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Kunitomi A, Chiba S, Higashitani N, Higashitani A, Sato S, Mizuno K, Ohashi K. Solo regulates the localization and activity of PDZ-RhoGEF for actin cytoskeletal remodeling in response to substrate stiffness. Mol Biol Cell 2024; 35:ar87. [PMID: 38656797 PMCID: PMC11238083 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-11-0421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Recent findings indicate that Solo, a RhoGEF, is involved in cellular mechanical stress responses. However, the mechanism of actin cytoskeletal remodeling via Solo remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to identify Solo-interacting proteins using the BioID, a proximal-dependent labeling method, and elucidate the molecular mechanisms of function of Solo. We identified PDZ-RhoGEF (PRG) as a Solo-interacting protein. PRG colocalized with Solo in the basal area of cells, depending on Solo localization, and enhanced actin polymerization at the Solo accumulation sites. Additionally, Solo and PRG interaction was necessary for actin cytoskeletal remodeling. Furthermore, the purified Solo itself had little or negligible GEF activity, even its GEF-inactive mutant directly activated the GEF activity of PRG through interaction. Moreover, overexpression of the Solo and PRG binding domains, respectively, had a dominant-negative effect on actin polymerization and actin stress fiber formation in response to substrate stiffness. Therefore, Solo restricts the localization of PRG and regulates actin cytoskeletal remodeling in synergy with PRG in response to the surrounding mechanical environment.
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- Aoi Kunitomi
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Physiology, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Physiology, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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Nanda S, Calderon A, Sachan A, Duong TT, Koch J, Xin X, Solouk-Stahlberg D, Wu YW, Nalbant P, Dehmelt L. Rho GTPase activity crosstalk mediated by Arhgef11 and Arhgef12 coordinates cell protrusion-retraction cycles. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8356. [PMID: 38102112 PMCID: PMC10724141 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43875-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Rho GTPases play a key role in the spatio-temporal coordination of cytoskeletal dynamics during cell migration. Here, we directly investigate crosstalk between the major Rho GTPases Rho, Rac and Cdc42 by combining rapid activity perturbation with activity measurements in mammalian cells. These studies reveal that Rac stimulates Rho activity. Direct measurement of spatio-temporal activity patterns show that Rac activity is tightly and precisely coupled to local cell protrusions, followed by Rho activation during retraction. Furthermore, we find that the Rho-activating Lbc-type GEFs Arhgef11 and Arhgef12 are enriched at transient cell protrusions and retractions and recruited to the plasma membrane by active Rac. In addition, their depletion reduces activity crosstalk, cell protrusion-retraction dynamics and migration distance and increases migration directionality. Thus, our study shows that Arhgef11 and Arhgef12 facilitate exploratory cell migration by coordinating cell protrusion and retraction by coupling the activity of the associated regulators Rac and Rho.
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- Suchet Nanda
- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- SciLifeLab and Department of Chemistry, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Systemic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
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- SciLifeLab and Department of Chemistry, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141, Essen, Germany.
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- Fakultät für Chemie und Chemische Biologie, TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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Avivi Kela S, Sethi K, Tan PY, Suresh D, Ong HT, Castaneda PG, Amin MR, Laviv T, Cram EJ, Faix J, Zaidel-Bar R. Tension-dependent RHGF-1 recruitment to stress fibers drives robust spermathecal tissue contraction. J Cell Biol 2022; 222:213784. [PMID: 36574264 PMCID: PMC9798103 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202203105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Contractile epithelial tubes are found in various organs, such as lung airways and blood capillaries. Their ability to sense luminal pressure and respond with adequate contractility is essential for their physiology, and its mis-regulation results in diseases such as asthma and hypertension. Here, we describe a mechanoresponsive regulatory pathway downstream of tissue stretching that controls contraction of the C. elegans spermatheca, a tubular structure where fertilization occurs. Using live-imaging, we show that ovulation-induced stretching of spermathecal cells leads to recruitment of the RhoGEF RHGF-1 to stress fibers, which activates RHO-1 and myosin II in a positive feedback loop. Through deletion analysis, we identified the PDZ domain of RHGF-1 as responsible for F-actin binding, and genetic epistasis analysis with the RhoGAP spv-1 demonstrated that tension-dependent recruitment of RHGF-1 to F-actin is required for robust spermathecal contractility. Our study illustrates how mechanosensitive regulators of Rho GTPases provide epithelial tubes the ability to tune their contractility in response to internal pressure.
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- Shiri Avivi Kela
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel,Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel,Correspondence to Ronen Zaidel-Bar:
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Kermath BA, Vanderplow AM, Cahill ME. Dysregulated Prefrontal Cortical RhoA Signal Transduction in Bipolar Disorder with Psychosis: New Implications for Disease Pathophysiology. Cereb Cortex 2021; 30:59-71. [PMID: 31220216 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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While research has identified alterations in dorsolateral prefrontal cortical function as a key factor to the etiology of bipolar disorder, few studies have uncovered robust changes in protein signal transduction pathways in this disorder. Given the direct relevance of protein-based expressional alterations to cellular functions and because many of the key regulatory mechanisms for the disease pathogenesis likely include alterations in protein activity rather than changes in expression alone, the identification of alterations in discrete signal transduction pathways in bipolar disorder would have broad implications for understanding the disease pathophysiology. As prior microarray data point to a previously unrecognized involvement of the RhoA network in bipolar disorder, here we investigate the protein expression and activity of key components of a RhoA signal transduction pathway in dorsolateral prefrontal cortical homogenates from subjects with bipolar disorder. The results of this investigation implicate overactivation of prefrontal cortical RhoA signaling in specific subtypes of bipolar disorder. The specificity of these findings is demonstrated by a lack of comparable changes in schizophrenia; however, our findings do identify convergence between both disorders at the level of activity-mediated actin cytoskeletal regulation. These findings have implications for understanding the altered cortical synaptic connectivity of bipolar disorder.
