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Ohkawa Y, Kanto N, Nakano M, Fujinawa R, Kizuka Y, Johnson EL, Harada Y, Tamura JI, Taniguchi N. Involvement of langerin in the protective function of a keratan sulfate-based disaccharide in an emphysema mouse model. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105052. [PMID: 37454739 PMCID: PMC10448169 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is now the third cause of death worldwide, and COVID-19 infection has been reported as an exacerbation factor of them. In this study, we report that the intratracheal administration of the keratan sulfate-based disaccharide L4 mitigates the symptoms of elastase-induced emphysema in a mouse model. To know the molecular mechanisms, we performed a functional analysis of a C-type lectin receptor, langerin, a molecule that binds L4. Using mouse BMDCs (bone marrow-derived dendritic cells) as langerin-expressing cells, we observed the downregulation of IL-6 and TNFa and the upregulation of IL-10 after incubation with L4. We also identified CapG (a macrophage-capping protein) as a possible molecule that binds langerin by immunoprecipitation combined with a mass spectrometry analysis. We identified a portion of the CapG that was localized in the nucleus and binds to the promoter region of IL-6 and the TNFa gene in BMDCs, suggesting that CapG suppresses the gene expression of IL-6 and TNFa as an inhibitory transcriptional factor. To examine the effects of L4 in vivo, we also generated langerin-knockout mice by means of genome editing technology. In an emphysema mouse model, the administration of L4 did not mitigate the symptoms of emphysema as well as the inflammatory state of the lung in the langerin-knockout mice. These data suggest that the anti-inflammatory effect of L4 through the langerin-CapG axis represents a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of emphysema and COPD.
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- Yuki Ohkawa
- Department of Glyco-Oncology and Medical Biochemistry, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Glyco-Oncology and Medical Biochemistry, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Glycometabolic Biochemistry Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Glyco-Oncology and Medical Biochemistry, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan; Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Glyco-Oncology and Medical Biochemistry, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Glyco-Oncology and Medical Biochemistry, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
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Differential Intracellular Protein Distribution in Cancer and Normal Cells-Beta-Catenin and CapG in Gynecologic Malignancies. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14194788. [PMID: 36230711 PMCID: PMC9561979 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14194788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Simple Summary The distribution and mobility of proteins inside the living cell can be used to differentiate cancer from normal cells. This review highlights differential protein distribution of two exemplary proteins, beta-catenin and CapG, and their role in gynecologic cancers. Recognizing differential protein distribution in cancer cells may have diagnostic and therapeutic implications. Abstract It is well-established that cancer and normal cells can be differentiated based on the altered sequence and expression of specific proteins. There are only a few examples, however, showing that cancer and normal cells can be differentiated based on the altered distribution of proteins within intracellular compartments. Here, we review available data on shifts in the intracellular distribution of two proteins, the membrane associated beta-catenin and the actin-binding protein CapG. Both proteins show altered distributions in cancer cells compared to normal cells. These changes are noted (i) in steady state and thus can be visualized by immunohistochemistry—beta-catenin shifts from the plasma membrane to the cell nucleus in cancer cells; and (ii) in the dynamic distribution that can only be revealed using the tools of quantitative live cell microscopy—CapG shuttles faster into the cell nucleus of cancer cells. Both proteins may play a role as prognosticators in gynecologic malignancies: beta-catenin in endometrial cancer and CapG in breast and ovarian cancer. Thus, both proteins may serve as examples of altered intracellular protein distribution in cancer and normal cells.
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Lohanadan K, Molt S, Dierck F, van der Ven PFM, Frey N, Höhfeld J, Fürst DO. Isoform-specific functions of synaptopodin-2 variants in cytoskeleton stabilization and autophagy regulation in muscle under mechanical stress. Exp Cell Res 2021; 408:112865. [PMID: 34637763 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) in multicellular organisms depends on the maintenance of force-bearing and force-generating cellular structures. Within myofibrillar Z-discs of striated muscle, isoforms of synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2/myopodin) act as adapter proteins that are engaged in proteostasis of the actin-crosslinking protein filamin C (FLNc) under mechanical stress. SYNPO2 directly binds F-actin, FLNc and α-actinin and thus contributes to the architectural features of the actin cytoskeleton. By its association with autophagy mediating proteins, i.e. BAG3 and VPS18, SYNPO2 is also engaged in protein quality control and helps to target mechanical unfolded and damaged FLNc for degradation. Here we show that deficiency of all SYNPO2-isoforms in myotubes leads to decreased myofibrillar stability and deregulated autophagy under mechanical stress. In addition, isoform-specific proteostasis functions were revealed. The PDZ-domain containing variant SYNPO2b and the shorter, PDZ-less isoform SYNPO2e both localize to Z-discs. Yet, SYNPO2e is less stably associated with the Z-disc than SYNPO2b, and is dynamically transferred into FLNc-containing myofibrillar lesions under mechanical stress. SYNPO2e also recruits BAG3 into these lesions via interaction with the WW domain of BAG3. Our data provide evidence for a role of myofibrillar lesions as a transient quality control compartment essential to prevent and repair contraction-induced myofibril damage in muscle and indicate an important coordinating activity for SYNPO2 therein.
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- Keerthika Lohanadan
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Chi Y, Xue J, Huang S, Xiu B, Su Y, Wang W, Guo R, Wang L, Li L, Shao Z, Jin W, Wu Z, Wu J. CapG promotes resistance to paclitaxel in breast cancer through transactivation of PIK3R1/P50. Theranostics 2019; 9:6840-6855. [PMID: 31660072 PMCID: PMC6815964 DOI: 10.7150/thno.36338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Chemotherapy resistance is a major problem in breast cancer treatment and a leading cause of mortality in breast cancer patients. Biomarkers for chemotherapy resistance is under investigation. Methods: Paclitaxel resistant cells were established and subjected to RNA sequencing. Analysis combined with two additional RNA-seq datasets was conducted. CapG expression in patients with adjuvant chemotherapy was studied in breast cancer resection specimens using IHC and related to pathological response and disease-free survival. Paclitaxel resistance was assessed by half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) and a mouse xenograft model. Results: Increased expression of actin-binding protein CapG strongly correlated with the resistance to paclitaxel chemotherapy and decreased probability to achieve pathological complete response in breast cancer patients. Overexpressing CapG significantly enhanced paclitaxel resistance in breast cancer cells and xenograft tumors. High CapG level also significantly correlated with shorter relapse-free survival as well as hyper-activation of PI3K/Akt signaling in breast cancer patients. Mechanistically, CapG enhanced PIK3R1 expression which led to increased PI3K/Akt activation. Unexpectedly, CapG was found to bind to the variant-specific promoter of PIK3R1/P50 and directly enhance its transcription. We also identified p300/CBP as a transcriptional coregulator of CapG, which is recruited to PIK3R1 promoter through interaction with CapG, thereby increasing PIK3R1/P50 transcription by enhancing histone H3K27 acetylation. Consistently, inhibiting p300/CBP substantially decreased CapG-dependent upregulation of PIK3R1/P50 and subsequent PI3K/Akt activation, resulting in increased sensitivity to paclitaxel treatment in breast cancer cells. Conclusion: High CapG levels may predict poor paclitaxel response in breast cancer patients. Targeting CapG-mediated hyperactivation of PI3K/Akt pathway may mitigate resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer.
