytoskeletal alterations and FAs changes in MMG are concomitant with cell invasion and migration retardation. We suggest that reduced migration response in MCF-7 cells following MMG is linked to changes of cytoskeleton and FAs.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710032, People's Republic of China.
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Villagomez M, Szabo E, Podcheko A, Feng T, Papp S, Opas M. Calreticulin and focal-contact-dependent adhesion. Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 87:545-56. [PMID: 19767819 DOI: 10.1139/o09-016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cell adhesion is regulated by a variety of Ca2+-regulated pathways that depend on Ca2+-binding proteins. One such protein is calreticulin, an ER-resident protein. Calreticulin signalling from within the ER can affect processes outside the ER, such as expression of several adhesion-related genes, most notably vinculin and fibronectin. In addition, changes in the expression level of calreticulin strongly affect tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins, which is known to affect many adhesion-related functions. While calreticulin has been localized to cellular compartments other than the ER, it appears that only the ER-resident calreticulin affects focal-contact-dependent adhesion. In contrast, calreticulin residing outside the ER may be involved in contact disassembly and other adhesion phenomena. Here, we review the role of calreticulin in focal contact initiation, stabilization, and turnover. We propose that calreticulin may regulate cell-substratum adhesion by participating in an "ER-to-nucleus" signalling and in parallel "ER-to-cell surface" signalling based on posttranslational events.
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- Maria Villagomez
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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Nagasawa Y, Takenaka M, Kaimori J, Matsuoka Y, Akagi Y, Tsujie M, Imai E, Hori M. Rapid and diverse changes of gene expression in the kidneys of protein-overload proteinuria mice detected by microarray analysis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16:923-31. [PMID: 11328896 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.5.923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Microarray is a method that allows the analysis of a large number of genes at the same time. We applied this method to show the difference of gene expression in the kidney caused by proteinuria. METHODS An experimental mouse model of protein overload was prepared by bovine serum albumin injection. The mRNAs of kidneys isolated after 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks loading were analysed by Northern blotting. We analysed about 18000 genes by microarray. The expression patterns of the microarray were displayed on control, 1 and 3 weeks of protein overload using the clustering procedure. A clone showing the greatest changes of up-regulation in the kidney was cloned and analysed by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Over 1600 kinds of gene expression were confirmed in control kidneys. Proteinuria caused systematic changes of gene expression demonstrated by the cluster analysis. The up-regulation of osteopontin mRNA was shown and confirmed by Northern blot analysis. One of the clones showing the largest changes, AA275245, was isolated and characterized. It revealed that AA275245 was an unreported 3' non-coding region of vinculin mRNA which was associated with cytoskeleton proteins (e.g. alpha-actinin, talin, F-actin). Immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization showed that this clone was identified in glomeruli as a mesangial pattern. The detected signal intensity using both methods, however, was virtually identical in control and disease kidney models. All data including images and analysed signal intensities are accessible on the web site. CONCLUSION The microarray analysis revealed that the renal gene expression pattern was changed dynamically in mice with experimentally induced proteinuria within a few weeks.
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- Y Nagasawa
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine (A8), Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 560-0871, Japan
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Ponsuksili BS, Wimmers K, Schmoll F, Robic A, Schellander K. Porcine ESTs detected by differential display representing possible candidates for the trait 'eye muscle area'. J Anim Breed Genet 2000. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.2000.00227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shaw RJ, McClatchey AI, Jacks T. Regulation of the neurofibromatosis type 2 tumor suppressor protein, merlin, by adhesion and growth arrest stimuli. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:7757-64. [PMID: 9516485 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.13.7757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The neurofibromatosis type 2 tumor suppressor gene is inactivated in the development of familial and sporadic schwannomas and meningiomas. The encoded protein, Merlin, is closely related to the Ezrin, Radixin, and Moesin family of membrane/cytoskeletal linker proteins. Examination of Merlin in several cell lines revealed that the protein migrates as two distinct species near 70 kDa. Phosphatase treatment and orthophosphate labeling demonstrated that the species with decreased mobility is phosphorylated. Given Merlin's localization to cortical actin structures, we examined the effect of cell-cell contact or other forms of growth arrest on Merlin expression and post-translational modification. Under conditions of confluency or serum deprivation, the levels of phosphorylated and unphosphorylated Merlin species increased significantly. Cells arrested in G1 by other methods or other phases of the cell cycle did not show changes in Merlin levels. Furthermore, loss of adhesion resulted in a nearly complete dephosphorylation of Merlin, which was reversed upon re-plating of cells, suggesting Merlin phosphorylation may be responsive to cell spreading or changes in cell shape. Thus, the tumor suppressor function of Merlin may involve the regulation of cellular responses to cues such as cell-cell contact, growth factor microenvironment, or changes in cell shape.
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- R J Shaw
- Center for Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Jobin C, Gauthier J. Differential effects of cell density on 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), five-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) expression in human neutrophils. Inflammation 1997; 21:235-50. [PMID: 9187965 DOI: 10.1023/a:1027326405788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have analyzed the effect of cellular density of 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO), 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) gene expression in neutrophils from healthy subjects under culture conditions of low and high cell density. By using RT-PCR techniques, we have found that 5-LO mRNA accumulation decreased in cells cultured at high density, while FLAP mRNA is not affected. De novo 5-LO synthesis, as well as steady-state levels, were reduced in cells maintained at high density. In contrast, the high density conditions lead to the induction of IL-1 beta gene at the RNA and protein levels as measured by RT-PCR and by immunoprecipitation. These results suggest that cellular density plays a role in gene modulation when neutrophils are accumulating at an inflammatory site since neutrophils obtained from the synovial fluid of patients with RA exhibit a protein synthesis profile similar to that observed in peripheral blood neutrophils cultured at high density.
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- C Jobin
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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Nagahara S, Matsuda T. Cell-substrate and cell-cell interactions differently regulate cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix protein gene expression. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 1996; 32:677-86. [PMID: 8953159 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(199612)32:4<677::aid-jbm22>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In this study, cellular events during tissue formation were investigated at the mRNA level using the Northern blot technique. The levels of expression of mRNAs encoding specific proteins (beta-actin, fibronectin, and laminin) during tissue formation on tissue culture dishes were quantitatively assessed using a Northern blot technique with autoradiography. The level of beta-actin mRNA increased with incubation time and reached a maximal level near the confluent state, followed by reduced beta-actin mRNA expression at a later stage of tissue formation. The time course of beta-actin mRNA expression corresponded well to the time course of morphologic changes and cytoskeletal organization in adherent cells. Expression of the mRNAs encoding the extracellular matrix proteins fibronectin and laminin was initiated at the proliferation stage. After maximum expression levels of these two mRNAs were reached at the confluent stage, a gradual decrease in their expression levels was seen during long-term culture. Expression patterns of mRNAs encoding cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix proteins strongly depended on the type of artificial substrates used; a mRNA expression pattern similar to that observed during tissue formation on tissue culture dishes was observed on a cell-adhesive substrate during tissue formation, whereas reduced expression was seen during tissue formation on a less adhesive substrate. Thus, the dynamic changes occurring during tissue formation were quantified to investigate the roles of artificial substrates in tissue formation at the mRNA level.
