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Lee M, Kang EH. Molecular dynamics study of interactions between polymorphic actin filaments and gelsolin segment-1. Proteins 2019; 88:385-392. [PMID: 31498927 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The assembly of protein actin into double-helical filaments promotes many eukaryotic cellular processes that are regulated by actin-binding proteins (ABPs). Actin filaments can adopt multiple conformations, known as structural polymorphism, which possibly influences the interaction between filaments and ABPs. Gelsolin is a Ca2+ -regulated ABP that severs and caps actin filaments. Gelsolin binding modulates filament structure; however, it is not known how polymorphic actin filament structures influence an interaction of gelsolin S1 with the barbed-end of filament. Herein, we investigated how polymorphic structures of actin filaments affect the interactions near interfaces between the gelsolin segment 1 (S1) domain and the filament barbed-end. Using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that different tilted states of subunits modulate gelsolin S1 interactions with the barbed-end of polymorphic filaments. Hydrogen bonding and interaction energy at the filament-gelsolin S1 interface indicate distinct conformations of filament barbed ends, resulting in different interactions of gelsolin S1. This study demonstrates that filament's structural multiplicity plays important roles in the interactions of actin with ABPs.
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- Myeongsang Lee
- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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- NanoScience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.,Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
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He JP, Hou PP, Chen QT, Wang WJ, Sun XY, Yang PB, Li YP, Yao LM, Li X, Jiang XD, Chien KY, Zhang ZM, Wu QW, Cowin AJ, Wu Q, Chen HZ. Flightless-I Blocks p62-Mediated Recognition of LC3 to Impede Selective Autophagy and Promote Breast Cancer Progression. Cancer Res 2018; 78:4853-4864. [PMID: 29898994 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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p62 is a receptor that facilitates selective autophagy by interacting simultaneously with cargoes and LC3 protein on the autophagosome to maintain cellular homeostasis. However, the regulatory mechanism(s) behind this process and its association with breast cancer remain to be elucidated. Here, we report that Flightless-I (FliI), a novel p62-interacting protein, promotes breast cancer progression by impeding selective autophagy. FliI was highly expressed in clinical breast cancer samples, and heterozygous deletion of FliI retarded the development of mammary tumors in PyVT mice. FliI induced p62-recruited cargoes into Triton X-100 insoluble fractions (TI) to form aggregates, thereby blocking p62 recognition of LC3 and hindering p62-dependent selective autophagy. This function of Flil was reinforced by Akt-mediated phosphorylation at Ser436 and inhibited by phosphorylation of Ulk1 at Ser64. Obstruction of autophagic clearance of p62-recruited cargoes by FliI was associated with the accumulation of oxidative damage on proteins and DNA, which could contribute to the development of cancer. Heterozygous knockout of FliI facilitated selectively autophagic clearance of aggregates, abatement of ROS levels, and protein oxidative damage, ultimately retarding mammary cancer progression. In clinical breast cancer samples, Akt-mediated phosphorylation of FliI at Ser436 negatively correlated with long-term prognosis, while Ulk1-induced FliI phosphorylation at Ser64 positively correlated with clinical outcome. Together, this work demonstrates that FliI functions as a checkpoint protein for selective autophagy in the crosstalk between FliI and p62-recruited cargoes, and its phosphorylation may serve as a prognostic marker for breast cancer.Significance: Flightless-I functions as a checkpoint protein for selective autophagy by interacting with p62 to block its recognition of LC3, leading to tumorigenesis in breast cancer.Cancer Res; 78(17); 4853-64. ©2018 AACR.
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- Jian-Ping He
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Regenerative Medicine, Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province, P.R. China.
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DeActs: genetically encoded tools for perturbing the actin cytoskeleton in single cells. Nat Methods 2017; 14:479-482. [PMID: 28394337 PMCID: PMC5419720 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton is essential for many fundamental biological processes, but tools for directly manipulating actin dynamics are limited to cell-permeable drugs that preclude single-cell perturbations. Here we describe DeActs, genetically encoded actin-modifying polypeptides, which effectively induce actin disassembly in eukaryotic cells. We demonstrate that DeActs are universal tools for studying the actin cytoskeleton in single cells in culture, tissues, and multicellular organisms including various neurodevelopmental model systems.
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Nag S, Larsson M, Robinson RC, Burtnick LD. Gelsolin: The tail of a molecular gymnast. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2013; 70:360-84. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.21117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR; Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Blood Research; Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia; Vancouver; British Columbia; Canada
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Molecular basis for the dual function of Eps8 on actin dynamics: bundling and capping. PLoS Biol 2010; 8:e1000387. [PMID: 20532239 PMCID: PMC2879411 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Actin capping and cross-linking proteins regulate the dynamics and architectures of different cellular protrusions. Eps8 is the founding member of a unique family of capping proteins capable of side-binding and bundling actin filaments. However, the structural basis through which Eps8 exerts these functions remains elusive. Here, we combined biochemical, molecular, and genetic approaches with electron microscopy and image analysis to dissect the molecular mechanism responsible for the distinct activities of Eps8. We propose that bundling activity of Eps8 is mainly mediated by a compact four helix bundle, which is contacting three actin subunits along the filament. The capping activity is mainly mediated by a amphipathic helix that binds within the hydrophobic pocket at the barbed ends of actin blocking further addition of actin monomers. Single-point mutagenesis validated these modes of binding, permitting us to dissect Eps8 capping from bundling activity in vitro. We further showed that the capping and bundling activities of Eps8 can be fully dissected in vivo, demonstrating the physiological relevance of the identified Eps8 structural/functional modules. Eps8 controls actin-based motility through its capping activity, while, as a bundler, is essential for proper intestinal morphogenesis of developing Caenorhabditis elegans.
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Van den Abbeele A, De Clercq S, De Ganck A, De Corte V, Van Loo B, Soror SH, Srinivasan V, Steyaert J, Vandekerckhove J, Gettemans J. A llama-derived gelsolin single-domain antibody blocks gelsolin-G-actin interaction. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:1519-35. [PMID: 20140750 PMCID: PMC11115616 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0266-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2009] [Revised: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 01/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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RNA interference has tremendously advanced our understanding of gene function but recent reports have exposed undesirable side-effects. Recombinant Camelid single-domain antibodies (VHHs) provide an attractive means for studying protein function without affecting gene expression. We raised VHHs against gelsolin (GsnVHHs), a multifunctional actin-binding protein that controls cellular actin organization and migration. GsnVHH-induced delocalization of gelsolin to mitochondria or the nucleus in mammalian cells reveals distinct subpopulations including free gelsolin and actin-bound gelsolin complexes. GsnVHH 13 specifically recognizes Ca(2+)-activated gelsolin (K (d) approximately 10 nM) while GsnVHH 11 binds gelsolin irrespective of Ca(2+) (K (d) approximately 5 nM) but completely blocks its interaction with G-actin. Both GsnVHHs trace gelsolin in membrane ruffles of EGF-stimulated MCF-7 cells and delay cell migration without affecting F-actin severing/capping or actin nucleation activities by gelsolin. We conclude that VHHs represent a potent way of blocking structural proteins and that actin nucleation by gelsolin is more complex than previously anticipated.