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Zhaojie L, Yuchen L, Miao C, Yacun C, Shayi W, Anbang H, Xinhui L, Meng Z, Peipei W, Hongbing M, Feng W, Zhiming C, Xinyuan G. Gelsolin-like actin-capping protein has prognostic value and promotes tumorigenesis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition via the Hippo signaling pathway in human bladder cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol 2019; 11:1758835919841235. [PMID: 31068979 PMCID: PMC6492362 DOI: 10.1177/1758835919841235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder, the major histologic subtype of bladder cancer, is increasing in incidence and mortality, which requires the identification of effective biomarkers. Actin-regulating proteins have recently been proposed as important antitumor druggable targets. As a gelsolin-family actin-modulating protein, CAPG (gelsolin-like actin-capping protein) generated great interest due to its crucial effects in various biological and physiological processes; however, the role and mechanism of CAPG in TCCs remain unknown. Materials and methods: Bioinformatic analysis and immunohistochemistry of clinical specimens were performed to detect the expression level of CAPG. Both in vitro and in vivo assays were used to determine the oncogenic effect of CAPG in TCCs. Male 4–5-week-old BALB/c nude mice were used for in vivo tumorigenesis assays, while SCID mice were used for in vivo metastatic assays. Affymetrix microarray was used to identify the underlying molecular mechanism. Western blot and immunofluorescence were used to validate the expression and localization of proteins. Results: CAPG was frequently upregulated in TCCs and associated with clinical aggressiveness and worse prognosis. Functional assays demonstrated that CAPG could contribute to the tumorigenesis, metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of TCCs both in vitro and in vivo. A novel mechanism that CAPG promoted TCC development via inactivating the Hippo pathway, leading to a nucleus translocation of Yes-associated protein was suggested. Conclusions: The current study identified CAPG as a novel and critical oncogene in TCCs, supporting the pursuit of CAPG as a potential target for TCC intervention.
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- Lyu Zhaojie
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Reprogramming Technology, Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, The Institute of Urology, Peking University, National Urological Cancer Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaDepartment of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Urology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology for Urogenital Tumors, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, 518035 Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. Room L10-56, 10/F, Laboratory Block 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China and Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, 510060 Guangzhou, China
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Yun DP, Wang YQ, Meng DL, Ji YY, Chen JX, Chen HY, Lu DR. Actin-capping protein CapG is associated with prognosis, proliferation and metastasis in human glioma. Oncol Rep 2018; 39:1011-1022. [PMID: 29399702 PMCID: PMC5802022 DOI: 10.3892/or.2018.6225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Glioma is the most aggressive and malignant primary brain tumor in adults. In the present study, we identified a vital oncoprotein, capping actin protein, gelsolin-like (CapG), and investigated its roles in the prognosis, proliferation and metastasis in glioma. The mRNA and protein levels of CapG were significantly increased in human glioma, and higher CapG expression was an independent prognostic factor for predicting unfavorable prognosis. The expression level of CapG was found to be associated with several common molecular features of glioblastoma (GBM; WHO grade IV glioma) in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohort. When analyzing the prognosis of GBM patients according to these molecular features, we observed that the prognostic value of CapG was affected by amplification of CDK6 or EGFR. However, overexpression of CapG markedly promoted cell growth in vitro, while depletion of CapG significantly inhibited cell proliferation by blocking the cell cycle in G1/S transition. Moreover, CapG manipulation in glioma cell lines U87 and U251 showed CapG-dependent cellular migration and invasiveness. These data suggest that CapG may serve as a prognostic biomarker with potentially important therapeutic implications for glioma.
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- Da-Peng Yun
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Institute of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, P.R. China
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Ma L, Zhang W, Ding Z, Wu SG, Jin Y, Jiang N, Du H, Cai D, Miao L, Chen X. Association of a common variant of SYNPO2 gene with increased risk of serous epithelial ovarian cancer. Tumour Biol 2017; 39:1010428317691185. [PMID: 28231729 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317691185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In China, the majority of ovarian cancer patients (80%–90%) are women who are diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer. The SYNPO2 gene has recently been reported to be associated with epithelial ovarian cancer in Europeans. To investigate the association of common variants of SYNPO2 gene with epithelial ovarian cancer in Han Chinese individuals, we designed a case–control study with 719 epithelial ovarian cancer patients and 1568 unrelated healthy controls of Han Chinese descent. A total of 49 tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped; single-single-nucleotide polymorphism association, imputation, and haplotypic association analyses were performed. The single-nucleotide polymorphism rs17329882 was found to be strongly associated with serous epithelial ovarian cancer and with ages ≤49 years, consistent with the pre-menopausal status of analyzed epithelial ovarian cancer cases. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals provided evidence of the risk effects of the C allele of the single-nucleotide polymorphism on epithelial ovarian cancer. Imputation analyses also confirmed the results with a similar pattern. Additionally, haplotype analyses indicated that the haplotype block that contained rs17329882 was significantly associated with epithelial ovarian cancer risk, specifically with the serous epithelial ovarian cancer subtype. In conclusion, our results show that SYNPO2 gene plays an important role in the etiology of epithelial ovarian cancer, suggesting that this gene may be a potential genetic modifier for developing epithelial ovarian cancer.
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- Li Ma
- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Scientific Research, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pathology, Maternity and Children Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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Insights into a novel nuclear function for Fascin in the regulation of the amino-acid transporter SLC3A2. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36699. [PMID: 27819326 PMCID: PMC5098188 DOI: 10.1038/srep36699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Fascin 1 (FSCN1) is a cytoskeleton-associated protein recognized to function primarily in the regulation of cytoskeleton structure and formation of plasma membrane protrusions. Here we report a novel nuclear function for Fascin 1. Biochemical studies and genome wide localization using ChIP-seq identified phosphorylated Fascin 1 (pFascin) in complexes associated with transcription and that it co-localizes with histone H3 Lys4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) on chromatin. Gene expression profiling identified genes affected by Fascin 1 including SLC3A2, a gene encoding for a plasma membrane transporter that regulates intracellular amino acid levels. RbBP5, a subunit of the H3K4 histone methyltransferase (HMT) complex was found to interact with Fascin 1 supporting its role in H3K4me3 establishment at target genes. Moreover, we show that changes to SLC3A2 levels affect amino acid-mediated mTORC1 activation. These results reveal that Fascin 1 has a yet undiscovered nuclear function as an epigenetic modulator of genes essential for amino acid metabolism.