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- Bailey A Kermath
- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Sun Q, Jiang Y, Yan X, Fan M, Zhang X, Xu H, Liao Z. Molecular Characterization of a Novel Shell Matrix Protein With PDZ Domain From Mytilus coruscus. Front Physiol 2020; 11:543758. [PMID: 33123020 PMCID: PMC7573561 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.543758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mollusk shells are products of biomineralization and possess excellent mechanical properties, and shell matrix proteins (SMPs) have important functions in shell formation. A novel SMP with a PDZ domain (PDZ-domain-containing-protein-1, PDCP-1) was identified from the shell matrices of Mytilus coruscus. In this study, the gene expression, function, and location of PDCP-1 were analyzed. PDCP-1 was characterized as an ∼70 kDa protein with a PDZ (postsynaptic density/discs large/zonula occludes) domain and a ZM (ZASP-like motif) domain. The PDCP-1 gene has a high expression level and specific location in the foot, mantle and adductor muscle. Recombinantly expressed PDCP-1 (rPDCP-1) altered the morphology of calcite crystals, the polymorph of calcite crystals, binding with both calcite and aragonite crystals, and inhibition of the crystallization rate of calcite crystals. In addition, anti-rPDCP-1 antibody was prepared, and immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence analyses revealed the specific location of PDCP-1 in the mantle, the adductor muscle, and the aragonite (nacre and myostracum) layer of the shell, suggesting multiple functions of PDCP-1 in biomineralization, muscle-shell attachment, and muscle attraction. Furthermore, pull-down analysis revealed 19 protein partners of PDCP-1 from the shell matrices, which accordingly provided a possible interaction network of PDCP-1 in the shell. These results expand the understanding of the functions of PDZ-domain-containing proteins (PDCPs) in biomineralization and the supramolecular chemistry that contributes to shell formation.
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Bolado-Carrancio A, Rukhlenko OS, Nikonova E, Tsyganov MA, Wheeler A, Garcia-Munoz A, Kolch W, von Kriegsheim A, Kholodenko BN. Periodic propagating waves coordinate RhoGTPase network dynamics at the leading and trailing edges during cell migration. eLife 2020; 9:58165. [PMID: 32705984 PMCID: PMC7380942 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Migrating cells need to coordinate distinct leading and trailing edge dynamics but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we combine experiments and mathematical modeling to elaborate the minimal autonomous biochemical machinery necessary and sufficient for this dynamic coordination and cell movement. RhoA activates Rac1 via DIA and inhibits Rac1 via ROCK, while Rac1 inhibits RhoA through PAK. Our data suggest that in motile, polarized cells, RhoA–ROCK interactions prevail at the rear, whereas RhoA-DIA interactions dominate at the front where Rac1/Rho oscillations drive protrusions and retractions. At the rear, high RhoA and low Rac1 activities are maintained until a wave of oscillatory GTPase activities from the cell front reaches the rear, inducing transient GTPase oscillations and RhoA activity spikes. After the rear retracts, the initial GTPase pattern resumes. Our findings show how periodic, propagating GTPase waves coordinate distinct GTPase patterns at the leading and trailing edge dynamics in moving cells.
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- Alfonso Bolado-Carrancio
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.,Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Pushchino, Russian Federation
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.,Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.,Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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- Systems Biology Ireland, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.,Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland.,Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, United States
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Fonseca ACRG, Carvalho E, Eriksson JW, Pereira MJ. Calcineurin is an important factor involved in glucose uptake in human adipocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 2018; 445:157-168. [PMID: 29380240 PMCID: PMC6060758 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-017-3261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Calcineurin inhibitors are used in immunosuppressive therapy applied after transplantation, but they are associated with major metabolic side effects including the development of new onset diabetes. Previously, we have shown that the calcineurin inhibiting drugs tacrolimus and cyclosporin A reduce adipocyte and myocyte glucose uptakes by reducing the amount of glucose transporter type 4 (GLUT4) at the cell surface, due to an increased internalization rate. However, this happens without alteration in total protein and phosphorylation levels of key proteins involved in insulin signalling or in the total amount of GLUT4. The present study evaluates possible pathways involved in the altered internalization of GLUT4 and consequent reduction of glucose uptake provoked by calcineurin inhibitors in human subcutaneous adipose tissue. Short- and long-term treatments with tacrolimus, cyclosporin A or another CNI deltamethrin (herbicide) decreased basal and insulin-dependent glucose uptake in adipocytes, without any additive effects observed when added together. However, no tacrolimus effects were observed on glucose uptake when gene transcription and protein translation were inhibited. Investigation of genes potentially involved in GLUT4 trafficking showed only a small effect on ARHGEF11 gene expression (p < 0.05). In conlusion, the specific inhibition of calcineurin, but not that of protein phosphatases, decreases glucose uptake in human subcutaneous adipocytes, suggesting that calcineurin is an important regulator of glucose transport. This inhibitory effect is mediated via gene transcription or protein translation; however, expression of genes potentially involved in GLUT4 trafficking and endocytosis appears not to be involved in these effects.