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- Anske Van den Abbeele
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Structural Biology, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Structural Biology, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Structural Biology, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Albert Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Jeong KW, Lee YH, Stallcup MR. Recruitment of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex to steroid hormone-regulated promoters by nuclear receptor coactivator flightless-I. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:29298-309. [PMID: 19720835 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.037010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes, such as SWI/SNF, are required for transcriptional activation of specific genes and are believed to be recruited to gene promoters by direct interaction with DNA binding transcription factors. However, we report here that recruitment of SWI/SNF to target genes of estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) requires the previously described nuclear receptor coactivator protein Flightless-I (Fli-I). Fli-I can bind directly to both ER and BAF53, an actin-related component of the SWI/SNF complex, suggesting that Fli-I may recruit SWI/SNF to ER target genes via interaction with BAF53. Point mutations in Fli-I that disrupt binding to ER or BAF53 compromised the ability of Fli-I to enhance ER-mediated activation of a transiently transfected reporter gene. Depletion of endogenous Fli-I or BAF53 inhibited estrogen-responsive expression of endogenous target genes of ER, indicating a critical role for Fli-I and BAF53. Moreover, depletion of endogenous Fli-I or BAF53 specifically eliminated part of the complex cyclical pattern of recruitment of SWI/SNF to estrogen-responsive promoters in a way that indicates multiple roles and multiple mechanisms of recruitment for SWI/SNF in estrogen-dependent target gene expression. These results begin to establish the functional relationships and interdependencies that coordinate the actions of the many coactivators participating in the transcriptional activation process.
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- Kwang Won Jeong
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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Gustafsson E, Forsberg C, Haraldsson K, Lindman S, Ljung L, Furebring C. Purification of truncated and mutated Chemotaxis Inhibitory Protein of Staphylococcus aureus--an anti-inflammatory protein. Protein Expr Purif 2008; 63:95-101. [PMID: 18950716 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Chemotaxis Inhibitory Protein of Staphylococcus aureus (CHIPS) binds and blocks the C5a receptor (C5aR) and formyl-peptide receptor (FPR). This way, CHIPS is a potent inhibitor of the immune cell recruitment associated with inflammation. Truncation of the protein and the introduction of mutations, shifts the expression towards the insoluble fraction of Escherichia coli, whereas the wild-type protein can be solubly expressed. A protocol for expression and tag independent purification of biologically active CHIPS variants has been established to enable further characterization of an improved CHIPS variant, called ADC-1004. The CHIPS variants were purified by washing of E. coli inclusion bodies followed by refolding and gel filtration. New techniques were utilized to optimize the purification process. Expression in inclusion bodies was increased by the use of Ultra Yield flasks and optimal refolding conditions were determined by the use of the iFOLD Refolding System 2. The folding and biological activity of the purified proteins were analyzed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and flow cytometry, respectively, and compared to solubly produced CHIPS(31-113) and wild-type CHIPS(1-121). We show that the CHIPS variants produced in inclusion bodies can be refolded and purified to achieve equal biological activity as solubly produced CHIPS(31-113) and wild-type CHIPS(1-121). The truncation causes minor structural changes while purification from inclusion bodies or the soluble fraction does not further affect the structure.
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- Erika Gustafsson
- Alligator Bioscience AB, Scheelevägen 19A. S-223 70 Lund, Sweden.
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Antolik C, Catino DH, O’Neill AM, Resneck WG, Ursitti JA, Bloch RJ. The actin binding domain of ACF7 binds directly to the tetratricopeptide repeat domains of rapsyn. Neuroscience 2007; 145:56-65. [PMID: 17222516 PMCID: PMC1868462 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2006] [Revised: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Formation of the neuromuscular junction requires the release of agrin from the presynaptic terminal of motor neurons. Clustering of acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) on the postsynaptic sarcolemma is initiated by agrin-dependent activation of the muscle-specific kinase. While the postsynaptic scaffolding protein rapsyn is vital for high density AChR aggregation, little is known about the mechanism through which AChRs are immobilized on the postsynaptic membrane. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies of rat skeletal muscle have suggested that AChRs are anchored to a membrane-associated cytoskeleton that contains spectrin-like proteins and is thus similar to that of the human erythrocyte [Bloch RJ, Bezakova G, Ursitti JA, Zhou D, Pumplin DW (1997) A membrane skeleton that clusters nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in muscle. Soc Gen Physiol Ser 52:177-195]. We are studying a protein of the spectrin superfamily, ACF7 (also known as MACF), as a postsynaptic cytoskeletal component of the neuromuscular junction. ACF7 has multiple cytoskeleton-binding domains, including an N-terminal actin-binding domain that, we postulate, may interact with rapsyn, the scaffolding protein that binds directly to AChRs. To test this hypothesis, we co-expressed fragments of these molecules in cultured fibroblasts and assessed their co-distribution and interaction using confocal microscopy and co-immunoprecipitation. We demonstrate that the actin-binding domain of ACF7 specifically interacts with the tetratricopeptide repeat domains of rapsyn. Furthermore, we show using surface plasmon resonance and blot overlay that the actin-binding domain of ACF7 binds directly to rapsyn. These results suggest that, in mammalian skeletal muscle, AChRs are immobilized in the membrane through rapsyn-mediated anchoring to an ACF7-containing network that in turn is linked to the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Christian Antolik
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
- Corresponding author. 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Tel: +1-410-706-3020; Fax: +1-410-706-8341. E-mail address: (R.J. Bloch)
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Gelsolin is a calcium-activated actin filament severing and capping protein found in many cell types and as a secreted form in the plasma of vertebrates. Mutant mice for gelsolin as well as clinical studies have shown that gelsolin is linked to a number of pathological conditions such as inflammation, cancer and amyloidosis. The tight regulation of gelsolin by calcium is crucial for its physiological role and constitutive activation leads to apoptosis. In the following we will give an overview on how gelsolin is regulated by calcium, and which clinical conditions have been linked to lack or misregulation of gelsolin.
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- L Spinardi
- Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Via Francesco Sforza 28, 20122 Milano, Italy.