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- S Nagahara
- Department of Bioengineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
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Ben-Ze'ev A. The use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis in studies on the role of cytoskeletal plaque proteins as tumor suppressors. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:1752-63. [PMID: 8982608 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150171113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The morphology and functions of cells and tissues are determined, in a large part, by mechanical forces generated at cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) contacts. At these sites, transmembrane adhesion receptors of the integrin and cadherin families are linked, via their cytoplasmic domain, to the cytoskeleton by submembranal plaque proteins such as vinculin, alpha-actinin and the cell-cell junctional plaque proteins alpha- and beta-catenin and plakoglobin (or gamma-catenin). Recent studies have implicated this link of structural molecules between the outside and inside of the cell in signal transduction. We have shown that the expression of junctional plaque proteins is modulated during growth stimulation and differentiation, and is dramatically reduced in certain tumor cells. To study the functional significance of these changes in expression, we have used recombinant DNA technologies to overexpress or suppress the levels of junctional plaque proteins. In addition, we eliminated the expression of vinculin in embryonal stem (ES) cells and in the embryonal carcinoma F9 line by gene disruption employing homologous recombination. The results have indicated that moderate overexpression of cell-ECM plaque proteins results in reduced cell motility. In contrast, suppression of their expression, by antisense transfection, led to enhanced motility and conferred anchorage independent growth and tumorigenicity, upon injection into nude mice. These findings suggest that submembranal plaque proteins can act as effective tumor suppressors. In agreement with this notion, we found in several tumor cell lines diminished levels of junctional plaque proteins. Restoration of their level to that found in normal cells resulted in tumor suppression after their injection into experimental animals. Here we demonstrate the usefulness of the application of two dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis in these studies.
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MESH Headings
- Actinin/biosynthesis
- Actinin/genetics
- Actinin/isolation & purification
- Actinin/physiology
- Adenocarcinoma/metabolism
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/pathology
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Chickens
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/isolation & purification
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/physiology
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Intercellular Junctions/chemistry
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Microfilament Proteins/isolation & purification
- Microfilament Proteins/physiology
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/isolation & purification
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology
- Rats
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Simian virus 40/physiology
- Stem Cells/cytology
- Stem Cells/metabolism
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Vinculin/biosynthesis
- Vinculin/genetics
- Vinculin/isolation & purification
- Vinculin/physiology
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Coll JL, Ben-Ze'ev A, Ezzell RM, Rodríguez Fernández JL, Baribault H, Oshima RG, Adamson ED. Targeted disruption of vinculin genes in F9 and embryonic stem cells changes cell morphology, adhesion, and locomotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:9161-5. [PMID: 7568093 PMCID: PMC40944 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.20.9161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Vinculin, a major constituent of focal adhesions and zonula adherens junctions, is thought to be involved in linking the microfilaments to areas of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts. To test the role of vinculin in cell adhesion and motility, we used homologous recombination to generate F9 embryonal carcinoma and embryonic stem cell clones homozygous for a disrupted vinculin gene. When compared to wild-type cells, vinculin-mutant cells displayed a rounder morphology and a reduced ability to adhere and spread on plastic or fibronectin. Decreased adhesion of the mutant cells was associated with a reduction in lamellipodial extensions, as observed by time-lapse video microscopy. The locomotive activities of control F9 and the vinculin-null cells were compared in two assays. Loss of vinculin resulted in a 2.4-fold increase in cell motility. These results demonstrate an important role for vinculin in determining cell shape, adhesion, surface protrusive activity, and cell locomotion.
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- J L Coll
- La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, CA 92037, USA
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Schevzov G, Lloyd C, Gunning P. Impact of altered actin gene expression on vinculin, talin, cell spreading, and motility. DNA Cell Biol 1995; 14:689-700. [PMID: 7646816 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1995.14.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Previous studies have demonstrated a strong correlation between the expression of vinculin and the shape and motility of a cell (Rodriguez Fernandez et al., 1992a, b, 1993). This hypothesis was tested by comparing the expression of vinculin and talin with the motility of morphologically altered myoblasts. These mouse C2 myoblasts were previously generated by directly perturbing the cell cytoskeleton via the stable transfection of a mutant-form of the beta-actin gene (beta sm) and three different forms of the gamma-actin gene; gamma, gamma minus 3'UTR (gamma delta'UTR), and gamma minus intron III (gamma delta IVSIII) (Schevzov et al., 1992; Lloyd and Gunning, 1993). In the case of the beta sm and gamma-actin transfectants, a two-fold decrease in the cell surface area was coupled, as predicted, with a decrease in vinculin and talin expression. In contrast, the gamma delta IVSIII transfectants with a seven-fold decrease in the cell surface area showed an unpredicted slight increase in vinculin and talin expression and the gamma delta 3'-UTR transfectants with a slight increase in the cell surface area showed no changes in talin expression and a decrease in vinculin expression. We conclude that changes in actin gene expression alone can impact on the expression of vinculin and talin. Furthermore, we observed that these actin transfectants failed to show a consistent relationship between cell shape, motility, and the expression of vinculin. However, a relationship between talin and cell motility was found to exist, suggesting a role for talin in the establishment of focal contacts necessary for motility.
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- G Schevzov
- Cell Biology Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, Wentworthville, NSW, Australia
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Regulation of Adherens Junction Protein Levels: Its Role in Cell Motility and Tumorigenicity. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-2558(08)60262-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Brancolini C, Schneider C. Phosphorylation of the growth arrest-specific protein Gas2 is coupled to actin rearrangements during Go-->G1 transition in NIH 3T3 cells. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1994; 124:743-56. [PMID: 8120096 PMCID: PMC2119946 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.124.5.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Growth arrest-specific (Gas2) protein has been shown to be a component of the microfilament system, that is highly expressed in growth arrested mouse and human fibroblasts and is hyperphosphorylated upon serum stimulation of quiescent cells. (Brancolini, C., S. Bottega, and C. Schneider. 1992. J. Cell Biol. 117:1251-1261). In this study we demonstrate that the kinetics of Gas2 phosphorylation, during Go-->G1 transition, as induced by addition of 20% FCS to serum starved NIH 3T3 cells, is temporally coupled to the reorganization of actin cytoskeleton. To better dissect the relationship between Gas2 phosphorylation and the modification of the microfilament architecture we used specific stimuli for both membrane ruffling (PDGF and PMA) and stress fiber formation (L-alpha-lysophosphatidic acid LPA) (Ridley, A. J., and A. Hall. 1992. Cell. 70:389-399). All of them, similarly to 20% FCS, are able to downregulate Gas2 biosynthesis. PDGF and PMA induce Gas2 hyperphosphorylation that is temporally coupled with the appearance of membrane ruffling where Gas2 localizes. On the other hand LPA, a specific stimulus for stress fiber formation, fails to induce a detectable Gas2 hyperphosphorylation. Thus, Gas2 hyperphosphorylation is specifically correlated with the formation of membrane ruffling possibly implying a role of Gas2 in this process.
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- C Brancolini
- Laboratorio Nazionale Consorzio Interuniversitario, Biotecnologie, AREA Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Rodríguez Fernández JL, Glück U, Salomon D, Geiger B. Changes in adhesion plaque protein levels regulate cell motility and tumorigenicity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 358:147-57. [PMID: 7801801 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2578-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Smith NN, Harvey WF, Bedford JS, Coss RA. Thermal response of synchronous CHO cells with different shapes. Int J Hyperthermia 1993; 9:799-802. [PMID: 8106820 DOI: 10.3109/02656739309034982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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This study examines the differential heat sensitivity of rounded suspension cells versus flattened monolayer cells. G1 populations of two different Chinese hamster ovary lines were used to eliminate possible cell cycle artifacts. The cell populations were heated at 43 and 45 degrees C. In all cases, cells treated in suspension were less sensitive to heat killing than cells treated as monolayers.