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- Ana Catarina R G Fonseca
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.,Center of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal.,The Portuguese Diabetes Association (APDP), 1250-203, Lisbon, Portugal.,Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72202, USA.,Arkansas Children's Research Institute, Little Rock, AR, 72202, USA
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Bodmann EL, Krett AL, Bünemann M. Potentiation of receptor responses induced by prolonged binding of Gα 13 and leukemia-associated RhoGEF. FASEB J 2017; 31:3663-3676. [PMID: 28465324 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201700026r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Diverse cellular functions are controlled by RhoA-GTPases, which are activated by trimeric G proteins via RhoGEFs, among others. In this study, we focused on the signaling from GPCRs to RhoA via Gα13 and leukemia-associated RhoGEF (LARG). The activation of Gα13 was elucidated in living cells with high temporal and spatial resolution by means of FRET. The inactivation after agonist withdrawal occurred in the same range (t1/2 = 25.3 ± 2.2 s; mean ± sem; n = 22) as described for other Gα proteins. The interaction of Gα13 and LARG and the thereby-induced LARG translocation to the plasma membrane were at least 1 order of magnitude more stable after agonist withdrawal, exceeding Gα13 deactivation in the absence of LARG several fold. Consequently, we observed an almost 100-fold higher agonist sensitivity of the Gα13 LARG interaction compared to the Gα13 activation in the absence of LARG.-Bodmann, E.-L., Krett, A.-L., Bünemann, M. Potentiation of receptor responses induced by prolonged binding of Gα13 and leukemia-associated RhoGEF.
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- Eva-Lisa Bodmann
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Human Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 11 (ARHGEF11) Regulates Dendritic Morphogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 18:ijms18010067. [PMID: 28036092 PMCID: PMC5297702 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Disturbances of synaptic connectivity during perinatal and adolescent periods have been hypothesized to be related to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 11 (ARHGEF11) is a specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEF) for RhoA, which is a critical regulator of actin cytoskeleton dynamics and organization of dendritic spines and inhibitor of spine maintenance. ARHGEF11 variants are reported to be associated with a higher risk for the onset of schizophrenia in a Japanese population; however, how ARHGEF11 contributes to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia in dendritic spines is unknown. Therefore, we first studied the distribution, binding, and function of ARHGEF11 in the dendritic spines of the rat cerebral cortex. After subcellular fractionation of the rat cerebral cortex, ARHGEF11 was detected with synaptophysin and post-synaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) in the P2 fractions including synaptosomal fractions containing presynaptic and postsynaptic density proteins. Endogenous ARHGEF11 was coimmunoprecipitated with synaptophysin or PSD-95. In cortical primary neurons at 28 days in vitro, immunostaining revealed that ARHGEF11 located in the dendrites and dendritic spines and colocalized with PSD-95 and synaptophysin. Overexpression of exogenous ARHGEF11 significantly decreased the number of spines (p = 0.008). These results indicate that ARHGEF11 is likely to be associated with synaptic membranes and regulation of spine.
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PLEKHG3 enhances polarized cell migration by activating actin filaments at the cell front. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:10091-6. [PMID: 27555588 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604720113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cells migrate by directing Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) and cell division control protein 42 (Cdc42) activities and by polymerizing actin toward the leading edge of the cell. Previous studies have proposed that this polarization process requires a local positive feedback in the leading edge involving Rac small GTPase and actin polymerization with PI3K likely playing a coordinating role. Here, we show that the pleckstrin homology and RhoGEF domain containing G3 (PLEKHG3) is a PI3K-regulated Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF) for Rac1 and Cdc42 that selectively binds to newly polymerized actin at the leading edge of migrating fibroblasts. Optogenetic inactivation of PLEKHG3 showed that PLEKHG3 is indispensable both for inducing and for maintaining cell polarity. By selectively binding to newly polymerized actin, PLEKHG3 promotes local Rac1/Cdc42 activation to induce more local actin polymerization, which in turn promotes the recruitment of more PLEKHG3 to induce and maintain cell front. Thus, autocatalytic reinforcement of PLEKHG3 localization to the leading edge of the cell provides a molecular basis for the proposed positive feedback loop that is required for cell polarization and directed migration.
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Manshian BB, Abdelmonem AM, Kantner K, Pelaz B, Klapper M, Nardi Tironi C, Parak WJ, Himmelreich U, Soenen SJ. Evaluation of quantum dot cytotoxicity: interpretation of nanoparticle concentrations versus intracellular nanoparticle numbers. Nanotoxicology 2016; 10:1318-28. [DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2016.1210691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Bella B. Manshian
- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Biomedical NMR Unit/MoSAIC, KU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium,
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- Department of Physics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,
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- Department of Physics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, and
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- Department of Physics, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany,
- CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Biomedical NMR Unit/MoSAIC, KU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium,
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Biomedical NMR Unit/MoSAIC, KU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium,
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Mizuki Y, Takaki M, Okahisa Y, Sakamoto S, Kodama M, Ujike H, Uchitomi Y. Human Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 11 gene is associated with schizophrenia in a Japanese population. Hum Psychopharmacol 2014; 29:552-8. [PMID: 25319871 DOI: 10.1002/hup.2435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The human Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 11 (ARHGEF11) gene is one of the candidate genes for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). ARHGEF11 is mapped to chromosome 1q21, which has susceptible risk loci for T2DM and schizophrenia. We hypothesized that ARHGEF11 contributes to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. METHOD We selected eight single nucleotide polymorphisms of ARHGEF11 that had significant associations with T2DM for a case-control association study of 490 patients with schizophrenia and 500 age-matched and sex-matched controls. RESULTS We did not find any differences in allelic, genotypic associations, or minor allele frequencies with schizophrenia. Analysis of the rs6427340-rs6427339 haplotype and the rs822585-rs6427340-rs6427339 haplotype combination provided significant evidence of an association with schizophrenia (global permutations p = 0.00047 and 0.0032, respectively). C-C of the rs6427340-rs6427339 haplotype and A-C-C of the rs822585-rs6427340-rs6427339 haplotype carried higher risk factors for schizophrenia (permutation p = 0.0010 and 0.0018, respectively). A-C-T of the rs822585-rs6427340-rs6427339 haplotype had a possible protective effect (permutation p = 0.031). CONCLUSION These results provide new evidence that ARHGEF11 may constitute a risk factor for schizophrenia.