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Ono S. Mechanism of depolymerization and severing of actin filaments and its significance in cytoskeletal dynamics. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2007; 258:1-82. [PMID: 17338919 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(07)58001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The actin cytoskeleton is one of the major structural components of the cell. It often undergoes rapid reorganization and plays crucial roles in a number of dynamic cellular processes, including cell migration, cytokinesis, membrane trafficking, and morphogenesis. Actin monomers are polymerized into filaments under physiological conditions, but spontaneous depolymerization is too slow to maintain the fast actin filament dynamics observed in vivo. Gelsolin, actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin, and several other actin-severing/depolymerizing proteins can enhance disassembly of actin filaments and promote reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. This review presents advances as well as a historical overview of studies on the biochemical activities and cellular functions of actin-severing/depolymerizing proteins.
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- Shoichiro Ono
- Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Arora PD, Chan MWC, Anderson RA, Janmey PA, McCulloch CA. Separate functions of gelsolin mediate sequential steps of collagen phagocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:5175-90. [PMID: 16120646 PMCID: PMC1266417 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-07-0648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Collagen phagocytosis is a critical mediator of extracellular matrix remodeling. Whereas the binding step of collagen phagocytosis is facilitated by Ca2+-dependent, gelsolin-mediated severing of actin filaments, the regulation of the collagen internalization step is not defined. We determined here whether phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] regulation of gelsolin is required for collagen internalization. In gelsolin null fibroblasts transfected with gelsolin severing mutants, actin severing and collagen binding were strongly impaired but internalization and actin monomer addition at collagen bead sites were much less affected. PI(4,5)P2 accumulated around collagen during internalization and was associated with gelsolin. Cell-permeable peptides mimicking the PI(4,5)P2 binding site of gelsolin blocked actin monomer addition, the association of gelsolin with actin at phagosomes, and collagen internalization but did not affect collagen binding. Collagen beads induced recruitment of type 1 gamma phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase (PIPK1gamma661) to internalization sites. Dominant negative constructs and RNA interference demonstrated a requirement for catalytically active PIPK1gamma661 for collagen internalization. We conclude that separate functions of gelsolin mediate sequential stages of collagen phagocytosis: Ca2+-dependent actin severing facilitates collagen binding, whereas PI(4,5)P2-dependent regulation of gelsolin promotes the actin assembly required for internalization of collagen fibrils.
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- P D Arora
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Group in Matrix Dynamics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada
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Huang S, Blanchoin L, Chaudhry F, Franklin-Tong VE, Staiger CJ. A Gelsolin-like Protein from Papaver rhoeas Pollen (PrABP80) Stimulates Calcium-regulated Severing and Depolymerization of Actin Filaments. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23364-75. [PMID: 15039433 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312973200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cytoskeleton is a key regulator of plant morphogenesis, sexual reproduction, and cellular responses to extracellular stimuli. During the self-incompatibility response of Papaver rhoeas L. (field poppy) pollen, the actin filament network is rapidly depolymerized by a flood of cytosolic free Ca2+ that results in cessation of tip growth and prevention of fertilization. Attempts to model this dramatic cytoskeletal response with known pollen actin-binding proteins (ABPs) revealed that the major G-actin-binding protein profilin can account for only a small percentage of the measured depolymerization. We have identified an 80-kDa, Ca(2+)-regulated ABP from poppy pollen (PrABP80) and characterized its biochemical properties in vitro. Sequence determination by mass spectrometry revealed that PrABP80 is related to gelsolin and villin. The molecular weight, lack of filament cross-linking activity, and a potent severing activity are all consistent with PrABP80 being a plant gelsolin. Kinetic analysis of actin assembly/disassembly reactions revealed that substoichiometric amounts of PrABP80 can nucleate actin polymerization from monomers, block the assembly of profilin-actin complex onto actin filament ends, and enhance profilin-mediated actin depolymerization. Fluorescence microscopy of individual actin filaments provided compelling, direct evidence for filament severing and confirmed the actin nucleation and barbed end capping properties. This is the first direct evidence for a plant gelsolin and the first example of efficient severing by a plant ABP. We propose that PrABP80 functions at the center of the self-incompatibility response by creating new filament pointed ends for disassembly and by blocking barbed ends from profilin-actin assembly.
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- Shanjin Huang
- Department of Biological Sciences and The Purdue Motility Group, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2064, USA
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Summerscales J, Dawson JF. Probing Dictyostelium severin structure and function by cross linking to actin. Biochem Cell Biol 2004; 82:343-50. [PMID: 15060630 DOI: 10.1139/o04-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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DS151 is the first 151 amino acids of the Dictyostelium discoidium protein severin, which shares high sequence similarity with segment 1 of the actin-severing protein gelsolin. DS151 is able to mediate the depolymerization of F-actin in a calcium-dependent fashion, much like segment 1 of gelsolin. A structural model of DS151 was obtained by comparative modeling studies with segment 1 of gelsolin. This model was tested by studies of chemical cross linking between DS151 and bound actin, suggesting that Cys residues on DS151 are cross linked with Lys residues of actin. The model suggests that Cys125 of DS151 cross links with either Lys326 or Lys328 of actin. Mutagenesis of DS151 demonstrates that Cys125 of DS151 dominates the cross linking, whereas Cys25 of DS151 makes a minor contribution through a longer-range cross link with Cys374 of actin, which likely involves flexibility of both proteins in that region.
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- Joanna Summerscales
- Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
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Lee YH, Campbell HD, Stallcup MR. Developmentally essential protein flightless I is a nuclear receptor coactivator with actin binding activity. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:2103-17. [PMID: 14966289 PMCID: PMC350567 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.5.2103-2117.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hormone-activated nuclear receptors (NR) activate transcription by recruiting multiple coactivator complexes to the promoters of target genes. One important coactivator complex includes a p160 coactivator (e.g., GRIP1, SRC-1, or ACTR) that binds directly to activated NR, the histone acetyltransferase p300 or CBP, and the arginine-specific histone methyltransferase CARM1. We previously demonstrated that the coactivator function of CARM1 depends both on the methyltransferase activity and on additional unknown proteins that bind to CARM1. In this study a yeast two-hybrid screen for proteins that bind CARM1 identified the protein Flightless I (Fli-I), which has essential roles in Drosophila and mouse development. Fli-I bound to CARM1, GRIP1, and NRs and cooperated synergistically with CARM1 and GRIP1 to enhance NR function. Fli-I bound poorly to and did not cooperate with PRMT1, a CARM1-related protein arginine methyltransferase that also functions as an NR coactivator. The synergy between GRIP1, CARM1, and Fli-I required the methyltransferase activity of CARM1. The C-terminal AD1 (binding site for p300/CBP) and AD2 (binding site for CARM1) activation domains of GRIP1 contributed to the synergy but were less stringently required than the N-terminal region of GRIP1, which is the binding site for Fli-I. Endogenous Fli-I was recruited to the estrogen-regulated pS2 gene promoter of MCF-7 cells in response to the hormone, and reduction of endogenous Fli-I levels by small interfering RNA reduced hormone-stimulated gene expression by the endogenous estrogen receptor. A fragment of Fli-I that is related to the actin binding protein gelsolin enhanced estrogen receptor activity, and mutations that reduced actin binding also reduced the coactivator function of this Fli-I fragment. These data suggest that Fli-I may facilitate interaction of the p160 coactivator complex with other coactivators or coactivator complexes containing actin or actin-like proteins.