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- N N Smith
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Jefferson Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Simpson DG, Decker ML, Clark WA, Decker RS. Contractile activity and cell-cell contact regulate myofibrillar organization in cultured cardiac myocytes. J Cell Biol 1993; 123:323-36. [PMID: 8408216 PMCID: PMC2119836 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.123.2.323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Adult feline ventricular myocytes cultured on a laminin-coated substratum reestablish intercellular junctions, yet disassemble their myofibrils. Immunofluorescence microscopy reveals that these non-beating heart cells lack vinculin-positive focal adhesions; moreover, intercellular junctions are also devoid of vinculin. When these quiescent myocytes are stimulated to contract with the beta-adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol, extensive vinculin-positive focal adhesions and intercellular junctions emerge. If solitary myocytes are stimulated to beat, an elaborate series of vinculin-positive focal adhesions develop which appear to parallel the reassembly of myofibrils. In cultures where neighboring myocytes reestablish cell-cell contact, myofibrils appear to reassemble from the fascia adherens rather than focal contacts. Activation of beating is accompanied by a significant reduction in the rate of total and cytoskeletal protein synthesis; in fact, myofibrillar reassembly, redevelopment of focal adhesions and fascia adherens junctions require no protein synthesis for at least 24 h, implying the existence of an assembly competent pool of cytoskeletal proteins. Maturation of the fasciae adherens and the appearance of vinculin within Z-line/costameres, does require de novo synthesis of new cytoskeletal proteins. Changes in cytoskeletal protein turnover appear dependent on beta agonist-induced cAMP production, but myofibrillar reassembly is a cAMP-independent event. Such observations suggest that mechanical forces, in the guise of contractile activity, regulate vinculin distribution and myofibrillar order in cultured adult feline heart cells.
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- D G Simpson
- Department of Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Vega-Salas DE, San Martino JA, Salas PJ, Baldi A. Vacuolar apical compartment (VAC) in breast carcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and T47D): failure of the cell-cell regulated exocytosis mechanism of apical membrane. Differentiation 1993. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1993.tb01596.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rodríguez Fernández JL, Geiger B, Salomon D, Ben-Ze'ev A. Suppression of vinculin expression by antisense transfection confers changes in cell morphology, motility, and anchorage-dependent growth of 3T3 cells. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1993; 122:1285-94. [PMID: 8376463 PMCID: PMC2119864 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.122.6.1285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The expression of vinculin, a major component of adhesion plaques and cell-cell junctions, is markedly modulated in cells during growth activation, differentiation, motility and cell transformation. The stimulation of quiescent cells by serum factors and the culturing of cells on highly adhesive matrices induce vinculin gene expression, whereas the transformation of fibroblast and epithelial cells often results in decreased vinculin expression (reviewed in Rodríguez Fernández, J. L., B. Geiger, D. Salomon, I. Sabanay, M. Zöller, and A. Ben-Ze'ev. 1992. J. Cell Biol. 119:427). To study the effect of reduced vinculin expression on cell behavior, 3T3 cells were transfected with an antisense vinculin cDNA construct, and clones displaying decreased vinculin levels down to 10-30% of control levels were isolated. These cells showed a round phenotype with smaller and fewer vinculin-positive plaques localized mostly at the cell periphery. In addition, they displayed an increased motility compared to controls, manifested by a faster closure of "wounds" introduced into the monolayer, and by the formation of longer phagokinetic tracks. Moreover, the antisense transfectants acquired a higher cloning efficiency and produced larger colonies in soft agar than the parental counterparts. The results demonstrate that the regulation of vinculin expression in cells can affect, in a major way, cell shape and motility, and that decreased vinculin expression can induce cellular changes reminiscent of those found in transformed cells.
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- J L Rodríguez Fernández
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Vega-Salas DE, San Martino JA, Salas PJ, Baldi A. Vacuolar apical compartment (VAC) in breast carcinoma cell lines (MCF-7 and T47D): failure of the cell-cell regulated exocytosis mechanism of apical membrane. Differentiation 1993; 54:131-41. [PMID: 8243890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1993.tb00716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We have previously shown that an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein (AP2) is highly polarized to the apical domain in confluent Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells. However, when the monolayers are prevented from forming intercellular contacts, approximately 60% of the AP2 cellular content is stored in the intracellular vacuolar apical compartment (VAC). In the current work we found that AP2 was present in the non-tumorigenic human mammary epithelial cell line MCF-10A, in the breast carcinoma cell lines MCF-7 and T47D, and in breast ductal carcinomas in vivo. By radioimmunoassay, an intracellular compartment of AP2 was identified in the mammary cell lines in culture. In MCF-10A, this compartment behaved as in MDCK cells; namely it was observed only when the cells cannot form cell-cell contacts. However, in the carcinoma cell lines MCF-7 and T47D, a significant AP2 intracellular compartment was observed also under conditions permissive for the formation of intercellular contacts. These results were confirmed by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy experiments that showed VACs in MCF-7 and T47D, even in cells with extensive intercellular contacts. In MCF-7 cells, the addition of serum caused a partial decrease of the AP2 intracellular compartment. The exocytosis of VACs occurred towards the center of multi-cellular groups, forming intercellular lumens, similar to those transiently observed in MDCK cells and to structures described by others during embryo development. Altogether, these results suggest that VAC exocytosis is controlled by cell-cell contact signalling, which may be defective in carcinoma cells.
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- D E Vega-Salas
- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Fundación Campomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Samuels M, Ezzell RM, Cardozo TJ, Critchley DR, Coll JL, Adamson ED. Expression of chicken vinculin complements the adhesion-defective phenotype of a mutant mouse F9 embryonal carcinoma cell. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1993; 121:909-21. [PMID: 8491782 PMCID: PMC2119802 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.121.4.909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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A mutant cell line, derived from the mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line F9, is defective in cell-cell adhesion (compaction) and in cell-substrate adhesion. We have previously shown that neither uvomorulin (E-cadherin) nor integrins are responsible for the mutant phenotype (Calogero, A., M. Samuels, T. Darland, S. A. Edwards, R. Kemler, and E. D. Adamson. 1991. Dev. Biol. 146:499-508). Several cytoskeleton proteins were assayed and only vinculin was found to be absent in mutant (5.51) cells. A chicken vinculin expression vector was transfected into the 5.51 cells together with a neomycin-resistance vector. Clones that were adherent to the substrate were selected in medium containing G418. Two clones, 5.51Vin3 and Vin4, were analyzed by Nomarski differential interference contrast and laser confocal microscopy as well as by biochemical and molecular biological techniques. Both clones adhered well to substrates and both exhibited F-actin stress fibers with vinculin localized at stress fiber tips in focal contacts. This was in marked contrast to 5.51 parental cells, which had no stress fibers and no vinculin. The mutant and complemented F9 cell lines will be useful models for examining the complex interactions between cytoskeletal and cell adhesion proteins.
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- M Samuels
- La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, California 92037
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Rodríguez Fernández JL, Geiger B, Salomon D, Sabanay I, Zöller M, Ben-Ze'ev A. Suppression of tumorigenicity in transformed cells after transfection with vinculin cDNA. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1992; 119:427-38. [PMID: 1400584 PMCID: PMC2289642 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.119.2.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Transfection of chicken vinculin cDNA into two tumor cell lines expressing diminished levels of the endogenous protein, brought about a drastic suppression of their tumorigenic ability. The SV-40-transformed Balb/c 3T3 line (SVT2) contains four times less vinculin than the parental 3T3 cells, and the rat adenocarcinoma BSp73ASML has no detectable vinculin. Restoration of vinculin in these cells, up to the levels found in 3T3 cells, resulted in an apparent increase in substrate adhesiveness, a decrease in the ability to grow in soft agar, and suppression of their capacity to develop tumors after injection into syngeneic hosts or nude mice. These results suggest that vinculin, a cytoplasmic component of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesions, may have a major suppressive effect on the transformed phenotype.