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- Yutaka Mizuki
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Sun X, Zhou Z, Fink DJ, Mata M. HspB1 silences translation of PDZ-RhoGEF by enhancing miR-20a and miR-128 expression to promote neurite extension. Mol Cell Neurosci 2013; 57:111-9. [PMID: 24141048 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2013.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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HspB1 is a small heat shock protein implicated in neuronal survival and neurite growth; mutations in HspB1 have been identified in hereditary motor neuronopathies and Charcot Marie Tooth Type 2 neuropathies. In cortical neurons we found that expression of HspB1 decreased RhoA activity and RhoA-GTP protein, and reversed the inhibition of neurite extension induced by NogoA. HspB1 decreased PDZ-RhoGEF, a RhoA specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor, while other regulators of RhoA activity were unchanged. The decrease in PDZ-RhoGEF was independent of proteasomal or lysosomal degradation pathways and was not associated with changes in PDZ-RhoGEF mRNA. We sequenced the 3'UTR of rat PDZ-RhoGEF and found binding sites for miRNAs miR-20a, miR-128 and miR-132. Expression of these microRNAs was substantially increased in cortical neurons transfected with HspB1. Co-transfection of HspB1 with specific inhibitors of miR-20a or miR-128 prevented the decrease in PDZ-RhoGEF and blocked the neurite growth promoting effects of HspB1. Using the 3'UTR of PDZ-RhoGEF mRNA in a luciferase reporter construct we observed that HspB1, miR-20a and miR-128 each inhibited luciferase expression. We conclude that HspB1 regulates RhoA activity through modulation of PDZ-RhoGEF levels achieved by translational control through enhanced expression of specific miRNAs (miR-20a and miR-128). Regulation of RhoA activity by translational silencing of PDZ-RhoGEF may be the mechanism through which HspB1 is involved in regulation of neurite growth. As RhoA-GTPase plays a regulatory role in the organization and stability of cytoskeletal networks through its downstream effectors, the results suggest a possible mechanism linking HspB1 mutations and axonal cytoskeletal pathology.
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- Xiankui Sun
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; GRECC VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Siehler S. G12/13-dependent signaling of G-protein-coupled receptors: disease context and impact on drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2013; 2:1591-604. [PMID: 23488903 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.12.1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) transmit extracellular signals across the plasma membrane via intracellular activation of heterotrimeric G proteins. The signal transduction pathways of Gs, Gi and Gq protein families are widely studied, whereas signaling properties of G12 proteins are only emerging. Many GPCRs were found to couple to G12/13 proteins in addition to coupling to one or more other types of G proteins. G12/13 proteins couple GPCRs to activation of the small monomeric GTPase RhoA. Activation of RhoA modulates various downstream effector systems relevant to diseases such as hypertension, artherosclerosis, asthma and cancer. GPCR screening assays exist for Gs-, Gi- and Gq-linked pathways, whereas a drug-screening assay for the G12-Rho pathway was developed only recently. The review gives an overview of the present understanding of the G12/13-related biology of GPCRs.
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- Sandra Siehler
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Basel, Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Pharma AG, WSJ-88.2.05, 4002 Basel, Switzerland +41 61 324 8946 ; +41 61 324 2870 ;
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Chiu WC, Juang JM, Chang SN, Wu CK, Tsai CT, Tseng YZ, Chiang FT. Angiotensin II regulates the LARG/RhoA/MYPT1 axis in rat vascular smooth muscle in vitro. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2012; 33:1502-10. [PMID: 23123644 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2012.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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AIM To identify a key protein that binds monomeric G protein RhoA and activates the RhoA/Rho kinase/MYPT1 axis in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) upon angiotensin II (Ang II) stimulation. METHODS Primary cultured VSMCs from Sprague-Dawley rats were transfected with siRNAs against leukemia-associated RhoGEF (LARG), and then treated with Ang II, losartan, PD123319, or Val(5)-Ang II. The target mRNA and protein levels were determined using qPCR and Western blot analysis, respectively. Rat aortic rings were isolated, and the isometric contraction was measured with a force transducer and recorder. RESULTS Stimulation with Ang II (0.1 μmol/L) for 0.5 h significantly increased the level of LARG mRNA in VSMCs. At 3, 6, and 9 h after the treatment with Ang II (0.1 μmol/L) plus AT(2) antagonist PD123319 (1 μmol/L) or with AT(1) agonist Val(5)-Ang II (1 μmol/L), the LARG protein, RhoA activity, and phosphorylation level of myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1) in VSMCs were significantly increased. Knockdown of LARG with siRNA reduced these effects caused by AT(1) receptor activation. In rat aortic rings pretreated with LARG siRNA, Ang II-induced contraction was diminished. CONCLUSION Ang II upregulates LARG gene expression and activates the LARG/RhoA/MYPT1 axis via AT(1), thereby maintaining vascular tone.