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MESH Headings
- Actins/metabolism
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Drosophila Proteins
- Estradiol/metabolism
- Gelsolin
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Macromolecular Substances
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Microfilament Proteins
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/genetics
- Protein-Arginine N-Methyltransferases/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Receptors, AMPA/genetics
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Trans-Activators
- Transcription, Genetic
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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- Young-Ho Lee
- Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-9092, USA
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Vorobiev S, Strokopytov B, Drubin DG, Frieden C, Ono S, Condeelis J, Rubenstein PA, Almo SC. The structure of nonvertebrate actin: implications for the ATP hydrolytic mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:5760-5. [PMID: 12732734 PMCID: PMC156274 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0832273100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Dictyostelium, and Caenorhabditis elegans actin bound to gelsolin segment-1 have been solved and refined at resolutions between 1.9 and 1.75 A. These structures reveal several features relevant to the ATP hydrolytic mechanism, including identification of the nucleophilic water and the roles of Gln-137 and His-161 in positioning and activating the catalytic water, respectively. The involvement of these residues in the catalytic mechanism is consistent with yeast genetics studies. This work highlights both structural and mechanistic similarities with the small and trimeric G proteins and restricts the types of mechanisms responsible for the considerable enhancement of ATP hydrolysis associated with actin polymerization. The conservation of functionalities involved in nucleotide binding and catalysis also provide insights into the mechanistic features of members of the family of actin-related proteins.
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- S Vorobiev
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Renoult C, Blondin L, Fattoum A, Ternent D, Maciver SK, Raynaud F, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Binding of gelsolin domain 2 to actin. An actin interface distinct from that of gelsolin domain 1 and from ADF/cofilin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:6165-75. [PMID: 11733011 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02574.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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It is generally assumed that of the six domains that comprise gelsolin, domain 2 is primarily responsible for the initial contact with the actin filament that will ultimately result in the filament being severed. Other actin-binding regions within domains 1 and 4 are involved in gelsolin's severing and subsequent capping activity. The overall fold of all gelsolin repeated domains are similar to the actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin family of actin-binding proteins and it has been proposed that there is a similarity in the actin-binding interface. Gelsolin domains 1 and 4 bind G-actin in a similar manner and compete with each other, whereas domain 2 binds F-actin at physiological salt concentrations, and does not compete with domain 1. Here we investigate the domain 2 : actin interface and compare this to our recent studies of the cofilin : actin interface. We conclude that important differences exist between the interfaces of actin with gelsolin domains 1 and 2, and with ADF/cofilin. We present a model for F-actin binding of domain 2 with respect to the F-actin severing and capping activity of the whole gelsolin molecule.
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- C Renoult
- UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de Motilité Cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Université de Montpellier, France
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Pope BJ, Gonsior SM, Yeoh S, McGough A, Weeds AG. Uncoupling actin filament fragmentation by cofilin from increased subunit turnover. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:649-61. [PMID: 10788327 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The actin depolymerizing factor (ADF)/cofilin family of proteins interact with actin monomers and filaments in a pH-sensitive manner. When ADF/cofilin binds F-actin it induces a change in the helical twist and fragmentation; it also accelerates the dissociation of subunits from the pointed ends of filaments, thereby increasing treadmilling or depolymerization. Using site-directed mutagenesis we characterized the two actin-binding sites on human cofilin. One target site was chosen because we previously showed that the villin head piece competes with ADF for binding to F-actin. Limited sequence homology between ADF/cofilin and the part of the villin headpiece essential for actin binding suggested an actin-binding site on cofilin involving a structural loop at the opposite end of the molecule to the alpha-helix already implicated in actin binding. Binding through the alpha-helix is primarily to monomeric actin, whereas the loop region is specifically involved in filament association. We have characterized the actin binding properties of each site independently of the other. Mutation of a single lysine residue in the loop region abolishes binding to filaments, but not to monomers. Using the mutation analogous to the phosphorylated form of cofilin (S3D), we show that filament binding is inhibited at physiological ionic strength but not under low salt conditions. At low ionic strength, this mutant induces both the twist change and fragmentation characteristic of wild-type cofilin, but does not activate subunit dissociation. The results suggest a two-site binding to filaments, initiated by association through the loop site, followed by interaction with the adjacent subunit through the "helix" site at the opposite end of the molecule. Together, these interactions induce twist and fragmentation of filaments, but the twist change itself is not responsible for the enhanced rate of actin subunit release from filaments.
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- B J Pope
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, England
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Metcalfe S, Weeds A, Okorokov AL, Milner J, Cockman M, Pope B. Wild-type p53 protein shows calcium-dependent binding to F-actin. Oncogene 1999; 18:2351-5. [PMID: 10327055 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nuclear localization of p53 is required for p53 to detect and respond to DNA strand abnormalities and breaks following DNA damage. This leads to activation of the tumour suppressive functions of p53 resulting in either cell cycle arrest and DNA repair; or apoptosis. Critical functional changes in DNA which require strand breaks, including gene rearrangement, may transiently mimic DNA damage: here it is important not to trigger a p53 response. The fine control of p53 in these different circumstances is unknown but may include transient sequestering of p53 in the cytoplasm. Reversible nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling is an intrinsic property of p53 (Middeler et al., 1997) associated with cell cycle-related changes in p53's subcellular distribution. Takahashi and Suzuki (1994) described p53 inactivation by shuttling to the cytoplasm and Katsumoto et al. (1995) found wild-type p53 to be closely associated with cytoplasmic actin filaments during DNA synthesis. Here we show that, in the presence of free calcium ions, p53 binds directly to F-actin with a dissocation constant of about 10 microM. Thus, part of the regulatory machinery in normal cell cycling may involve p53-actin interactions regulated by calcium fluxes and the dynamic turnover of F-actin.
