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Nishitani-Isa M, Mukai K, Honda Y, Nihira H, Tanaka T, Shibata H, Kodama K, Hiejima E, Izawa K, Kawasaki Y, Osawa M, Katata Y, Onodera S, Watanabe T, Uchida T, Kure S, Takita J, Ohara O, Saito MK, Nishikomori R, Taguchi T, Sasahara Y, Yasumi T. Trapping of CDC42 C-terminal variants in the Golgi drives pyrin inflammasome hyperactivation. J Exp Med 2022; 219:213184. [PMID: 35482294 PMCID: PMC9059393 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutations in the C-terminal region of the CDC42 gene cause severe neonatal-onset autoinflammation. Effectiveness of IL-1β–blocking therapy indicates that the pathology involves abnormal inflammasome activation; however, the mechanism underlying autoinflammation remains to be elucidated. Using induced-pluripotent stem cells established from patients carrying CDC42R186C, we found that patient-derived cells secreted larger amounts of IL-1β in response to pyrin-activating stimuli. Aberrant palmitoylation and localization of CDC42R186C protein to the Golgi apparatus promoted pyrin inflammasome assembly downstream of pyrin dephosphorylation. Aberrant subcellular localization was the common pathological feature shared by CDC42 C-terminal variants with inflammatory phenotypes, including CDC42*192C*24 that also localizes to the Golgi apparatus. Furthermore, the level of pyrin inflammasome overactivation paralleled that of mutant protein accumulation in the Golgi apparatus, but not that of the mutant GTPase activity. These results reveal an unexpected association between CDC42 subcellular localization and pyrin inflammasome activation that could pave the way for elucidating the mechanism of pyrin inflammasome formation.
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- Department of Integrative Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.,Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neonatology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neonatology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Neonatology, Miyagi Children's Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Applied Genomics, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Application, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kurume University Graduate School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Prins MMC, Giugliano FP, van Roest M, van de Graaf SFJ, Koelink PJ, Wildenberg ME. Thiopurines correct the effects of autophagy impairment on intestinal healing - a potential role for ARHGAP18/RhoA. Dis Model Mech 2021; 14:258489. [PMID: 33973626 PMCID: PMC8084572 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.047233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The ATG16L1 T300A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is associated with Crohn's disease and causes an autophagy impairment. We have previously shown that this SNP is involved in the migration and hyperactivation of Rac1 in dendritic cells. Mucosal healing, currently the main target for inflammatory bowel disease treatment, depends on restoration of the epithelial barrier and requires appropriate migration of epithelial cells towards and over mucosal lesions. Therefore, we here further investigated the impact of autophagy on epithelial migration. ATG16L1 knockdown was established in the HT29 human colonic epithelial cell line using lentiviral transduction. Migratory capacity was evaluated using scratch assays and RhoAGTP was measured using G-LISA. Immunofluorescent ARHGAP18 and sequestome 1 (SQSTM1; also known as p62) staining was performed on HT29 cells and primary colonic tissue of Crohn's disease patients. We observed that ATG16L1 knockdown cells exhibited decreased autophagy and decreased migration capacity. Furthermore, activity of RhoA was decreased. These characteristics were phenocopied using ATG5 knockdown and pharmacological inhibition of autophagy. The migration defect was dependent on accumulation of SQSTM1 and was alleviated upon SQSTM1 knockdown. Strikingly, thiopurines also mitigated the effects of impaired autophagy. RhoA dysregulation appeared mediated through accumulation of the upstream regulator ARHGAP18, which was observed in cell lines, human foetal organoids and primary colonic tissue. Our results indicate that the ATG16L1 T300A Crohn's disease-associated SNP causes a decrease in migration capacity in epithelial cells, mediated by an increase in SQSTM1 and ARHGAP18 protein and subsequent reduced RhoA activation.
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- Marileen M C Prins
- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (UMC), location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Guo C, Li N, Dong C, Wang L, Li Z, Liu Q, Ma Q, Greenaway FT, Tian Y, Hao L, Liu S, Sun MZ. 33-kDa ANXA3 isoform contributes to hepatocarcinogenesis via modulating ERK, PI3K/Akt-HIF and intrinsic apoptosis pathways. J Adv Res 2020; 30:85-102. [PMID: 34026289 PMCID: PMC8132212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Introduction As a member of annexin family proteins, annexin A3 (ANXA3) has 36-kDa and 33-kDa isoforms. ANXA3 plays crucial roles in the tumorigenesis, aggressiveness and drug-resistance of cancers. However, previous studies mainly focused on the role of total ANXA3 in cancers without distinguishing the distinction between the two isoforms, the role of 33-kDa ANXA3 in cancer remains unclear. Objectives Current work aimed to investigate the function and regulation mechanism of 33-kDa ANXA3 in hepatocarcinoma. Methods The expressions of ANXA3, CRKL, Rac1, c-Myc and pAkt were analyzed in hepatocarcinoma specimens by Western blotting. The biological function of 33-kDa ANXA3 in the growth, metastasis, apoptosis, angiogenesis, chemoresistance of hepatocarcinoma cells with the underlying molecular mechanism were investigated using gain-of-function strategy in vitro or in vivo. Results 33-kDa ANXA3 was remarkably upregulated in tumor tissues compared with corresponding normal liver tissues of hepatocarcinoma patients. Its stable knockdown decreased the in vivo tumor growing velocity and malignancy of hepatocarcinoma HepG2 cells transplanted in nude mice. The in vitro experimental results indicated 33-kDa ANXA3 knockdown suppressed the proliferation, colony forming, migration and invasion abilities of HepG2 cells through downregulating CRKL, Rap1b, Rac1, pMEK, pERK2 and c-Myc in ERK pathway; inhibited angiogenesisability of HepG2 cells through inactivating PI3K/Akt-HIF pathway; induced apoptosis and enhanced chemoresistance of HepG2 cells through increasing Bax/decreasing Bcl-2 expressions and inactivating caspase 9/caspase 3 in intrinsic apoptosis pathway. Accordingly, CRKL, Rac1, c-Myc and pAkt were also upregulated in hepatocarcinoma patients ’ tumor tissues compared with corresponding normal liver tissues. Conclusions The overexpression of 33-kDa ANXA3 is involved in the clinical progression of hepatocarcinoma and in the malignancy, angiogenesis and apoptosis of hepatocarcinoma cells. It is of potential use in hepatocarcinoma diagnosis and treatment.
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- Chunmei Guo
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the 2 Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the 2 Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of General Surgery, the 2 Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China.,Institute of Hematology, the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116027, China
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Schwager SC, Reinhart-King CA. Mechanobiology of microvesicle release, uptake, and microvesicle-mediated activation. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2020; 86:255-278. [PMID: 33837695 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2020.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Microvesicles are small, membrane-bound vesicles that are shed from the plasma membrane of cells into the extracellular space. Microvesicles contain a variety of cargo not typically thought to be released from cells, including receptor tyrosine kinases, cytosolic signaling proteins, and microRNAs, which are transferred from donor cells to recipient cells. The transfer of microvesicle cargo can result in the transformation of recipient cells thereby supporting disease progression, including modified fibroblast metabolism, epithelial cell contractility, vascular remodeling, and immune cell inflammatory signaling. Additionally, microvesicles are believed to play prominent roles in cell-cell communication and disease progression as they are detected at elevated concentrations in diseased tissues. As microvesicle uptake by recipient cells can modulate cell function to promote disease progression, understanding the mechanisms and mechanosensitivity of microvesicle release, internalization, and the resulting signaling is crucial to fully comprehend their functions in disease. Here, we review recent advances in the understanding of actomyosin-regulated microvesicle biogenesis, microvesicle uptake via pinocytosis, and the resulting cellular transformation. We discuss the effects of altered cell contractility, mode of cell migration, and extracellular matrix compliance on microvesicle signaling, with direct implications in disease progression and identifying future therapeutic targets.
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- Samantha C Schwager
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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Rho A and Rac1: Antagonists moving forward. Tissue Cell 2020; 65:101364. [PMID: 32746999 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2020.101364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cells detect external stimuli through cell-surface receptors. In cases where the stimulus is a cytokine or a growth factor, the cell responds by inducing modifications in the actin cytoskeleton. These changes are mediated through the Rho family of GTPases. Among these GTPases, RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 have been extensively studied. The activity of these proteins is closely monitored and tightly regulated through Guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) and GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) that turn the "switch" on and off respectively. Crosstalk between Rho GTPases has been long studied; yet many questions are raised regarding the spatiotemporal regulation of these GTPases, particularly RhoA and Rac1. This review sheds a light on the antagonistic relationship between both GTPases and puts emphasis on the importance of cycling of RhoA activation at the focal adhesions for optimal cell migration.
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Modular Diversity of the BLUF Proteins and Their Potential for the Development of Diverse Optogenetic Tools. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/app9183924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Organisms can respond to varying light conditions using a wide range of sensory photoreceptors. These photoreceptors can be standalone proteins or represent a module in multidomain proteins, where one or more modules sense light as an input signal which is converted into an output response via structural rearrangements in these receptors. The output signals are utilized downstream by effector proteins or multiprotein clusters to modulate their activity, which could further affect specific interactions, gene regulation or enzymatic catalysis. The blue-light using flavin (BLUF) photosensory module is an autonomous unit that is naturally distributed among functionally distinct proteins. In this study, we identified 34 BLUF photoreceptors of prokaryotic and eukaryotic origin from available bioinformatics sequence databases. Interestingly, our analysis shows diverse BLUF-effector arrangements with a functional association that was previously unknown or thought to be rare among the BLUF class of sensory proteins, such as endonucleases, tet repressor family (tetR), regulators of G-protein signaling, GAL4 transcription family and several other previously unidentified effectors, such as RhoGEF, Phosphatidyl-Ethanolamine Binding protein (PBP), ankyrin and leucine-rich repeats. Interaction studies and the indexing of BLUF domains further show the diversity of BLUF-effector combinations. These diverse modular architectures highlight how the organism’s behaviour, cellular processes, and distinct cellular outputs are regulated by integrating BLUF sensing modules in combination with a plethora of diverse signatures. Our analysis highlights the modular diversity of BLUF containing proteins and opens the possibility of creating a rational design of novel functional chimeras using a BLUF architecture with relevant cellular effectors. Thus, the BLUF domain could be a potential candidate for the development of powerful novel optogenetic tools for its application in modulating diverse cell signaling.
