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Kang M, Senatore AJ, Naughton H, McTigue M, Beltman RJ, Herppich AA, Pflum MKH, Howe AK. Protein kinase A is a functional component of focal adhesions. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107234. [PMID: 38552737 PMCID: PMC11044056 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107234] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Focal adhesions (FAs) form the junction between extracellular matrix (ECM)-bound integrins and the actin cytoskeleton and also transmit signals that regulate cell adhesion, cytoskeletal dynamics, and cell migration. While many of these signals are rooted in reversible tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphorylation of FA proteins on Ser/Thr residues is far more abundant yet its mechanisms and consequences are far less understood. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A; PKA) has important roles in cell adhesion and cell migration and is both an effector and regulator of integrin-mediated adhesion to the ECM. Importantly, subcellular localization plays a critically important role in specifying PKA function. Here, we show that PKA is present in isolated FA-cytoskeleton complexes and active within FAs in live cells. Furthermore, using kinase-catalyzed biotinylation of isolated FA-cytoskeleton complexes, we identify 53 high-stringency candidate PKA substrates within FAs. From this list, we validate tensin-3 (Tns3)-a well-established molecular scaffold, regulator of cell migration, and a component of focal and fibrillar adhesions-as a novel direct substrate for PKA. These observations identify a new pathway for phospho-regulation of Tns3 and, importantly, establish a new and important niche for localized PKA signaling and thus provide a foundation for further investigation of the role of PKA in the regulation of FA dynamics and signaling.
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- Mingu Kang
- Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
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Song EAC, Chung SH, Kim JH. Molecular mechanisms of saliva secretion and hyposecretion. Eur J Oral Sci 2024; 132:e12969. [PMID: 38192116 DOI: 10.1111/eos.12969] [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: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
The exocrine salivary gland secretes saliva, a fundamental body component to maintain oral homeostasis. Saliva is composed of water, ions, and proteins such as amylase, mucins, and immunoglobulins that play essential roles in the digestion of food, lubrication, and prevention of dental caries and periodontitis. An increasing number of people experience saliva hyposecretion due to aging, medications, Sjögren's syndrome, and radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. However, current treatments are mostly limited to temporary symptomatic relief. This review explores the molecular mechanisms underlying saliva secretion and hyposecretion to provide insight into putative therapeutic targets for treatment. Proteins implicated in saliva secretion pathways, including Ca2+ -signaling proteins, aquaporins, soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors, and tight junctions, are aberrantly expressed and localized in patients with saliva hyposecretion, such as Sjögren's syndrome. Analysis of studies on the mechanisms of saliva secretion and hyposecretion suggests that crosstalk between fluid and protein secretory pathways via Ca2+ /protein kinase C and cAMP/protein kinase A regulates saliva secretion. Impaired crosstalk between the two secretory pathways may contribute to saliva hyposecretion. Future research into the detailed regulatory mechanisms of saliva secretion and hyposecretion may provide information to define novel targets and generate therapeutic strategies for saliva hyposecretion.
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- Eun-Ah Christine Song
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Oral Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of KHU-KIST Converging Science and Technology, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kang M, Senatore AJ, Naughton H, McTigue M, Beltman RJ, Herppich AA, Pflum MKH, Howe AK. Protein Kinase A is a Functional Component of Focal Adhesions. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.08.18.553932. [PMID: 37645771 PMCID: PMC10462105 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.18.553932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Focal adhesions (FAs) form the junction between extracellular matrix (ECM)-bound integrins and the actin cytoskeleton and also transmit signals that regulate cell adhesion, cytoskeletal dynamics, and cell migration. While many of these signals are rooted in reversible tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphorylation of FA proteins on Ser/Thr residues is far more abundant yet its mechanisms and consequences are far less understood. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A; PKA) has important roles in cell adhesion and cell migration and is both an effector and regulator of integrin-mediated adhesion to the ECM. Importantly, subcellular localization plays a critically important role in specifying PKA function. Here, we show that PKA is present in isolated FA-cytoskeleton complexes and active within FAs in live cells. Furthermore, using kinase-catalyzed biotinylation of isolated FA-cytoskeleton complexes, we identify fifty-three high-stringency candidate PKA substrates within FAs. From this list, we validate tensin-3 (Tns3) - a well-established molecular scaffold, regulator of cell migration, and component of focal and fibrillar adhesions - as a novel direct substrate for PKA. These observations identify a new pathway for phospho-regulation of Tns3 and, importantly, establish a new and important niche for localized PKA signaling and thus provide a foundation for further investigation of the role of PKA in the regulation of FA dynamics and signaling.
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Tabrizi MEA, Gupta JK, Gross SR. Ezrin and Its Phosphorylated Thr567 Form Are Key Regulators of Human Extravillous Trophoblast Motility and Invasion. Cells 2023; 12:cells12050711. [PMID: 36899847 PMCID: PMC10000480 DOI: 10.3390/cells12050711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The protein ezrin has been shown to enhance cancer cell motility and invasion leading to malignant behaviours in solid tumours, but a similar regulatory function in the early physiological reproduction state is, however, much less clear. We speculated that ezrin may play a key role in promoting first-trimester extravillous trophoblast (EVT) migration/invasion. Ezrin, as well as its Thr567 phosphorylation, were found in all trophoblasts studied, whether primary cells or lines. Interestingly, the proteins were seen in a distinct cellular localisation in long, extended protrusions in specific regions of cells. Loss-of-function experiments were carried out in EVT HTR8/SVneo and Swan71, as well as primary cells, using either ezrin siRNAs or the phosphorylation Thr567 inhibitor NSC668394, resulting in significant reductions in both cell motility and cellular invasion, albeit with differences between the cells used. Our analysis further demonstrated that an increase in focal adhesion was, in part, able to explain some of the molecular mechanisms involved. Data collected using human placental sections and protein lysates further showed that ezrin expression was significantly higher during the early stage of placentation and, importantly, clearly seen in the EVT anchoring columns, further supporting the potential role of ezrin in regulating migration and invasion in vivo.
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- Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Fetal Medicine Centre, Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-0121-204-3467
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Zhao S, Luo J, Hu J, Wang H, Zhao N, Cao M, Zhang C, Hu R, Liu L. Role of Ezrin in Asthma-Related Airway Inflammation and Remodeling. Mediators Inflamm 2022; 2022:6255012. [PMID: 36530558 PMCID: PMC9750775 DOI: 10.1155/2022/6255012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Ezrin is an actin binding protein connecting the cell membrane and the cytoskeleton, which is crucial to maintaining cell morphology, intercellular adhesion, and cytoskeleton remodeling. Asthma involves dysfunction of inflammatory cells, cytokines, and airway structural cells. Recent studies have shown that ezrin, whose function is affected by extensive phosphorylation and protein interactions, is closely associated with asthma, may be a therapeutic target for asthma treatment. In this review, we summarize studies on ezrin and discuss its role in asthma-related airway inflammation and remodeling.
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- Shumei Zhao
- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Shimadzu Biomedical Research Laboratory, Shanghai 200233, China
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- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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Rhynchosia volubilis Promotes Cell Survival via cAMP-PKA/ERK-CREB Pathway. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15010073. [PMID: 35056130 PMCID: PMC8778899 DOI: 10.3390/ph15010073] [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: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Rhynchosia volubilis, a small black bean, has been used as a traditional remedy to treat diseases and maintain health in East Asia, but its cellular effects and molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ethanol extract from Rhynchosia volubilis (EERV) on cell survival and to elucidate the biochemical signaling pathways. Our results showed that EERV stimulated the cyclic AMP (cAMP) signal revealed by a fluorescent protein (FP)-based intensiometric sensor. Using a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based sensor, we further revealed that EERV could activate PKA and ERK signals, which are downstream effectors of cAMP. In addition, we reported that EERV could induce the phosphorylation of CREB, a key signal for cell survival. Thus, our results suggested that EERV protects against apoptosis by activating the cell survival pathway through the cAMP-PKA/ERK-CREB pathway.
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Song X, Wang W, Wang H, Yuan X, Yang F, Zhao L, Mullen M, Du S, Zohbi N, Muthusamy S, Cao Y, Jiang J, Xia P, He P, Ding M, Emmett N, Ma M, Wu Q, Green HN, Ding X, Wang D, Wang F, Liu X. Acetylation of ezrin regulates membrane-cytoskeleton interaction underlying CCL18-elicited cell migration. J Mol Cell Biol 2021; 12:424-437. [PMID: 31638145 PMCID: PMC7333480 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjz099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Ezrin, a membrane–cytoskeleton linker protein, plays an essential role in cell polarity establishment, cell migration, and division. Recent studies show that ezrin phosphorylation regulates breast cancer metastasis by promoting cancer cell survivor and promotes intrahepatic metastasis via cell migration. However, it was less characterized whether there are additional post-translational modifications and/or post-translational crosstalks on ezrin underlying context-dependent breast cancer cell migration and invasion. Here we show that ezrin is acetylated by p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) in breast cancer cells in response to CCL18 stimulation. Ezrin physically interacts with PCAF and is a cognate substrate of PCAF. The acetylation site of ezrin was mapped by mass spectrometric analyses, and dynamic acetylation of ezrin is essential for CCL18-induced breast cancer cell migration and invasion. Mechanistically, the acetylation reduced the lipid-binding activity of ezrin to ensure a robust and dynamic cycling between the plasma membrane and cytosol in response to CCL18 stimulation. Biochemical analyses show that ezrin acetylation prevents the phosphorylation of Thr567. Using atomic force microscopic measurements, our study revealed that acetylation of ezrin induced its unfolding into a dominant structure, which prevents ezrin phosphorylation at Thr567. Thus, these results present a previously undefined mechanism by which CCL18-elicited crosstalks between the acetylation and phosphorylation on ezrin control breast cancer cell migration and invasion. This suggests that targeting PCAF signaling could be a potential therapeutic strategy for combating hyperactive ezrin-driven cancer progression.