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- S Metcalfe
- Department of Surgery, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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Feinberg J, Kwiatek O, Astier C, Diennet S, Mery J, Heitz F, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Capping and dynamic relation between domains 1 and 2 of gelsolin. J Pept Sci 1998; 4:116-27. [PMID: 9620616 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199804)4:2%3c116::aid-psc135%3e3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gelsolin is a protein that severs and caps actin filaments. The two activities are located in the N-terminal half of the gelsolin molecules. Severing and subsequent capping requires the binding of domains 2 and 3 (S2-3) to the side of the filaments to position the N-terminal domain 1 (S1) at the barbed end of actin (actin subdomains 1 and 3). The results provide a structural basis for the gelsolin capping mechanism. The effects of a synthetic peptide derived from the sequence of a binding site located in gelsolin S2 on actin properties have been studied. CD and IR spectra indicate that this peptide presented a secondary structure in solution which would be similar to that expected for the native full length gelsolin molecule. The binding of the synthetic peptide induces conformational changes in actin subdomain 1 and actin oligomerization. An increase in the polymerization rate was observed, which could be attributed to a nucleation kinetics effect. The combined effects of two gelsolin fragments, the synthetic peptide derived from an S2 sequence and the purified segment 1 (S1), were also investigated as a molecule model. The two fragments induced nucleation enhancement and inhibited actin depolymerization, two characteristic properties of capping. In conclusion, for the first time it is reported that the binding of a small synthetic fragment is sufficient to promote efficient capping by S1 at the barbed end of actin filaments.
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- J Feinberg
- Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire du CNRS, UMR5539, Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Motilité Cellulaire (EPHE), Montpellier, France
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Feinberg J, Kwiatek O, Astier C, Diennet S, Mery J, Heitz F, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Capping and dynamic relation between domains 1 and 2 of gelsolin. J Pept Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1387(199804)4:2<116::aid-psc135>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Feinberg J, Mery J, Heitz F, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Conformational and functional studies of three gelsolin subdomain-1 synthetic peptides and their implication in actin polymerization. Biopolymers 1997; 41:647-55. [PMID: 9108732 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0282(199705)41:6<647::aid-bip5>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Gelsolin, a calcium and inositol phospholipid-sensitive protein, regulates actin filament length. Its activity is complex (capping, severing, etc.) and is supported by several functional domains. The N-terminal domain alone (S1), in particular, is able to impede actin polymerization. Our investigations were attempted to precise this inhibitory process by using synthetic peptides as models mimicking gelsolin S1 activity. Three peptides issued from S1 and located in gelsolin-actin interfaces were synthesized. The peptides (15-28, 42-55, and 96-114 sequences) were tested for their conformational and actin binding properties. Although the three peptides interact well with actin, only peptide 42-55 affects actin polymerization. A detailed kinetic study shows that the latter peptide essentially inhibits the nucleation step during actin polymerization. In conclusion, the present work shows that the binding of a synthetic peptide to a small sequence located outside the actin-actin interface is essential in the actin polymerization process.
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- J Feinberg
- Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire (CNRS), U.249 (INSERM), Université de Montpellier 1
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Feinberg J, Mery J, Heitz F, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Correlations between biological activity and structural properties for two short homologous sequences in thymosin beta4 and gelsolin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1996; 47:62-9. [PMID: 8907501 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1996.tb00811.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Gelsolin and thymosin beta4 appear to be two important actin-associated proteins involved in the regulation of actin polymerization. It has been widely demonstrated that thymosin is the major cellular actin-sequestering factor shifting the polymerization equilibrium of actin towards a monomeric state. At the same time gelsolin, a Ca2+ and inositol phosphate sensitive protein, regulates actin filament length. The interactions of these two proteins with actin are rather complex and require the participation of several complementary peptide sequences. We have identified a common motif, (I, V)EKFD, in the two proteins in the functional sequences so far examined. Gelsolin- and thymosin beta4-related peptides including the common motif were synthesized and their structural and functional properties studied. These two sequences exert a major inhibitory effect on salt-induced actin polymerization. We used circular dichroism and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy to show that the two synthetic peptides present some secondary structure in solution. As far as the peptide derived from the thymosin sequence was concerned, alpha-helical structure was induced by trifluoroethanol as observed with the full-length molecule. These experiments underscore the importance of the conformational state of peptide fragments in their biological activities. ELISA and fluorescence measurements have been used to identify the binding regions of these fragments to a C-terminal region (subdomain 1) of the actin sequence. Our results also emphasize the relationship between the propensity of small sequences to form secondary structures and their propensity for biological activity as related to actin interaction and inhibition of actin polymerization.
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- J Feinberg
- Centre for Research in Macromolecular Biochemistry (CNRS), Laboratory for Research on Cellular Motility, University of Montpellier 1, France
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Straub KL, Stella MC, Leptin M. The gelsolin-related flightless I protein is required for actin distribution during cellularisation in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 1996; 109 ( Pt 1):263-70. [PMID: 8834811 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109.1.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have analysed the developmental defects in Drosophila embryos lacking a gelsolin-related protein encoded by the gene flightless I. Such embryos have previously been reported to gastrulate abnormally. We now show that the most dramatic defects are seen earlier, in actin-dependent events during cellularisation of the syncytial blastoderm, a process with similarities to cytokinesis. The blastoderm nuclei migrate to the periphery of the egg normally but lose their precise cortical positioning during cellularisation. Cleavage membranes are initially formed, but invaginate irregularly and often fail to close at the basal end of the newly formed cells. The association of actin with the cellularisation membranes is irregular, suggesting a role for flightless I in the delivery of actin to the actin network, or in its stabilisation.
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- K L Straub
- Max Planck Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
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Rongo C, Gavis ER, Lehmann R. Localization of oskar RNA regulates oskar translation and requires Oskar protein. Development 1995; 121:2737-46. [PMID: 7555702 DOI: 10.1242/dev.121.9.2737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The site of oskar RNA and protein localization within the oocyte determines where in the embryo primordial germ cells form and where the abdomen develops. Initiation of oskar RNA localization requires the activity of several genes. We show that ovaries mutant for any of these genes lack Oskar protein. Using various transgenic constructs we have determined that sequences required for oskar RNA localization and translational repression map to the oskar 3′UTR, while sequences involved in the correct temporal activation of translation reside outside the oskar 3′UTR. Upon localization of oskar RNA and protein at the posterior pole, Oskar protein is required to maintain localization of oskar RNA throughout oogenesis. Stable anchoring of a transgenic reporter RNA at the posterior pole is disrupted by oskar nonsense mutations. We propose that initially localization of oskar RNA permits translation into Oskar protein and that subsequently Oskar protein regulates its own RNA localization through a positive feedback mechanism.