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Kiyoshima D, Tatsumi H, Hirata H, Sokabe M. Tensile Loads on Tethered Actin Filaments Induce Accumulation of Cell Adhesion-Associated Proteins in Vitro. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:7443-7451. [PMID: 30204447 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Focal adhesions (FAs) and adherens junctions (AJs), which serve as a mechanical interface of cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions, respectively, experience tensile force either originating from the deformation of the surrounding tissues or generated by the actomyosin machinery in the cell. These mechanical inputs cause enlargement of FAs and AJs, while the detailed mechanism for the force-dependent development of FAs and AJs remain unclear. Both FAs and AJs provide sites for tethering of actin filaments and actin polymerization. Here, we develop a cell-free system, in which actin filaments are tethered to glass surfaces, and show that application of tensile force to the tethered filaments in the cell extract induces accumulation of several FA and AJ proteins, associated with further accumulation of actin filaments via de novo actin polymerization. Decline in the tensile force results in a decrease in the amount of the accumulated proteins. These results suggest that the tensile force acting on the tethered actin filaments plays a crucial role in the accumulation of FA and AJ proteins.
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- Daisuke Kiyoshima
- Department of Physiology , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
- Department of Rehabilitation , Aichi Medical College , Kiyosu , Aichi 452-0931 , Japan
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- Department of Physiology , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
- Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Bioscience and Chemistry , Kanazawa Institute of Technology , Hakusan , Ishikawa 924-0838 , Japan
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- Department of Physiology , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
- Mechanobiology Laboratory , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
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- Department of Physiology , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
- Mechanobiology Laboratory , Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Aichi 466-8550 , Japan
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Ma W, Sze KMF, Chan LK, Lee JMF, Wei LL, Wong CM, Lee TKW, Wong CCL, Ng IOL. RhoE/ROCK2 regulates chemoresistance through NF-κB/IL-6/ STAT3 signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncotarget 2018; 7:41445-41459. [PMID: 27213590 PMCID: PMC5173071 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Small Rho GTPase (Rho) and its immediate effector Rho kinase (ROCK) are reported to regulate cell survival, but the detailed molecular mechanism remains largely unknown. We had previously shown that Rho/ROCK signaling was highly activated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study, we further demonstrated that downregulation of RhoE, a RhoA antagonist, and upregulation of ROCK enhanced resistance to chemotherapy in HCC in both in vitro cell and in vivo murine xenograft models, whereas a ROCK inhibitor was able to profoundly sensitize HCC tumors to cisplatin treatment. Specifically, the ROCK2 isoform but not ROCK1 maintained the chemoresistance in HCC cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that activation of ROCK2 enhanced the phosphorylation of JAK2 and STAT3 through increased expression of IL-6 and the IL-6 receptor complex. We also identified IKKβ as the direct downstream target of Rho/ROCK, and activation of ROCK2 significantly augmented NF-κB transcription activity and induced IL-6 expression. These data indicate that Rho/ROCK signaling activates a positive feedback loop of IKKβ/NF-κB/IL-6/STAT3 which confers chemoresistance to HCC cells and is a potential molecular target for HCC therapy.
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- Wei Ma
- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Pathology and State Key Laboratory for Liver Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Clostridium difficile is the cause of antibiotics-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. The pathogen produces three protein toxins: C. difficile toxins A (TcdA) and B (TcdB), and C. difficile transferase toxin (CDT). The single-chain toxins TcdA and TcdB are the main virulence factors. They bind to cell membrane receptors and are internalized. The N-terminal glucosyltransferase and autoprotease domains of the toxins translocate from low-pH endosomes into the cytosol. After activation by inositol hexakisphosphate (InsP6), the autoprotease cleaves and releases the glucosyltransferase domain into the cytosol, where GTP-binding proteins of the Rho/Ras family are mono-O-glucosylated and, thereby, inactivated. Inactivation of Rho proteins disturbs the organization of the cytoskeleton and affects multiple Rho-dependent cellular processes, including loss of epithelial barrier functions, induction of apoptosis, and inflammation. CDT, the third C. difficile toxin, is a binary actin-ADP-ribosylating toxin that causes depolymerization of actin, thereby inducing formation of the microtubule-based protrusions. Recent progress in understanding of the toxins' actions include insights into the toxin structures, their interaction with host cells, and functional consequences of their actions.
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- Klaus Aktories
- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; , ,
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; , ,
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- Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; , ,
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Bianconi D, Unseld M, Prager GW. Integrins in the Spotlight of Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17122037. [PMID: 27929432 PMCID: PMC5187837 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17122037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Integrins are heterodimeric cell surface receptors that bind to different extracellular ligands depending on their composition and regulate all processes which enable multicellular life. In cancer, integrins trigger and play key roles in all the features that were once described as the Hallmarks of Cancer. In this review, we will discuss the contribution of integrins to these hallmarks, including uncontrolled and limitless proliferation, invasion of tumor cells, promotion of tumor angiogenesis and evasion of apoptosis and resistance to growth suppressors, by highlighting the latest findings. Further on, given the paramount role of integrins in cancer, we will present novel strategies for integrin inhibition that are starting to emerge, promising a hopeful future regarding cancer treatment.
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- Daniela Bianconi
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Al-Dimassi S, Salloum G, Saykali B, Khoury O, Liu S, Leppla SH, Abi-Habib R, El-Sibai M. Targeting the MAP kinase pathway in astrocytoma cells using a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin as a way to inhibit cell motility and invasion. Int J Oncol 2016; 48:1913-20. [PMID: 26984023 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2016.3431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Malignant astrocytomas are highly invasive into adjacent and distant regions of the normal brain. Understanding and targeting cancer cell invasion is an important therapeutic approach. Cell invasion is a complex process that replies on many signaling pathways including the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (MAPK). In many cell lines, the use of MAPK-targeted drugs proved to be a potential method to inhibit cancer cell motility. In the present study, we use a recombinant anthrax lethal toxin (LeTx), which selectively inhibits the MAPK pathway, in order to target invasion. LeTx proved ineffective on cell survival in astrocytoma (as well as normal cells). However, astrocytoma cells that were treated with LeTx showed a significant decrease in cell motility as seen by wound healing as well as random 2D motility in serum. The cells also showed a decrease in invasion across a collagen matrix. The effect of LeTx on cell migration was mediated though the deregulation of Rho GTPases, which play a role in cell motility. Finally, the effect of LeTx on cell migration and Rho GTPases was mimicked by the inhibition of the MAPK pathway. In this study, we describe for the first time the effect of the LeTx on cancer cell motility and invasion not cell survival making it a potentially selective brain tumor invasion inhibitor.
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- Saleh Al-Dimassi
- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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- Department of Natural Sciences, The Lebanese American University, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon
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Wan X, Lee MS, Zhou W. Dosage-dependent role of Rac1 in podocyte injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 310:F777-F784. [PMID: 26792065 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00381.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Activation of small GTPase Rac1 in podocytes is associated with rodent models of kidney injury and familial nephrotic syndrome. Induced Rac1 activation in podocytes in transgenic mice results in rapid transient proteinuria and foot process effacement, but not glomerular sclerosis. Thus it remains an open question whether abnormal activation of Rac1 in podocytes is sufficient to cause permanent podocyte damage. Using a number of transgenic zebrafish models, we showed that moderate elevation of Rac1 activity in podocytes did not impair the glomerular filtration barrier but aggravated metronidazole-induced podocyte injury, while inhibition of Rac1 activity ameliorated metronidazole-induced podocyte injury. Furthermore, a further increase in Rac1 activity in podocytes was sufficient to cause proteinuria and foot process effacement, which resulted in edema and lethality in juvenile zebrafish. We also found that activation of Rac1 in podocytes significantly downregulated the expression of nephrin and podocin, suggesting an adverse effect of Rac1 on slit diaphragm protein expression. Taken together, our data have demonstrated a causal link between excessive Rac1 activity and podocyte injury in a dosage-dependent manner, and transgenic zebrafish of variable Rac1 activities in podocytes may serve as useful animal models for the study of Rac1-related podocytopathy.
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- Xiaoyang Wan
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Schröder A, Rohrbeck A, Just I, Pich A. Proteome Alterations of Hippocampal Cells Caused by Clostridium botulinum C3 Exoenzyme. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:4721-33. [PMID: 26393427 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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C3bot from Clostridium botulinum is a bacterial mono-ADP-ribosylating enzyme, which transfers an ADP-ribose moiety onto the small GTPases Rho A/B/C. C3bot and the catalytic inactive mutant (C3E174Q) cause axonal and dendritic growth as well as branching in primary hippocampal neurons. In cultured murine hippocampal HT22 cells, protein abundances were analyzed in response to C3bot or C3E174Q treatment using a shotgun proteomics approach. Proteome analyses were performed at four time points over 6 days. More than 4000 protein groups were identified at each time point and quantified in triplicate analyses. On day one, 46 proteins showed an altered abundance, and after 6 days, more than 700 proteins responded to C3bot with an up- or down-regulation. In contrast, C3E174Q had no provable impact on protein abundance. Protein quantification was verified for several proteins by multiple reaction monitoring. Data analysis of altered proteins revealed different cellular processes that were affected by C3bot. They are particularly involved in mitochondrial and lysosomal processes, adhesion, carbohydrate and glucose metabolism, signal transduction, and nuclear proteins of translation and ribosome biogenesis. The results of this study gain novel insights into the function of C3bot in hippocampal cells.