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- Xiaoyu Song
- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Optics and Optical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,School of Life Science, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- School of Traditional Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.,MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles & Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Hefei, China.,Morehouse School of Medicine, Keck Center for Organoids Plasticity, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Yin LM, Duan TT, Ulloa L, Yang YQ. Ezrin Orchestrates Signal Transduction in Airway Cells. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 174:1-23. [PMID: 28702704 DOI: 10.1007/112_2017_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Ezrin is a critical structural protein that organizes receptor complexes and orchestrates their signal transduction. In this study, we review the ezrin-meditated regulation of critical receptor complexes, including the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), CD44, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), and the deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) receptor. We also analyze the ezrin-meditated regulation of critical pathways associated with asthma, such as the RhoA, Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK), and protein kinase A (cAMP/PKA) pathways. Mounting evidence suggests that ezrin plays a role in controlling airway cell function and potentially contributes to respiratory diseases. Ezrin can participate in asthma pathogenesis by affecting bronchial epithelium repair, T lymphocyte regulation, and the contraction of the airway smooth muscle cells. These studies provide new insights for the design of novel therapeutic strategies for asthma treatment.
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- Lei-Miao Yin
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Yue Yang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Yue Yang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Yue Yang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China. .,Department of Surgery, Center of Immunology and Inflammation, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 07101, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Yue Yang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China.
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Zhao G, Cheng Y, Gui P, Cui M, Liu W, Wang W, Wang X, Ali M, Dou Z, Niu L, Liu H, Anderson L, Ruan K, Hong J, Yao X. Dynamic acetylation of the kinetochore-associated protein HEC1 ensures accurate microtubule-kinetochore attachment. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:576-592. [PMID: 30409912 PMCID: PMC6333894 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.003844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis is critical for maintaining genome integrity in cell progeny and relies on accurate and robust kinetochore-microtubule attachments. The NDC80 complex, a tetramer comprising kinetochore protein HEC1 (HEC1), NDC80 kinetochore complex component NUF2 (NUF2), NDC80 kinetochore complex component SPC24 (SPC24), and SPC25, plays a critical role in kinetochore-microtubule attachment. Mounting evidence indicates that phosphorylation of HEC1 is important for regulating the binding of the NDC80 complex to microtubules. However, it remains unclear whether other post-translational modifications, such as acetylation, regulate NDC80-microtubule attachment during mitosis. Here, using pulldown assays with HeLa cell lysates and site-directed mutagenesis, we show that HEC1 is a bona fide substrate of the lysine acetyltransferase Tat-interacting protein, 60 kDa (TIP60) and that TIP60-mediated acetylation of HEC1 is essential for accurate chromosome segregation in mitosis. We demonstrate that TIP60 regulates the dynamic interactions between NDC80 and spindle microtubules during mitosis and observed that TIP60 acetylates HEC1 at two evolutionarily conserved residues, Lys-53 and Lys-59. Importantly, this acetylation weakened the phosphorylation of the N-terminal HEC1(1-80) region at Ser-55 and Ser-62, which is governed by Aurora B and regulates NDC80-microtubule dynamics, indicating functional cross-talk between these two post-translation modifications of HEC1. Moreover, the TIP60-mediated acetylation was specifically reversed by sirtuin 1 (SIRT1). Taken together, our results define a conserved signaling hierarchy, involving HEC1, TIP60, Aurora B, and SIRT1, that integrates dynamic HEC1 acetylation and phosphorylation for accurate kinetochore-microtubule attachment in the maintenance of genomic stability during mitosis.
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- Gangyin Zhao
- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics and Organoids Plasticity, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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- From the Division of Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of the China School of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center of Excellence on Molecular Cell Sciences, Hefei 230027, China and
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Arumugham VB, Ulivieri C, Onnis A, Finetti F, Tonello F, Ladant D, Baldari CT. Compartmentalized Cyclic AMP Production by the Bordetella pertussis and Bacillus anthracis Adenylate Cyclase Toxins Differentially Affects the Immune Synapse in T Lymphocytes. Front Immunol 2018; 9:919. [PMID: 29765373 PMCID: PMC5938339 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
A central feature of the immune synapse (IS) is the tight compartmentalization of membrane receptors and signaling mediators that is functional for its ability to coordinate T cell activation. Second messengers centrally implicated in this process, such as Ca2+ and diacyl glycerol, also undergo compartmentalization at the IS. Current evidence suggests a more complex scenario for cyclic AMP (cAMP), which acts both as positive and as negative regulator of T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling and which, as such, must be subjected to a tight spatiotemporal control to allow for signaling at the IS. Here, we have used two bacterial adenylate cyclase toxins that produce cAMP at different subcellular localizations as the result of their distinct routes of cell invasion, namely Bordetella pertussis CyaA and Bacillus anthracis edema toxin (ET), to address the ability of the T cell to confine cAMP to the site of production and to address the impact of compartmentalized cAMP production on IS assembly and function. We show that CyaA, which produces cAMP close to the synaptic membrane, affects IS stability by modulating not only the distribution of LFA-1 and its partners talin and L-plastin, as previously partly reported but also by promoting the sustained synaptic accumulation of the A-kinase adaptor protein ezrin and protein kinase A while suppressing the β-arrestin-mediated recruitment of phosphodiesterase 4B. These effects are dependent on the catalytic activity of the toxin and can be reproduced by treatment with a non-hydrolyzable cAMP analog. Remarkably, none of these effects are elicited by ET, which produces cAMP at a perinuclear localization, despite its ability to suppress TCR signaling and T cell activation through its cAMP-elevating activity. These results show that the IS responds solely to local elevations of cAMP and provide evidence that potent compartmentalization mechanisms are operational in T cells to contain cAMP close to the site of production, even when produced at supraphysiological levels.
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Huang L, Qin Y, Zuo Q, Bhatnagar K, Xiong J, Merlino G, Yu Y. Ezrin mediates both HGF/Met autocrine and non-autocrine signaling-induced metastasis in melanoma. Int J Cancer 2017; 142:1652-1663. [PMID: 29210059 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Aberrant HGF/Met signaling promotes tumor migration, invasion, and metastasis through both autocrine and non-autocrine mechanisms; however, the molecular downstream signaling mechanisms by which HGF/Met induces metastasis are incompletely understood. We here report that Ezrin expression is stimulated by HGF and correlates with activated HGF/Met, indicating that HGF/Met signaling regulates the expression of Ezrin. We show that HGF/Met signaling activates the transcription factor Sp1 through the MAPK pathway, and activated Sp1 can in turn directly bind to the promoter of Ezrin gene and regulate its transcription. Notably, knockdown of Ezrin expression by shRNAs inhibits the metastasis induced by either HGF/Met autocrine or non-autocrine signaling in syngeneic wildtype and HGF transgenic mouse hosts. We also used small molecule drugs in preclinical mouse models to confirm that Ezrin is one of the downstream molecules mediating HGF/Met signaling-induced metastasis in melanoma. We conclude that Ezrin is a key downstream factor involved in the regulation of HGF/Met signaling-induced metastasis and demonstrate a link between Ezrin and HGF/Met/MAPK/Sp1 activation in the metastatic process. Our data indicate that Ezrin represents a promising therapeutic target for patients bearing tumors with activated HGF/Met signaling.
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- Liping Huang
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institutes, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4264
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Okamoto CT. Regulation of Transporters and Channels by Membrane-Trafficking Complexes in Epithelial Cells. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017; 9:a027839. [PMID: 28246186 PMCID: PMC5666629 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a027839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The vectorial secretion and absorption of fluid and solutes by epithelial cells is dependent on the polarized expression of membrane solute transporters and channels at the apical and basolateral membranes. The establishment and maintenance of this polarized expression of transporters and channels are affected by divers protein-trafficking complexes. Moreover, regulation of the magnitude of transport is often under control of physiological stimuli, again through the interaction of transporters and channels with protein-trafficking complexes. This review highlights the value in utilizing transporters and channels as cargo to characterize core trafficking machinery by which epithelial cells establish and maintain their polarized expression, and how this machinery regulates fluid and solute transport in response to physiological stimuli.