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- C Rongo
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02142, USA
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Vial C, Armas-Portela R, Avila J, González M, Maccioni RB. A 205 kDa protein from non-neuronal cells in culture contains tubulin binding epitopes. Mol Cell Biochem 1995; 144:109-116. [PMID: 7542740 DOI: 10.1007/bf00944389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) interact with tubulin in vitro and in vivo. Despite that there is a large amount of information on the roles of these proteins in neurons, the data on non-neuronal MAPs or MAPs-related proteins is scarce. There is an increasing number of microtubule-interacting proteins that have been identified in different cultured cell lines, and some of them share common functional epitopes with the most well-known MAPs, MAP-2 and tau. In a search for tubulin-interacting proteins in non-neuronal cells we identified a 205 kDa protein in the monkey kidney Vero cells in culture, on the basis of immunological studies and affinity chromatography. This protein interacts with the C-terminal moiety of beta-tubulin and cosediments with taxol assembled microtubules, but it was not recovered after successive cycles of assembly and disassembly. The presence of neuronal MAPs such as MAP-1, MAP-2 and tau was not detected in these cells. Interestingly, the studies showed that the 205 kDa protein contained a tubulin binding motif which was recognized by site-directed antibodies that also tag tubulin binding epitopes on MAP-2 and tau. This characteristic led us to designate this protein as MBD-205, a component that shares binding domains with these MAPs, rather than as a marker of the MAPs family. On the other hand, immunofluorescence experiments using site-specific antibodies, i.e. MAP-reacting monoclonal anti-idiotypic reagent MTB6.22 and a polyclonal antibody to the second tau repeat, revealed a MBD-205 co-localization with membrane structures and microtubule-organizing centers in Vero cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C Vial
- International Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology (ICC), University of Chile, Santiago
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Weeds AG, Gooch J, McLaughlin P, Pope B, Bengtsdotter M, Karlsson R. Identification of the trapped calcium in the gelsolin segment 1-actin complex: implications for the role of calcium in the control of gelsolin activity. FEBS Lett 1995; 360:227-30. [PMID: 7883037 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00109-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The X-ray structure of the complex of actin with gelsolin segment 1 revealed the presence of two calcium ions, one bound at an intramolecular site within segment 1 and the other bridging the segment directly to actin. Although earlier calcium binding studies at pH 8.0 revealed only a single calcium trapped in the complex (and also in the binary gelsolin-actin complex), it is here shown that two calcium ions are bound under the conditions of crystallization at physiological pH. Mutation of acidic residues in either actin or segment 1 involved in ligation of the intermolecular calcium ion resulted in loss of one of the bound calcium ions at pH < 7, but not at pH 8. Thus the calcium ion trapped in the segment 1-actin complex is that located at the intramolecular site. The implications of this for gelsolin function are discussed.
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- A G Weeds
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Murgia I, Maciver SK, Morandini P. An actin-related protein from Dictyostelium discoideum is developmentally regulated and associated with mitochondria. FEBS Lett 1995; 360:235-41. [PMID: 7883039 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00111-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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An actin-related protein (ACLA) has been identified in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. The complete cDNA sequence indicates that within the actin superfamily it belongs to the ARP3 family of actin-related proteins together with Arp66B from Drosophila melanogaster, Actin2 from Bos taurus, act2 from Schizosaccharomyces pombe and possibly act2 from Caenorhabditis elegans. The ACLA mRNA is regulated during development, showing a maximum between 2 and 4 h after starvation. The protein has been expressed in E. coli and antibodies raised against it. Immunofluorescence microscopy shows that ACLA protein co-localises with mitochondria; the protein copurifies with Dictyostelium mitochondria.
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- I Murgia
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Lück A, D'Haese J, Hinssen H. A gelsolin-related protein from lobster muscle: cloning, sequence analysis and expression. Biochem J 1995; 305 ( Pt 3):767-75. [PMID: 7848275 PMCID: PMC1136325 DOI: 10.1042/bj3050767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The tail muscle of the lobster Homarus americanus contains an actin-binding protein with an apparent molecular mass of 105 kDa determined by SDS/PAGE and gelsolin-like properties. We isolated this protein and peptide sequences were obtained after limited proteolysis with chymotrypsin. A tail-muscle-specific cDNA library was constructed in a lambda expression vector and a full-length clone was obtained by screening with a polyclonal anti-(crustacean gelsolin) antibody. The cDNA insert of approx. 3.2 kb length was sequenced. The cDNA contained an open reading frame of 2.265 kb, and the deduced amino acid sequence of 754 residues (83,469 Da) identified the protein as a cytoplasmic member of the gelsolin/villin protein family. Comparison of the lobster gelsolin amino acid sequence with other members of this protein family revealed the characteristic 6-fold repeated segmental structure as well as the three conserved sequence motifs typical of each segment [Way and Weeds (1988) J. Mol. Biol. 203, 1127-1133]. Strong homologies were found with Drosophila gelsolin, human gelsolin, villin core, Dictyostelium severin and Physarum fragmin. In addition, the gelsolin-like protein from lobster muscle revealed motifs that were clearly similar to the actin-bundling region of human villin headpiece although it did not itself contain a distinct headpiece domain. The recombinant lobster gelsolin-like protein, expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein, was purified from inclusion bodies and renatured as a functional protein. There were no significant differences in the biological activity tested between the recombinant and the native protein isolated from lobster muscle.
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- A Lück
- Biochemical Cell Biology Group, University of Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany
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Stella MC, Schauerte H, Straub KL, Leptin M. Identification of secreted and cytosolic gelsolin in Drosophila. J Cell Biol 1994; 125:607-16. [PMID: 8175883 PMCID: PMC2119988 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.125.3.607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have cloned the gene for Drosophila gelsolin. Two mRNAs are produced from this gene by differential splicing. The protein encoded by the longer mRNA has a signal peptide and its electrophoretic mobility when translated in vitro in the presence of microsomes is higher than when it is translated without microsomes. The protein translated from the shorter mRNA does not show this difference. This indicates that Drosophila like vertebrates has two forms of gelsolin, one secreted, the other cytoplasmic. The mRNA for both is present ubiquitously in the early embryo. Later, the cytoplasmic form is expressed in parts of the gut. The RNA for the secreted form is expressed in the fat body, and the secreted protein is abundant in extracellular fluid (hemolymph). The cytoplasmic form of gelsolin co-localizes with F-actin in the cortex of the cells in the embryo and in larval epithelia. However, during cellularization of the blastoderm it is reduced at the base of the cleavage furrow, a structure similar to the contractile ring in dividing cells.