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- Anke Schröder
- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Pasquier J, Abu-Kaoud N, Abdesselem H, Madani A, Hoarau-Véchot J, Thawadi HA, Vidal F, Couderc B, Favre G, Rafii A. SDF-1alpha concentration dependent modulation of RhoA and Rac1 modifies breast cancer and stromal cells interaction. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:569. [PMID: 26231656 PMCID: PMC4522077 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1556-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The interaction of SDF-1alpha with its receptor CXCR4 plays a role in the occurrence of distant metastasis in many solid tumors. This interaction increases migration from primary sites as well as homing at distant sites. Methods Here we investigated how SDF-1α could modulate both migration and adhesion of cancer cells through the modulation of RhoGTPases. Results We show that different concentrations of SDF-1α modulate the balance of adhesion and migration in cancer cells. Increased migration was obtained at 50 and 100 ng/ml of SDF-1α; however migration was reduced at 200 ng/ml. The adhesion between breast cancer cells and BMHC was significantly increased by SDF-1α treatment at 200 ng/ml and reduced using a blocking monoclonal antibody against CXCR4. We showed that at low SDF-1α concentration, RhoA was activated and overexpressed, while at high concentration Rac1 was promoting SDF-1α mediating-cell adhesion. Conclusion We conclude that SDF-1α concentration modulates migration and adhesion of breast cancer cells, by controlling expression and activation of RhoGTPases. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-015-1556-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jennifer Pasquier
- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar. .,Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
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- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Education city, P.O. Box: 24144, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Education city, P.O. Box: 24144, Doha, Qatar.
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- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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- INSERM U1037 Cancer Research Center of Toulouse, Institut Claudius Regaud, Toulouse, France.
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- Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar. .,Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA. .,Department of Advanced gynecologic Surgery, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France. .,Department of Genetic Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stem cell and microenvironment laboratory Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Qatar-Foundation, PO: 24144, Doha, Qatar.
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MacKay JL, Kumar S. Simultaneous and independent tuning of RhoA and Rac1 activity with orthogonally inducible promoters. Integr Biol (Camb) 2015; 6:885-94. [PMID: 25044255 DOI: 10.1039/c4ib00099d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The GTPases RhoA and Rac1 are key regulators of cell spreading, adhesion, and migration, and they exert distinct effects on the actin cytoskeleton. While RhoA classically stimulates stress fiber assembly and contraction, Rac1 promotes branched actin polymerization and membrane protrusion. These competing influences are reinforced by antagonistic crosstalk between RhoA and Rac1, which has complicated efforts to identify the specific mechanisms by which each GTPase regulates cell behavior. We therefore wondered whether RhoA and Rac1 are intrinsically coupled or whether they can be manipulated independently. To address this question, we placed constitutively active (CA) RhoA under a doxycycline-inducible promoter and CA Rac1 under an orthogonal cumate-inducible promoter, and we stably introduced both constructs into glioblastoma cells. We found that doxycycline addition increased RhoA activity without altering Rac1, and similarly cumate addition increased Rac1 activity without altering RhoA. Furthermore, co-expression of both mutants enabled high activation of RhoA and Rac1 simultaneously. When cells were cultured on collagen hydrogels, RhoA activation prevented cell spreading and motility, whereas Rac1 activation stimulated migration and dynamic cell protrusions. Interestingly, high activation of both GTPases induced a third phenotype, in which cells migrated at intermediate speeds similar to control cells but also aggregated into large, contractile clusters. In addition, we demonstrate dynamic and reversible switching between high RhoA and high Rac1 phenotypes. Overall, this approach represents a unique way to access different combinations of RhoA and Rac1 activity levels in a single cell and may serve as a valuable tool for multiplexed dissection and control of mechanobiological signals.
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- Joanna L MacKay
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Mulherkar S, Uddin MD, Couvillon AD, Sillitoe RV, Tolias KF. The small GTPases RhoA and Rac1 regulate cerebellar development by controlling cell morphogenesis, migration and foliation. Dev Biol 2014; 394:39-53. [PMID: 25128586 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The small GTPases RhoA and Rac1 are key cytoskeletal regulators that function in a mutually antagonistic manner to control the migration and morphogenesis of a broad range of cell types. However, their role in shaping the cerebellum, a unique brain structure composed of an elaborate set of folia separated by fissures of different lengths, remains largely unexplored. Here we show that dysregulation of both RhoA and Rac1 signaling results in abnormal cerebellar ontogenesis. Ablation of RhoA from neuroprogenitor cells drastically alters the timing and placement of fissure formation, the migration and positioning of granule and Purkinje cells, the alignment of Bergmann glia, and the integrity of the basement membrane, primarily in the anterior lobules. Furthermore, in the absence of RhoA, granule cell precursors located at the base of fissures fail to undergo cell shape changes required for fissure initiation. Many of these abnormalities can be recapitulated by deleting RhoA specifically from granule cell precursors but not postnatal glia, indicating that RhoA functions in granule cell precursors to control cerebellar morphogenesis. Notably, mice with elevated Rac1 activity due to loss of the Rac1 inhibitors Bcr and Abr show similar anterior cerebellar deficits, including ectopic neurons and defects in fissure formation, Bergmann glia organization and basement membrane integrity. Together, our results suggest that RhoA and Rac1 play indispensable roles in patterning cerebellar morphology.
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- Shalaka Mulherkar
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children׳s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, M.S. BCM 295, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Proteomic analysis of ovarian proteins and characterization of thymosin-β and RAC-GTPase activating protein 1 of the giant tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2014; 11:9-19. [PMID: 24946223 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Revised: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cellular proteomics of total proteins in ovaries of domesticated and wild giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) were examined using GeLC-MS/MS. In total, 1638 proteins matched those previously deposited in databases and 1253 (76.50%) of these significantly matched known proteins. Several reproduction-related proteins (e.g. Cdc2, Cyclin B, Cdc25, 14-3-3, thymosin-β and Rac-GTPase activating protein 1) were identified. In addition, the full-length cDNA of P. monodon thymosin-β (PmTmsb; 1084 bp with an ORF of 387 bp and 128 deduced aa) and Rac-GTPase activating protein 1 (PmRacgap1; an ORF of 1881 bp and 626 deduced aa) were further characterized. PmTmsb was constitutively expressed in all tissues. In contrast, PmRacgap1 was more abundantly expressed in gonads than in several non-reproductive tissues (e.g. subcuticular epithelium, hepatopancreas, intestine, pleopods, stomach and thoracic ganglion). The expression levels of PmTmsb and PmRacgap1 in ovaries of wild adult broodstock were significantly greater than those in ovaries of juveniles (P<0.05). However, their expression levels did not vary significantly during ovarian development stages in intact broodstock. However, eyestalk ablation resulted in a significant reduction in PmTmsb expression at stages I and III ovaries (P<0.05), although it did not affect PmRacgap1 transcription significantly at these stages. On the other hand, use of polyclonal antibodies derived from recombinant PmTmsb and PmRacgap1 revealed that levels of both proteins decreased at the late stage (IV) of ovarian development. Our results suggested that PmTmsb and PmRacgap1 may act as negative effectors during ovarian development in P. monodon.
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Li R, Grimm SA, Chrysovergis K, Kosak J, Wang X, Du Y, Burkholder A, Janardhan K, Mav D, Shah R, Eling TE, Wade PA. Obesity, rather than diet, drives epigenomic alterations in colonic epithelium resembling cancer progression. Cell Metab 2014; 19:702-11. [PMID: 24703701 PMCID: PMC4050048 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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While obesity represents one of several risk factors for colorectal cancer in humans, the mechanistic underpinnings of this association remain unresolved. Environmental stimuli, including diet, can alter the epigenetic landscape of DNA cis-regulatory elements affecting gene expression and phenotype. Here, we explored the impact of diet and obesity on gene expression and the enhancer landscape in murine colonic epithelium. Obesity led to the accumulation of histone modifications associated with active enhancers at genomic loci downstream of signaling pathways integral to the initiation and progression of colon cancer. Meanwhile, colon-specific enhancers lost the same histone mark, poising cells for loss of differentiation. These alterations reflect a transcriptional program with many features shared with the program driving colon cancer progression. The interrogation of enhancer alterations by diet in colonic epithelium provides insights into the biology underlying high-fat diet and obesity as risk factors for colon cancer.
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- Ruifang Li
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Integrative Bioinformatics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Integrative Bioinformatics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Integrative Bioinformatics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- SRA International, Inc., Durham, NC 27709, USA
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- SRA International, Inc., Durham, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Wang Y, Lei R, Zhuang X, Zhang N, Pan H, Li G, Hu J, Pan X, Tao Q, Fu D, Xiao J, Chin YE, Kang Y, Yang Q, Hu G. DLC1-dependent parathyroid hormone-like hormone inhibition suppresses breast cancer bone metastasis. J Clin Invest 2014; 124:1646-59. [PMID: 24590291 DOI: 10.1172/jci71812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bone metastasis is a frequent complication of breast cancer that is often accelerated by TGF-β signaling; however, little is known about how the TGF-β pathway is regulated during bone metastasis. Here we report that deleted in liver cancer 1 (DLC1) is an important regulator of TGF-β responses and osteolytic metastasis of breast cancer cells. In murine models, breast cancer cells lacking DLC1 expression exhibited enhanced capabilities of bone metastasis. Knockdown of DLC1 in cancer cells promoted bone metastasis, leading to manifested osteolysis and accelerated death in mice, while DLC1 overexpression suppressed bone metastasis. Activation of Rho-ROCK signaling in the absence of DLC1 mediated SMAD3 linker region phosphorylation and TGF-β-induced expression of parathyroid hormone-like hormone (PTHLH), leading to osteoclast maturation for osteolytic colonization. Furthermore, pharmacological inhibition of Rho-ROCK effectively reduced PTHLH production and breast cancer bone metastasis in vitro and in vivo. Evaluation of clinical breast tumor samples revealed that reduced DLC1 expression was linked to elevated PTHLH expression and organ-specific metastasis to bone. Overall, our findings define a stroma-dependent paradigm of Rho signaling in cancer and implicate Rho-TGF-β crosstalk in osteolytic bone metastasis.