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Sato K, Handa H, Kimura M, Okano Y, Nagaoka H, Nagase T, Sugiyama T, Kitade Y, Ueda H. Identification of a Rho family specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor, FLJ00018, as a novel actin-binding protein. Cell Signal 2012; 25:41-9. [PMID: 23000341 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Revised: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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FLJ00018/PLEKHG2 is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the Rho family small GTPases. FLJ00018 is directly activated by heterotrimeric G protein Gβγ subunits. Using two-hybrid screening, we have identified non-muscle cytosolic actin as a binding partner of FLJ00018. We found that there were two actin-binding regions in FLJ00018 at the N-terminal region (150-283 amino acids) and at the C-terminal region (465-1386 amino acids). The overexpression of non-muscle cytosolic actin attenuated the FLJ00018-induced serum response element-dependent gene transcription. These results suggest that non-muscle cytosolic actin may be a negative regulator of FLJ00018 through its interaction with the Dbl homology domain.
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- Katsuya Sato
- United Graduate School of Drug Discovery and Medical Information Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Williams JM, Johnson AC, Stelloh C, Dreisbach AW, Franceschini N, Regner KR, Townsend RR, Roman RJ, Garrett MR. Genetic variants in Arhgef11 are associated with kidney injury in the Dahl salt-sensitive rat. Hypertension 2012; 60:1157-68. [PMID: 22987919 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.112.199240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A previous genetic analysis comparing the Dahl salt-sensitive (S) rat with the spontaneously hypertensive rat identified a major locus on chromosome 2 that influences proteinuria in the S rat. In the present study, blood pressure, proteinuria, and renal hemodynamics were evaluated in congenic strains with small segments of the protective spontaneously hypertensive rat genome on the S background. Proteinuria and renal function were significantly improved in the congenic strains compared with the S. The causative locus interval was narrowed to <375 kb on the basis of congenic strains, haplotype data, comparative mapping, and concordance with human genetic studies. Sequencing of the coding region of genes in this region identified 36 single nucleotide polymorphisms (13 nonsynonymous and 23 synonymous). Gene expression profiling indicated that only a few genes exhibited differential expression. Arhgef11, Pear1, and Sh2d2 were identified as important candidate genes that may be linked to kidney injury in the S rat. In particular, Arhgef11 plays an important role in the activation of the Rho-ROCK signaling pathway. Inhibition of this pathway using fasudil resulted in a significant reduction of proteinuria in treated S rats (compared with untreated S). However, no difference was observed between treated or untreated spontaneously hypertensive rat or congenic strains. The homologous region in humans was found to be associated with estimated glomerular filtration rate in the Candidate Gene Association Resource population. In summary, these findings demonstrate that allelic variants in Arhgef11, acting through the Rho-ROCK pathway, could influence kidney injury in the S as well as provide insight into human kidney disease.
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- Jan M Williams
- University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2500 North State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
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Mitin N, Rossman KL, Der CJ. Identification of a novel actin-binding domain within the Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor TEM4. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41876. [PMID: 22911862 PMCID: PMC3404065 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Spatio-temporal activation of Rho GTPases is essential for their function in a variety of biological processes and is achieved in part by regulating the localization of their activators, the Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs). In this study, we provide the first characterization of the full-length protein encoded by RhoGEF TEM4 and delineate its domain structure, catalytic activity, and subcellular localization. First, we determined that TEM4 can stimulate guanine nucleotide exchange on RhoA and the related RhoB and RhoC isoforms. Second, we determined that TEM4, like other Dbl RhoGEFs, contains a functional pleckstrin homology (PH) domain immediately C-terminal to the catalytic Dbl homology (DH) domain. Third, using immunofluorescence analysis, we showed that TEM4 localizes to the actin cytoskeleton through sequences in the N-terminus of TEM4 independently of the DH/PH domains. Using site-directed mutagenesis and deletion analysis, we identified a minimal region between residues 81 and 135 that binds directly to F-actin and has an ∼90-fold higher affinity for ATP-loaded F-actin. Finally, we demonstrated that a single point mutation (R130D) within full-length TEM4 abolishes actin binding and localization of TEM4 to the actin cytoskeleton, as well as dampens the in vivo activity of TEM4 towards RhoC. Taken together, our data demonstrate that TEM4 contains a novel actin binding domain and binding to actin is essential for TEM4 subcellular localization and activity. The unique subcellular localization of TEM4 suggests a spatially-restricted activity and expands the diversity of mechanisms by which RhoGEF function can be regulated.
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- Natalia Mitin
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
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Graziano F, Elia C, Laudanna C, Poli G, Alfano M. Urokinase plasminogen activator inhibits HIV virion release from macrophage-differentiated chronically infected cells via activation of RhoA and PKCε. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23674. [PMID: 21858203 PMCID: PMC3157461 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV replication in mononuclear phagocytes is a multi-step process regulated by viral and cellular proteins with the peculiar feature of virion budding and accumulation in intra-cytoplasmic vesicles. Interaction of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) with its cell surface receptor (uPAR) has been shown to favor virion accumulation in such sub-cellular compartment in primary monocyte-derived macrophages and chronically infected promonocytic U1 cells differentiated into macrophage-like cells by stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). By adopting this latter model system, we have here investigated which intracellular signaling pathways were triggered by uPA/uPAR interaction leading the redirection of virion accumulation in intra-cytoplasmic vesicles. RESULTS uPA induced activation of RhoA, PKCδ and PKCε in PMA-differentiated U1 cells. In the same conditions, RhoA, PKCδ and PKCε modulated uPA-induced cell adhesion and polarization, whereas only RhoA and PKCε were also responsible for the redirection of virions in intracellular vesicles. Distribution of G and F actin revealed that uPA reorganized the cytoskeleton in both adherent and polarized cells. The role of G and F actin isoforms was unveiled by the use of cytochalasin D, a cell-permeable fungal toxin that prevents F actin polymerization. Receptor-independent cytoskeleton remodeling by Cytochalasin D resulted in cell adhesion, polarization and intracellular accumulation of HIV virions similar to the effects gained with uPA. CONCLUSIONS These findings illustrate the potential contribution of the uPA/uPAR system in the generation and/or maintenance of intra-cytoplasmic vesicles that actively accumulate virions, thus sustaining the presence of HIV reservoirs of macrophage origin. In addition, our observations also provide evidences that pathways controlling cytoskeleton remodeling and activation of PKCε bear relevance for the design of new antiviral strategies aimed at interfering with the partitioning of virion budding between intra-cytoplasmic vesicles and plasma membrane in infected human macrophages.