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- J L Rodríguez Fernández
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Bochaton-Piallat ML, Gabbiani F, Ropraz P, Gabbiani G. Cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from newborn and adult rats show distinct cytoskeletal features. Differentiation 1992; 49:175-85. [PMID: 1377654 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1992.tb00665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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It is well known that arterial smooth muscle cells (SMC) of adult rats, cultured in a medium containing fetal calf serum (FCS), replicate actively and lose the expression of differentiation markers, such as desmin, smooth muscle (SM) myosin and alpha-SM actin. We report here that compared to freshly isolated cells, primary cultures of SMC from newborn animals show no change in the number of alpha-SM actin containing cells and a less important decrease in the number of desmin and SM myosin containing cells than that seen in primary cultures of SMC from adult animals; moreover, contrary to what is seen in SMC cultured from adult animals, they show an increase of alpha-SM actin mRNA level, alpha-SM actin synthesis and expression per cell. These features are partially maintained at the 5th passage, when the cytoskeletal equipment of adult SMC has further evolved toward dedifferentiation. Cloned newborn rat SMC continue to express alpha-SM actin, desmin and SM myosin at the 5th passage. Thus, newborn SMC maintain, at least in part, the potential to express differentiated features in culture. Heparin has been proposed to control proliferation and differentiation of arterial SMC. When cultured in the presence of heparin, newborn SMC show an increase of alpha-SM actin synthesis and content but no modification of the proportion of alpha-SM actin total (measured by Northern blots) and functional (measured by in vitro translation in a reticulocyte lysate) mRNAs compared to control cells cultured for the same time in FCS containing medium. This suggests that heparin action is exerted at a translational or post-translational level. Cultured newborn rat aortic SMC furnish an in vitro model for the study of several aspects of SMC differentiation and possibly of mechanisms leading to the establishment and prevention of atheromatous plaques.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/metabolism
- Aging
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Aorta, Thoracic/growth & development
- Aorta, Thoracic/metabolism
- Aorta, Thoracic/ultrastructure
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Clone Cells
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/analysis
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
- Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Cytoskeleton/ultrastructure
- Desmin/metabolism
- Muscle Development
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/growth & development
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/ultrastructure
- Myosins/metabolism
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/isolation & purification
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
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Rodríguez Fernández JL, Geiger B, Salomon D, Ben-Ze'ev A. Overexpression of vinculin suppresses cell motility in BALB/c 3T3 cells. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1992; 22:127-34. [PMID: 1633623 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970220206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The content of vinculin, a cytoplasmic protein found in focal contacts and cell-cell junctions, was increased in BALB/c 3T3 cells by gene transfection. The vinculin expressed from the full length chicken cDNA, incorporated into focal contacts and its pattern was identical to that of the endogenous protein. Cells stably expressing vinculin by 20% over the endogenous level had altered locomotory properties. In these cells, the ability to migrate into a wound formed in a confluent monolayer and the locomotion of individual cells were drastically reduced. The results provide direct evidence that cell locomotion can be regulated by modulating vinculin expression.
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- J L Rodríguez Fernández
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Rasmussen CD, Means AR. Increased calmodulin affects cell morphology and mRNA levels of cytoskeletal protein genes. CELL MOTILITY AND THE CYTOSKELETON 1992; 21:45-57. [PMID: 1311642 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970210106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have previously described stable mouse C127 cell lines in which a CaM mini-gene has been expressed in a bovine papilloma virus-based expression vector (Rasmussen and Means: EMBO J. 6:3961-3968, 1987). Elevation of CaM to levels five-fold higher than in control cells caused an acceleration in cell cycle progression by reducing the length of the G1 period. When these cell lines were originally isolated it was observed that cells in which CaM levels were increased had a flattened morphology. In this study we have examined the localization of actin, vimentin, and tubulin in these cells as compared to the BPV-transformed control cell line in order to determine if changes in shape were accompanied by differences in the cytoskeletal organization. Cell-cycle-dependent changes in the levels of mRNAs for histone H4, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, beta-actin, vimentin, and beta-tubulin have also been examined. Our results indicate that increased CaM causes differences in the organization of microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules and that these changes are accompanied by selective differences in the cell-cycle-dependent expression of some mRNAs. Elevated CaM was also correlated with a reduced stability of beta-tubulin mRNA. These studies indicate that CaM has pleiotropic effects on cell function and suggest that stable cell lines with altered CaM levels may provide a useful model system for understanding the molecular basis of CaM-dependent regulation of cellular processes.
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- C D Rasmussen
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
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Bellas R, Bendori R, Farmer S. Epidermal growth factor activation of vinculin and beta 1-integrin gene transcription in quiescent Swiss 3T3 cells. Regulation through a protein kinase C-independent pathway. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Cell shape and cell contacts are determined by transmembrane receptor-mediated associations of the cytoskeleton with specific extracellular matrix proteins and with ligands on the surface of adjacent cells. The cytoplasmic domains of these microfilament-membrane associations at the adherens junction sites, also localize a variety of regulatory molecules involved in signal transduction and gene regulation. The stimulation of cells with soluble polypeptide factors leads to rapid changes in cell shape and microfilament component organization. In addition, this stimulation also activates the phosphoinositide signaling pathway. Recently, a linkage between actin-binding proteins and the phosphoinositide signaling pathway, was discovered. It is suggested that by the association with the second messenger system, and/or by controlling the localization of regulatory molecules, the cytoskeleton may regulate gene expression.
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Klominek J, Sundqvist KG, Robért KH. Nucleokinesis: distinct pattern of cell translocation in response to an autocrine motility factor-like substance or fibronectin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:3902-6. [PMID: 1902574 PMCID: PMC51561 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.9.3902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Human lung adenocarcinoma cells develop bipolar shape with prominent pseudopodia (greater than or equal to 200 microns) when cultured in the presence of autocrine motility factor (AMF)-like substance or on fibronectin-coated substrata. AMF was partially purified from a human lung adenocarcinoma cell line and has a peak biological activity at a molecular mass of 67 kDa. Using time-lapse photography, we observed that during AMF- or fibronectin-induced cell translocation, the nuclei of some bipolar cells are transported to the opposite end of the cell, while gross cell shape and position remain unchanged. Following this nuclear movement, which we call "nucleokinesis," the posterior pseudopodium is retracted behind the nucleus. Thus, extension of a pseudopodium followed by nucleokinesis in the same direction and retraction of the cell body behind the nucleus is a normal motile sequence in translocating bipolar cells. This suggests that nucleokinesis is a distinct step in whole-cell translocation of bipolar cells on biological substrata and that pseudopodia can be used as nuclear transport organs. In contrast, adenocarcinoma cells cultured on artificial substrata and in the absence of AMF display a fibroblast-like motility pattern with the nucleus centrally located within the migrating cell.