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The small GTPase RhoA, but not Rac1, is essential for conditioned aversive memory formation through regulation of actin rearrangements in rat dorsal hippocampus. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2013; 34:811-8. [PMID: 23564082 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2013.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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AIM Actin rearrangements are induced in the dorsal hippocampus after conditioned morphine withdrawal, and involved in the formation of conditioned place aversion. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the actin rearrangements in rat dorsal hippocampus induced by conditioned morphine withdrawal. METHODS The RhoA-ROCK pathway inhibitor Y27632 (8.56 μg/1 μL per side) or the Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766 (25 μg/1 μL per side) was microinjected into the dorsal hippocampus of rats. Conditioned place aversion (CPA) induced by naloxone-precipitated morphine withdrawal was assessed. Crude synaptosomal fraction of hippocampus was prepared, and the amount of F-actin and G-actin was measured with an Actin Polymerization Assay Kit. RESULTS Conditioned morphine withdrawal significantly increased actin polymerization in the dorsal hippocampus at 1 h following the naloxone injection. Preconditioning with microinjection of Y27632, but not NSC23766, attenuated CPA, and blocked the increase in actin polymerization in the dorsal hippocampus. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the small GTPase RhoA, but not Rac1, in the dorsal hippocampus is responsible for CPA formation, mainly through its regulation of actin rearrangements.
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Merlin isoform 2 in neurofibromatosis type 2-associated polyneuropathy. Nat Neurosci 2013; 16:426-33. [PMID: 23455610 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The autosomal dominant disorder neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a hereditary tumor syndrome caused by inactivation of the NF2 tumor suppressor gene, encoding merlin. Apart from tumors affecting the peripheral and central nervous systems, most NF2 patients develop peripheral neuropathies. This peripheral nerve disease can occur in the absence of nerve-damaging tumors, suggesting an etiology that is independent of gross tumor burden. We discovered that merlin isoform 2 (merlin-iso2) has a specific function in maintaining axonal integrity and propose that reduced axonal NF2 gene dosage leads to NF2-associated polyneuropathy. We identified a merlin-iso2-dependent complex that promotes activation of the GTPase RhoA, enabling downstream Rho-associated kinase to promote neurofilament heavy chain phosphorylation. Merlin-iso2-deficient mice exhibited impaired locomotor capacities, delayed sensory reactions and electrophysiological signs of axonal neuropathy. Sciatic nerves from these mice and sural nerve biopsies from NF2 patients revealed reduced phosphorylation of the neurofilament H subunit, decreased interfilament spacings and irregularly shaped axons.
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de Toledo M, Anguille C, Roger L, Roux P, Gadea G. Cooperative anti-invasive effect of Cdc42/Rac1 activation and ROCK inhibition in SW620 colorectal cancer cells with elevated blebbing activity. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48344. [PMID: 23144867 PMCID: PMC3492328 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Rho GTPases are key regulators of tumour cell invasion and therefore constitute attractive targets for the design of anticancer agents. Several strategies have been developed to modulate their increased activities during cancer progression. Interestingly, none of these approaches took into account the existence of the well-known antagonistic relationship between RhoA and Rac1. In this study, we first compared the invasiveness of a collection of colorectal cancer cell lines with their RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42 activities. A marked decrease of active Cdc42 and Rac1 correlated with the high invasive potential of the cell lines established from metastatic sites of colorectal adenocarcinoma (LoVo, SKCo1, SW620 and CoLo205). Conversely, no correlation between RhoA activity and invasiveness was detected, whereas the activity of its kinase effector ROCK was higher in cancer cell lines with a more invasive phenotype. In addition, invasiveness in these colon cancer cell lines was correlated with a typical round and blebbing morphology. We then tested whether treatment with PDGF to restore Cdc42 and Rac1 activities and/or with Y27632, a chemical inhibitor of ROCK, could decrease the invasiveness of SW620 cells. The association of both treatments substantially decreased the invasive potential of SW620 cells and this effect was accompanied by loss of membrane blebbing, restoration of a more elongated cell morphology and re-establishment of E-cadherin-dependent adherens junctions. This study paves the road to the development of therapeutic strategies in which different Rho GTPase modulators are combined to modulate the cross-talk between Rho GTPases and their specific input in metastatic progression.
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- Marion de Toledo
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Centre national de la recherche scientifique UMR 5535, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique UMR 5237, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique UMR 5237, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Centre national de la recherche scientifique UMR 5237, Montpellier, France
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Auer M, Schweigreiter R, Hausott B, Thongrong S, Höltje M, Just I, Bandtlow C, Klimaschewski L. Rho-independent stimulation of axon outgrowth and activation of the ERK and Akt signaling pathways by C3 transferase in sensory neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2012; 6:43. [PMID: 23087613 PMCID: PMC3468917 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2012.00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Peripheral nerve injury triggers the activation of RhoA in spinal motor and peripheral sensory neurons. RhoA activates a number of effector proteins including the Rho-associated kinase, ROCK, which targets the cytoskeleton and leads to inhibition of neurite outgrowth. Blockade of the Rho/ROCK pathway by pharmacological means improves axon regeneration after experimental injury. C3bot transferase, an exoenzyme produced by Clostridium botulinum, inactivates RhoA by ADP-ribosylation. It has been successfully applied in experimental CNS lesions to facilitate axon regeneration. Up to now it was not investigated thoroughly whether C3bot exerts positive effects on peripheral axon regeneration as well. In the present study, recombinant membrane permeable C3bot produced a small, but significant, axon outgrowth effect on peripheral sensory neurons dissociated from adult dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of the rat. Neuronal overexpression of C3, however, did not enhance axonal growth. Moreover, transfection of plasmids encoding dominant negative RhoA or RhoA specific shRNAs failed to increase axonal growth. Furthermore, we show that the C3bot mutant, C3E174Q, which lacks RhoA inhibitory activity, still stimulates axonal growth. When analyzing possible signaling mechanisms we found that extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt are activated by C3bot and ERK is induced by the C3E174Q mutant. Upregulation of kinase activities by C3bot occurs significantly faster than inactivation of RhoA indicating a RhoA-independent pathway of action by C3bot. The induction of ERK signaling by C3bot was detected in embryonic hippocampal neurons, too. Taken together, although RhoA plays a central role for inhibition of axon outgrowth by myelin-derived inhibitors, it does not interfere with axonal growth of sensory neurons on a permissive substrate in vitro. C3bot blocks neuronal RhoA activity, but its positive effects on axon elongation and branching appear to be mediated by Rho independent mechanisms involving activation of axon growth promoting ERK and Akt kinases.
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- Maria Auer
- Division of Neuroanatomy, Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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Daubon T, Rochelle T, Bourmeyster N, Génot E. Invadopodia and rolling-type motility are specific features of highly invasive p190(bcr-abl) leukemic cells. Eur J Cell Biol 2012; 91:978-87. [PMID: 22717125 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2012.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Philadelphia chromosome results of a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and 22. The translocation generates a chimeric oncogene, which, depending on the precise location of the fusion causes chronic myelogenous leukemia, CML (p210(bcr-abl)) or acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL (p190(bcr-abl)). The difference between p190(bcr-abl) and p210(bcr-abl) resides in the unique presence of the DH/PH domain in p210(bcr-abl). Ba/F3 cells are not motile but acquire spontaneous motility upon ectopic expression of either p190(bcr-abl) or p210(bcr-abl). Whereas p210(bcr-abl)-expressing cells present typical amoeboid motility, p190(bcr-abl)-expressing cells motility appears dependent on rolling movements. Both motility types are triggered by Vav1 in complex with Bcr-Abl, and dependent on Rac1 activity. Interestingly, the RhoA specific p210(bcr-abl) DH/PH domain regulates the motility mode by shifting motility from a rolling type toward an amoeboid one. In this study, we show that Ba/F3p190(bcr-abl)-expressing cells assemble invadopodia-like structures visualized as dense F-actin dots containing the actin polymerization machinery and bestowed with matrix degradation activities. The formation of these structures is driven by the reduction of RhoA activity associated with the loss of the DH/PH domain in p190(bcr-abl) and correlates with an increase in Cdc42 activity. Such phenotype could also be obtained by impairing p210(bcr-abl) RhoA GEF function. Thus, invadopodia formation in association with rolling-type motility characterizes p190(bcr-abl) leukemic cells. The description of invadopodia in cells harboring the p190(bcr-abl) oncoprotein presents a novel feature of these highly invasive leukemic cells and provides a novel therapeutic drug target to treat the disease.
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- Thomas Daubon
- Université de Bordeaux, Physiopathologie du cancer du foie, INSERM U, France.