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- Francesca Graziano
- AIDS Immunophatogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- AIDS Immunophatogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology & Diagnostic, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Verona, Italy
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- AIDS Immunophatogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy
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- AIDS Immunophatogenesis Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Chaya T, Shibata S, Tokuhara Y, Yamaguchi W, Matsumoto H, Kawahara I, Kogo M, Ohoka Y, Inagaki S. Identification of a negative regulatory region for the exchange activity and characterization of T332I mutant of Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 10 (ARHGEF10). J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29511-20. [PMID: 21719701 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.236810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The T332I mutation in Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 10 (ARHGEF10) was previously found in persons with slowed nerve conduction velocities and thin myelination of peripheral nerves. However, the molecular and cellular basis of the T332I mutant is not understood. Here, we show that ARHGEF10 has a negative regulatory region in the N terminus, in which residue 332 is located, and the T332I mutant is constitutively active. An N-terminal truncated ARHGEF10 mutant, ARHGEF10 ΔN (lacking amino acids 1-332), induced cell contraction that was inhibited by a Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 and had higher GEF activity for RhoA than the wild type. The T332I mutant also showed the phenotype similar to the N-terminal truncated mutant. These data suggest that the ARHGEF10 T332I mutation-associated phenotype observed in the peripheral nerves is due to activated GEF activity of the ARHGEF10 T332I mutant.
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- Taro Chaya
- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Xu J, Tsutsumi K, Tokuraku K, Estes KA, Hisanaga SI, Ikezu T. Actin interaction and regulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 5/p35 complex activity. J Neurochem 2011; 116:192-204. [PMID: 20492361 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06824.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) plays a critical role during neurodevelopment, synaptic plasticity, and neurodegeneration. Cdk5 activity depends on association with neuronal proteins p35 and p25, a proteolytic product of p35. Cdk5 regulates the actin cytoskeletal dynamics that are essential for neuronal migration, neuritic growth, and synaptogenesis. However, little is known about the interaction of actin and Cdk5 and its effect on neuronal Cdk5 activity. In a previous study, we observed that Cdk5/p35 activity is negatively correlated with co-immunoprecipitated F-actin (filamentous actin) amounts in the mouse brain, and suggested that F-actin inhibits the formation of the Cdk5/p35 complex [Journal of Neuroscience (2008) vol. 28, p. 14511]. The experiments reported here were undertaken to elucidate the relationship between actin and the formation of the Cdk5/p35 complex and its activity. Instead of an F-actin-mediated inhibition, we propose that G-actin (globular actin) in the F-actin preparations is responsible for inhibiting Cdk5/p35 and Cdk5/p25 kinase activity. We found that F-actin binds to p35 but not p25 or Cdk5. We have shown that G-actin binds directly to Cdk5 without disrupting the formation of the Cdk5/p35 or Cdk5/p25 complexes. G-actin potently suppressed Cdk5/p35 and Cdk5/p25 activity when either histone H1 or purified human tau protein were used as substrates, indicating a substrate-independent inhibitory effect of G-actin on Cdk5 activity. Finally, G-actin suppressed the activity of Cdk5 immunoprecipitated from wild type and p35-deficient mouse brain, suggesting that G-actin suppresses endogenous Cdk5 activity in a p35-independent manner. Together, these results suggest a novel mechanism of actin cytoskeletal regulation of Cdk5/p35 activity.
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- Jiqing Xu
- Center for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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HGAL, a germinal center specific protein, decreases lymphoma cell motility by modulation of the RhoA signaling pathway. Blood 2010; 116:5217-27. [PMID: 20844236 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-04-281568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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HGAL is a germinal center (GC)-specific gene that negatively regulates lymphocyte motility and whose expression predicts improved survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). We demonstrate that HGAL serves as a regulator of the RhoA signaling pathway. HGAL enhances activation of RhoA and its down-stream effectors by a novel mechanism - direct binding to the catalytic DH-domain of the RhoA-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs) PDZ-RhoGEF and LARG that stimulate the GDP-GTP exchange rate of RhoA. We delineate the structural domain of HGAL that mediates its interaction with the PDZ-RhoGEF protein. These observations reveal a novel molecular mechanism underlying the inhibitory effects of GC-specific HGAL protein on the motility of GC-derived lymphoma cells. This mechanism may underlie the limited dissemination and better outcome of patients with HGAL-expressing DLBCL and cHL.