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- J Klominek
- Department of Lung Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Volberg T, Geiger B, Dror R, Zick Y. Modulation of intercellular adherens-type junctions and tyrosine phosphorylation of their components in RSV-transformed cultured chick lens cells. CELL REGULATION 1991; 2:105-20. [PMID: 1650581 PMCID: PMC361726 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.2.2.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Transformation of cultured chick lens epithelial cells with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rous sarcoma virus (tsRSV) leads to radical changes in cell shape and interactions. When cultured at the restrictive temperature (42 degrees C), the transformed cells largely retained epithelial morphology and intercellular adherens junctions (AJ), whereas on switch to the permissive temperature (37 degrees C) they rapidly became fibroblastoid, their AJ deteriorated, and cell adhesion molecules (A-CAM) (N-cadherin) largely disappeared from intercellular contact sites. The microfilament system that was primarily associated with these junctions was markedly rearranged on shift to 37 degrees C and remained associated mainly with cell-substrate focal contacts. These apparent changes in intercellular AJ were not accompanied by significant alterations in the cellular content of several junction-associated molecules, including A-CAM, vinculin, and talin. Immunolabeling with phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies indicated that both cell-substrate and intercellular AJ were the major cellular targets for the pp60v-src tyrosine-specific protein kinase. It was further shown that intercellular AJ components serve as substrates to tyrosine kinases also in nontransformed lens cells, because the addition of a combination of vanadate and H2O2--which are potent inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatases--leads to a remarkable accumulation of immunoreactive phosphotyrosine-containing proteins in these junctions. This finding suggests that intercellular junctions are major sites of action of protein tyrosine kinases and that protein tyrosine phosphatases play a major role in the regulation of phosphotyrosine levels in AJ of both normal and RSV-transformed cells.
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- T Volberg
- Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel
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Baum G, Suh BS, Amsterdam A, Ben-Ze'ev A. Regulation of tropomyosin expression in transformed granulosa cell lines with steroidogenic ability. Dev Biol 1990; 142:115-28. [PMID: 2172055 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(90)90155-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The expression of the different tropomyosin isoforms was analyzed in primary granulosa cell cultures and in established granulosa cell lines cotransfected with SV40 and Ha-ras DNA which retain a high steroidogenic response to cAMP stimulation. In contrast to normal cells which greatly reduce the expression of all tropomyosin isoforms during development of steroidogenic ability, in the doubly transformed cells only the synthesis of the high molecular weight isoforms nos 2 and 3 was decreased. The expression of isoforms 1 and 5 was elevated in the cotransfected lines and that of tropomyosin 1 was further enhanced by cAMP stimulation. The increased synthesis of tropomyosins 1 and 5 is unique to SV40 transformation, since it was observed also in cells transfected with SV40 DNA alone. These cells displayed a well organized microfilament system, but have lost the ability to differentiate. The reduced expression of tropomyosins 2 and 3 and a poorly organized microfilament system appear to be a dominant feature of both the highly differentiated normal- and transformed-granulosa cells. It is suggested that the switches in tropomyosin isoform expression during development of the steroidogenic phenotype and in cell transformation may account for necessary changes in microfilament organization which accompany these cellular processes.
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- G Baum
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Reiss R, Bendori R, Gorodecki B. Transient induction of vinculin gene expression in 3T3 fibroblasts stimulated by serum-growth factors. CELL REGULATION 1990; 1:621-36. [PMID: 2127699 PMCID: PMC361624 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.1.9.621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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When stimulated with serum, quiescent Balb/C-3T3 fibroblasts were found to induce vinculin transcription transiently within 30 min, followed by accumulation of vinculin mRNA and protein synthesis between 2 and 4 h after stimulation and a decrease to the basal level by 6-8 h. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) each could elicit a similar response, albeit to a lesser extent, whereas epidermal growth factor (EGF) was inefficient in inducing vinculin expression. In cells stimulated with serum and cycloheximide, vinculin expression was superinduced and vinculin mRNA levels persisted longer than in cells stimulated with serum alone. Cells arrested in the presence of serum by anchorage denial in methyl cellulose suspension culture also induced vinculin expression and formed large vinculin positive plaques when reattaching and spreading on the substrate in the presence of serum. Cells replated from suspension culture in the absence of serum on either plastic or extracellular matrix (ECM) components were capable of extensive spreading, but failed to elevate vinculin expression and displayed diffuse vinculin staining. The results indicate that the changes in vinculin organization and expression in response to growth factor stimulation may reflect either a necessary step in the progression through the cell cycle or a response related to complex cellular processes such as wound repair and embryogenesis.
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Regulation of alpha 1 (I)-collagen gene expression in response to cell adhesion in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38805-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Duband JL, Thiery JP. Spatio-temporal distribution of the adherens junction-associated molecules vinculin and talin in the early avian embryo. CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND DEVELOPMENT : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGISTS 1990; 30:55-76. [PMID: 2112421 DOI: 10.1016/0922-3371(90)90074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To gain an insight into the possible involvement of the cytoskeletal components and cellular junctions in morphogenetic processes during development, we have studied the spatio-temporal distribution of two major adherens-junction-associated molecules, vinculin and talin, during avian embryogenesis, using immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Both molecules were detected at very early stages during morphogenesis and were found in a wide variety of tissues deriving from the three primary germ layers. A number of tissues, including smooth and striated muscles, endothelia, and some hemopoietic precursors, expressed vinculin and talin at especially high levels either transiently or permanently. Conversely, only a few cell types, e.g., circulating erythrocytes and neurones in the central nervous system lacked or expressed them at very low levels. In addition, expression of vinculin and talin was in some cases modulated in connection with morphological rearrangements of tissues. In particular, they were transiently enhanced in restricted areas of the ectoderm and endoderm undergoing extensive foldings. However, other morphogenetic events such as local disruptions of epithelia were not accompanied by extensive modifications in their expression. Finally, it appeared that, in most cases, vinculin and talin overlapped in their distribution, and the level of their expression was regulated coincidently with the notable exceptions of the primordium of the central nervous system, the nephron, and the liver where each molecule followed independent regulatory patterns. It appears from this study that the spatio-temporal distribution of vinculin and talin correlates frequently with that of the adhesion molecules A-CAM (or N-cadherin), L-CAM, and of integrin receptors. Thus, vinculin and talin, in association with the membrane components of adherens junctions, may actively participate both in the control of cellular interactions during early embryonic development and in cell differentiation.