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Lunardi N, Hucklenbruch C, Latham JR, Scarpa J, Jevtovic-Todorovic V. Isoflurane impairs immature astroglia development in vitro: the role of actin cytoskeleton. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2011; 70:281-91. [PMID: 21412172 DOI: 10.1097/nen.0b013e31821284e9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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General anesthetics, either alone or in combination, can be detrimental to the developing mammalian brain and induce extensive apoptotic degeneration of immature neurons when they are administered at the peak of synaptogenesis. Because neuron development and normal functions depend on the integrity of astroglia, we sought to determine whether general anesthesia also causes disturbances in the early development of astroglia. Using isoflurane, an inhaled anesthetic that is highly toxic to immature neurons, we studied primary astroglia cultures, focusing on very early development (Day-In-Vitro 4 treatment). Exposure to 3% isoflurane for 24 hours delayed morphological differentiation and impaired the growth of immature astrocytes. The timing of delayed astroglia maturation and growth coincided with a major disturbance in actin cytoskeleton sculpting that was manifest as impaired actin stress fiber formation and cytoskeletal organization and downregulation of the focal adhesion protein, paxillin. Isoflurane-induced actin cytoskeletal changes were accompanied by a significant decrease in protein levels of the endogenous GTPase RhoA that regulates the phosphorylation of myosin light chain protein, suggesting that isoflurane-induced impairment in glial growth and morphological development is, in part, mediated by the RhoA/myosin light chain protein signaling pathway.
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- Nadia Lunardi
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Chatterjee M, van Golen KL. Farnesyl transferase inhibitor treatment of breast cancer cells leads to altered RhoA and RhoC GTPase activity and induces a dormant phenotype. Int J Cancer 2010; 129:61-9. [PMID: 20824700 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Farnesyl transferase inhibitors (FTIs) were shown to be effective in modulating tumor growth in Ras-transformed tumor cells. Recent studies have focused on Rho GTPases as putative targets of FTI action. Previously, we demonstrated that FTIs were effective in inhibiting the growth and invasiveness of RhoC GTPase-overexpressing inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) cells however, RhoC activity was increased. In this study, we examine the mechanisms of FTI action on breast cancer cells in culture through modulation of RhoC and RhoA GTPases. We found that FTI inhibition of breast cancer cell growth was reversible and resembled what has been described for an in vitro model of tumor cell dormancy. On FTI treatment, levels of active RhoA decreased significantly, whereas levels of active RhoC increased 3.8-fold. We studied the role of these two GTPases in a fibronectin and basic FGF-induced model of breast cancer cell dormancy. Hypoactivation of RhoA and hyperactivation of RhoC were seen to induce morphology and growth changes consistent with tumor cell dormancy in culture. In addition, the JNK/SAPK pathway was induced on FTI treatment. A pharmacologic inhibitor of the JNK/SAPK pathway significantly reduced the number of dormant cells. This study has implications for the use of FTIs as therapeutic agents as well as potential mechanisms for breast cancer cell dormancy.
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- Moumita Chatterjee
- Laboratory of Cytoskeletal Physiology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Fluoride is a well-known G-protein activator. Exposure of cultured cells to its derivatives results in actin cytoskeleton remodelling. Podosomes are actin-based structures endowed with adhesion and matrix-degradation functions. This study investigates actin cytoskeleton reorganization induced by fluoride in endothelial cells. RESULTS Treatment of cultured endothelial cells with sodium fluoride (NaF) results in a rapid and potent stimulation of podosome formation. Furthermore, we show that Cdc42 (cell-division cycle 42), Rac1 and RhoA activities are stimulated in NaF-treated cells. However, podosome assembly is dependent on Cdc42 and Rac1, but not RhoA. Although the sole activation of Cdc42 is sufficient to induce individual podosomes, a balance between RhoGTPase activities regulates podosome formation in response to NaF, which in this case are often found in groups or rosettes. As in other models, podosome formation in endothelial cells exposed to NaF also involves Src. Finally, we demonstrate that NaF-induced podosomes are fully competent for matrix protein degradation. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our findings establish NaF as a novel inducer of podosomes in endothelial cells in vitro.
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Day CE, Guillen C, Willars GB, Wardlaw AJ. Characterization of the migration of lung and blood T cells in response CXCL12 in a three-dimensional matrix. Immunology 2010; 130:564-71. [PMID: 20331475 PMCID: PMC2913267 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The ability of T cells to microlocalize within tissues, such as the lung, is crucial for immune surveillance and increased T-cell infiltration is a feature of many inflammatory lung conditions. T-cell migration has mainly been studied in two-dimensional assays. Using three-dimensional collagen gels to mimic the extracellular matrix of lung tissue, we have characterized the migration of T lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood (PBT) and lung (LT) in response to interleukin-2 (IL-2) and CXCL12. Freshly isolated PBT and LT showed a low degree of migration (blood 4.0 +/- 1.3% and lung 4.1 +/- 1.7%). Twenty-four hours of culture increased the percentage of migrating PBT and LT (blood 17.5 +/- 2.9% and lung 17.7 +/- 3.8%). The IL-2 stimulation modestly increased migration of PBT after 6 days (32.3 +/- 6.0%), but had no effect on the migration of LT (25.5 +/- 3.2%). Twenty-four hours of stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 caused a small but significant increase in the migration of PBT (to 36.4 +/- 5.8%). In a directional three-dimensional assay, CXCL12 failed to induce migration of fresh PBT or LT. Twenty-four hours of culture, which increased CXCR4 expression of PBT 3.6-fold, significantly increased the migration of PBT in response to CXCL12. Migration of PBT to CXCL12 was blocked by pertussis toxin, but not by the phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin. Twenty-four-hour cultured LT did not respond to CXCL12. CD3/CD28-stimulation inhibited CXCL12-mediated migration of PBT. These results suggest that the migration pattern of PBT is distinct from that of LT.
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- Caroline E Day
- Institute for Lung Health, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
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Jones L, Tedrick K, Baier A, Logan MR, Eitzen G. Cdc42p is activated during vacuole membrane fusion in a sterol-dependent subreaction of priming. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:4298-306. [PMID: 20007700 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.074609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cdc42p is a Rho GTPase that initiates signaling cascades at spatially defined intracellular sites for many cellular functions. We have previously shown that Cdc42p is localized to the yeast vacuole where it initiates actin polymerization during membrane fusion. Here we examine the activation cycle of Cdc42p during vacuole membrane fusion. Expression of either GTP- or GDP-locked Cdc42p mutants caused several morphological defects including enlarged cells and fragmented vacuoles. Stimulation of multiple rounds of fusion enhanced vacuole fragmentation, suggesting that cycles of Cdc42p activation, involving rounds of GTP binding and hydrolysis, are required to propagate Cdc42p signaling. We developed an assay to directly examine Cdc42p activation based on affinity to a probe derived from the p21-activated kinase effector, Ste20p. Cdc42p was rapidly activated during vacuole membrane fusion, which kinetically coincided with priming subreaction. During priming, Sec18p ATPase activity dissociates SNARE complexes and releases Sec17p, however, priming inhibitors such as Sec17p and Sec18p ligands did not block Cdc42p activation. Therefore, Cdc42p activation seems to be a parallel subreaction of priming, distinct from Sec18p activity. Specific mutants in the ergosterol synthesis pathway block both Sec17p release and Cdc42p activation. Taken together, our results define a novel sterol-dependent subreaction of vacuole priming that activates cycles of Cdc42p activity to facilitate membrane fusion.
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- Lynden Jones
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Mukherjee J, DeSouza LV, Micallef J, Karim Z, Croul S, Siu KWM, Guha A. Loss of collapsin response mediator Protein1, as detected by iTRAQ analysis, promotes invasion of human gliomas expressing mutant EGFRvIII. Cancer Res 2009; 69:8545-54. [PMID: 19903856 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-1778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and lethal primary human brain tumor. GBMs are characterized by a variety of genetic alterations, among which oncogenic mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRvIII) is most common. GBMs harboring EGFRvIII have increased proliferation and invasive characteristics versus those expressing wild-type (wt) EGFR. To identify the molecular basis of this increased tumorgenic phenotype, we used iTRAQ-labeling differential proteomic analysis. Among several differentially expressed proteins, we selected CRMP1, a protein implicated in cellular invasion that was markedly decreased in GBMs expressing EGFRvIII, for further study. The differential expression of CRMP1 was confirmed in a panel of human GBM cell lines and operative specimens that express wtEGFR or mutant EGFRvIII by quantitative real-time PCR, Western blot, and immunohistochemical analysis. In human GBM samples, decreased expression of CRMP1 correlated with EGFRvIII positivity. Knockdown of CRMP1 by siRNA resulted in increased invasion of wtEGFR expressing human GBM cells (U87 and U373) to those found in isogenic GBM cells. Exogenous expression of EGFRvIII in these wtEGFR-expressing GBM cells promoted their ability to invade and was accompanied by decreased expression of CRMP1. Rescuing CRMP1 expression decreased invasion of the EGFRvIII-expressing GBM cells by tilting the balance between Rac and Rho. Collectively, these results show that the loss of CRMP1 contribute to the increased invasive phenotype of human GBMs expressing mutant EGFRvIII.
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- Joydeep Mukherjee
- Arthur and Sonia Labatts Brain Tumor Research Center, Hospital for Sick Children's Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Popoff MR, Geny B. Multifaceted role of Rho, Rac, Cdc42 and Ras in intercellular junctions, lessons from toxins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:797-812. [PMID: 19366594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs) are dynamic structures linked to the actin cytoskeleton, which control the paracellular permeability of epithelial and endothelial barriers. TJs and AJs are strictly regulated in a spatio-temporal manner by a complex signaling network, including Rho/Ras-GTPases, which have a pivotal role. Rho preferentially regulates TJs by controlling the contraction of apical acto-myosin filaments, whereas Rac/Cdc42 mainly coordinate the assembly-disassembly of AJ components. However, a subtle balance of Rho/Ras-GTPase activity and interplay between these molecules is required to maintain an optimal organization and function of TJs and AJs. Conversely, integrity of intercellular junctions generates signals through Rho-GTPases, which are involved in the regulation of multiple cellular processes. Rho/Ras-GTPases and the control of intercellular junctions are the target of various bacterial toxins responsible for severe diseases in man and animals, and are part of their mechanism of action. This review focuses on the regulation of TJs and AJs by Rho/Ras-GTPases through molecular approaches and bacterial toxins.