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Pompas-Veganzones N, Sandonis V, Perez-Lanzac A, Beltran M, Beardo P, Juárez A, Vazquez F, Cozar JM, Alvarez-Ossorio JL, Sanchez-Carbayo M. Myopodin methylation is a prognostic biomarker and predicts antiangiogenic response in advanced kidney cancer. Tumour Biol 2016; 37:14301-14310. [PMID: 27592258 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-016-5267-8] [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: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Myopodin is a cytoskeleton protein that shuttles to the nucleus depending on the cellular differentiation and stress. It has shown tumor suppressor functions. Myopodin methylation status was useful for staging bladder and colon tumors and predicting clinical outcome. To our knowledge, myopodin has not been tested in kidney cancer to date. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether myopodin methylation status could be clinically useful in renal cancer (1) as a prognostic biomarker and 2) as a predictive factor of response to antiangiogenic therapy in patients with metastatic disease. Methylation-specific polymerase chain reactions (MS-PCR) were used to evaluate myopodin methylation in 88 kidney tumors. These belonged to patients with localized disease and no evidence of disease during follow-up (n = 25) (group 1), and 63 patients under antiangiogenic therapy (sunitinib, sorafenib, pazopanib, and temsirolimus), from which group 2 had non-metastatic disease at diagnosis (n = 32), and group 3 showed metastatic disease at diagnosis (n = 31). Univariate and multivariate Cox analyses were utilized to assess outcome and response to antiangiogenic agents taking progression, disease-specific survival, and overall survival as clinical endpoints. Myopodin was methylated in 50 out of the 88 kidney tumors (56.8 %). Among the 88 cases analyzed, 10 of them recurred (11.4 %), 51 progressed (57.9 %), and 40 died of disease (45.4 %). Myopodin methylation status correlated to MSKCC Risk score (p = 0.050) and the presence of distant metastasis (p = 0.039). Taking all patients, an unmethylated myopodin identified patients with shorter progression-free survival, disease-specific survival, and overall survival. Using also in univariate and multivariate models, an unmethylated myopodin predicted response to antiangiogenic therapy (groups 2 and 3) using progression-free survival, disease-specific, and overall survival as clinical endpoints. Myopodin was revealed hypermethylated in kidney cancer. Myopodin methylation status identified which patients showed a more aggressive clinical behavior and predicted antiangiogenic response. These observations support the clinical utility of an unmethylated myopodin as a prognostic and predictive biomarker in kidney cancer.
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- N Pompas-Veganzones
- Translational Oncology Laboratory, Ikerbasque Research Program, Medicine Department, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Translational Oncology Laboratory, Ikerbasque Research Program, Medicine Department, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Pathology Department, Hospital Puerta Del Mar, Cadiz, Spain
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- Urology Department, Hospital De Jerez, Jerez, Spain
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- Urology Department, Hospital De Jerez, Jerez, Spain
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- Urology Department, Hospital Virgen De Las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Urology Department, Hospital Virgen De Las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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- Translational Oncology Laboratory, Ikerbasque Research Program, Medicine Department, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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Kai F, Fawcett JP, Duncan R. Synaptopodin-2 induces assembly of peripheral actin bundles and immature focal adhesions to promote lamellipodia formation and prostate cancer cell migration. Oncotarget 2016; 6:11162-74. [PMID: 25883213 PMCID: PMC4484447 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Synaptopodin-2 (Synpo2), an actin-binding protein and invasive cancer biomarker, induces formation of complex stress fiber networks in the cell body and promotes PC3 prostate cancer cell migration in response to serum stimulation. The role of these actin networks in enhanced cancer cell migration is unknown. Using time-course analysis and live cell imaging of mock- and Synpo2-transduced PC3 cells, we now show that Synpo2 induces assembly of actin fibers near the cell periphery and Arp2/3-dependent lamellipodia formation. Lamellipodia formed in a non-directional manner or repeatedly changed direction, explaining the enhanced chemokinetic activity of PC3 cells in response to serum stimulation. Myosin contraction promotes retrograde flow of the Synpo2-associated actin filaments at the leading edge and their merger with actin networks in the cell body. Enhanced PC3 cell migration correlates with Synpo2-induced formation of lamellipodia and immature focal adhesions (FAs), but is not dependent on myosin contraction or FA maturation. The previously reported correlation between Synpo2-induced stress fiber assembly and enhanced PC3 cell migration therefore reflects the role of Synpo2 as a newly identified regulator of actin bundle formation and nascent FA assembly near the leading cell edge.
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- FuiBoon Kai
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.,Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kumar A, Dumasia K, Gaonkar R, Sonawane S, Kadam L, Balasinor NH. Estrogen and androgen regulate actin-remodeling and endocytosis-related genes during rat spermiation. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2015; 404:91-101. [PMID: 25637714 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Spermiation, the sperm release process, is imperative to male fertility and reproduction. Morphologically, it is characterized by removal of atypical adherens junctions called ectoplasmic specializations, and formation of transient endocytic devices called tubulobulbar complexes requiring cytoskeleton remodeling and recruitment of proteins needed for endocytosis. Earlier, estrogen administration to adult male rats was seen to cause spermiation failure due to disruption of tubulobulbar complexes. This was accompanied by reduction in intratesticular testosterone levels and increase in intratesticular estrogen along with deregulation of genes involved in cytoskeleton remodeling (Arpc1b, Evl and Capg) and endocytosis (Picalm, Eea1 and Stx5a). In the present study, we aim to understand the role of estrogen and androgen in regulating these genes independently using seminiferous tubule culture system treated with estrogen, androgen or agonists and antagonists of estrogen receptors. We find that transcripts of Arpc1b, Evl and Picalm are responsive to estrogen while those of Picalm, Eea1 and Stx5a are responsive to androgen. We also find that the estrogen regulation of Arpc1b and Evl is mediated through estrogen receptor β and that of Picalm occurs through estrogen receptors α and β. Localization of these proteins at or in the vicinity of tubulobulbar complexes reveals that ARPC1B, EVL, PICALM, EEA1 and STX5A seem to be involved in spermiation. Thus, estrogen and androgen regulate specific genes in seminiferous tubules that could play a role in spermiation.
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- Anita Kumar
- Deparment of Neuroendocrinology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Deparment of Neuroendocrinology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Confocal Facility, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Confocal Facility, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Deparment of Neuroendocrinology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
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- Deparment of Neuroendocrinology, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (Indian Council of Medical Research), Parel, Mumbai 400012, India.
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Macrophage capping protein CapG is a putative oncogene involved in migration and invasiveness in ovarian carcinoma. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:379847. [PMID: 24804218 PMCID: PMC3996954 DOI: 10.1155/2014/379847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The actin binding protein CapG modulates cell motility by interacting with the cytoskeleton. CapG is associated with tumor progression in different nongynecologic tumor entities and overexpression in breast cancer cell lines correlates with a more invasive phenotype in vitro. Here, we report a significant CapG overexpression in 18/47 (38%) of ovarian carcinomas (OC) analyzed by qRealTime-PCR analyses. Functional analyses in OC cell lines through siRNA mediated CapG knockdown and CapG overexpression showed CapG-dependent cell migration and invasiveness. A single nucleotide polymorphism rs6886 inside the CapG gene was identified, affecting a CapG phosphorylation site and thus potentially modifying CapG function. The minor allele frequency (MAF) of SNP rs6886 (c.1004A/G) was higher and the homozygous (A/A, His335) genotype was significantly more prevalent in patients with fallopian tube carcinomas (50%) as in controls (10%). With OC being one of the most lethal cancer diseases, the detection of novel biomarkers such as CapG could reveal new diagnostic and therapeutic targets. Moreover, in-depth analyses of SNP rs6886 related to FTC and OC will contribute to a better understanding of carcinogenesis and progression of OC.