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- Curtis T Okamoto
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-9121
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Yuan X, Yao PY, Jiang J, Zhang Y, Su Z, Yao W, Wang X, Gui P, Mullen M, Henry C, Ward T, Wang W, Brako L, Tian R, Zhao X, Wang F, Cao X, Wang D, Liu X, Ding X, Yao X. MST4 kinase phosphorylates ACAP4 protein to orchestrate apical membrane remodeling during gastric acid secretion. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:16174-16187. [PMID: 28808054 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.808212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Digestion in the stomach depends on acidification of the lumen. Histamine-elicited acid secretion is triggered by activation of the PKA cascade, which ultimately results in the insertion of gastric H,K-ATPases into the apical plasma membranes of parietal cells. Our recent study revealed the functional role of PKA-MST4-ezrin signaling axis in histamine-elicited acid secretion. However, it remains uncharacterized how the PKA-MST4-ezrin signaling axis operates the insertion of H,K-ATPases into the apical plasma membranes of gastric parietal cells. Here we show that MST4 phosphorylates ACAP4, an ARF6 GTPase-activating protein, at Thr545 Histamine stimulation activates MST4 and promotes MST4 interaction with ACAP4. ACAP4 physically interacts with MST4 and is a cognate substrate of MST4 during parietal cell activation. The phosphorylation site of ACAP4 by MST4 was mapped to Thr545 by mass spectrometric analyses. Importantly, phosphorylation of Thr545 is essential for acid secretion in parietal cells because either suppression of ACAP4 or overexpression of non-phosphorylatable ACAP4 prevents the apical membrane reorganization and proton pump translocation elicited by histamine stimulation. In addition, persistent overexpression of MST4 phosphorylation-deficient ACAP4 results in inhibition of gastric acid secretion and blockage of tubulovesicle fusion to the apical membranes. Significantly, phosphorylation of Thr545 enables ACAP4 to interact with ezrin. Given the location of Thr545 between the GTPase-activating protein domain and the first ankyrin repeat, we reason that MST4 phosphorylation elicits a conformational change that enables ezrin-ACAP4 interaction. Taken together, these results define a novel molecular mechanism linking the PKA-MST4-ACAP4 signaling cascade to polarized acid secretion in gastric parietal cells.
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- Xiao Yuan
- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310.,the Department of Biochemistry, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230027, China, and
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- the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310.,the Department of Biochemistry, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230027, China, and
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China, .,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China,
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- From the BUCM-USTC Collaborative Center for Parietal Cell Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China, .,the Keck Center for Cellular Dynamics, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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Li W, Jin WW, Tsuji K, Chen Y, Nomura N, Su L, Yui N, Arthur J, Cotecchia S, Paunescu TG, Brown D, Lu HAJ. Ezrin directly interacts with AQP2 and promotes its endocytosis. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:2914-2925. [PMID: 28754689 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.204842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is a major regulator of water homeostasis in response to vasopressin (VP). Dynamic trafficking of AQP2 relies on its close interaction with trafficking machinery proteins and the actin cytoskeleton. Here, we report the identification of ezrin, an actin-binding protein from the ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) family as an AQP2-interacting protein. Ezrin was first detected in a co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) complex using an anti-AQP2 antibody in a proteomic analysis. Immunofluorescence staining revealed the co-expression of ezrin and AQP2 in collecting duct principal cells, and VP treatment caused redistribution of both proteins to the apical membrane. The ezrin-AQP2 interaction was confirmed by co-IP experiments with an anti-ezrin antibody, and by pulldown assays using purified full-length and FERM domain-containing recombinant ezrin. By using purified recombinant proteins, we showed that ezrin directly interacts with AQP2 C-terminus through its N-terminal FERM domain. Knocking down ezrin expression with shRNA resulted in increased membrane accumulation of AQP2 and reduced AQP2 endocytosis. Therefore, through direct interaction with AQP2, ezrin facilitates AQP2 endocytosis, thus linking the dynamic actin cytoskeleton network with AQP2 trafficking.
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- Wei Li
- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, College of Arts and Sciences, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1005, Switzerland
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Kawaguchi K, Yoshida S, Hatano R, Asano S. Pathophysiological Roles of Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin Proteins. Biol Pharm Bull 2017; 40:381-390. [PMID: 28381792 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b16-01011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Ezrin/radixin/moesin (ERM) proteins function as general cross-linkers between plasma membrane proteins and the actin cytoskeleton and are involved in the functional expression of membrane proteins on the cell surface. They also integrate Rho guanosine 5'-triphosphatase (GTPase) signaling to regulate cytoskeletal organization by sequestering Rho-related proteins. They act as protein kinase A (PKA)-anchoring proteins and sequester PKA close to its target proteins for their effective phosphorylation and functional regulation. Therefore, ERM proteins seem to play important roles in the membrane transport of electrolytes by ion channels and transporters. In this review, we focus on the pathophysiological roles of ERM proteins in in vivo studies and introduce the phenotypes of their knockout and knockdown mice.
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- Kotoku Kawaguchi
- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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Li LY, Xie YH, Xie YM, Liao LD, Xu XE, Zhang Q, Zeng FM, Tao LH, Xie WM, Xie JJ, Xu LY, Li EM. Ezrin Ser66 phosphorylation regulates invasion and metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by mediating filopodia formation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2017; 88:162-171. [PMID: 28504189 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ezrin, links the plasma membrane to the actin cytoskeleton, and plays an important role in the development and progression of human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, the roles of ezrin S66 phosphorylation in tumorigenesis of ESCC remain unclear. METHODS Distribution of ezrin in membrane and cytosol fractions was examined by analysis of detergent-soluble/-insoluble fractions and cytosol/membrane fractionation. Both immunofluorescence and live imaging were used to explore the role of ezrin S66 phosphorylation in the behavior of ezrin and actin in cell filopodia. Cell proliferation, migration and invasion of ESCC cells were investigated by proliferation and migration assays, respectively. Tumorigenesis, local invasion and metastasis were assessed in a nude mouse model of regional lymph node metastasis. RESULTS Ezrin S66 phosphorylation enhanced the recruitment of ezrin to the membrane in ESCC cells. Additionally, non-phosphorylatable ezrin (S66A) significantly prevented filopodia formation, as well as caused a reduction in the number, length and lifetime of filopodia. Moreover, functional experiments revealed that expression of non-phosphorylatable ezrin (S66A) markedly suppressed migration and invasion but not proliferation of ESCC cells in vitro, and attenuated local invasion and regional lymph node metastasis, but not primary tumor growth of ESCC cells in vivo. CONCLUSION Ezrin S66 phosphorylation enhances filopodia formation, contributing to the regulation of invasion and metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells.
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- Li-Yan Li
- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- Experimental Animal Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, PR China.
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Yoshida S, Yamamoto H, Tetsui T, Kobayakawa Y, Hatano R, Mukaisho KI, Hattori T, Sugihara H, Asano S. Effects of ezrin knockdown on the structure of gastric glandular epithelia. J Physiol Sci 2016; 66:53-65. [PMID: 26329936 PMCID: PMC10717290 DOI: 10.1007/s12576-015-0393-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Ezrin, an adaptor protein that cross-links plasma membrane-associated proteins with the actin cytoskeleton, is concentrated on apical surfaces of epithelial cells, especially in microvilli of the small intestine and stomach. In the stomach, ezrin is predominantly expressed on the apical canalicular membrane of parietal cells. Transgenic ezrin knockdown mice in which the expression level of ezrin was reduced to <7% compared with the wild-type suffered from achlorhydria because of impairment of membrane fusion between tubulovesicles and apical membranes. We observed, for the first time, hypergastrinemia and foveolar hyperplasia in the gastric fundic region of the knockdown mice. Dilation of fundic glands was observed, the percentage of parietal and chief cells was reduced, and that of mucous-secreting cells was increased. The parietal cells of knockdown mice contained dilated tubulovesicles and abnormal mitochondria, and subsets of these cells contained abnormal vacuoles and multilamellar structures. Therefore, lack of ezrin not only causes achlorhydria and hypergastrinemia but also changes the structure of gastric glands, with severe perturbation of the secretory membranes of parietal cells.
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- Saori Yoshida
- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
- Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-Higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
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Jiang H, Wang W, Zhang Y, Yao WW, Jiang J, Qin B, Yao WY, Liu F, Wu H, Ward TL, Chen CW, Liu L, Ding X, Liu X, Yao X. Cell Polarity Kinase MST4 Cooperates with cAMP-dependent Kinase to Orchestrate Histamine-stimulated Acid Secretion in Gastric Parietal Cells. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:28272-28285. [PMID: 26405038 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.668855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The digestive function of the stomach depends on acidification of the gastric lumen. Acid secretion into the lumen is triggered by activation of the PKA cascade, which ultimately results in the insertion of gastric H,K-ATPases into the apical plasma membranes of parietal cells. A coupling protein is ezrin, whose phosphorylation at Ser-66 by PKA is required for parietal cell activation. However, little is known regarding the molecular mechanism(s) by which this signaling pathway operates in gastric acid secretion. Here we show that PKA cooperates with MST4 to orchestrate histamine-elicited acid secretion by phosphorylating ezrin at Ser-66 and Thr-567. Histamine stimulation activates PKA, which phosphorylates MST4 at Thr-178 and then promotes MST4 kinase activity. Interestingly, activated MST4 then phosphorylates ezrin prephosphorylated by PKA. Importantly, MST4 is important for acid secretion in parietal cells because either suppression of MST4 or overexpression of non-phosphorylatable MST4 prevents the apical membrane reorganization and proton pump translocation elicited by histamine stimulation. In addition, overexpressing MST4 phosphorylation-deficient ezrin results in an inhibition of gastric acid secretion. Taken together, these results define a novel molecular mechanism linking the PKA-MST4-ezrin signaling cascade to polarized epithelial secretion in gastric parietal cells.