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- Michel R Popoff
- Institut Pasteur, Unité des Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines, 75724 Paris cedex151, France.
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Del Re DP, Miyamoto S, Brown JH. Focal adhesion kinase as a RhoA-activable signaling scaffold mediating Akt activation and cardiomyocyte protection. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:35622-9. [PMID: 18854312 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804036200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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RhoA a small G-protein that has an established role in cell growth and in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton. Far less is known about whether RhoA can modulate cell fate. We previously reported that sustained RhoA activation induces cardiomyocyte apoptosis (Del Re, D. P., Miyamoto, S., and Brown, J. H. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 282, 8069-8078). Here we demonstrate that less chronic RhoA activation affords a survival advantage, protecting cardiomyocytes from apoptotic insult induced by either hydrogen peroxide treatment or glucose deprivation. Under conditions where RhoA is protective, we observe Rho kinase-dependent cytoskeletal rearrangement and activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Activation of endogenous cardiomyocyte FAK leads to its increased association with the p85 regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and to concomitant activation of Akt. Treatment of isolated perfused hearts with sphingosine 1-phosphate recapitulates this response. The pathway by which RhoA mediates cardiomyocyte Akt activation is demonstrated to require Rho kinase, FAK and PI3K, but not Src, based on studies with pharmacological inhibitors (Y-27632, LY294002, PF271 and PP2) and inhibitory protein expression (FAK-related nonkinase). Inhibition of RhoA-mediated Akt activation at any of these steps, including inhibition of FAK, prevents RhoA from protecting cardiomyocytes against apoptotic insult. We further demonstrate that stretch of cardiomyocytes, which activates endogenous RhoA, induces the aforementioned signaling pathway, providing a physiologic context in which RhoA-mediated FAK phosphorylation can activate PI3K and Akt. We suggest that RhoA-mediated effects on the cardiomyocyte cytoskeleton provide a novel mechanism for protection from apoptosis.
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- Dominic P Del Re
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Halabi-Cabezon I, Huelsenbeck J, May M, Ladwein M, Rottner K, Just I, Genth H. Prevention of the cytopathic effect induced by Clostridium difficile Toxin B by active Rac1. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:3751-6. [PMID: 18848548 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 10/01/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Clostridium difficile Toxin B (TcdB) glucosylates low molecular weight GTP-binding proteins of the Rho subfamily and thereby causes actin re-organization (cell rounding). This "cytopathic effect" has been generally attributed to RhoA inactivation. Here we show that cells expressing non-glucosylatable Rac1-Q61L are protected from the cytopathic effect of TcdB. In contrast, cells expressing RhoA-Q63L or mock-transfected cells are fully susceptible for the cytopathic effect of TcdB. These findings are extended to the Rac1/RhoG mimic IpgB1 and the RhoA mimic IpgB2 from Shigella. Ectopic expression of IpgB1, but not IpgB2, counteracts the cytopathic effect of TcdB. These data strongly suggest that Rac1 rather than RhoA glucosylation is critical for the cytopathic effect of TcdB.
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- Ismael Halabi-Cabezon
- Institut für Toxikologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Räägel H, Lust M, Uri A, Pooga M. Adenosine-oligoarginine conjugate, a novel bisubstrate inhibitor, effectively dissociates the actin cytoskeleton. FEBS J 2008; 275:3608-24. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06506.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bai CY, Ohsugi M, Abe Y, Yamamoto T. ZRP-1 controls Rho GTPase-mediated actin reorganization by localizing at cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesions. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:2828-37. [PMID: 17652164 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Focal adhesion protein ZRP-1/TRIP6 has been implicated in actin reorganization and cell motility. The role of ZRP-1, however, remained obscure because previously reported data are often conflicting one another. In the present study, we examined roles of ZRP-1 in HeLa cells. ZRP-1 is localized to the cell-cell contact sites as well as to cell-matrix contact sites in HeLa cells. RNA-interference-mediated depletion of ZRP-1 from HeLa cells revealed that ZRP-1 is essential not only for the formation of stress fibers and assembly of mature focal adhesions, but also for the actin reorganization at cell-cell contact sites and for correct cell-cell adhesion and, thus, for collective cell migration. Impairment of focal adhesions and stress fibers caused by ZRP-1 depletion has been associated with reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK. However, maturation of focal adhesions could not be recovered by expression of active FAK. Interestingly, stress fibers in ZRP-1-depleted cells were ameliorated by exogenous expression of RhoA. We also found that total Rac1 activity is elevated in ZRP-1-depleted cells, resulting in abnormal burst of actin polymerization and dynamic membrane protrusions. Taken together, we conclude that that ZRP-1 plays a crucial role in coupling the cell-matrix/cell-cell-contact signals with Rho GTPase-mediated actin remodeling by localizing at cell-matrix and cell-cell contact sites.
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- Chen-Yu Bai
- Division of Oncology, Department of Cancer Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Huelsenbeck J, Dreger SC, Gerhard R, Fritz G, Just I, Genth H. Upregulation of the immediate early gene product RhoB by exoenzyme C3 from Clostridium limosum and toxin B from Clostridium difficile. Biochemistry 2007; 46:4923-31. [PMID: 17397186 DOI: 10.1021/bi602465z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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ADP-ribosylation of Rho(A,B,C) by the family of exoenzyme C3-like transferases induces reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton based on inactivation of RhoA. No data are available on the role of RhoB in C3-treated cells. In murine fibroblasts treated with the cell-permeable exoenzyme C3 from Clostridium limosum (C3), an increase in the level of RhoB was observed. This upregulation of RhoB was based on transcriptional activation, as it was responsive to inhibition by actinomycin D and accompanied by activation of the rhoB promoter. Upregulation of RhoB was not observed in cells treated with either the actin ADP-ribosylating C2 toxin from Clostridium botulinum or latrunculin B, suggesting that inactivation of Rho but not actin reorganization was required for the upregulation of RhoB. This notion was confirmed, as the Rho/Rac/Cdc42-glucosylating toxin B from Clostridium difficile (TcdB) but not the Rac/R-Ras-glucosylating variant toxin B from C. difficile strain 1470 serotype F (TcdBF) induced a strong upregulation of RhoB. Upregulation of RhoB was further observed in response to the Rac/(H-,K-,N-,R-)Ras-glucosylating lethal toxin from Clostridium sordellii. The level of active, GTP-bound RhoB was increased in TcdB-treated cells compared to untreated cells (as determined by Rhotekin pull-down assay). In contrast, no active RhoB was found in C3-treated cells. RhoB-GTP was required for the TcdB-induced apoptosis (cytotoxic effect), as this effect was responsive to inhibition by C3. In conclusion, RhoB was upregulated by Rho-/Ras-inactivating toxins, as a consequence of the inactivation of either Rho(A,B,C) or (H-,K-,N-)Ras. In TcdB-treated cells, RhoB escaped its inactivation and was required for the cytotoxic effect.
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- Johannes Huelsenbeck
- Institut für Toxikologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Del Re DP, Miyamoto S, Brown JH. RhoA/Rho kinase up-regulate Bax to activate a mitochondrial death pathway and induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8069-78. [PMID: 17234627 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604298200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The small G-protein RhoA regulates the actin cytoskeleton, and its involvement in cell proliferation has also been established. In contrast, little is known about whether RhoA participates in cell survival or apoptosis. In cardiomyocytes in vitro, RhoA induces hypertrophic cell growth and gene expression. In vivo, however, RhoA expression leads to development of heart failure (Sah, V. P., Minamisawa, S., Tam, S. P., Wu, T. H., Dorn, G. W., Ross, J. Jr., Chien, K. R., and Brown, J. H. (1999) J. Clin. Investig. 103, 1627-1634), a condition widely associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis. We demonstrate here that adenoviral overexpression of activated RhoA in cardiomyocytes induces hypertrophy, which transitions over time to apoptosis, as evidenced by caspase activation and nucleosomal DNA fragmentation. The Rho kinase inhibitors Y-27632 and HA-1077 and expression of a dominant negative Rho kinase block these responses. Caspase-9, but not caspase-8, is activated, and its inhibition prevents DNA fragmentation, consistent with involvement of a mitochondrial death pathway. Interestingly, RhoA expression induces a 3-4-fold up-regulation of the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bax. RhoA also increases levels of activated Bax and the amount of Bax protein localized at mitochondria. Bax mRNA is increased by RhoA, indicating transcriptional regulation, and the ability of a dominant negative p53 mutant to block Bax up-regulation implicates p53 in this response. The involvement of Bax in RhoA-induced apoptosis was examined by treatment with a Bax-inhibitory peptide, which was found to significantly attenuate DNA fragmentation and caspase-9 and -3 activation. The dominant negative p53 also prevents RhoA-induced apoptosis. We conclude that RhoA/Rho kinase activation up-regulates Bax through p53 to induce a mitochondrial death pathway and cardiomyocyte apoptosis.