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Cellular cholesterol delivery, intracellular processing and utilization for biosynthesis of steroid hormones. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2010; 7:47. [PMID: 20515451 PMCID: PMC2890697 DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-7-47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Steroid hormones regulate diverse physiological functions such as reproduction, blood salt balance, maintenance of secondary sexual characteristics, response to stress, neuronal function and various metabolic processes. They are synthesized from cholesterol mainly in the adrenal gland and gonads in response to tissue-specific tropic hormones. These steroidogenic tissues are unique in that they require cholesterol not only for membrane biogenesis, maintenance of membrane fluidity and cell signaling, but also as the starting material for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones. It is not surprising, then, that cells of steroidogenic tissues have evolved with multiple pathways to assure the constant supply of cholesterol needed to maintain optimum steroid synthesis. The cholesterol utilized for steroidogenesis is derived from a combination of sources: 1) de novo synthesis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); 2) the mobilization of cholesteryl esters (CEs) stored in lipid droplets through cholesteryl ester hydrolase; 3) plasma lipoprotein-derived CEs obtained by either LDL receptor-mediated endocytic and/or SR-BI-mediated selective uptake; and 4) in some cultured cell systems from plasma membrane-associated free cholesterol. Here, we focus on recent insights into the molecules and cellular processes that mediate the uptake of plasma lipoprotein-derived cholesterol, events connected with the intracellular cholesterol processing and the role of crucial proteins that mediate cholesterol transport to mitochondria for its utilization for steroid hormone production. In particular, we discuss the structure and function of SR-BI, the importance of the selective cholesterol transport pathway in providing cholesterol substrate for steroid biosynthesis and the role of two key proteins, StAR and PBR/TSO in facilitating cholesterol delivery to inner mitochondrial membrane sites, where P450scc (CYP11A) is localized and where the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone (the common steroid precursor) takes place.
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Aittaleb M, Boguth CA, Tesmer JJG. Structure and function of heterotrimeric G protein-regulated Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mol Pharmacol 2009; 77:111-25. [PMID: 19880753 DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.061234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Activation of certain classes of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can lead to alterations in the actin cytoskeleton, gene transcription, cell transformation, and other processes that are known to be regulated by Rho family small-molecular-weight GTPases. Although these responses can occur indirectly via cross-talk from canonical heterotrimeric G protein cascades, it has recently been demonstrated that Dbl family Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs) can serve as the direct downstream effectors of heterotrimeric G proteins. Heterotrimeric Galpha(12/13), Galpha(q), and Gbetagamma subunits are each now known to directly bind and regulate RhoGEFs. Atomic structures have recently been determined for several of these RhoGEFs and their G protein complexes, providing fresh insight into the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction between GPCRs and small molecular weight G proteins. This review covers what is currently known about the structure, function, and regulation of these recently recognized effectors of heterotrimeric G proteins.
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Banerjee J, Fischer CC, Wedegaertner PB. The amino acid motif L/IIxxFE defines a novel actin-binding sequence in PDZ-RhoGEF. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8032-43. [PMID: 19618964 DOI: 10.1021/bi9010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PDZ-RhoGEF is a member of the regulator family of G protein signaling (RGS) domain-containing RhoGEFs (RGS-RhoGEFs) that link activated heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunits of the G12 family to activation of the small GTPase RhoA. Unique among the RGS-RhoGEFs, PDZ-RhoGEF contains a short sequence that localizes the protein to the actin cytoskeleton. In this report, we demonstrate that the actin-binding domain, located between amino acids 561 and 585, directly binds to F-actin in vitro. Extensive mutagenesis identifies isoleucine 568, isoleucine 569, phenylalanine 572, and glutamic acid 573 as being necessary for binding to actin and for colocalization with the actin cytoskeleton in cells. These results define a novel actin-binding sequence in PDZ-RhoGEF with a critical amino acid motif of IIxxFE. Moreover, sequence analysis identifies a similar actin-binding motif in the N-terminus of the RhoGEF frabin, and as with PDZ-RhoGEF, mutagenesis and actin interaction experiments demonstrate an LIxxFE motif, consisting of the key amino acids leucine 23, isoleucine 24, phenylalanine 27, and glutamic acid 28. Taken together, results with PDZ-RhoGEF and frabin identify a novel actin-binding sequence. Lastly, inducible dimerization of the actin-binding region of PDZ-RhoGEF revealed a dimerization-dependent actin bundling activity in vitro. PDZ-RhoGEF exists in cells as a dimer, raising the possibility that PDZ-RhoGEF could influence actin structure in a manner independent of its ability to activate RhoA.
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- Jayashree Banerjee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Garcia MC, Ray DM, Lackford B, Rubino M, Olden K, Roberts JD. Arachidonic acid stimulates cell adhesion through a novel p38 MAPK-RhoA signaling pathway that involves heat shock protein 27. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:20936-45. [PMID: 19506078 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.020271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rho GTPases are critical components of cellular signal transduction pathways. Both hyperactivity and overexpression of these proteins have been observed in human cancers and have been implicated as important factors in metastasis. We previously showed that dietary n-6 fatty acids increase cancer cell adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins, such as type IV collagen. Here we report that in MDA-MB-435 human melanoma cells, arachidonic acid activates RhoA, and inhibition of RhoA signaling with either C3 exoenzyme or dominant negative Rho blocked arachidonic acid-induced cell adhesion. Inhibition of the Rho kinase (ROCK) with either small molecule inhibitors or ROCK II-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) blocked the fatty acid-induced adhesion. However, unlike other systems, inhibition of ROCK did not block the activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK); instead, Rho activation depended on p38 MAPK activity and the presence of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), which is phosphorylated downstream of p38 after arachidonic acid treatment. HSP27 associated with p115RhoGEF in fatty acid-treated cells, and this association was blocked when p38 was inhibited. Furthermore, siRNA knockdown of HSP27 blocked the fatty acid-stimulated Rho activity. Expression of dominant negative p115-RhoGEF or p115RhoGEF-specific siRNA inhibited both RhoA activation and adhesion on type IV collagen, whereas a constitutively active p115RhoGEF restored the arachidonic acid stimulation in cells in which the p38 MAPK had been inhibited. These data suggest that n-6 dietary fatty acids stimulate a set of interactions that regulates cell adhesion through RhoA and ROCK II via a p38 MAPK-dependent association of HSP27 and p115RhoGEF.