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- J L Duband
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du Développement, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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Ben-Ze'ev A. Application of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis in the study of cytoskeletal protein regulation during growth activation and differentiation. Electrophoresis 1990; 11:191-200. [PMID: 2188832 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150110302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was used to study the regulation of cytoskeletal protein synthesis during growth activation and development of the differentiated phenotype. We demonstrated a correlation between the state of organization and the expression of the respective cytoskeletal protein by showing that depolymerization of microtubules leads to a rapid decrease in new tubulin synthesis. We found that the synthesis of vimentin in both fibroblasts and epithelial cells correlates with extensive cell spreading on the substrate, while cytokeratin synthesis is maximal when cell to cell contacts are abundant. The analysis of cytoskeletal elements, involved directly in the formation of cell contacts, revealed that the level of vinculin synthesis is dependent on the extent of adherent type of cell contacts formed. Moreover, we found that the transient disappearance of vinculin from adhesion plaques of quiescent fibroblasts in response to serum factors was followed by an induction of vinculin mRNA and protein synthesis. The morphological changes associated with establishment of the differentiated phenotype were also found to include changes in the expression of the cytoskeletal-extracellular matrix complex. This was demonstrated in several differentiating systems: in 3T3 preadipocytes which change their shape from a fibroblastic to a spherical shape when stimulated to differentiate with adipogenic medium, we observed a decrease in mRNA levels and in the synthesis of fibronectin, beta-integrin, and the microfilament proteins, vinculin, alpha-actinin, tropomyosin and actin. The culturing of these cells on a certain extracellular matrix prevented the morphological changes occurring in the presence of adipogenic medium and blocked the shifts in cytoskeletal- and differentiation-related gene expression. Similar changes in the organization and expression of cytoskeletal proteins were identified during maturation of primary ovarian granulosa cell cultures, stimulated with gonadotropic hormones to form highly steroidogenic cells. The cell rounding and aggregation occurring during this process were associated with a decreased synthesis of vinculin, alpha-actinin, actin and the nonmuscle tropomyosins. The physiological relevance of these changes was suggested by the observation that the level of tropomyosin mRNA was lower in follicles of animals at late stages of granulosa cell maturation when compared to earlier stages. The expression of tissue-specific and cytoskeletal proteins was also determined in primary cultures of liver hepatocytes, maintained under conditions either favorable for growth or for expression of liver-specific functions. When DNA synthesis was elevated, cytoskeletal protein synthesis was high and that of liver-specific proteins was low.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Rodríguez Fernández JL, Ben-Ze'ev A. Regulation of fibronectin, integrin and cytoskeleton expression in differentiating adipocytes: inhibition by extracellular matrix and polylysine. Differentiation 1989; 42:65-74. [PMID: 2633939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1989.tb00608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The differentiation of 3T3 preadipocytes into adipocytes is characterized by major changes in cell morphology from a fibroblastic to a rounded shape and by the induction of gene expression related to lipid metabolism. We have studied the synthesis and mRNA levels of proteins involved in the formation of cell-matrix contacts and in defining cell shape to determine the role and molecular basis of these morphological changes during adipose conversion. When confluent preadipocyte cultures were stimulated with adipogenic medium there was a gradual decrease in the expression of fibronectin, beta-integrin, actin and in the microfilament-associated proteins vinculin, alpha-actinin and tropomyosin. The changes in extracellular matrix and cytoskeletal mRNA levels were apparent before the accumulation of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (GPD) mRNA and continued during the massive increase in GPD mRNA level. The culturing of preadipocytes on an extracellular matrix deposited on the dish by corneal endothelial cells, or on substrata coated with polylysine, prevented the morphological changes, the decrease in the level of assembled actin, the accumulation of lipid and the shifts in the expression of integrin, cytoskeletal proteins and GPD. In cells cultured on malleable hydrated collagen gels, adipocyte differentiation proceeded at normal rates. The results suggest that the regulated expression of proteins involved in the formation of the transmembrane linkage between the extracellular matrix and the microfilaments are programmed regulatory events that affect cell adhesion and thereby cell shape during adipocyte differentiation.
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Development of cytoskeletal connections between cells of preimplantation mouse embryos. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989; 198:233-241. [PMID: 28305487 DOI: 10.1007/bf00375910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/1989] [Accepted: 06/21/1989] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Observations by scanning electron microscopy of mouse cleaving embryos reveal the presence of long microvilli around cell contact regions that often bridge the gap between blastomeres. These microvilli correspond, in detergent-extracted morulae, to strings connecting the cortical cytoskeletons of adjoining cells. They appear about 4 h after compaction in synchronized cultures. Transmission electron microscopy, heavy meromyosin decoration and DNase I digestion show that cytoskeletal connections contain bundles of actin microfilaments. The establishment of cytoskeletal connections does not require immediate protein synthesis, as shown by incubation with cycloheximide. Diverse treatments that interfere with compaction were tested for the development of cytoskeletal connections: culture media with low Ca2+ and/or Mg2+, or EGTA, or α-lactalbumin, do not prevent the establishment of connections, while colchicine delays their appearance and cytochalasin D suppresses it. The relation between cytoskeletal connections, compaction and blastulation is discussed.
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Baum G, Amsterdam A. Regulation of tropomyosin expression in the maturing ovary and in primary granulosa cell cultures. Dev Biol 1989; 135:191-201. [PMID: 2670635 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(89)90169-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Granulosa cell differentiation in vitro in response to gonadotropins is characterized by major changes in cell shape, cell aggregation, and the organization of microfilaments. These changes are associated with enhanced steroidogenesis in maturing granulosa-lutein cells. Since nonmuscle tropomyosin isoforms were implicated in stabilizing actin filaments, we studied the organization and expression of tropomyosin in differentiating primary cultures of rat granulosa cells and during ovarian folliculogenesis and luteinization. In unstimulated primary granulosa cell cultures tropomyosin was found mainly along stress fibers. In differentiating cells tropomyosin staining was diffuse with sometimes a subcortical organization. The changes in tropomyosin organization were accompanied by a pronounced decrease in the synthesis, translation in vitro, and mRNA levels of all the rat nonmuscle tropomyosin isoforms, with a greater reduction in the higher molecular weight isoforms than in the smaller isoforms. Similar results were obtained whether cells were stimulated to differentiate with gonadotropins, with cAMP, by culturing cells on an extracellular matrix, or by treatment with cytochalasin B. The effect of cytochalasin B was reversible; upon removal of the drug tropomyosin synthesis increased to near control levels, while that of proteins associated with luteinization decreased drastically. RNA isolated from ovaries with follicles at the preantral, preovulatory stage and from corpora lutea contained decreased tropomyosin mRNA levels during ovarian luteinization when the level of RNA for a key steroidogenic enzyme, cytochrome P-450 cholesterol side chain cleavage (P-450 scc), increased. The results suggest a physiological relevance for the low level of tropomyosin expression in the mechanisms which bring about the morphological and biochemical development and maturation of granulosa cells.
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Zieske JD, Bukusoglu G, Gipson IK. Enhancement of vinculin synthesis by migrating stratified squamous epithelium. J Cell Biol 1989; 109:571-6. [PMID: 2503524 PMCID: PMC2115708 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.109.2.571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A 110-115-kD protein is present at levels 27-fold higher in migratory epithelium in the rat cornea than in stationary epithelium. This protein represents 2.7% of the total protein in migratory epithelium 6-h postabrasion wound and 0.1% of the total protein in stationary epithelium. Our findings demonstrate that this 110-115-kD protein is vinculin. In Western blots comparing proteins from migratory and control epithelium, antibody against vinculin cross-reacted with the 110-115-kD protein. Using immunoslot blots, vinculin was determined to be present at maximal levels 6 h postabrasion wound, at levels 22- and 8-fold higher than control at 18 and 48 h, respectively, returning to control levels 72 h postwounding. Vinculin was also localized by indirect immunohistochemistry in migrating corneal epithelium. 3-mm scrape wounds were allowed to heal in vivo for 20 h. In flat mounts of these whole wounded corneas, vinculin was localized as punctate spots in the leading edge of migrating epithelium. In cryostat sections, vinculin was localized as punctate spots along the basal cell membranes of the migrating sheet adjacent to the basement membrane and in patches between cells as well as diffusely throughout the cell. Only very diffuse localization with occasional punctate spots between adjacent superficial cells was present in stationary epithelium. The increased synthesis of vinculin during migration and the localization of vinculin at the leading edge of migratory epithelium suggest that vinculin may be involved in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion as the sheet of epithelium migrates to cover a wound.