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- Dominic P Del Re
- Department of Pharmacology and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Goldberg L, Kloog Y. A Ras Inhibitor Tilts the Balance between Rac and Rho and Blocks Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase–Dependent Glioblastoma Cell Migration. Cancer Res 2006; 66:11709-17. [PMID: 17178866 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-1878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Glioblastoma multiforme are highly aggressive tumors for which no adequate treatment has yet been developed. Glioblastoma multiforme show large amounts of active Ras, considered an appropriate target for directed therapy. Here, we show that the Ras inhibitor S-trans, trans-farnesyl thiosalicylic acid (FTS) can avert the transformation of human glioblastoma multiforme cells by inhibiting both their migration and their anchorage-independent proliferation. FTS, by down-regulating Ras activity in glioblastoma multiforme cells, inhibited phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling, resulting in decreased activity of Rac-1. At the same time, activation of RhoA was increased. These two small GTPases are known to control the arrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. By tilting the balance between Rac-1 and RhoA activities, FTS caused the glioblastoma multiforme cells to undergo profound changes in morphology, including rearrangement of actin into stress fibers and assembly of focal adhesions, both of which are governed by RhoA signaling. These morphologic changes allowed strong attachment of the cells to the matrix, rendering them immobile. The results show that FTS should be considered as a candidate drug for glioblastoma multiforme therapy because it targets not only cell proliferation but also cell migration and invasion, which together constitute the most problematic aspect of these malignancies.
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- Liat Goldberg
- Department of Neurobiochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Huelsenbeck J, Dreger S, Gerhard R, Barth H, Just I, Genth H. Difference in the cytotoxic effects of toxin B from Clostridium difficile strain VPI 10463 and toxin B from variant Clostridium difficile strain 1470. Infect Immun 2006; 75:801-9. [PMID: 17145947 PMCID: PMC1828479 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01705-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Glucosylation of RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 by Clostridium difficile toxin B from strain VPI 10463 (TcdB) results in actin reorganization (cytopathic effect) and apoptosis (cytotoxic effect). Toxin B from variant C. difficile strain 1470 serotype F (TcdBF) differs from TcdB with regard to substrate proteins, as it glucosylates Rac1 and R-Ras but not RhoA and Cdc42. In this study, we addressed the question of whether the cellular effects of the toxins depend on their protein substrate specificity. Rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells were synchronized using the thymidine double-block technique. We show that cells were most sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of TcdB in S phase, as analyzed in terms of phosphatidyl serine externalization, fragmentation of nuclei, and activation of caspase-3; in contrast, TcdBF induced only a marginal cytotoxic effect, suggesting that inactivation of RhoA (but not of Rac1) was required for the cytotoxic effect. The glucosylation of Rac1 was correlated to the cytopathic effect of either toxin, suggesting a close connection of the two effects. The cytotoxic effect of TcdB was executed by caspase-3, as it was responsive to inhibition by acetyl-Asp-Met-Gln-Asp-aldehyde (Ac-DMQD-CHO), an inhibitor of caspase-3. The viability of TcdB-treated RBL cells was reduced, whereas the viability of TcdBF-treated cells was unchanged, further confirming that inactivation of RhoA is required for the cytotoxic effect. In conclusion, the protein substrate specificity of the glucosylating toxins determines their biological activity.
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Zuo Y, Shields SK, Chakraborty C. Enhanced intrinsic migration of aggressive breast cancer cells by inhibition of Rac1 GTPase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 351:361-7. [PMID: 17064663 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Rac GTPases are known to play a crucial role in regulating cytoskeletal changes necessary for cell migration. Migration has been shown to be positively regulated by Rac in most cell types. However, there is also a large body of conflicting evidence in some other cell types with respect to the role of Rac in migration, suggesting that Rac GTPases regulate cell migration in a cell type-dependent manner. In the present study, we have characterized the effects of Rac1 GTPase inhibition on the migratory abilities of a number of breast cancer cell lines with differential degrees of tumorigenic and metastatic potentials. We show that Rac1 inhibition in non-metastatic (MCF-7, T-47D) or moderately metastatic (Hs578T) cell lines results in inhibition of migration, whereas in highly metastatic cell lines (MDA-MB-435, MDA-MB-231, and C3L5) Rac1 inhibition results in stimulation of migration. This stimulation of migration following Rac1 inhibition is also accompanied by the enhanced RhoA activity, suggesting a possible existence of a dominating role of RhoA over Rac1 in regulating intrinsic migration of the highly metastatic breast cancer cells.
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- Yufeng Zuo
- Department of Pathology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Dental Sciences Building H422, London, ON, Canada N6A 5C1
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Cancelas JA, Jansen M, Williams DA. The role of chemokine activation of Rac GTPases in hematopoietic stem cell marrow homing, retention, and peripheral mobilization. Exp Hematol 2006; 34:976-85. [PMID: 16863904 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Signaling downstream from the chemokine receptor CXCR4, the tyrosine kinase receptor c-kit and beta1-integrins has been shown to be crucial in the regulation of migration, homing, and engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors. Each of these receptors signal through Rac-type Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases). Rac GTPases play a major role in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton and also in the control of gene expression and the activation of proliferation and survival pathways. Here we review the specific roles of the members of the Rac subfamily of the Rho GTPase family in regulating the intracellular signaling of hematopoietic cells responsible for regulation of homing, marrow retention, and peripheral mobilization.
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- Jose A Cancelas
- Division of Experimental Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio 45215, USA
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Takeda N, Kondo M, Ito S, Ito Y, Shimokata K, Kume H. Role of RhoA inactivation in reduced cell proliferation of human airway smooth muscle by simvastatin. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 35:722-9. [PMID: 16858009 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0034oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Enhanced proliferation of smooth muscle cells contributes to airway remodeling of bronchial asthma. Recently, statins, inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, have been shown to inhibit proliferation of both vascular and airway smooth muscle cells independently of lowering cholesterol. However, the mechanisms remain to be elucidated. The purpose of this study was to determine molecular processes by which statins inhibit proliferation of human bronchial smooth muscle cells. Simvastatin (0.1-1.0 muM) significantly inhibited cell proliferation and DNA synthesis induced by FBS in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory effects of simvastatin were antagonized by mevalonate and geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, whereas the effects were not affected by squalene and farnesylpyrophosphate. The antiproliferative effects of simvastatin were mimicked by GGTI-286, a geranylgeranyltransferase-I inhibitor, C3 exoenzyme, an inhibitor of Rho, and Y-27632, an inhibitor of Rho-kinase, a target protein of RhoA. Western blot analysis showed that the level of membrane localization of RhoA (active Rho) was markedly increased by FBS, and that the level of active RhoA increased by FBS was reduced by simvastatin. Moreover, the inhibitory effect of simvastatin on FBS-induced RhoA activation was also antagonized by geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, but not by farnesylpyrophosphate. Because these isoprenoids are required for prenylation of small G proteins RhoA and Ras, respectively, the present results demonstrate that an inhibition in airway smooth muscle cell proliferation by simvastatin is due to prevention of geranylgeranylation of RhoA, not farnesylation of Ras. Therefore, statins may have therapeutic potential for prohibiting airway remodeling in bronchial asthma.
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- Naoya Takeda
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Yao H, Dashner EJ, van Golen CM, van Golen KL. RhoC GTPase is required for PC-3 prostate cancer cell invasion but not motility. Oncogene 2006; 25:2285-96. [PMID: 16314838 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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It is projected that in 2005, approximately 220 900 men will be newly diagnosed with carcinoma of the prostate (CaP). Men who are diagnosed with locally advanced or metastatic disease undergo androgen ablation therapy and most will relapse and progress within 18 months. Metastasis to bone is the major clinical concern during CaP progression, as it is associated with intractable pain, bone fracture and paralysis resulting from spinal cord compression. Therefore, an understanding of the key mechanisms involved in CaP cell bone metastasis is vital to development of novel treatments. The Rho GTPases are molecular switches involved in cell survival, motility and invasion. Increased expression of RhoC GTPase is linked to enhanced metastatic potential in multiple cancers; however, the role of RhoC GTPase in CaP metastasis has not been addressed. In the current study, we demonstrate that RhoC GTPase is expressed and active in PC-3 CaP cells. RhoC inhibition, either pharmacologically with C3 exotransferase or molecularly through expression of a dominant-negative RhoC, promotes IGF-I stimulated random motility but decreases in vitro invasion and experimental metastases. Inhibition of RhoC activity results in drastic morphologic changes and alterations in the expression and distribution of focal adhesion-related proteins. These data suggest that RhoC inhibition leads to activation of other GTPases involved in nondirected motility and that expression of active RhoC is required for the invasive phenotype of PC-3 cells.
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- H Yao
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0548, USA
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Over the last decade, the Rho family GTPases have gained considerable recognition as powerful regulators of actin cytoskeletal organization. As with many high profile signal transducers, these molecules soon attracted the attention of the cardiovascular research community. Shortly thereafter, two prominent members known as RhoA and Rac1 were linked to agonist-induced gene expression and myofilament organization using the isolated cardiomyocyte cell model. Subsequent creation of transgenic mouse lines provided evidence for more complex roles of RhoA and Rac1 signaling. Clues from in vitro and in vivo studies suggest the involvement of numerous downstream targets of RhoA and Rac1 signaling including serum response factor, NF-kappaB, and other transcription factors, myofilament proteins, ion channels, and reactive oxygen species generation. Which of these contribute to the observed phenotypic effects of enhanced RhoA and Rac activation in vivo remain to be determined. Current research efforts with a more translational focus have used statins or Rho kinase blockers to assess RhoA and Rac1 as targets for interventional approaches to blunt hypertrophy or heart failure. Generally, salutary effects on remodeling and ischemic damage are observed, but the broad specificity and multiple cellular targets for these drugs within the myocardium demands caution in interpretation. In this review, we assess the evolution of knowledge related to Rac1 and RhoA in the context of hypertrophy and heart failure and highlight the direction that future exploration will lead.