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Van Impe K, Bethuyne J, Cool S, Impens F, Ruano-Gallego D, De Wever O, Vanloo B, Van Troys M, Lambein K, Boucherie C, Martens E, Zwaenepoel O, Hassanzadeh-Ghassabeh G, Vandekerckhove J, Gevaert K, Fernández LÁ, Sanders NN, Gettemans J. A nanobody targeting the F-actin capping protein CapG restrains breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res 2013; 15:R116. [PMID: 24330716 PMCID: PMC3979033 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Introduction Aberrant turnover of the actin cytoskeleton is intimately associated with cancer cell migration and invasion. Frequently however, evidence is circumstantial, and a reliable assessment of the therapeutic significance of a gene product is offset by lack of inhibitors that target biologic properties of a protein, as most conventional drugs do, instead of the corresponding gene. Proteomic studies have demonstrated overexpression of CapG, a constituent of the actin cytoskeleton, in breast cancer. Indirect evidence suggests that CapG is involved in tumor cell dissemination and metastasis. In this study, we used llama-derived CapG single-domain antibodies or nanobodies in a breast cancer metastasis model to address whether inhibition of CapG activity holds therapeutic merit. Methods We raised single-domain antibodies (nanobodies) against human CapG and used these as intrabodies (immunomodulation) after lentiviral transduction of breast cancer cells. Functional characterization of nanobodies was performed to identify which biochemical properties of CapG are perturbed. Orthotopic and tail vein in vivo models of metastasis in nude mice were used to assess cancer cell spreading. Results With G-actin and F-actin binding assays, we identified a CapG nanobody that binds with nanomolar affinity to the first CapG domain. Consequently, CapG interaction with actin monomers or actin filaments is blocked. Intracellular delocalization experiments demonstrated that the nanobody interacts with CapG in the cytoplasmic environment. Expression of the nanobody in breast cancer cells restrained cell migration and Matrigel invasion. Notably, the nanobody prevented formation of lung metastatic lesions in orthotopic xenograft and tail-vein models of metastasis in immunodeficient mice. We showed that CapG nanobodies can be delivered into cancer cells by using bacteria harboring a type III protein secretion system (T3SS). Conclusions CapG inhibition strongly reduces breast cancer metastasis. A nanobody-based approach offers a fast track for gauging the therapeutic merit of drug targets. Mapping of the nanobody-CapG interface may provide a platform for rational design of pharmacologic compounds.
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Van Audenhove I, Van Impe K, Ruano-Gallego D, De Clercq S, De Muynck K, Vanloo B, Verstraete H, Fernández LÁ, Gettemans J. Mapping cytoskeletal protein function in cells by means of nanobodies. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2013; 70:604-22. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.21122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Isabel Van Audenhove
- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Centro Nacional de Biotecnología; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Cantoblanco Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Madrid Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology; Centro Nacional de Biotecnología; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus Cantoblanco Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM); Madrid Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University; Belgium
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Kai F, Tanner K, King C, Duncan R. Myopodin isoforms alter the chemokinetic response of PC3 cells in response to different migration stimuli via differential effects on Rho-ROCK signaling pathways. Carcinogenesis 2012; 33:2100-7. [PMID: 22915763 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgs268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The gene encoding myopodin, an actin binding protein, is commonly deleted in invasive, but not in indolent, prostate cancers. There are conflicting reports on the effects of myopodin expression on prostate cancer cell migration and invasion. The recent recognition that myopodin is expressed as four different isoforms further complicates our understanding of how this potentially important invasive prostate cancer biomarker affects tumor cell migration and invasion. We now show that myopodin affects the chemokinetic, rather than the chemotactic, properties of PC3 prostate cancer cells. Furthermore, all myopodin isoforms can either increase or decrease PC3 cell migration in response to different chemokinetic stimuli. These migration properties were reflected by differences in cell morphology and the relative dependence on Rho-ROCK signaling pathways induced by the environmental stimuli. Truncation analysis determined that a unique 9-residue C-terminal sequence in the shortest isoform and the conserved, PDZ domain-containing N-terminal region of the long isoforms both contribute to the ability of myopodin to alter the response of PC3 cells to chemokinetic stimuli. Matrigel invasion assays also indicated that myopodin primarily affects the migration, rather than the invasion, properties of PC3 cells. The correlation between loss of myopodin expression and invasive prostate cancer therefore reflects complex myopodin interactions with pathways that regulate the cellular migration response to diverse signals that may be present in a tumor microenvironment.
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- FuiBoon Kai
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4R2
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Esteban S, Moya P, Fernandez-Suarez A, Vidaurreta M, González-Peramato P, Sánchez-Carbayo M. Diagnostic and prognostic utility of methylation and protein expression patterns of myopodin in colon cancer. Tumour Biol 2012; 33:337-46. [PMID: 22252522 DOI: 10.1007/s13277-012-0320-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Myopodin is an actin-binding protein believed to play a tumor suppressor role in several solid neoplasias. We evaluated the potential differential myopodin methylation and expression and their clinical relevance in colon cancer. The epigenetic silencing of myopodin by hypermethylation was tested in colon cancer cells (n = 5) before and after azacitidine treatment. Myopodin methylation status was evaluated by methylation-specific PCR in colon cancer cells and colorectal tissues (n = 210) grouped in a training set (n = 62) and two independent validation series (n = 100 and n = 48) collected at independent clinical settings. Myopodin expression patterns were analyzed by immunohistochemistry on tissue arrays. Myopodin hypermethylation correlated with gene and protein expression loss, being increased in vitro by azacitidine. Myopodin was frequently methylated in colon cancer cells (four out of five). Methylation rates were 90.3%, 70.0%, and 47.8% in the training and validation sets, respectively. Myopodin methylation rendered a diagnostic accuracy of 83.9% (p < 0.0005). Cytoplasmic myopodin expression was significantly higher in non-neoplastic biopsies compared to colon tumors (p < 0.0005). Loss of myopodin expression correlated with increasing tumor stage (p = 0.011), methylation (p = 0.005), and poor overall survival (p = 0.003). In the first validation set (n = 100), myopodin methylation predicted disease-free (p = 0.046) and overall survival (p = 0.031). In the second validation cohort, myopodin methylation and protein expression patterns predicted disease-specific (p = 0.012 and p = 0.001, respectively) and overall survival (p = 0.009 and p = 0.043, respectively). Thus, myopodin was revealed to be epigenetically modified in colon cancer. The diagnostic and prognostic clinical utility of myopodin methylation and expression patterns suggest considering their assessment for the clinical management of colon cancer patients.
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- Sergio Esteban
- Tumor Markers Group, 308A, Molecular Pathology Program, Spanish National Cancer Center, Melchor Fernandez Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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Chalovich JM, Schroeter MM. Synaptopodin family of natively unfolded, actin binding proteins: physical properties and potential biological functions. Biophys Rev 2010; 2:181-189. [PMID: 28510039 PMCID: PMC5418383 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-010-0040-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The synaptopodin family of proteins consists of at least 3 members: synaptopodin, the synaptopodin 2 proteins, and the synaptopodin 2-like proteins. Each family member has at least 3 isoforms that are produced by alternative splicing. Synaptopodin family members are basic proteins that are rich in proline and have little regular 2° or 3° structure at physiological temperature, pH and ionic strength. Like other natively unfolded proteins, synaptopodin family members have multiple binding partners including actin and other actin-binding proteins. Several members of the synaptopodin family have been shown to stimulate actin polymerization and to bundle actin filaments either on their own or in collaboration with other proteins. Synaptopodin 2 has been shown to accelerate nucleation of actin filament formation and to induce actin bundling. The actin polymerization activity is inhibited by Ca2+-calmodulin. Synaptopodin 2 proteins are localized in Z-bands of striated and heart muscle and dense bodies of smooth muscle cells. Depending on the developmental status and stress, at least one member of the synaptopodin family can occupy nuclei of some cells. Members of the synaptopodin 2 subfamily have been implicated in cancers.