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- Hao Jiang
- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; Airforce General Hospital, Beijing 100036, China
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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- Airforce General Hospital, Beijing 100036, China
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,; Molecular Imaging Center, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Atlanta, Georgia 30310.
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- BUCM-USTC Joint Program in Cellular Dynamics and Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China,.
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Interactions between Epac1 and ezrin in the control of endothelial barrier function. Biochem Soc Trans 2015; 42:274-8. [PMID: 24646230 DOI: 10.1042/bst20130271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Loss of barrier function in the vasculature promotes inflammatory signalling which in turn contributes to the progression of cardiovascular disease. cAMP can protect against endothelial dysfunction through the effectors PKA (protein kinase A) and Epac (exchange protein directly activated by cAMP). The present review outlines the role of Epac1 signalling within the endothelium and, in particular, the role of Epac1 in cytoskeletal dynamics and the control of cell morphology. The actin/cytoskeleton linker ezrin will be described in terms of the growing body of evidence placing it downstream of cAMP signalling as a mediator of altered cellular morphology.
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Death Receptor-Induced Apoptosis Signalling Regulation by Ezrin Is Cell Type Dependent and Occurs in a DISC-Independent Manner in Colon Cancer Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126526. [PMID: 26010871 PMCID: PMC4444253 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ezrin belongs to the ERM (ezrin-radixin-moesin) protein family and has been demonstrated to regulate early steps of Fas receptor signalling in lymphoid cells, but its contribution to TRAIL-induced cell death regulation in adherent cancer cells remains unknown. In this study we report that regulation of FasL and TRAIL-induced cell death by ezrin is cell type dependant. Ezrin is a positive regulator of apoptosis in T-lymphoma cell line Jurkat, but a negative regulator in colon cancer cells. Using ezrin phosphorylation or actin-binding mutants, we provide evidence that negative regulation of death receptor-induced apoptosis by ezrin occurs in a cytoskeleton- and DISC-independent manner, in colon cancer cells. Remarkably, inhibition of apoptosis induced by these ligands was found to be tightly associated with regulation of ezrin phosphorylation on serine 66, the tumor suppressor gene WWOX and activation of PKA. Deficiency in WWOX expression in the liver cancer SK-HEP1 or the pancreatic Mia PaCa-2 cell lines as well as WWOX silencing or modulation of PKA activation by pharmacological regulators, in the colon cancer cell line SW480, abrogated regulation of TRAIL signalling by ezrin. Altogether our results show that death receptor pro-apoptotic signalling regulation by ezrin can occur downstream of the DISC in colon cancer cells.
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Parnell E, Koschinski A, Zaccolo M, Cameron RT, Baillie GS, Baillie GL, Porter A, McElroy SP, Yarwood SJ. Phosphorylation of ezrin on Thr567 is required for the synergistic activation of cell spreading by EPAC1 and protein kinase A in HEK293T cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:1749-58. [PMID: 25913012 PMCID: PMC4547084 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Recent studies have demonstrated that the actin binding protein, ezrin, and the cAMP-sensor, EPAC1, cooperate to induce cell spreading in response to elevations in intracellular cAMP. To investigate the mechanisms underlying these effects we generated a model of EPAC1-dependent cell spreading based on the stable transfection of EPAC1 into HEK293T (HEK293T-EPAC1) cells. We found that direct activation of EPAC1 with the EPAC-selective analogue, 8-pCPT-2'-O-Me-cAMP (007), promoted cell spreading in these cells. In addition, co-activation of EPAC1 and PKA, with a combination of the adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin, and the cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, rolipram, was found to synergistically enhance cell spreading, in association with cortical actin bundling and mobilisation of ezrin to the plasma membrane. PKA activation was also associated with phosphorylation of ezrin on Thr567, as detected by an electrophoretic band mobility shift during SDS-PAGE. Inhibition of PKA activity blocked ezrin phosphorylation and reduced the cell spreading response to cAMP elevation to levels induced by EPAC1-activation alone. Transfection of HEK293T-EPAC1 cells with inhibitory ezrin mutants lacking the key PKA phosphorylation site, ezrin-Thr567Ala, or the ability to associate with actin, ezrin-Arg579Ala, promoted cell arborisation and blocked the ability of EPAC1 and PKA to further promote cell spreading. The PKA phospho-mimetic mutants of ezrin, ezrin-Thr567Asp had no effect on EPAC1-driven cell spreading. Our results indicate that association of ezrin with the actin cytoskeleton and phosphorylation on Thr567 are required, but not sufficient, for PKA and EPAC1 to synergistically promote cell spreading following elevations in intracellular cAMP.
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- Euan Parnell
- Institute of Molecular, Cellular and Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- European Screening Centre, BioCity Scotland, Newhouse ML1 5UH, UK
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- European Screening Centre, BioCity Scotland, Newhouse ML1 5UH, UK
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- European Screening Centre, BioCity Scotland, Newhouse ML1 5UH, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cellular and Systems Biology, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Yu H, Zhou J, Takahashi H, Yao W, Suzuki Y, Yuan X, Yoshimura SH, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Emmett N, Bond V, Wang D, Ding X, Takeyasu K, Yao X. Spatial control of proton pump H,K-ATPase docking at the apical membrane by phosphorylation-coupled ezrin-syntaxin 3 interaction. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:33333-42. [PMID: 25301939 PMCID: PMC4246090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.581280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The digestive function of the stomach depends on acidification of the gastric lumen. Acid secretion into the lumen is triggered by activation of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) cascade, which ultimately results in the insertion of gastric H,K-ATPases into the apical plasma membranes of parietal cells. A coupling protein is ezrin whose phosphorylation at Ser-66 by PKA is required for parietal cell activation. However, little is known regarding the molecular mechanism(s) by which ezrin operates in gastric acid secretion. Here we show that phosphorylation of Ser-66 induces a conformational change of ezrin that enables its association with syntaxin 3 (Stx3) and provides a spatial cue for H,K-ATPase trafficking. This conformation-dependent association is specific for Stx3, and the binding interface is mapped to the N-terminal region. Biochemical analyses show that inhibition of ezrin phosphorylation at Ser-66 prevents ezrin-Stx3 association and insertion of H,K-ATPase into the apical plasma membrane of parietal cells. Using atomic force microscopic analyses, our study revealed that phosphorylation of Ser-66 induces unfolding of ezrin molecule to allow Stx3 binding to its N terminus. Given the essential role of Stx3 in polarized secretion, our study presents the first evidence in which phosphorylation-induced conformational rearrangement of the ezrin molecule provides a spatial cue for polarized membrane trafficking in epithelial cells.
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- Huijuan Yu
- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, and
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- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, and
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- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027
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- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027, Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100086, China
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027
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- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, and
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100086, China
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- Laboratory of Plasma Membrane, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan,
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- From the Anhui Key Laboratory for Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China School of Life Science, Hefei, China 230027,
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Members of the ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) family of proteins are involved in multiple aspects of cell migration by acting both as crosslinkers between the membrane, receptors and the actin cytoskeleton, and as regulators of signalling molecules that are implicated in cell adhesion, cell polarity and migration. Increasing evidence suggests that the regulation of cell signalling and the cytoskeleton by ERM proteins is crucial during cancer progression. Thus, both their expression levels and subcellular localisation would affect tumour progression. High expression of ERM proteins has been shown in a variety of cancers. Mislocalisation of ERM proteins reduces the ability of cells to form cell-cell contacts and, therefore, promotes an invasive phenotype. Similarly, mislocalisation of ERM proteins impairs the formation of receptor complexes and alters the transmission of signals in response to growth factors, thereby facilitating tumour progression. In this Commentary, we address the structure, function and regulation of ERM proteins under normal physiological conditions as well as in cancer progression, with particular emphasis on cancers of epithelial origin, such as those from breast, lung and prostate. We also discuss any recent developments that have added to the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms and signalling pathways these proteins are involved in during cancer progression.