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- J D Zieske
- Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
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Carraway KL, Carraway CA. Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions in animal cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 988:147-71. [PMID: 2524216 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(89)90017-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- K L Carraway
- Department of Anatomy, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101
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Wieser RJ, Janik-Schmitt B, Renauer D, Schäfer A, Heck R, Oesch F. Contact-dependent inhibition of growth of normal diploid human fibroblasts by plasma membrane glycoproteins. Biochimie 1988; 70:1661-71. [PMID: 3149530 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(88)90301-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Homeostasis in vivo is maintained by a highly complex network of positive and negative signals. At the cellular level, this regulatory microenvironment can be divided, in a simplified fashion, into two major compartments: the humoral compartment, including compounds such as hormones, growth factors and nutrients, and the contact-environment compartment, including cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. At least in cultures of diploid, non-transformed cells, cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions have been shown to be of major importance for the regulation of growth as well as of differentiation. Although until now the glycoprotein involved in the contact-dependent inhibition of growth has not been fully characterized, our studies give evidence for the involvement of a plasma membrane glycoprotein with an apparent molecular weight of approximately 80 kDa in the growth regulation of diploid human fibroblasts. The important characteristic of this glycoprotein is: the biologically active determinant resides in terminal, beta-glycosidically linked galactose residues on N-glycosidically linked glycans. From our studies, a receptor has to be postulated which, in addition to the galactose residues, has additional structural requirements for the specific binding of this glycoprotein, since other glycoproteins carrying terminal, beta-glycosidically linked galactose-residues are without biological activity. The postulated receptor is suggested to be defective in tumor cells, since these cells are no longer able to respond to cell-cell contacts with stopped proliferation, although they are able to inhibit growth of non-transformed cells. The inability of a tumor cell to recognize and to bind to the specific glycoprotein would result in a release from growth inhibition, leading to clonal growth of these cells. Further detailed studies on the structure and the regulation of the glycoprotein, as well as an attempt to isolate the postulated receptor, should lead to a better understanding of the complex pattern of growth regulation of normal cells.
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- R J Wieser
- Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, F.R.G
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Vardimon L, Fox LL, Degenstein L, Moscona AA. Cell contacts are required for induction by cortisol of glutamine synthetase gene transcription in the retina. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:5981-5. [PMID: 2901094 PMCID: PMC281889 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.16.5981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In embryonic neural retina the enzyme glutamine synthetase [GS; L-glutamate:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.3.1.2] is a glia-specific differentiation marker inducible with cortisol. We show that cortisol elicits GS mRNA accumulation by stimulating transcription of the GS gene and that this stimulation requires cell contacts: in dissociated and separated retina cells GS gene transcription was not induced; when the separated cells were reassembled into multicellular aggregates, restoring cell contacts, accumulation of GS mRNA was again inducible. In cells dissociated from retina tissue that had been preinduced with cortisol, GS gene transcription rapidly declined, despite continued hormone availability. In the separated cells transcription of the histone H3.3 gene and accumulation of carbonic anhydrase II mRNA were unaffected; therefore, cell separation selectively precluded induction of the GS gene. These findings provide direct evidence for the regulatory role of cell contacts in hormonal control of gene transcription.
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- L Vardimon
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, IL 60637
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Temporo-spatial distribution of matrix and microfilament components during odontoblast and ameloblast differentiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988; 197:212-220. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02439428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/1987] [Accepted: 12/03/1988] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jordana M, Befus AD, Newhouse MT, Bienenstock J, Gauldie J. Effect of histamine on proliferation of normal human adult lung fibroblasts. Thorax 1988; 43:552-8. [PMID: 3212752 PMCID: PMC461369 DOI: 10.1136/thx.43.7.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fibrotic lung tissue shows increased connective tissue deposition and fibroblast proliferation and in addition a substantial increase in mast cell numbers in and around the fibrotic area. To elucidate the question of whether products of mast cells affect the proliferative behaviour of structural cells in the lung and thereby contribute to fibrogenesis, the effect of histamine, a prominent mast cell derived mediator, on the in vitro proliferation of primary cultures of normal adult human lung fibroblasts was studied. Histamine enhanced fibroblast proliferation in a dose dependent manner, with an optimum effect at a physiological concentration of 10(-7) mol/l. This effect occurred when cells were exposed to histamine at restricted times during cell growth and was shown to depend in part on the stage of the cell cycle reached by the fibroblasts. The histamine induced proliferation was mediated through an H2 histamine receptor on the fibroblast, being inhibited by cimetidine, an H2 antagonist, and not by pyrilamine maleate, an antagonist of the H1 receptor. Mast cell products such as histamine may interact with and promote the increased fibroblast proliferation found in pulmonary fibrosis.
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- M Jordana
- Department of Pathology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Shapland C, Lowings P, Lawson D. Identification of new actin-associated polypeptides that are modified by viral transformation and changes in cell shape. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1988; 107:153-61. [PMID: 2839517 PMCID: PMC2115168 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.107.1.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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By using a monoclonal antibody we have identified a new polypeptide doublet (C4h and C4l) of Mr approximately 21 kD and pI 8 and 7, respectively, that is associated with and (at the immunofluorescence level) uniformly distributed on actin filament bundles in rat, mouse, and other vertebrate species. C4 is absent in neurones, erythrocytes, and skeletal muscle but the epitope is evolutionarily conserved as it is present in invertebrates such as molluscs and crustaceans. C4h is not found in cells such as lymphocytes and oncogenically transformed mesenchymal cells where actin stress fiber bundles are reduced in number or absent. C4l, on the other hand, is always present. C4h expression can also be blocked by switching normal nontransformed mesenchymal cells from adherent to suspension culture. Reexpression of C4h occurs 24 h after these cells are returned to normal adherent culture conditions, but can be blocked by either actinomycin D or cycloheximide, suggesting that the expression of this epitope is regulated at the transcriptional level.
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- C Shapland
- Biology Department, University College London, England
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Robinson GS, Bucher NL, Farmer SR. Cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions differentially regulate the expression of hepatic and cytoskeletal genes in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:2161-5. [PMID: 3353374 PMCID: PMC279949 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.7.2161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 385] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Freshly isolated adult rat hepatocytes exhibit a flat, extended morphology when cultured on dried rat tail collagen in the presence of growth factors; they actively synthesize DNA and express high levels of cytoskeletal mRNAs and proteins (actin, tubulin, cytokeratins, vinculin, alpha-actinin, and desmoplakin), while exhibiting low levels of liver-specific mRNAs (albumin, alpha 1-inhibitor III, and alpha 1-antitrypsin) and limited synthesis and secretion of albumin. Hepatocytes cultured on hydrated gel matrix from the Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) mouse tumor form small spherical aggregates and exhibit low DNA, cytoskeletal mRNA, and protein synthesis, while at the same time exhibiting elevated liver-specific mRNAs and albumin production; these cells, therefore, more nearly conform to the program of gene expression seen within the normal animal. Hepatocytes on hydrated rat tail collagen resemble those on dry collagen when cultured at low density, but at high density they form compact trabecular aggregates, synthesize negligible amounts of DNA, and maintain a pattern of gene expression resembling that of hepatocytes seeded on the EHS matrix. If cell morphology is compact, as on EHS or on hydrated rat tail collagen when densely populated, DNA synthesis and expression of cytoskeletal genes are low, while liver-specific mRNAs are abundant. When cells are extended the opposite is the case. Without the growth supplement DNA synthesis is low throughout but gene expression is little affected. These studies point to the importance of cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions in determining the differentiated phenotype of hepatocytes, and they reveal an inverse relationship between cytoskeletal and liver-specific protein expression.