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- M C Stella
- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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The actin side-binding domain of gelsolin also caps actin filaments. Implications for actin filament severing. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36905-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Van Etten RA, Jackson PK, Baltimore D, Sanders MC, Matsudaira PT, Janmey PA. The COOH terminus of the c-Abl tyrosine kinase contains distinct F- and G-actin binding domains with bundling activity. J Cell Biol 1994; 124:325-40. [PMID: 8294516 PMCID: PMC2119935 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.124.3.325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The myristoylated form of c-Abl protein, as well as the P210bcr/abl protein, have been shown by indirect immunofluorescence to associate with F-actin stress fibers in fibroblasts. Analysis of deletion mutants of c-Abl stably expressed in fibroblasts maps the domain responsible for this interaction to the extreme COOH-terminus of Abl. This domain mediates the association of a heterologous protein with F-actin filaments after microinjection into NIH 3T3 cells, and directly binds to F-actin in a cosedimentation assay. Microinjection and cosedimentation assays localize the actin-binding domain to a 58 amino acid region, including a charged motif at the extreme COOH-terminus that is important for efficient binding. F-actin binding by Abl is calcium independent, and Abl competes with gelsolin for binding to F-actin. In addition to the F-actin binding domain, the COOH-terminus of Abl contains a proline-rich region that mediates binding and sequestration of G-actin, and the Abl F- and G-actin binding domains cooperate to bundle F-actin filaments in vitro. The COOH terminus of Abl thus confers several novel localizing functions upon the protein, including actin binding, nuclear localization, and DNA binding. Abl may modify and receive signals from the F-actin cytoskeleton in vivo, and is an ideal candidate to mediate signal transduction from the cell surface and cytoskeleton to the nucleus.
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- R A Van Etten
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Pope B, Way M, Matsudaira PT, Weeds A. Characterisation of the F-actin binding domains of villin: classification of F-actin binding proteins into two groups according to their binding sites on actin. FEBS Lett 1994; 338:58-62. [PMID: 8307157 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The F-actin binding properties of chicken villin, its headpiece and domains 2-3 (V2-3) have been analysed to identify sites involved in bundle formation. Headpiece and V2-3 bind actin with Kd values of approximately 7 microM and approximately 0.3 microM, respectively, at low ionic strength. V2-3 binding, like that of villin, is weakened with increasing salt concentration; headpiece binding is not. Competition experiments show that headpiece and V2-3 bind to different sites on actin, forming the two cross-linking sites of villin. Headpiece does not compete with the F-actin binding domains of gelsolin or alpha-actinin, but it dissociates actin depolymerizing factor. We suggest that the F-actin binding domains of actin severing, crosslinking and capping proteins can be organized into two classes.
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- B Pope
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Markus MA, Nakayama T, Matsudaira P, Wagner G. Solution structure of villin 14T, a domain conserved among actin-severing proteins. Protein Sci 1994; 3:70-81. [PMID: 8142900 PMCID: PMC2142479 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The solution structure of the N-terminal domain of the actin-severing protein villin has been determined by multidimensional heteronuclear resonance spectroscopy. Villin is a member of a family of actin-severing proteins that regulate the organization of actin in the eukaryotic cytoskeleton. Members of this family are built from 3 or 6 homologous repeats of a structural domain of approximately 130 amino acids that is unrelated to any previously known structure. The N-terminal domain of villin (14T) contains a central beta-sheet with 4 antiparallel strands and a fifth parallel strand at one edge. This sheet is sandwiched between 2 helices on one side and a 2-stranded parallel beta-sheet with another helix on the other side. The strongly conserved sequence characteristic of the protein family corresponds to internal hydrophobic residues. Calcium titration experiments suggest that there are 2 binding sites for Ca2+, a stronger site near the N-terminal end of the longest helix, with a Kd of 1.8 +/- 0.4 mM, and a weaker site near the C-terminal end of the same helix, with a Kd of 11 +/- 2 mM. Mutational and biochemical studies of this domain in several members of the family suggest that the actin monomer binding site is near the parallel strand at the edge of the central beta-sheet.
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- M A Markus
- Committee on Higher Degrees in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Campbell HD, Schimansky T, Claudianos C, Ozsarac N, Kasprzak AB, Cotsell JN, Young IG, de Couet HG, Miklos GL. The Drosophila melanogaster flightless-I gene involved in gastrulation and muscle degeneration encodes gelsolin-like and leucine-rich repeat domains and is conserved in Caenorhabditis elegans and humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:11386-90. [PMID: 8248259 PMCID: PMC47987 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.23.11386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Mutations at the flightless-I locus (fliI) of Drosophila melanogaster cause flightlessness or, when severe, incomplete cellularization during early embryogenesis, with subsequent abnormalities in mesoderm invagination and in gastrulation. After chromosome walking, deficiency mapping, and transgenic analysis, we have isolated and characterized flightless-I cDNAs, enabling prediction of the complete amino acid sequence of the 1256-residue protein. Data base searches revealed a homologous gene in Caenorhabditis elegans, and we have isolated and characterized corresponding cDNAs. By using the polymerase chain reaction with nested sets of degenerate oligonucleotide primers based on conserved regions of the C. elegans and D. melanogaster proteins, we have cloned a homologous human cDNA. The predicted C. elegans and human proteins are, respectively, 49% and 58% identical to the D. melanogaster protein. The predicted proteins have significant sequence similarity to the actin-binding protein gelsolin and related proteins and, in addition, have an N-terminal domain consisting of a repetitive amphipathic leucine-rich motif. This repeat is found in D. melanogaster, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and mammalian proteins known to be involved in cell adhesion and in binding to other proteins. The structure of the maternally expressed flightless-I protein suggests that it may play a key role in embryonic cellularization by interacting with both the cytoskeleton and other cellular components. The presence of a highly conserved homologue in nematodes, flies, and humans is indicative of a fundamental role for this protein in many metazoans.
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- H D Campbell
- Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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Weeds AG, Gooch J, McLaughlin P, Maury CP. Variant plasma gelsolin responsible for familial amyloidosis (Finnish type) has defective actin severing activity. FEBS Lett 1993; 335:119-23. [PMID: 8243656 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80452-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Familial amyloidosis, Finnish type is caused by a single base mutation in gelsolin, an actin filament severing and capping protein that is present in most tissues and in blood plasma. The mutation replaces aspartic acid with asparagine at residue 187 of the plasma sequence. This renders the gelsolin susceptible to proteolysis as a consequence of which amyloid protein is formed. Here it is shown that the mutant protein in plasma from a patient homozygous for this mutation lacks both actin severing and nucleating activities. Evidence is presented that the cleaved mutant gelsolin has dissociated under non-denaturing conditions and that the resultant 65,000 and 55,000 M(r) C-terminal fragments aggregate.
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- A G Weeds
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Hawkins M, Pope B, Maciver SK, Weeds AG. Human actin depolymerizing factor mediates a pH-sensitive destruction of actin filaments. Biochemistry 1993; 32:9985-93. [PMID: 8399167 DOI: 10.1021/bi00089a014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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ADF (actin depolymerizing factor) is an M(r) 19,000 actin-binding protein present in many vertebrate tissues and particularly abundant in neuronal cells. We have cloned human ADF and here show it to be identical in sequence to porcine destrin. Human ADF expressed in Escherichia coli behaves like native ADF from porcine brain. It binds to G-actin at pH 8 with a 1:1 stoichiometry and Kd approximately 0.2 microM, thereby sequestering monomers and preventing polymerization. It does not cosediment with F-actin at this pH, but severs actin filaments in a calcium-insensitive manner. The severing activity is only about 0.1% efficient. By contrast, at pH values below 7, ADF binds to actin filaments in a highly cooperative manner and at a 1:1 ratio to filament subunits. When the pH is raised to 8.0, the decorated filaments are rapidly severed and depolymerized.