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- Jarama Clucas
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
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Du J, An R, Chen L, Shen Y, Chen Y, Cheng L, Jiang Z, Zhang A, Yu L, Chu D, Shen Y, Luo Q, Chen H, Wan L, Li M, Xu X, Shen J. WITHDRAWN: Toxoplasma gondii virulence factor ROP18 inhibits the host NF-κB pathway by promoting p65 degradation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:12578-92. [PMID: 24648522 PMCID: PMC4007449 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.544718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii secretes effector molecules into the host cell to modulate host immunity. Previous studies have shown that T. gondii could interfere with host NF-κB signaling to promote their survival, but the effectors of type I strains remain unclear. The polymorphic rhoptry protein ROP18 is a key serine/threonine kinase that phosphorylates host proteins to modulate acute virulence. Our data demonstrated that the N-terminal portion of ROP18 is associated with the dimerization domain of p65. ROP18 phosphorylates p65 at Ser-468 and targets this protein to the ubiquitin-dependent degradation pathway. The kinase activity of ROP18 is required for p65 degradation and suppresses NF-κB activation. Consistently, compared with wild-type ROP18 strain, ROP18 kinase-deficient type I parasites displayed a severe inability to inhibit NF-κB, culminating in the enhanced production of IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α in infected macrophages. In addition, studies have shown that transgenic parasites carrying kinase-deficient ROP18 induce M1-biased activation. These results demonstrate for the first time that the virulence factor ROP18 in T. gondii type I strains is responsible for inhibiting the host NF-κB pathway and for suppressing proinflammatory cytokine expression, thus providing a survival advantage to the infectious agent.
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- Jian Du
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Central Laboratory of Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, China, and
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceuticals, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Central Laboratory of Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230001, China, and
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- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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Leiphrakpam PD, Rajput A, Mathiesen M, Agarwal E, Lazenby AJ, Are C, Brattain MG, Chowdhury S. Ezrin expression and cell survival regulation in colorectal cancer. Cell Signal 2014; 26:868-79. [PMID: 24462708 PMCID: PMC3974425 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second largest cause of cancer deaths in the United States. A key barrier that prevents better outcomes for this type of cancer as well as other solid tumors is the lack of effective therapies against the metastatic disease. Thus there is an urgent need to fill this gap in cancer therapy. We utilized a 2D-DIGE proteomics approach to identify and characterize proteins that are differentially regulated between primary colon tumor and liver metastatic deposits of the IGF1R-dependent GEO human CRC xenograft, orthotopically implanted in athymic nude mice that may serve as potential therapeutic targets against CRC metastasis. We observed increased expression of ezrin in liver metastasis in comparison to the primary colonic tumor. Increased ezrin expression was further confirmed by western blot and microarray analyses. Ezrin, a cytoskeletal protein belonging to Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin (ERM) family plays important roles in cell motility, invasion and metastasis. However, its exact function in colorectal cancer is not well characterized. Establishment of advanced GEO cell lines with enhanced liver-metastasizing ability showed a significant increase in ezrin expression in liver metastasis. Increased phosphorylation of ezrin at the T567 site (termed here as p-ezrin T567) was observed in liver metastasis. IHC studies of human CRC patient specimens showed an increased expression of p-ezrin T567 in liver metastasis compared to the primary tumors of the same patient. Ezrin modulation by siRNA, inhibitors and T567A/D point mutations significantly downregulated inhibitors of apoptosis (IAP) proteins XIAP and survivin that have been linked to increased aberrant cell survival and metastasis and increased cell death. Inhibition of the IGF1R signaling pathway by humanized recombinant IGF1R monoclonal antibody MK-0646 in athymic mouse subcutaneous xenografts resulted in inhibition of p-ezrin T567 indicating ezrin signaling is downstream of the IGF1R signaling pathway. We identified increased expression of p-ezrin T567 in CRC liver metastasis in both orthotopically implanted GEO tumors as well as human patient specimens. We report for the first time that p-ezrin T567 is downstream of the IGF1R signaling and demonstrate that ezrin regulates cell survival through survivin/XIAP modulation.
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- Premila D Leiphrakpam
- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Science Center, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States
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- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, United States
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- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983515 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3135, United States
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 984533 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4533, United States
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- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, United States.
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- Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, United States.
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Ren L, Khanna C. Role of ezrin in osteosarcoma metastasis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2014; 804:181-201. [PMID: 24924175 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04843-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The cause of death for the vast majority of cancer patients is the development of metastases at sites distant from that of the primary tumor. For most pediatric sarcoma patients such as those with osteosarcoma (OS), despite successful management of the primary tumor through multimodality approaches, the development of metastases, commonly to the lungs, is the cause of death. Significant improvements in long-term outcome for these patients have not been seen in more than 30 years. Furthermore, the long-term outcome for patients who present with metastatic disease is grave [1-5]. New treatment options are needed.Opportunities to improve outcomes for patients who present with metastases and those at-risk for progression and metastasis require an improved understanding of cancer progression and metastasis. With this goal in mind we and others have identified ezrin as a metastasis-associated protein that associated with OS and other cancers. Ezrin is the prototypical ERM (Ezrin/Radixin/Moesin) protein family member. ERMs function as linker proteins connecting the actin cytoskeleton and the plasma membrane. Since our initial identification of ezrin in pediatric sarcoma, an increasing understanding the role of ezrin in metastasis has emerged. Briefly, ezrin appears to allow metastatic cells to overcome a number of stresses experienced during the metastatic cascade, most notably the stress experienced as cells interact with the microenvironment of the secondary site. Cells must rapidly adapt to this environment in order to survive. Evidence now suggests a connection between ezrin expression and a variety of mechanisms linked to this important cellular adaptation including the ability of metastatic cells to initiate the translation of new proteins and to allow the efficient generation of ATP through a variety of sources. This understanding of the role of ezrin in the biology of metastasis is now sufficient to consider ezrin as an important therapeutic target in osteosarcoma patients. This chapter reviews our understanding of ezrin and the related ERM proteins in normal tissues and physiology, summarizes the expression of ezrin in human cancers and associations with clinical parameters of disease progression, reviews reports that detail a biological understanding of ezrin's role in metastatic progression, and concludes with a rationale that may be considered to target ezrin and ezrin biology in osteosarcoma.
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- Ling Ren
- Molecular Oncology Section - Metastasis Biology Group, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Dr., Rm 2144, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA,
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Parameswaran N, Gupta N. Re-defining ERM function in lymphocyte activation and migration. Immunol Rev 2013; 256:63-79. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Neetha Parameswaran
- Department of Immunology; Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland OH USA
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- Department of Immunology; Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland OH USA
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Adada M, Canals D, Hannun YA, Obeid LM. Sphingolipid regulation of ezrin, radixin, and moesin proteins family: implications for cell dynamics. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1841:727-37. [PMID: 23850862 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Revised: 06/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A key but poorly studied domain of sphingolipid functions encompasses endocytosis, exocytosis, cellular trafficking, and cell movement. Recently, the ezrin, radixin and moesin (ERM) family of proteins emerged as novel potent targets regulated by sphingolipids. ERMs are structural proteins linking the actin cytoskeleton to the plasma membrane, also forming a scaffold for signaling pathways that are used for cell proliferation, migration and invasion, and cell division. Opposing functions of the bioactive sphingolipid ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), contribute to ERM regulation. S1P robustly activates whereas ceramide potently deactivates ERM via phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, respectively. This recent dimension of cytoskeletal regulation by sphingolipids opens up new avenues to target cell dynamics, and provides further understanding of some of the unexplained biological effects mediated by sphingolipids. In addition, these studies are providing novel inroads into defining basic mechanisms of regulation and action of bioactive sphingolipids. This review describes the current understanding of sphingolipid regulation of the cytoskeleton, it also describes the biologies in which ERM proteins have been involved, and finally how these two large fields have started to converge. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled New Frontiers in Sphingolipid Biology.
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- Mohamad Adada
- The Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- The Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- The Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- The Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA; The Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY 11768, USA.
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Parameswaran N, Enyindah-Asonye G, Bagheri N, Shah NB, Gupta N. Spatial coupling of JNK activation to the B cell antigen receptor by tyrosine-phosphorylated ezrin. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2013; 190:2017-26. [PMID: 23338238 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ezrin-radixin-moesin proteins regulate B lymphocyte activation via their effect on BCR diffusion and microclustering. This relies on their ability to dynamically tether the plasma membrane with actin filaments that is in turn facilitated by phosphorylation of the conserved threonine residue in the actin-binding domain. In this study, we describe a novel function of ezrin in regulating JNK activation that is mediated by phosphorylation of a tyrosine (Y353) residue that is unconserved with moesin and radixin. BCR, but not CD40, TLR4, or CXCR5 stimulation, induced phosphorylation of ezrin at Y353 in mouse splenic B cells. Ezrin existed in a preformed complex with Syk in unstimulated B cells and underwent Syk-dependent phosphorylation upon anti-IgM stimulation. Y353-phosphorylated ezrin colocalized with the BCR within minutes of stimulation and cotrafficked with the endocytosed BCRs through the early and late endosomes. The T567 residue of ezrin was rephosphorylated in late endosomes and at the plasma membrane at later times of BCR stimulation. Expression of a nonphosphorylatable Y353F mutant of ezrin specifically impaired JNK activation. BCR crosslinking induced the association of Y353-phosphorylated ezrin with JNK and its kinase MAPKK7, as well as spatial colocalization with phosphorylated JNK in the endosomes. The yellow fluorescent protein-tagged Y353F mutant displayed reduced colocalization with the endocytosed BCR as compared with wild-type ezrin-yellow fluorescent protein. Taken together, our data identify a novel role for ezrin as a spatial adaptor that couples JNK signaling components to the BCR signalosome, thus facilitating JNK activation.