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- Joseph M Chalovich
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 5E-122 Brody Medical Sciences Building, 600 Moye Blvd, Greenville, NC, 27834, USA.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Str. 39, 50931, Cologne, Germany
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Alvarez-Múgica M, Cebrian V, Fernández-Gómez JM, Fresno F, Escaf S, Sánchez-Carbayo M. Myopodin methylation is associated with clinical outcome in patients with T1G3 bladder cancer. J Urol 2010; 184:1507-13. [PMID: 20723929 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.05.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Bacillus Calmette-Guerin is standard treatment to decrease tumor recurrence and delay progression of high risk, nonmuscle invasive bladder tumors. However, it is not yet clear which T1G3 cases are more prone to more aggressive clinical behavior or susceptible to respond to bacillus Calmette-Guerin. We evaluated the role of myopodin methylation as a clinical outcome prognosticator and predictive biomarker for the bacillus Calmette-Guerin response in patients with T1G3 bladder tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the methylation status of myopodin in tumor specimens from 170 patients with T1G3 bladder cancer, including a subset of 108 who underwent bacillus Calmette-Guerin treatment. Myopodin methylation was assessed by methylation specific polymerase chain reactions. Recurrence, progression to muscle invasive tumors and disease specific overall survival were analyzed using competing risks regression analysis. RESULTS Of the 170 cases analyzed 72 recurred (42.4%) and 36 progressed (21.2%). A total of 24 patients (14.1%) died of the disease. Univariate and multivariate survival analysis revealed that myopodin methylation was significantly associated with an increased recurrence rate (p = 0.004), progression (p = 0.002) and shorter disease specific overall survival (p = 0.020). In a subset treated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin myopodin methylation was also related to an increased recurrence rate (p = 0.011), progression (p = 0.030) and shorter disease specific overall survival (p = 0.028). CONCLUSIONS Epigenetic analysis revealed that myopodin methylation was associated with tumor aggressiveness and clinical outcome in patients with T1G3 disease. Myopodin methylation distinguished patients responding to bacillus Calmette-Guerin from those who may require a more aggressive therapeutic approach.
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Gieni RS, Hendzel MJ. Actin dynamics and functions in the interphase nucleus: moving toward an understanding of nuclear polymeric actin. Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 87:283-306. [PMID: 19234542 DOI: 10.1139/o08-133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Actin exists as a dynamic equilibrium of monomers and polymers within the nucleus of living cells. It is utilized by the cell for many aspects of gene regulation, including mRNA processing, chromatin remodelling, and global gene expression. Polymeric actin is now specifically linked to transcription by RNA polymerase I, II, and III. An active process, requiring both actin polymers and myosin, appears to drive RNA polymerase I transcription, and is also implicated in long-range chromatin movement. This type of mechanism brings activated genes from separate chromosomal territories together, and then participates in their compartmentalization near nuclear speckles. Nuclear speckle formation requires polymeric actin, and factors promoting polymerization, such as profilin and PIP2, are concentrated there. A review of the literature shows that a functional population of G-actin cycles between the cytoplasm and the nucleoplasm. Its nuclear concentration is dependent on the cytoplasmic G-actin pool, as well as on the activity of import and export mechanisms and the availability of interactions that sequester it within the nucleus. The N-WASP-Arp2/3 actin polymer-nucleating mechanism functions in the nucleus, and its mediators, including NCK, PIP2, and Rac1, can be found in the nucleoplasm, where they likely influence the kinetics of polymer formation. The actin polymer species produced are tightly regulated, and may take on conformations not easily recognized by phalloidin. Many of the factors that cleave F-actin in the cytoplasm are present at high levels in the nucleoplasm, and are also likely to affect actin dynamics there. The absolute and relative G-actin content in the nucleoplasm and the cytoplasm of a cell contains information about the homeostatic state of that cell. We propose that the cycling of G-actin between the nucleus and cytoplasm represents a signal transduction mechanism that can function through both extremes of global cellular G-actin content. MAL signalling within the serum response factor pathway, when G-actin levels are low, represents a well-studied example of actin functioning in signal transduction. The translocation of NCK into the nucleus, along with G-actin, during dissolution of the cytoskeleton in response to DNA damage represents another instance of a unique signalling mechanism operating when G-actin levels are high.
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- Randall S Gieni
- Cross Cancer Institute and Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, ABT6G1Z2, Canada
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Zheng B, Han M, Bernier M, Wen JK. Nuclear actin and actin-binding proteins in the regulation of transcription and gene expression. FEBS J 2009; 276:2669-85. [PMID: 19459931 PMCID: PMC2978034 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06986.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Nuclear actin is involved in the transcription of all three RNA polymerases, in chromatin remodeling and in the formation of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein complexes, as well as in recruitment of the histone modifier to the active gene. In addition, actin-binding proteins (ABPs) control actin nucleation, bundling, filament capping, fragmentation and monomer availability in the cytoplasm. In recent years, more and more attention has focused on the role of actin and ABPs in the modulation of the subcellular localization of transcriptional regulators. This review focuses on recent developments in the study of transcription and transcriptional regulation by nuclear actin, and the regulation of muscle-specific gene expression, nuclear receptor and transcription complexes by ABPs. Among the ABPs, striated muscle activator of Rho signaling and actin-binding LIM protein regulate actin dynamics and serum response factor-dependent muscle-specific gene expression. Functionally and structurally unrelated cytoplasmic ABPs interact cooperatively with nuclear receptor and regulate its transactivation. Furthermore, ABPs also participate in the formation of transcription complexes.
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- Bin Zheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China
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Zhang R, Zhou L, Li Q, Liu J, Yao W, Wan H. Up-regulation of two actin-associated proteins prompts pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell migration under hypoxia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 41:467-75. [PMID: 19188659 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0333oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hypoxia stimulates the migration of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), which contributes to the pathogenesis of pulmonary vessel structural remodeling in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH). In the present study, we found, using a proteomics-based method, that gelsolin-like actin-capping protein (CapG) and transgelin were preferentially expressed in human (h)PAMSCs under hypoxia compared with normoxia. These two actin-associated proteins, modulate a variety of physiologic processes, including motility of cells, by interacting differently with the actin cytoskeleton. Our study showed that these two genes were up-regulated at both mRNA and protein levels under hypoxia in hPASMCs. As a key transcriptional regulation factor under hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) up-regulated CapG protein expression under normoxia, and knockdown of HIF-1alpha expression in hPASMCs also inhibited hypoxia induced CapG up-regulation. However, HIF-1alpha could not regulate transgelin expression. Reduction of CapG or transgelin expression in hPASMCs by RNA interference was accompanied by significantly impaired migration ability in vitro, especially under hypoxia. Our study demonstrates that CapG and transgelin were preferentially expressed in hPAMSCs under hypoxia compared with normoxia. Hypoxia stimulates expression of these two actin-associated proteins via HIF-1alpha-dependent and -independent pathways, respectively. The up-regulation of these two proteins may contribute to the increased motility of hPASMCs under hypoxia. These findings may contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of HPH.