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118
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Quantitative studies in cell culture require accurate measurements of cell density and kinetics. We have developed a direct, rapid, and noninvasive method for measuring cell number in monolayer culture. Using computer-aided video microscopy, cell number was measured without detaching or chemically destroying the cells, thereby allowing sequential measurements in the same cell population. Cell number measured by computer-aided microscopy closely correlated with hemocytometer counts and determinations of total cell protein. For high-density monolayers of mesenchymal cells, however, staining was required for accurate counts. Unlike other techniques for measuring cell density, computer-aided microscopy was especially accurate in medium- to low-density cultures (less than 6000 cells/cm2). In addition, we applied this technique to the construction of separate proliferation curves for glomerular mesangial and vascular endothelial cells in coculture. These measurements by cell type in coculture are impossible using conventional methods for determining cell number.
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- M S Simonson
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Lampugnani MG, Pedenovi M, Niewiarowski A, Casali B, Donati MB, Corbascio GC, Marchisio PC. Effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on microfilament organization, cellular adhesion, and growth of cultured mouse B16 melanoma cells. Exp Cell Res 1987; 172:385-96. [PMID: 3653263 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(87)90396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cell shape is involved in a variety of cellular activities including proliferation, adhesion, migration, and transformation. Agents known to promote differentiation, such as retinoic acid, butyrate, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP, induce marked alterations in cell shape which are often accompanied by changes in cell functions. In this paper we study the effects of the differentiating polar solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on cytoskeleton, adhesion, and growth properties of cultured mouse B16 melanoma cells. DMSO induced a progressive reorganization of the cytoskeleton which was fully developed in 4 days of continuous exposure to the agent. DMSO-treated cells developed thick and regularly oriented microfilament bundles of the stress fiber type ending at vinculin-rich areas of focal contact between the ventral membrane and the substratum (interference reflection microscopy-dark adhesion plaques). Such a rearrangement of the cytoskeleton resulted in increased adhesion to the substratum and inhibition of cell growth in comparison to control untreated cells. Cells which became highly flattened and tightly adherent after exposure to DMSO for 4 days progressively reverted their phenotype to that of control untreated cells within 3 days of DMSO withdrawal. Namely, they lost stress fibers and adhesion plaques, became rounded and less adherent, and increased their growth rate. These results indicate that DMSO can change the transformed appearance of B16 mouse melanoma cells to a phenotype which is typical of a variety of nontransformed cells in culture.
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- M G Lampugnani
- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
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O'Keefe EJ, Briggaman RA, Herman B. Calcium-induced assembly of adherens junctions in keratinocytes. J Cell Biol 1987; 105:807-17. [PMID: 2442175 PMCID: PMC2114785 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.105.2.807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Extracellular calcium concentration has been shown to control the stratification of cultured keratinocytes, presumably by regulation of formation of desmosomes. Previous studies have shown that keratinocytes cultured in medium containing 0.1 mM Ca++ form loose colonies without desmosomes. If the Ca++ is raised to 1 mM, desmosomes are assembled and the distribution of keratin filaments is altered. We have examined the disposition of vinculin and actin in keratinocytes under similar conditions. Using immunofluorescence microscopy we show that raising [Ca++] in the medium dramatically alters the distribution of vinculin and actin and results in the formation of adherens-type junctions within 15 min after switching to high calcium medium. Borders of cells at the edge of colonies, which are not proximal to other cells, are not affected, while cells in the interior of the colony form junctions around their periphery. Attachment plaques in keratinocytes grown in low calcium medium are located at the ventral plane of the cell, but junctions formed after switching to high calcium are not, as demonstrated by interference reflection microscopy. In cells colabeled with antibodies against vinculin and desmoplakin, vinculin-containing adherens junctions were visible before desmosomal junctions when cells were switched to high calcium. Although newly formed vinculin-containing structures in high calcium cells, like desmosomes, colocalize with phase-dense structures, superimposition of video fluorescence images using digitized fluorescence microscopy indicates that adherens junctions and desmosomes are discrete structures. Adherens junctions, like desmosomes, may play an essential role in controlling stratification of keratinocytes.
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Ben-Ze'ev A, Kohen F, Amsterdam A. Gonadotropin-induced differentiation of granulosa cells is associated with the co-ordinated regulation of cytoskeletal proteins involved in cell-contact formation. Differentiation 1987; 34:222-35. [PMID: 2828140 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1987.tb00070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The gonadotropin-induced differentiation of granulosa cells in culture was studied, with particular attention being given to the organization and expression of cytoskeletal proteins involved in the formation of cell contacts, as well as to progesterone production. Gonadotropin-treated granulosa cells formed clusters of spherical cells containing few vinculin-containing focal contacts, exhibited a diffuse distribution of actin, and had few adherens junctions but more gap junctions than cells grown without the hormone. In gonadotropin-treated cells, the levels of synthesis of the cytoskeletal proteins, vinculin, alpha-actinin, and actin, were dramatically reduced, but the synthesis of the tubulins and vimentin was unaffected. Decreased levels of synthesis of these cytoskeletal proteins were also observed in an in vitro translation assay using poly(A)+ RNA from gonadotropin-treated cells. The hybridization of cytoplasmic RNA with cloned actin and vimentin cDNAs revealed a marked decrease in actin-RNA levels, but no change in vimentin-RNA levels in these cells. Such alterations in cytoskeletal-protein expression were also observed in cells treated with compounds that cause elevated cellular cAMP levels by acting at a stage beyond gonadotropin receptor stimulation. Furthermore, by keeping the cells in a spherical configuration in suspension culture, or by treating the cells with cytochalasin B, similar changes in the synthesis of these cytoskeletal proteins were observed. During this process, there was a concomitant increased in the production of progesterone (although to a much lesser extent in suspension culture) that occurred in parallel with the appearance of large mitochondria with lamellar-tubular cristae and a well-developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum, these features being characteristic of granulosa-lutein cells in vivo. Our results suggest that changes in cell shape and contact, together with the regulation of cytoskeletal elements that determine cellular morphogenesis, are part of the gonadotropin-controlled differentiation program in granulosa cells and may also occur during the maturation of these cells in vivo.
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- A Ben-Ze'ev
- Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Morley P, Armstrong DT, Gore-Langton RE. Fibronectin stimulates growth but not follicle-stimulating hormone-dependent differentiation of rat granulosa cells in vitro. J Cell Physiol 1987; 132:226-36. [PMID: 3040776 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041320206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Since fibronectin is a secretory product of immature rat granulosa cells in culture and may contribute to the follicular microenvironment in vivo, we have studied the effects of this adhesion factor on follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-dependent differentiation in short-term (2-3-day) cultures and on growth and protein synthesis in long-term (12-day) cultures. In comparison with cells plated on tissue culture plastic, those plated on an optimal fibronectin-coated substratum showed much greater cell spreading. There were no short-term effects of this morphological change on FSH-stimulation of cyclic AMP production, apparent activities of aromatase or cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzymes, or acquisition of luteinizing hormone (LH) responsiveness in cultured cells. However, progesterone metabolism to 20 alpha-hydroxypregnan-4-en-3-one was increased. Only cultures on fibronectin showed increases between days 3 and 9 in protein (2.5-fold) and DNA (1.4-fold) contents. Cells cultured on fibronectin also showed greater uptake and incorporation of [3H]leucine in comparison with cells cultured on plastic. FSH treatment caused cell aggregation and rounding and delayed the increase in protein content of cells cultured on fibronectin. The results presented demonstrate that the principal direct effect of fibronectin-mediated adhesion on rat granulosa cells is to enhance cell maintenance and growth, while having no generalized action on FSH-dependent differentiation.
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