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- M Hawkins
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
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Feinberg J, Capony JP, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Definition of the EGTA-independent interface involved in the serum gelsolin-actin complex. Biochem J 1993; 293 ( Pt 3):813-7. [PMID: 8394694 PMCID: PMC1134440 DOI: 10.1042/bj2930813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The gelsolin-actin complex in the presence of Ca2+ revealed at least three interacting sites on the gelsolin molecule located in the S1, S2-3, and S4-6 domains. In the presence of EGTA, the N-terminal domain of gelsolin is known to be involved. However, the corresponding site on the surface of actin is poorly defined. The present result locates the Ca(2+)-independent plasma gelsolin-binding site on the actin surface. Natural and synthetic actin peptides were tested for their possible interaction with gelsolin and monitored by fluorescence anisotropy measurements and e.l.i.s.a. The interface was thus located within the 360-372 actin sequence near the C-terminal extremity. In addition, we used a chymotryptic digest of gelsolin and determined that its N-terminal domain (S1) was implicated in this interface. We conclude that the interaction of the 41-126 region of plasma gelsolin is the counterpart of the 360-372 sequence in subdomain 1 of actin.
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- J Feinberg
- CNRS, UPR 9008 Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, INSERM U.249, Université Montpellier I, France
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Hellweg T, Hinssen H, Eimer W. The Ca(2+)-induced conformational change of gelsolin is located in the carboxyl-terminal half of the molecule. Biophys J 1993; 65:799-805. [PMID: 8218904 PMCID: PMC1225780 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81121-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have purified the two functionally distinct domains of gelsolin, a Ca(2+)-dependent actin binding protein, by proteolytic cleavage and characterized their size and shape in solution by dynamic light scattering. In the absence of calcium we obtained the same translational diffusion coefficient for both fragments which are of approximately equal molecular mass. The frictional ratio fo/fexp (1.33-1.39) is similar to the value as obtained for intact gelsolin (1.37) in aqueous solution (Patkowski, A., J. Seils, H. Hinssen, and T. Dorfmüller. 1990. Biopolymers. 30:427-435), indicating a similar molecular shape for the native protein as well as for the two subdomains. Upon addition of Ca2+ the translational diffusion coefficient of the carboxyl-terminal half decreased by almost 10%, while there was no change observed for the amino terminus. This result indicates that the ligand-induced conformational change as seen for intact gelsolin is probably located on the carboxyl-terminal domain of the protein. Since gelsolin has binding sites in both domains, and the isolated amino terminus binds and severs actin in a calcium-independent manner, our results suggests that the structural transition in the carboxyl-terminal part of intact gelsolin also affects the actin binding properties of the amino-terminal half.
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- T Hellweg
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Germany
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Evans SC, Lopez LC, Shur BD. Dominant negative mutation in cell surface beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase inhibits cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1993; 120:1045-57. [PMID: 8432725 PMCID: PMC2200081 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.120.4.1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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In addition to its traditional location within the Golgi complex, beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (GalTase) is also present on the cell surface, where it is thought to function as a cell adhesion molecule by binding to extracellular oligosaccharide ligands. Recent studies suggest that cells contain two forms of GalTase with distinct cytoplasmic domains. The longer form of GalTase contains a 13-amino acid cytoplasmic extension and is preferentially targeted to the plasma membrane, relative to the shorter GalTase protein that is confined primarily to the Golgi compartment. In this study, we created a dominant negative mutation that interferes with the function of cell surface GalTase by transfecting into cells cDNAs encoding truncated versions of the long form of GalTase containing the complete cytoplasmic and transmembrane domains, but devoid of the catalytic domain. In both F9 embryonal carcinoma cells and Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts, overexpressing the truncated long GalTase (TLGT) protein displaced the endogenous cell surface GalTase from its association with the cytoskeleton, resulting in a loss of intercellular adhesion and cell spreading specifically on matrices that use GalTase as a cell surface receptor. In contrast, overexpressing the analogous truncated short GalTase (TSGT) protein did not affect cell morphology or GalTase activity. In control assays, inducing the TLGT protein had no effect on cell interactions with fibronectin (which is independent of GalTase), or on the cytoskeleton attachment of another matrix receptor (beta 1 integrin), or on overall glycoprotein synthesis, thus eliminating nonspecific effects of the TLGT protein on cellular adhesion and metabolism. These results represent the first molecular manipulation of cell surface GalTase expression and confirm its function as a cell adhesion molecule. These studies further suggest that the cytoskeleton contains a defined, saturable number of binding sites for GalTase, which enables it to function as an adhesion molecule.
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- S C Evans
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030
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Recent research on F-actin capping proteins has concentrated on three main areas. The discovery that controlled actin polymerization is the driving force for intracellular movement suggests an important role for capping proteins in regulating filament number and length. A capping protein from Dictyostelium (related to heat-shock protein HSP70) has been characterized that is activated by external stimuli. This provides a pivotal connection between extracellular signalling, cytoskeletal reorganization and locomotory behaviour. The roles of individual actin-binding sites in the gelsolin family of severing/capping proteins and binding sites for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate have been identified.
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- A Weeds
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Way M, Pope B, Weeds AG. Evidence for functional homology in the F-actin binding domains of gelsolin and alpha-actinin: implications for the requirements of severing and capping. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1992; 119:835-42. [PMID: 1331120 PMCID: PMC2289707 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.119.4.835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The F-actin binding domains of gelsolin and alpha-actinin compete for the same site on actin filaments with similar binding affinities. Both contain tandem repeats of approximately 125 amino acids, the first of which is shown to contain the actin-binding site. We have replaced the F-actin binding domain in the NH2-terminal half of gelsolin by that of alpha-actinin. The hybrid severs filaments almost as efficiently as does gelsolin or its NH2-terminal half, but unlike the latter, requires calcium ions. The hybrid binds two actin monomers and caps the barbed ends of filaments in the presence or absence of calcium. The cap produced by the hybrid binds with lower affinity than that of gelsolin and is not stable: It dissociates from filament ends with a half life of approximately 15 min. Although there is no extended sequence homology between these two different F-actin binding domains, our experiments show that they are functionally equivalent and provide new insights into the mechanism of microfilament severing.
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- M Way
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
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Yu F, Sun H, Janmey P, Yin H. Identification of a polyphosphoinositide-binding sequence in an actin monomer-binding domain of gelsolin. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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An actin footprint on villin. Single site substitutions in a cluster of basic residues inhibit the actin severing but not capping activity of villin. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42383-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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