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- Ruifeng Zhang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Medical School of Shanghai Jiaotong University, N0.197, The Second Ruijin Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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Hubert T, Van Impe K, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. The actin-capping protein CapG localizes to microtubule-dependent organelles during the cell cycle. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 380:166-70. [PMID: 19166812 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Extensive cross-talk between the actin and the microtubule cytoskeletons has been reported. Especially in mitosis, processes dependent on actin- and microtubule-based structures alternate and regulate each other in a complex cascade leading to division into two daughter cells. Here, we have studied the subcellular localization of the filamentous actin-capping protein CapG. Fluorescence microscopy of endogenous CapG and EGFP-tagged CapG revealed CapG localization at the mother centriole in interphase, the mitotic spindle in mitosis and the midbody ring in abscission. Surprisingly, nucleoporin Nup62, an interaction partner of CapG, also localized to the midbody ring at the end of abscission and colocalized with CapG. We propose a role for the actin-binding protein CapG as a mediator of cross-talk between the actin cytoskeleton and microtubule-based organelles that regulate cell division.
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- Thomas Hubert
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Hubert T, Van Impe K, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. The F-actin filament capping protein CapG is a bona fide nucleolar protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:699-704. [PMID: 18938132 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Actin works in concert with myosin I to regulate the transcription of ribosomal genes in the nucleolus. Recently, nucleolar actin has been shown to be active in its polymeric form raising the question how actin dynamics is regulated in the nucleolus. Here, we show that the actin capping protein CapG localizes in the nucleolus of cultured cells. CapG transport to the nucleolus is an active and ATP-dependent process. Association of CapG with the nucleolus requires active RNA Polymerase I transcription. In addition, we show that activated Ran GTPase, an interaction partner of CapG, is also transported to the nucleolus. A constitutively active Ran mutant promotes CapG accumulation in the nucleolus indicating that CapG transport to the nucleolus can be supported by Ran. Our results suggest that filamentous actin in the nucleolus might be regulated by actin binding proteins such as CapG.
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- Thomas Hubert
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Cebrian V, Alvarez M, Aleman A, Palou J, Bellmunt J, Gonzalez-Peramato P, Cordón-Cardo C, García J, Piulats JM, Sánchez-Carbayo M. Discovery of myopodin methylation in bladder cancer. J Pathol 2008; 216:111-9. [PMID: 18636402 DOI: 10.1002/path.2390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Myopodin is an actin-binding protein that shuttles between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. After identifying an enriched CpG island encompassing the transcription site of myopodin, we aimed at evaluating the potential relevance of myopodin methylation in bladder cancer. The epigenetic silencing of myopodin by hypermethylation was tested in bladder cancer cells (n=12) before and after azacytidine treatment. Myopodin hypermethylation was associated with gene expression, being increased in vitro by this demethylating agent. The methylation status of myopodin promoter was then evaluated by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (MS-PCR) analyses. Myopodin was revealed to be frequently methylated in a large series of 466 bladder tumours (68.7%). Myopodin methylation was significantly associated with tumour stage (p<0.0005) and tumour grade (p=0.037). Myopodin expression patterns were analysed by immunohistochemistry on tissue arrays containing bladder tumours for which myopodin methylation was assessed (n=177). The presence of low nuclear myopodin expression alone (p = 0.031) or combined with myopodin methylation (p=0.008) was associated with poor survival. Moreover, myopodin methylation in 164 urinary specimens distinguished patients with bladder cancer from controls with a sensitivity of 65.0%, a specificity of 79.8%, and a global accuracy of 75.3%. Thus, myopodin was identified to be epigenetically modified in bladder cancer. The association of myopodin methylation and nuclear expression patterns with cancer progression and clinical outcome, together with its ability to detect bladder cancer patients using urinary specimens, suggests the utility of incorporating myopodin methylation assessment in the clinical management of patients affected by uroepithelial neoplasias.
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- V Cebrian
- Tumor Markers Group, Molecular Pathology Program, Spanish National Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain
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Dynamics of the CapG actin-binding protein in the cell nucleus studied by FRAP and FCS. Chromosome Res 2008; 16:427-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1234-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Multiple isoforms of the tumor suppressor myopodin are simultaneously transcribed in cancer cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 370:269-73. [PMID: 18371299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Expression of myopodin, an actin associated protein, is frequently lost in invasive prostate cancers due to partial or complete deletion of the gene. Screening of public databases reveals that two human myopodin isoforms have been proposed. Remarkably both isoforms deviate profoundly from the human or mouse isoforms examined to date. Here, we investigated expression of human myopodin. Rapid amplification of cDNA ends revealed a new myopodin transcript, hitherto unpredicted by public databases. RT-PCR analysis indicates that the new isoform (Myo2), in addition to the two predicted isoforms (Myo1 and Myo3), are transcribed in various mammalian cell lines. The three isoforms (Myo1-3) are translated into full length proteins of 1093, 1109, and 1261 amino acids, respectively, when expressed in cells. Thus, mammalian cells simultaneously express at least three myopodin isoforms with a common N-terminal PDZ domain, but a dissimilar carboxy-terminal amino acid tract. These findings shed new light on the expression of this tumor suppressor gene and necessitate closer examination of both mouse and human myopodin polypeptides currently under study.
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Van Impe K, Hubert T, De Corte V, Vanloo B, Boucherie C, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. A new role for nuclear transport factor 2 and Ran: nuclear import of CapG. Traffic 2008; 9:695-707. [PMID: 18266911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The small GTPase Ran plays a central role in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Nuclear transport of Ran itself depends on nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF2). Here, we report that NTF2 and Ran control nuclear import of the filamentous actin capping protein CapG. In digitonin-permeabilized cells, neither GTPgammaS nor the GTP hydrolysis-deficient Ran mutant RanQ69L affect transit of CapG to the nucleus in the presence of cytosol. Obstruction of nucleoporins prevents nuclear transport of CapG, and we show that CapG binds to nucleoporin62. In addition, CapG interacts with NTF2, associates with Ran and is furthermore able to bind the NTF2-Ran complex. NTF2-Ran interaction is required for CapG nuclear import. This is corroborated by a NTF2 mutant with reduced affinity for Ran and a Ran mutant that does not bind NTF2, both of which prevent CapG import. Thus, a ubiquitously expressed protein shuttles to the nucleus through direct association with NTF2 and Ran. The role of NTF2 may therefore not be solely confined to sustaining the Ran gradient in cells.
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- Katrien Van Impe
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Renz M, Betz B, Niederacher D, Bender HG, Langowski J. Invasive breast cancer cells exhibit increased mobility of the actin-binding protein CapG. Int J Cancer 2007; 122:1476-82. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Liang J, Ke G, You W, Peng Z, Lan J, Kalesse M, Tartakoff AM, Kaplan F, Tao T. Interaction between importin 13 and myopodin suggests a nuclear import pathway for myopodin. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 307:93-100. [PMID: 17828378 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-007-9588-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 08/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Importin 13 is a member of the importin beta superfamily of nuclear transport proteins and is expressed in multiple tissues at high levels both in humans and rodents, including fetal lung, brain, and heart. In order to elucidate potential functions of imp13 in the heart, we have used rat imp13 as bait to screen a human heart cDNA library and identified an interaction with the C-terminal peptide of myopodin (a.a. 360-698), an actin-bundling protein, associated with tumor-suppressor activity that localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. We have used GST-pull down assays and co-immunoprecipitation experiments to demonstrate an interaction between imp13 and full-length myopodin and observed that RanGTP dissociates the myopodin-imp13 complex. In studies of cultured cells, we show that both imp13 siRNA and a C-terminal fragment of imp13 protein prevent nuclear localization of myopodin. We, therefore, conclude that imp13 functions in myopodin import and we suggest that the regulation of these events is critical for normal and abnormal cellular differentiation.