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- Neetha Parameswaran
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Khan LA, Zhang H, Abraham N, Sun L, Fleming JT, Buechner M, Hall DH, Gobel V. Intracellular lumen extension requires ERM-1-dependent apical membrane expansion and AQP-8-mediated flux. Nat Cell Biol 2013; 15:143-56. [PMID: 23334498 PMCID: PMC4091717 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Many unicellular tubes such as capillaries form lumens intracellularly, a process that is not well understood. Here we show that the cortical membrane organizer ERM-1 is required to expand the intracellular apical/lumenal membrane and its actin undercoat during single-cell C.elegans excretory canal morphogenesis. We characterize AQP-8, identified in an ERM-1 overexpression (ERM-1[++]) suppressor screen, as a canalicular aquaporin that interacts with ERM-1 in lumen extension in a mercury-sensitive manner, implicating water-channel activity. AQP-8 is transiently recruited to the lumen by ERM-1, co-localizing in peri-lumenal cuffs interspaced along expanding canals. An ERM-1[++]-mediated increase in the number of lumen-associated canaliculi is reversed by AQP-8 depletion. We propose that the ERM-1-AQP-8 interaction propels lumen extension by translumenal flux, suggesting a direct morphogenetic effect of water-channel-regulated fluid pressure.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA
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Irie-Maezono R, Tsuyama S. Immunohistochemical Analysis of the Acid Secretion Potency in Gastric Parietal Cells. Cell 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/cellbio.2013.24020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Guo J, Song L, Liu M, Mahon MJ. Fluorescent ligand-directed co-localization of the parathyroid hormone 1 receptor with the brush-border scaffold complex of the proximal tubule reveals hormone-dependent changes in ezrin immunoreactivity consistent with inactivation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012; 1823:2243-53. [PMID: 23036889 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Through binding to parathyroid hormone (PTH), PTH1R interacts with kidney-specific scaffold proteins, including the sodium hydrogen exchanger regulatory factors 1 and 2 (NHERFs), and ezrin. To facilitate in vivo localization, tetramethylrhodamine-labeled PTH (PTH-TMR) was used as a fluorescent probe. In mice, PTH-TMR localizes to luminal surfaces of tubular S1 segments that overlap PTH1R immunostaining, but does not directly overlap with megalin-specific antibodies. PTH-TMR staining directly overlaps with Npt2a in nascent, endocytic vesicles, marking the location of transporter regulation. PKA substrate antibodies display marked staining increases in segments labeled with PTH-TMR, demonstrating a functional effect. In the presence of secondary hyperparathyroidism, PTH-TMR staining is markedly reduced and shifts to co-localizing with megalin. At 15min post-injection, PTH-TMR-labeled vesicles do not co-localize with either NHERF or ezrin, suggesting PTH1R dissociation from the scaffold complex. At the 5min time point, PTH-TMR stains the base of microvilli where it localizes with both NHERF2 and ezrin, and only partially with NHERF1. Strikingly, the bulk of ezrin protein becomes undetectable with the polyclonal, CS3145 antibody, revealing a PTH-induced conformational change in the scaffold. A second ezrin antibody (3C12) is capable of detecting the altered ezrin protein. The CS3145 antibody only binds to the active form of ezrin and fails to recognize the inactive form, while the 3C12 reagent can detect either active or inactive ezrin. Here we show that the PTH1R is part of the ezrin scaffold complex and that acute actions of PTH suggest a rapid inactivation of ezrin in a spatially defined manner.
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- Jun Guo
- Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Regulation of adherens junction dynamics by phosphorylation switches. JOURNAL OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 2012; 2012:125295. [PMID: 22848810 PMCID: PMC3403498 DOI: 10.1155/2012/125295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Adherens junctions connect the actin cytoskeleton of neighboring cells through transmembrane cadherin receptors and a network of adaptor proteins. The interactions between these adaptors and cadherin as well as the activity of actin regulators localized to adherens junctions are tightly controlled to facilitate cell junction assembly or disassembly in response to changes in external or internal forces and/or signaling. Phosphorylation of tyrosine, serine, or threonine residues acts as a switch on the majority of adherens junction proteins, turning "on" or "off" their interactions with other proteins and/or their enzymatic activity. Here, we provide an overview of the kinases and phosphatases regulating phosphorylation of adherens junction proteins and bring examples of phosphorylation events leading to the assembly or disassembly of adherens junctions, highlighting the important role of phosphorylation switches in regulating their dynamics.
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Wang J, Liu H, Chen B, Li Q, Huang X, Wang L, Guo X, Huang Q. RhoA/ROCK-dependent moesin phosphorylation regulates AGE-induced endothelial cellular response. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2012; 11:7. [PMID: 22251897 PMCID: PMC3280169 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the development of diabetes, especially diabetic complications, has been emphasized in many reports. Accumulation of AGEs in the vasculature triggers a series of morphological and functional changes in endothelial cells (ECs) and induces an increase of endothelial permeability. This study was to investigate the involvement of RhoA/ROCK-dependent moesin phosphorylation in endothelial abnormalities induced by AGEs. METHODS Using human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs), the effects of human serum albumin modified-AGEs (AGE-HSA) on the endothelium were assessed by measuring monolayer permeability and staining of F-actin in HMVECs. Activations of RhoA and ROCK were determined by a luminescence-based assay and immunoblotting. Transfection of recombinant adenovirus that was dominant negative for RhoA (RhoA N19) was done to down-regulate RhoA expression, while adenovirus with constitutively activated RhoA (RhoA L63) was transfected to cause overexpression of RhoA in HMVECs. H-1152 was employed to specifically block activation of ROCK. Co-immunoprecipitation was used to further confirm the interaction of ROCK and its downstream target moesin. To identify AGE/ROCK-induced phosphorylation site in moesin, two mutants pcDNA3/HA-moesinT(558A) and pcDNA3/HA-moesinT(558D) were applied in endothelial cells. RESULTS The results showed that AGE-HSA increased the permeability of HMVEC monolayer and triggered the formation of F-actin-positive stress fibers. AGE-HSA enhanced RhoA activity as well as phosphorylation of ROCK in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Down-regulation of RhoA expression with RhoA N19 transfection abolished these AGE-induced changes, while transfection of RhoA L63 reproduced the AGE-evoked changes. H-1152 attenuated the AGE-induced alteration in monolayer permeability and cytoskeleton. The results also confirmed the AGE-induced direct interaction of ROCK and moesin. Thr558 was further identified as the phosphorylating site of moesin in AGE-evoked endothelial responses. CONCLUSION These results confirm the involvement of RhoA/ROCK pathway and subsequent moesin Thr558 phosphorylation in AGE-mediated endothelial dysfunction.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory for Shock and Microcirculation Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, P R China
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Wang YY, Chen WL, Huang ZQ, Yang ZH, Zhang B, Wang JG, Li HG, Li JS. Expression of the membrane-cytoskeletal linker Ezrin in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 112:96-104. [PMID: 21550270 DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between membrane cytoskeleton linker protein Ezrin and CD44v6, iNOS, Ki-67, and clinicopathologic characteristics, and the prognostic significance of Ezrin expression in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC). STUDY DESIGN Immunohistochemistry and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction were used to quantify the expression of Ezrin, CD44v6, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and Ki-67 in 75 primary SACCs, 25 tumor-free salivary tissues, and 2 SACC cell lines (ACC-M and ACC-2). Survival analysis was performed to find the prognostic significance of Ezrin expression. RESULTS Expressions of Ezrin, CD44v6, iNOS, and Ki-67 in SACC tissues, especially with distant metastasis, were significantly higher than in tumor-free tissues. Ezrin mRNA and protein levels in ACC-M cells were significantly higher than in ACC-2 cells. Ezrin, CD44v6, iNOS, and Ki-67 expressions were significantly higher in solid pattern than in cribriform and tubular patterns. Ezrin and its partners, CD44v6, iNOS, and Ki-67, were significantly related to tumor size, clinical stage, perineural and vascular invasion, and recurrence. Furthermore, Ezrin had an independent prognostic effect on overall survival. CONCLUSIONS The increased expression of Ezrin and its partners, CD44v6, iNOS, and Ki-67, in SACC correlated with histologic patterns, may play a role in distant metastasis, and might indicate poor clinical outcome.