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- Joan Heller Brown
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, USA
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Miron VE, Rajasekharan S, Jarjour AA, Zamvil SS, Kennedy TE, Antel JP. Simvastatin regulates oligodendroglial process dynamics and survival. Glia 2006; 55:130-43. [PMID: 17078030 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Simvastatin, a lipophilic statin that crosses the blood-brain barrier, is being evaluated as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) due to its anti-inflammatory properties. We assessed the effects of simvastatin on cultures of rat newborn and human fetal oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and human adult mature oligodendrocytes (OLGs) with respect to cellular events pertaining to myelin maintenance and repair. Short-term simvastatin treatment of OPCs (1 day) induced robust process extension, enhanced differentiation to a mature phenotype, and decreased spontaneous migration. These effects were reversed by isoprenoid products and mimicked with an inhibitor of Rho kinase (ROCK), the downstream effector of the isoprenylated protein RhoA GTPase. Prolonged treatment (2 days) caused process retraction that was rescued by cholesterol, and increased cell death (4 days) partially rescued by either cholesterol or isoprenoid co-treatment. In comparison, simvastatin treatment of human mature OLGs required a longer initial time course (2 days) to induce significant process outgrowth, mimicked by inhibiting ROCK. Prolonged treatment of mature OLGs was associated with process retraction (6 days) and increased cell death (8 days). Human-derived OPCs and mature OLGs demonstrated an increased sensitivity to simvastatin relative to the rodent cells, responding to nanomolar versus micromolar concentrations. Our findings indicate the importance of considering the short- and long-term effects of systemic immunomodulatory therapies on neural cells affected by the MS disease process. (c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Veronique E Miron
- Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hoffmeyer MR, Wall KM, Dharmawardhane SF. In vitro analysis of the invasive phenotype of SUM 149, an inflammatory breast cancer cell line. Cancer Cell Int 2005; 5:11. [PMID: 15857504 PMCID: PMC1090601 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-5-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of locally invasive breast cancer known. However, very little information is available on the cellular mechanisms responsible for manifestation of the IBC phenotype. To understand the unique phenotype of IBC, we compared the motile and adhesive interactions of an IBC cell line, SUM 149, to the non-IBC cell line SUM 102. Results Our results demonstrate that both IBC and non-IBC cell lines exhibit similar adhesive properties to basal lamina, but SUM 149 showed a marked increase in adhesion to collagen I. In vitro haptotaxis assays demonstrate that SUM 149 was less invasive, while wound healing assays show a less in vitro migratory phenotype for SUM 149 cells relative to SUM 102 cells. We also demonstrate a role for Rho and E-cadherin in the unique invasive phenotype of IBC. Immunoblotting reveals higher E-cadherin and RhoA expression in the IBC cell line but similar RhoC expression. Rhodamine phalloidin staining demonstrates increased formation of actin stress fibers and larger focal adhesions in SUM 149 relative to the SUM 102 cell line. Conclusion The observed unique actin and cellular architecture as well as the invasive and adhesive responses to the extracellular matrix of SUM 149 IBC cells suggest that the preference of IBC cells for connective tissue, possibly a mediator important for the vasculogenic mimicry via tubulogenesis seen in IBC pathological specimens. Overexpression of E-cadherin and RhoA may contribute to passive dissemination of IBC by promoting cell-cell adhesion and actin cytoskeletal structures that maintain tissue integrity. Therefore, we believe that these findings indicate a passive metastatic mechanism by which IBC cells invade the circulatory system as tumor emboli rather than by active migratory mechanisms.
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- Michaela R Hoffmeyer
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas Austin, 205 West 24Street, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station Stop C0800, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas Austin, 205 West 24Street, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA
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Schotte P, Denecker G, Van Den Broeke A, Vandenabeele P, Cornelis GR, Beyaert R. Targeting Rac1 by the Yersinia effector protein YopE inhibits caspase-1-mediated maturation and release of interleukin-1beta. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:25134-42. [PMID: 15060067 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401245200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Yersinia bacteria can take control of the host cell by injecting so-called Yop effector proteins into the cytosol of the cells to which they adhere. Using Yersinia enterocolitica strains that are deficient for one or more Yops, we could show that YopE and, to a lesser extent, YopT interfere with the caspase-1-mediated maturation of prointerleukin-1beta in macrophages. In addition, overexpression of YopE and YopT was shown to prevent the autoproteolytic activation of caspase-1 in a way that is dependent on their inhibitory effect on Rho GTPases. Expression of constitutive-active or dominant-negative Rho GTPase mutants or treatment with Rho GTPase inhibitors confirmed the role of Rho GTPases and, in particular, Rac1 in the autoactivation of caspase-1. Rac1-induced caspase-1 activation was mediated by its effect on LIM kinase-1, which is targeting the actin cytoskeleton. Rac-1 and LIM kinase-1 dominant-negative mutants were shown to inhibit caspase-1 activation induced by overexpression of Asc, which is a caspase-1-activating adaptor protein. Moreover, Rac1 as well as YopE and YopT significantly modulated caspase-1 oligomerization. These results highlight a previously unknown function of Rho GTPases in the activation of caspase-1 and give new insight on the role of YopE in immune-escape mechanisms of Yersinia.
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- Peter Schotte
- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent Unniversity, Ghent, Belgium
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Bird MM, Lopez-Lluch G, Ridley AJ, Segal AW. Effects of microinjected small GTPases on the actin cytoskeleton of human neutrophils. J Anat 2003; 203:379-89. [PMID: 14620378 PMCID: PMC1571180 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00222.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This paper describes a method for microinjection of proteins (Rho GTPases) into neutrophils and observations on the responses of the cells to these injections. Neutrophils are extremely difficult to inject because of their small size, complex morphology and fragility. To allow microinjections they must be cultured on a substrate that enables them to settle, adhere and spread. We determined that fibronectin- and/or collagen-coated coverslips are the best substrates and we used very fine needles and short microinjection times to minimize cell damage. These methods permitted us to inject up to 100 cells in a single preparation over a period of 30 min. Effects of microinjection were assessed by using tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-phalloidin to label F-actin filaments, and observation by fluorescence and confocal scanning microscopy. Microinjection alone resulted in cell rounding and some changes in the F-actin cytoskeleton but injected cells remained adherent at the substrate, were able to respond to microinjected GTPases (V12Rac, V14RhoA, V12Cdc42) and continued to be responsive to activation by exposure to fMet-Leu-Phe (fMLP) or O-tetradecanoylphorbal 13-acetate (TPA). V12Rac caused an increase in neutrophil membrane ruffling and short protrusions from the cell membrane, whereas V14RhoA induced a large increase in punctate F-actin structures. V12Cdc42 produced focal condensation of F-actin and induced the formation of small microspikes. The differences between these responses of neutrophils and those of other similarly treated cell types are discussed. Our findings demonstrate that microinjection is a valuable technique for studying the role of individual proteins in neutrophils.
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- Margaret M Bird
- Department of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK.
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Moorman JP, Prayther D, McVay D, Hahn YS, Hahn CS. The C-terminal region of hepatitis C core protein is required for Fas-ligand independent apoptosis in Jurkat cells by facilitating Fas oligomerization. Virology 2003; 312:320-9. [PMID: 12919737 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is remarkable for its ability to establish persistent infection. Studies suggest that HCV core protein modulates immune responses to viral infection and can bind Fas receptor in vitro. To further examine the role of HCV core protein in Fas signaling, full-length (aa 1-192) and truncated (aa 1-152) HCV core proteins were expressed in Jurkat lymphocytes and cells were assayed for apoptotic response, caspase activation, and Fas activation. Jurkat expressing full-length but not truncated core protein exhibited ligand-independent apoptosis. Cytoplasmic targeting of truncated core protein recapitulated its ability to induce apoptosis. Activation of caspases 8 and 3 was necessary and sufficient for full-length core to induce apoptosis. Jurkat cells expressing full-length but not truncated core protein induced Fas receptor aggregation. HCV core activates apoptotic pathways in Jurkat via Fas and requires cytoplasmic localization of core. Infection of host lymphocytes by HCV may alter apoptotic signaling and skew host responses to acute infection.
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- Jonathan P Moorman
- Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
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Roberts LA, Glenn H, Hahn CS, Jacobson BS. Cdc42 and RhoA are differentially regulated during arachidonate-mediated HeLa cell adhesion. J Cell Physiol 2003; 196:196-205. [PMID: 12767056 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cell adhesion to extracellular matrix requires stimulation of an eicosanoid signaling pathway through the metabolism of arachidonate by 5-lipoxygenase to leukotrienes and cyclooxygenase-1/2 to prostaglandins, as well as activation of the small GTPase signaling pathway involving Cdc42 and Rho. These signaling pathways direct remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during the adhesion process, specifically the polymerization of actin during cell spreading and the bundling of actin filaments when cells migrate. However, few studies linking these signaling pathways have been described in the literature. We have previously shown that HeLa cell adhesion to collagen requires oxidation of arachidonic acid (AA) by lipoxygenase for actin polymerization and cell spreading, and cyclooxygenase for bundling actin filaments during cell migration. We demonstrate that small GTPase activity is required for HeLa cell spreading upon gelatin, and that Cdc42 is activated while Rho is downregulated during the spreading process. Using constitutively active and dominant negative expression studies, we show that Cdc42 is required for HeLa cell spreading and migration, while activated RhoA is antagonistic towards spreading. Constitutively active RhoA promotes cell migration and increases the degree of actin bundling in HeLa cells. Further, we demonstrate that activation of either the AA oxidation pathway or the small GTPase pathway cannot rescue inhibition of spreading when the alternate pathway is blocked. Our results suggest (1) both the eicosanoid signaling pathway and small GTPase activation are required during HeLa cell adhesion, and (2) these signaling pathways converge to properly direct remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton during HeLa cell spreading and migration upon collagen.
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- Louis A Roberts
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA.
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