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- Jie Liang
- School of Life Sciences and Key Laboratory for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, The Ministry of Education of China, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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Van den Abbeele A, De Corte V, Van Impe K, Bruyneel E, Boucherie C, Bracke M, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. Downregulation of gelsolin family proteins counteracts cancer cell invasion in vitro. Cancer Lett 2007; 255:57-70. [PMID: 17493746 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gelsolin and CapG are both actin binding proteins that modulate a variety of physiological processes by interacting differently with the actin cytoskeleton. Several studies suggest that overexpression of these proteins promotes invasion in vitro. In this study we explored the contribution of these proteins in human cancer cell invasion and motility. We show that down regulation of CapG or gelsolin in several types of cancer cells, including MDA-MB 231 and PC-3 cells, significantly reduces the invasive and motile properties of cells, as well as cell aggregation. These results point to a role for CapG and gelsolin as tumor activator.
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- Anske Van den Abbeele
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,VIB, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Yoo Y, Wu X, Guan JL. A novel role of the actin-nucleating Arp2/3 complex in the regulation of RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:7616-23. [PMID: 17220302 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607596200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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It has been well documented that actin is present in the nucleus and involved in numerous nuclear functions including regulation of transcription. The actin-nucleating Arp2/3 complex is an essential, evolutionarily conserved seven-subunit protein complex that promotes actin cytoskeleton assembly in the cytoplasm upon stimulation by WASP family proteins. Our recent study indicates that the nuclear localized neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) can induce de novo actin polymerization in the nucleus, and this function is important for the role of N-WASP in the regulation of RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription. Here, we have presented evidence to show that the Arp2/3 complex is also localized in the nucleus and plays an essential role in mediating nuclear actin polymerization induced by N-WASP. We have also demonstrated that the Arp2/3 complex physically associates with RNA polymerase II and is involved in the RNA polymerase II-dependent transcriptional regulation both in vivo and in vitro. Together, these data provide strong support for the hypothesis that N-WASP and the Arp2/3 complex regulate transcription, at least in part, through the regulation of nuclear actin polymerization in a manner similar to their function in the cytoplasm.
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- Youngdong Yoo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Burks LM, Yin J, Plon SE. Nuclear import and retention domains in the amino terminus of RECQL4. Gene 2006; 391:26-38. [PMID: 17250975 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 11/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mutations in a human RecQ helicase homologue, RECQL4, have been identified in patients with Type II Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) with osteosarcoma predisposition, RAPADILINO syndrome, and Baller-Gerold syndrome. A role in DNA replication initiation has been demonstrated and mapped to the amino terminus upstream of the helicase domain; however, no nuclear localization signal (NLS) has been identified by sequence analysis. Here, we show both endogenous and green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged RECQL4 are nuclear and cytoplasmic in transformed cell lines. Using GFP-tagged constructs we identified a major nuclear localization domain within amino acids (aa) 363-492 (exons 5-8) sufficient for nuclear localization of GFP and necessary for nuclear localization of RECQL4 as GFP-RECQL4 deleted for aa 363-492 is entirely cytoplasmic. Additional mapping within this domain revealed that a conserved block of 22 basic amino acids (aa 365-386; exons 5-6) is sufficient for nuclear localization of GFP, but not required for nuclear import of RECQL4. Conversely, even though the region encoded by exon 7-8 is not sufficient for nuclear import of GFP, GFP-RECQL4 deleted for exon 7 (aa 420-463), a mutation found in all reported patients with RAPADILINO syndrome, is cytoplasmic. Nuclear localization of the exon 7 deletion construct is increased in cells treated with leptomycin B suggesting that exon 7 encodes a domain required for nuclear retention of RECQL4. This retention activity is partially conveyed by a conserved VLPLY motif (aa 450-454) in exon 7 of the human sequence. In summary, unlike other RecQ proteins with carboxyl terminal NLS, RECQL4 nuclear localization and retention activities are amino terminal. This location would provide nuclear transport of putative truncated proteins encoded by RTS mutant alleles consistent with the proposed essential replication function in the amino terminus of RECQL4.
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- Lynnette M Burks
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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McDonald D, Carrero G, Andrin C, de Vries G, Hendzel MJ. Nucleoplasmic beta-actin exists in a dynamic equilibrium between low-mobility polymeric species and rapidly diffusing populations. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 172:541-52. [PMID: 16476775 PMCID: PMC2063674 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200507101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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β-Actin, once thought to be an exclusively cytoplasmic protein, is now known to have important functions within the nucleus. Nuclear β-actin associates with and functions in chromatin remodeling complexes, ribonucleic acid polymerase complexes, and at least some ribonucleoproteins. Proteins involved in regulating actin polymerization are also found in the interphase nucleus. We define the dynamic properties of nuclear actin molecules using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Our results indicate that actin and actin-containing complexes are reduced in their mobility through the nucleoplasm diffusing at ∼0.5 μm2 s−1. We also observed that ∼20% of the total nuclear actin pool has properties of polymeric actin that turns over rapidly. This pool could be detected in endogenous nuclear actin by using fluorescent polymeric actin binding proteins and was sensitive to drugs that alter actin polymerization. Our results validate previous reports of polymeric forms of nuclear actin observed in fixed specimens and reveal that these polymeric forms are very dynamic.
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- Darin McDonald
- Department of Oncology and 2Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1Z2
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De Ganck A, Hubert T, Van Impe K, Geelen D, Vandekerckhove J, De Corte V, Gettemans J. A monopartite nuclear localization sequence regulates nuclear targeting of the actin binding protein myopodin. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:6673-80. [PMID: 16309678 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 09/09/2005] [Accepted: 10/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Myopodin is an actin bundling protein that shuttles between nucleus and cytoplasm in response to cell stress or during differentiation. Here, we show that the myopodin sequence 58KKRRRRARK66, when tagged to either enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or to enhanced cyan fluorescent protein-CapG (ECFPCapG), is able to target these proteins to the nucleolus in HeLa or HEK293T cells. By contrast, 58KKRR61-ECFP-CapG accumulates in the nucleus. Mutation of 58KKRRRRARK66 into alanine residues blocks myopodin nuclear import and promotes formation of cytoplasmic actin filaments. A second putative nuclear localization sequence, 612KTSKKKGKK620, displays much weaker activity in a heterologous context, and appears not to be functional in the full length protein. Thus myopodin nuclear translocation is dependent on a monopartite nuclear localization sequence.
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- Ariane De Ganck
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (V.I.B.), Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Gettemans J, Van Impe K, Delanote V, Hubert T, Vandekerckhove J, De Corte V. Nuclear actin-binding proteins as modulators of gene transcription. Traffic 2005; 6:847-57. [PMID: 16138899 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2005.00326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dynamic transformations in the organization of the cellular microfilament system are the driving force behind fundamental biological processes such as cellular motility, cytokinesis, wound healing and secretion. Eukaryotic cells express a plethora of actin-binding proteins (ABPs) allowing cells to control the organization of the actin cytoskeleton in a flexible manner. These structural proteins were, not surprisingly, originally described as (major) constituents of the cytoplasm. However, in recent years, there has been a steady flow of reports detailing not only translocation of ABPs into and out of the nucleus but also describing their role in the nuclear compartment. This review focuses on recent developments pertaining to nucleocytoplasmic transport of ABPs, including their mode of translocation and nuclear function. In particular, evidence that structurally and functionally unrelated cytoplasmic ABPs regulate transcription activation by various nuclear (steroid hormone) receptors is steadily accruing. Furthermore, the recent finding that actin is a necessary component of the RNA polymerase II-containing preinitiation complex opens up new opportunities for nuclear ABPs in gene transcription regulation.