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- You-yuan Wang
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital No 2 Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Chen Y, Wang D, Guo Z, Zhao J, Wu B, Deng H, Zhou T, Xiang H, Gao F, Yu X, Liao J, Ward T, Xia P, Emenari C, Ding X, Thompson W, Ma K, Zhu J, Aikhionbare F, Dou K, Cheng SY, Yao X. Rho kinase phosphorylation promotes ezrin-mediated metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res 2011; 71:1721-9. [PMID: 21363921 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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During progression of hepatocellular carcinoma, multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations act to posttranslationally modulate the function of proteins that promote cancer invasion and metastasis. To define such abnormalities that contribute to liver cancer metastasis, we carried out a proteomic comparison of primary hepatocellular carcinoma and samples of intravascular thrombi from the same patient. Mass spectrometric analyses of the liver cancer samples revealed a series of acidic phospho-isotypes associated with the intravascular thrombi samples. In particular, we found that Thr567 hyperphosphorylation of the cytoskeletal protein ezrin was tightly correlated to an invasive phenotype of clinical hepatocellular carcinomas and to poor outcomes in tumor xenograft assays. Using phospho-mimicking mutants, we showed that ezrin phosphorylation at Thr567 promoted in vitro invasion by hepatocarcinoma cells. Phospho-mimicking mutant ezrinT567D, but not the nonphosphorylatable mutant ezrinT567A, stimulated formation of membrane ruffles, suggesting that Thr567 phosphorylation promotes cytoskeletal-membrane remodeling. Importantly, inhibition of Rho kinase, either by Y27632 or RNA interference, resulted in inhibition of Thr567 phosphorylation and a blockade to cell invasion, implicating Rho kinase-ezrin signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma cell invasion. Our findings suggest a strategy to reduce liver tumor metastasis by blocking Rho kinase-mediated phosphorylation of ezrin.
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- Yong Chen
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi, P.R. China
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Song P, Groos S, Riederer B, Feng Z, Krabbenhöft A, Manns MP, Smolka A, Hagen SJ, Neusch C, Seidler U. Kir4.1 channel expression is essential for parietal cell control of acid secretion. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:14120-8. [PMID: 21367857 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.151191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Kir4.1 channels were found to colocalize with the H(+)/K(+)-ATPase throughout the parietal cell (PC) acid secretory cycle. This study was undertaken to explore their functional role. Acid secretory rates, electrophysiological parameters, PC ultrastructure, and gene and protein expression were determined in gastric mucosae of 7-8-day-old Kir4.1-deficient mice and WT littermates. Kir4.1(-/-) mucosa secreted significantly more acid and initiated secretion significantly faster than WT mucosa. No change in PC number but a relative up-regulation of H(+)/K(+)-ATPase gene and protein expression (but not of other PC ion transporters) was observed. Electron microscopy revealed fully fused canalicular membranes and a lack of tubulovesicles in resting state Kir4.1(-/-) PCs, suggesting that Kir4.1 ablation may also interfere with tubulovesicle endocytosis. The role of this inward rectifier in the PC apical membrane may therefore be to balance between K(+) loss via KCNQ1/KCNE2 and K(+) reabsorption by the slow turnover of the H(+)/K(+)-ATPase, with consequences for K(+) reabsorption, inhibition of acid secretion, and membrane recycling. Our results demonstrate that Kir4.1 channels are involved in the control of acid secretion and suggest that they may also affect secretory membrane recycling.
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- Penghong Song
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Chandra M, Zhou H, Li Q, Muallem S, Hofmann SL, Soyombo AA. A role for the Ca2+ channel TRPML1 in gastric acid secretion, based on analysis of knockout mice. Gastroenterology 2011; 140:857-67. [PMID: 21111738 PMCID: PMC3057336 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Mutations in TRPML1, a lysosomal Ca(2+)-permeable TRP channel, lead to mucolipidosis type IV, a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease. An unusual feature of mucolipidosis type IV is constitutive achlorhydria. We produced Trpml1(-/-) (null) mice to investigate the requirement for this protein in gastric acid secretion. METHODS Trpml1-null mice were generated by gene targeting. The expression of Trpml1 and its role in acid secretion by gastric parietal cells were analyzed using biochemical, histologic, and ultrastructural approaches. RESULTS Trpml1 is expressed by parietal cells and localizes predominantly to the lysosomes; it was dynamically palmitoylated and dephosphorylated in vivo following histamine stimulation of acid secretion. Trpml1-null mice had significant impairments in basal and histamine-stimulated gastric acid secretion and markedly reduced levels of the gastric proton pump. Histologic and ultrastructural analyses revealed that Trpml1(-/-) parietal cells were enlarged, had multivesicular and multi-lamellated lysosomes, and maintained an abnormal intracellular canalicular membrane. The intralysosomal Ca(2+) content and receptor-mediated Ca(2+) signaling were, however, unaffected in Trpml1(-/-) gastric glands, indicating that Trpml1 does not function in the regulation of lysosomal Ca(2+). CONCLUSIONS Loss of Trpml1 causes reduced levels and mislocalization of the gastric proton pump and alters the secretory canaliculi, causing hypochlorhydria and hypergastrinemia. The lysosomal enlargement and defective intracellular canaliculi formation observed in Trpml1(-/-) parietal cells indicate that Trpml1 functions in the formation and trafficking of the tubulovesicles. This study provides direct evidence for the regulation of gastric acid secretion by a TRP channel; TRPML1 is an important protein in parietal cell apical membrane trafficking.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA,Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA,Address correspondence to: Abigail A. Soyombo, Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, Texas 75390-8593, USA, Tel: 214-648-1456, Fax: 214-648-4940,
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Arpin M, Chirivino D, Naba A, Zwaenepoel I. Emerging role for ERM proteins in cell adhesion and migration. Cell Adh Migr 2011; 5:199-206. [PMID: 21343695 DOI: 10.4161/cam.5.2.15081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The highly related ERM (Ezrin, Radixin, Moesin) proteins provide a regulated linkage between the membrane and the underlying actin cytoskeleton. They also provide a platform for the transmission of signals in responses to extracellular cues. Studies in different model organisms and in cultured cells have highlighted the importance of ERM proteins in the generation and maintenance of specific domains of the plasma membrane. A central question is how do ERM proteins coordinate actin filament organization and membrane protein transport/stability with signal transduction pathways to build up complex structures? Through their interaction with numerous partners including membrane proteins, actin cytoskeleton and signaling molecules, ERM proteins have the ability to organize multiprotein complexes in specific cellular compartments. Likewise, ERM proteins participate in diverse functions including cell morphogenesis, endocytosis/exocytosis, adhesion and migration. This review focuses on aspects still poorly understood related to the function of ERM proteins in epithelial cell adhesion and migration.
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- Monique Arpin
- UMR 144, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Morphogenèse et Signalisation Cellulaires, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
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AKAPs in lipid rafts are required for optimal antigen presentation by dendritic cells. Immunol Cell Biol 2011; 89:650-8. [PMID: 21221125 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dendritic cell (DC) maturation and antigen presentation are regulated by activation of protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathways, through unknown mechanisms. We have recently shown that interfering with PKA signaling through the use of anchoring inhibitor peptides hinders antigen presentation and DC maturation. These experiments provide evidence that DC maturation and antigen presentation are regulated by A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs). Herein, we determine that the presence of AKAPs and PKA in lipid rafts regulates antigen presentation. Using a combination of western blotting and immuno-cytochemistry, we illustrate the presence of AKAP149, AKAP79, Ezrin and the regulatory subunits of PKA in DC lipid rafts. Incubation of DCs with the type II anchoring inhibitor, AKAP-in silico (AKAP-IS), removes Ezrin and RII from the lipid raft without disrupting raft formation. Addition of a lipid raft disruptor, methyl-β-cyclodextrin, blocks the efficacy of AKAP-IS, suggesting that the lipid raft must be intact for AKAP-IS to inhibit antigen presentation. Ezrin and AKAP79 are present in the lipid raft of stimulated KG1 cells, but Ezrin is not present in the lipid raft of unstimulated KG1 cells and AKAP79 levels are greatly diminished, suggesting that Ezrin and AKAP79 may be the key AKAPs responsible for regulating antigen presentation.
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Chirivino D, Del Maestro L, Formstecher E, Hupé P, Raposo G, Louvard D, Arpin M. The ERM proteins interact with the HOPS complex to regulate the maturation of endosomes. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 22:375-85. [PMID: 21148287 PMCID: PMC3031467 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-09-0796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In the degradative pathway, the progression of cargos through endosomal compartments involves a series of fusion and maturation events. The HOPS (homotypic fusion and protein sorting) complex is part of the machinery that promotes the progression from early to late endosomes and lysosomes by regulating the exchange of small GTPases. We report that an interaction between subunits of the HOPS complex and the ERM (ezrin, radixin, moesin) proteins is required for the delivery of EGF receptor (EGFR) to lysosomes. Inhibiting either ERM proteins or the HOPS complex leads to the accumulation of the EGFR into early endosomes, delaying its degradation. This impairment in EGFR trafficking observed in cells depleted of ERM proteins is due to a delay in the recruitment of Rab7 on endosomes. As a consequence, the maturation of endosomes is perturbed as reflected by an accumulation of hybrid compartments positive for both early and late endosomal markers. Thus, ERM proteins represent novel regulators of the HOPS complex in the early to late endosomal maturation.
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- Dafne Chirivino
- Institut Curie-Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 (UMR144), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Morphogenèse et Signalisation cellulaires, Paris, France
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Ding X, Deng H, Wang D, Zhou J, Huang Y, Zhao X, Yu X, Wang M, Wang F, Ward T, Aikhionbare F, Yao X. Phospho-regulated ACAP4-Ezrin interaction is essential for histamine-stimulated parietal cell secretion. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:18769-80. [PMID: 20360010 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.129007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ezrin-radixin-moesin proteins provide a regulated linkage between membrane proteins and the cortical cytoskeleton and also participate in signal transduction pathways. Ezrin is localized to the apical membrane of parietal cells and couples the protein kinase A activation cascade to the regulated HCl secretion. Our recent proteomic study revealed a protein complex of ezrin-ACAP4-ARF6 essential for volatile membrane remodeling (Fang, Z., Miao, Y., Ding, X., Deng, H., Liu, S., Wang, F., Zhou, R., Watson, C., Fu, C., Hu, Q., Lillard, J. W., Jr., Powell, M., Chen, Y., Forte, J. G., and Yao, X. (2006) Mol. Cell Proteomics 5, 1437-1449). However, knowledge of whether ACAP4 physically interacts with ezrin and how their interaction is integrated into membrane-cytoskeletal remodeling has remained elusive. Here we provide the first evidence that ezrin interacts with ACAP4 in a protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation-dependent manner through the N-terminal 400 amino acids of ACAP4. ACAP4 locates in the cytoplasmic membrane in resting parietal cells but translocates to the apical plasma membrane upon histamine stimulation. ACAP4 was precipitated with ezrin from secreting but not resting parietal cell lysates, suggesting a phospho-regulated interaction. Indeed, this interaction is abolished by phosphatase treatment and validated by an in vitro reconstitution assay using phospho-mimicking ezrin(S66D). Importantly, ezrin specifies the apical distribution of ACAP4 in secreting parietal cells because either suppression of ezrin or overexpression of non-phosphorylatable ezrin prevents the apical localization of ACAP4. In addition, overexpressing GTPase-activating protein-deficient ACAP4 results in an inhibition of apical membrane-cytoskeletal remodeling and gastric acid secretion. Taken together, these results define a novel molecular mechanism linking ACAP4-ezrin interaction to polarized epithelial secretion.
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- Xia Ding
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics and Chemical Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
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Bradford EM, Miller ML, Prasad V, Nieman ML, Gawenis LR, Berryman M, Lorenz JN, Tso P, Shull GE. CLIC5 mutant mice are resistant to diet-induced obesity and exhibit gastric hemorrhaging and increased susceptibility to torpor. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 298:R1531-42. [PMID: 20357015 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00849.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Chloride intracellular channel 5 (CLIC5) and other CLIC isoforms have been implicated in a number of biological processes, but their specific functions are poorly understood. The association of CLIC5 with ezrin and the actin cytoskeleton led us to test its possible involvement in gastric acid secretion. Clic5 mutant mice exhibited only a minor reduction in acid secretion, Clic5 mRNA was expressed at only low levels in stomach, and Clic5 mutant parietal cells were ultrastructurally normal, negating the hypothesis that CLIC5 plays a major role in acid secretion. However, the mutants exhibited gastric hemorrhaging in response to fasting, reduced monocytes and granulocytes suggestive of immune dysfunction, behavioral and social disorders suggestive of neurological dysfunction, and evidence of a previously unidentified metabolic defect. Wild-type and mutant mice were maintained on normal and high-fat diets; plasma levels of various hormones, glucose, and lipids were determined; and body composition was studied by quantitative magnetic resonance imaging. Clic5 mutants were lean, hyperphagic, and highly resistant to diet-induced obesity. Plasma insulin and glucose levels were reduced, and leptin levels were very low; however, plasma triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids, and fatty acids were normal. Indirect calorimetry revealed increased peripheral metabolism and greater reliance on carbohydrate metabolism. Because Clic5 mutants were unable to maintain energy reserves, they also exhibited increased susceptibility to fasting-induced torpor, as indicated by telemetric measurements showing episodes of reduced body temperature and heart rate. These data reveal a requirement for CLIC5 in the maintenance of normal systemic energy metabolism.
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- Emily M Bradford
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0524, USA
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Saqui-Salces M, Merchant JL. Hedgehog signaling and gastrointestinal cancer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:786-95. [PMID: 20307590 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hedgehog (Hh) signaling is critical for embryonic development and in differentiation, proliferation, and maintenance of multiple adult tissues. De-regulation of the Hh pathway is associated with birth defects and cancer. In the gastrointestinal tract, Hh ligands Sonic (Shh) and Indian (Ihh), as well as the receptor Patched (Ptch1), and transcription factors of Glioblastoma family (Gli) are all expressed during development. In the adult, Shh expression is restricted to the stomach and colon, while Ihh expression occurs throughout the luminal gastrointestinal tract, its expression being highest in the proximal duodenum. Several studies have demonstrated a requirement for Hh signaling during gastrointestinal tract development. However to date, the specific role of the Hh pathway in the adult stomach and intestine is not completely understood. The current review will place into context the implications of recent published data related to the biochemistry and cell biology of Hh signaling on the luminal gastrointestinal tract during development, normal physiology and subsequently carcinogenesis.
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- Milena Saqui-Salces
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Digestive Disease and Nutrition Center, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214;
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Internalization of NK cells into tumor cells requires ezrin and leads to programmed cell-in-cell death. Cell Res 2009; 19:1350-62. [PMID: 19786985 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2009.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic lymphocytes are key players in the orchestration of immune response and elimination of defective cells. We have previously reported that natural killer (NK) cells enter target tumor cells, leading to either target cell death or self-destruction within tumor cells. However, it has remained elusive as to the fate of NK cells after internalization and whether the heterotypic cell-in-cell process is different from that of the homotypic cell-in-cell event recently named entosis. Here, we show that NK cells undergo a cell-in-cell process with the ultimate fate of apoptosis within tumor cells and reveal that the internalization process requires the actin cytoskeletal regulator, ezrin. To visualize how NK cells enter into tumor cells, we carried out real-time dual color imaging analyses of NK cell internalization into tumor cells. Surprisingly, most NK cells commit to programmed cell death after their entry into tumor cells, which is distinctively different from entosis observed in the homotypic cell-in-cell process. The apoptotic cell death of the internalized NK cells was evident by activation of caspase 3 and DNA fragmentation. Furthermore, NK cell death after internalization is attenuated by the caspase inhibitor, Z-VAD-FMK, confirming apoptosis as the mode of NK cell death within tumor cells. To determine protein factors essential for the entry of NK cells into tumor cells, we carried out siRNA-based knockdown analysis and discovered a critical role of ezrin in NK cell internalization. Importantly, PKA-mediated phosphorylation of ezrin promotes the NK cell internalization process. Our findings suggest a novel regulatory mechanism by which ezrin governs NK cell internalization into tumor cells.
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Orsatti L, Forte E, Tomei L, Caterino M, Pessi A, Talamo F. 2-D Difference in gel electrophoresis combined with Pro-Q Diamond staining: A successful approach for the identification of kinase/phosphatase targets. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:2469-76. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Gliddon BL, Nguyen NV, Gunn PA, Gleeson PA, van Driel IR. Isolation, culture and adenoviral transduction of parietal cells from mouse gastric mucosa. Biomed Mater 2008; 3:034117. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/3/3/034117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wang F, Xia P, Wu F, Wang D, Wang W, Ward T, Liu Y, Aikhionbare F, Guo Z, Powell M, Liu B, Bi F, Shaw A, Zhu Z, Elmoselhi A, Fan D, Cover TL, Ding X, Yao X. Helicobacter pylori VacA disrupts apical membrane-cytoskeletal interactions in gastric parietal cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:26714-25. [PMID: 18625712 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800527200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori persistently colonize the human stomach and have been linked to atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma. Although it is well known that H. pylori infection can result in hypochlorhydria, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Here we show that VacA permeabilizes the apical membrane of gastric parietal cells and induces hypochlorhydria. The functional consequences of VacA infection on parietal cell physiology were studied using freshly isolated rabbit gastric glands and cultured parietal cells. Secretory activity of parietal cells was judged by an aminopyrine uptake assay and confocal microscopic examination. VacA permeabilization induces an influx of extracellular calcium, followed by activation of calpain and subsequent proteolysis of ezrin at Met(469)-Thr(470), which results in the liberation of ezrin from the apical membrane of the parietal cells. VacA treatment inhibits acid secretion by preventing the recruitment of H,K-ATPase-containing tubulovesicles to the apical membrane of gastric parietal cells. Electron microscopic examination revealed that VacA treatment disrupts the radial arrangement of actin filaments in apical microvilli due to the loss of ezrin integrity in parietal cells. Significantly, expression of calpain-resistant ezrin restored the functional activity of parietal cells in the presence of VacA. Proteolysis of ezrin in VacA-infected parietal cells is a novel mechanism underlying H. pylori-induced inhibition of acid secretion. Our results indicate that VacA disrupts the apical membrane-cytoskeletal interactions in gastric parietal cells and thereby causes hypochlorhydria.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fengsong Wang
- Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30310, USA
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