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- Jan Gettemans
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Delanote V, Van Impe K, De Corte V, Bruyneel E, Vetter G, Boucherie C, Mareel M, Vandekerckhove J, Friederich E, Gettemans J. Molecular basis for dissimilar nuclear trafficking of the actin-bundling protein isoforms T- and L-plastin. Traffic 2005; 6:335-45. [PMID: 15752138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2005.00276.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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T- and L-plastin are highly similar actin-bundling proteins implicated in the regulation of cell morphology, lamellipodium protrusion, bacterial invasion and tumor progression. We show that T-plastin localizes predominantly to the cytoplasm, whereas L-plastin distributes between nucleus and cytoplasm in HeLa or Cos cells. T-plastin shows nuclear accumulation upon incubation of cells with the CRM1 antagonist leptomycin B (LMB). We identified a Rev-like nuclear export sequence (NES) in T-plastin that is able to export an otherwise nuclear protein in an LMB-dependent manner. Deletion of the NES promotes nuclear accumulation of T-plastin. Mutation of residues L17, F21 or L26 in the T-plastin NES inhibits nuclear efflux. L-plastin harbors a less conserved NES and lacks the F21 T-plastin residue. Insertion of a Phe residue in the L-plastin NES specifically enhances its export activity. These findings explain why both isoforms exhibit specific distribution patterns in eukaryotic cells.
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- Veerle Delanote
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent University, A. Baertsoenkaai 3, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
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Archer SK, Claudianos C, Campbell HD. Evolution of the gelsolin family of actin-binding proteins as novel transcriptional coactivators. Bioessays 2005; 27:388-96. [PMID: 15770676 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The gelsolin gene family encodes a number of higher eukaryotic actin-binding proteins that are thought to function in the cytoplasm by severing, capping, nucleating or bundling actin filaments. Recent evidence, however, suggests that several members of the gelsolin family may have adopted unexpected nuclear functions including a role in regulating transcription. In particular, flightless I, supervillin and gelsolin itself have roles as coactivators for nuclear receptors, despite the fact that their divergence appears to predate the evolutionary appearance of nuclear receptors. Flightless I has been shown to bind both actin and the actin-related BAF53a protein, which are subunits of SWI/SNF-like chromatin remodelling complexes. The primary sequences of some actin-related proteins such as BAF53a exhibit conservation of residues that, in actin itself, are known to interact with gelsolin-related proteins. In summary, there is a growing body of evidence supporting a biological role in the nucleus for actin, Arps and actin-binding proteins and, in particular, the gelsolin family of actin-binding proteins.
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- Stuart K Archer
- Molecular Genetics and Evolution Group and Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Archer SK, Behm CA, Claudianos C, Campbell HD. The Flightless I protein and the gelsolin family in nuclear hormone receptor-mediated signalling. Biochem Soc Trans 2004; 32:940-2. [PMID: 15506930 DOI: 10.1042/bst0320940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Drosophila melanogaster flightless I protein and its homologues in higher eukaryotes (FliI) are conserved members of the gelsolin family of actin-binding proteins. Members of the gelsolin family generally contain three or six copies of a 125-amino-acid residue gelsolin-related repeating unit, and may contain additional domains including the C-terminal villin-related ‘headpiece’ or N-terminal extensions such as the leucine-rich repeat of the FliI protein. Numerous studies including work done with mouse knockouts for gelsolin, villin and CapG support a role for the family in cytoskeletal actin dynamics. In both fruitfly and mouse, the FliI protein is also essential for early development. Recent studies indicate that supervillin, gelsolin and FliI are involved in intracellular signalling via nuclear hormone receptors including the androgen, oestrogen and thyroid hormone receptors. This unexpected role in signalling has opened a new area in research on the gelsolin family and is providing important new insights into the mechanisms of gene regulation via nuclear receptors.
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- S K Archer
- Molecular Genetics and Evolution Group and Centre for the Molecular Genetics of Development, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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De Corte V, Van Impe K, Bruyneel E, Boucherie C, Mareel M, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. Increased importin-beta-dependent nuclear import of the actin modulating protein CapG promotes cell invasion. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:5283-92. [PMID: 15454578 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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CapG (gCap39) is a ubiquitous gelsolin-family actin modulating protein involved in cell signalling, receptor-mediated membrane ruffling, phagocytosis and motility. CapG is the only gelsolin-related actin binding protein that localizes constitutively to both nucleus and cytoplasm. Structurally related proteins like severin and fragmin are cytoplasmic because they contain a nuclear export sequence that is absent in CapG. Increased CapG expression has been reported in some cancers but a causal role for CapG in tumour development, including invasion and metastasis, has not been explored. We show that moderate expression of green fluorescent protein-tagged CapG (CapG-EGFP) in epithelial cells induces invasion into collagen type I and precultured chick heart fragments. Nuclear export sequence-tagged CapG-EGFP fails to induce invasion, whereas point mutations in the nuclear export sequence permitting nuclear re-entry restore cellular invasion. Nuclear import of CapG is energy-dependent and requires the cytosolic receptor importin beta but not importin alpha. Nuclear CapG does not possess intrinsic transactivation activity but suppresses VP16 transactivation of a luciferase reporter gene in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, invasion requires signalling through the Ras-phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway and Cdc42 or RhoA, but not Rac1. We show for the first time active nuclear import of an actin binding protein, and our findings point to a role for nuclear CapG in eliciting invasion, possibly through interfering with the cellular transcription machinery.
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- Veerle De Corte
- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (V.I.B.), Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Echarri A, Lai MJ, Robinson MR, Pendergast AM. Abl interactor 1 (Abi-1) wave-binding and SNARE domains regulate its nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, lamellipodium localization, and wave-1 levels. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:4979-93. [PMID: 15143189 PMCID: PMC416433 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.11.4979-4993.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The Abl interactor 1 (Abi-1) protein has been implicated in the regulation of actin dynamics and localizes to the tips of lamellipodia and filopodia. Here, we show that Abi-1 binds the actin nucleator protein Wave-1 through an amino-terminal Wave-binding (WAB) domain and that disruption of the Abi-1-Wave-1 interaction prevents Abi-1 from reaching the tip of the lamellipodium. Abi-1 binds to the Wave homology domain of Wave-1, a region that is required for translocation of Wave-1 to the lamellipodium. Mouse embryo fibroblasts that lack one allele of Abi-1 and are homozygous null for the related Abi-2 protein exhibit decreased Wave-1 protein levels. This phenotype is rescued by Abi-1 proteins that retain Wave-1 binding but not by Abi-1 mutants that cannot bind to Wave-1. Moreover, we uncovered an overlapping SNARE domain in the amino terminus of Abi-1 that interacts with Syntaxin-1, a SNARE family member. Further, we demonstrated that Abi-1 shuttles in and out of the nucleus in a leptomycin B (LMB)-dependent manner and that complete nuclear translocation of Abi-1 in the absence of LMB requires the combined inactivation of the SNARE, WAB, and SH3 domains of Abi-1. Thus, Abi-1 undergoes nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and functions at the leading edge to regulate Wave-1 localization and protein levels.
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- Asier Echarri
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3813, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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