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- Melissa C Garcia
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent a large family of seven transmembrane receptors, which communicate extracellular signals into the cellular lumen. The human genome contains 720-800 GPCRs, and their diverse signal characteristics are determined by their specific tissue and subcellular expression profiles, as well as their coupling profile to the various G protein families (G(s), G(i), G(q), G(12)). The G protein coupling pattern links GPCR activation to the specific downstream effector pathways. G(12/13) signalling of GPCRs has been studied only recently in more detail, and involves activation of RhoGTPase nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs). Four mammalian RhoGEFs regulated by G(12/13) proteins are known: p115-RhoGEF, PSD-95/Disc-large/ZO-1 homology-RhoGEF, leukemia-associated RhoGEF and lymphoid blast crisis-RhoGEF. These link GPCRs to activation of the small monomeric GTPase RhoA, and other downstream effectors. Misregulated G(12/13) signalling is involved in multiple pathophysiological conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, arterial and pulmonary hypertension, and bronchial asthma. Specific targeting of G(12/13) signalling-related diseases of GPCRs hence provides novel therapeutic approaches. Assays to quantitatively measure GPCR-mediated activation of G(12/13) are only emerging, and are required to understand the G(12/13)-linked pharmacology. The review gives an overview of G(12/13) signalling of GPCRs with a focus on RhoGEF proteins as the immediate mediators of G(12/13) activation.
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- Sandra Siehler
- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Basel, Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
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Suzuki N, Hajicek N, Kozasa T. Regulation and physiological functions of G12/13-mediated signaling pathways. Neurosignals 2009; 17:55-70. [PMID: 19212140 DOI: 10.1159/000186690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Accumulating data indicate that G12 subfamily (Galpha12/13)-mediated signaling pathways play pivotal roles in a variety of physiological processes, while aberrant regulation of this pathway has been identified in various human diseases. It has been demonstrated that Galpha12/13-mediated signals form networks with other signaling proteins at various levels, from cell surface receptors to transcription factors, to regulate cellular responses. Galpha12/13 have slow rates of nucleotide exchange and GTP hydrolysis, and specifically target RhoGEFs containing an amino-terminal RGS homology domain (RH-RhoGEFs), which uniquely function both as a GAP and an effector for Galpha12/13. In this review, we will focus on the mechanisms regulating the Galpha12/13 signaling system, particularly the Galpha12/13-RH-RhoGEF-Rho pathway, which can regulate a wide variety of cellular functions from migration to transformation.
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- Nobuchika Suzuki
- Laboratory of Systems Biology and Medicine, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Meyer BH, Freuler F, Guerini D, Siehler S. Reversible translocation of p115-RhoGEF by G(12/13)-coupled receptors. J Cell Biochem 2008; 104:1660-70. [PMID: 18320579 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important targets for medicinal agents. Four different G protein families, G(s), G(i), G(q), and G(12), engage in their linkage to activation of receptor-specific signal transduction pathways. G(12) proteins were more recently studied, and upon activation by GPCRs they mediate activation of RhoGTPase guanine nucleotide exchange factors (RhoGEFs), which in turn activate the small GTPase RhoA. RhoA is involved in many cellular and physiological aspects, and a dysfunction of the G(12/13)-Rho pathway can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, impaired wound healing and immune cell functions, cancer progression and metastasis, or asthma. In this study, regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain-containing RhoGEFs were tagged with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to detect their subcellular localization and translocation upon receptor activation. Constitutively active Galpha(12) and Galpha(13) mutants induced redistribution of these RhoGEFs from the cytosol to the plasma membrane. Furthermore, a pronounced and rapid translocation of p115-RhoGEF from the cytosol to the plasma membrane was observed upon activation of several G(12/13)-coupled GPCRs in a cell type-independent fashion. Plasma membrane translocation of p115-RhoGEF stimulated by a GPCR agonist could be completely and rapidly reversed by subsequent application of an antagonist for the respective GPCR, that is, p115-RhoGEF relocated back to the cytosol. The translocation of RhoGEF by G(12/13)-linked GPCRs can be quantified and therefore used for pharmacological studies of the pathway, and to discover active compounds in a G(12/13)-related disease context.
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- Bruno H Meyer
- Center for Proteomic Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Basel, Novartis Pharma AG, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
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Iwanicki MP, Vomastek T, Tilghman RW, Martin KH, Banerjee J, Wedegaertner PB, Parsons JT. FAK, PDZ-RhoGEF and ROCKII cooperate to regulate adhesion movement and trailing-edge retraction in fibroblasts. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:895-905. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.020941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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A key step in cell migration is the dynamic formation and disassembly of adhesions at the front and the concomitant movement and release of adhesions in the rear of the cell. Fibroblasts maintained in the absence of serum have stable adhesions within the rear of the cell and exhibit reduced trailing-edge retraction resulting in an elongated cell phenotype. Addition of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) induced the movement of adhesions and retraction of the trailing edge, thus mimicking tail retraction in a migrating cell. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK), guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEF) for Rho and the Rho effector Rho kinase II (ROCKII) are crucial for the regulation of adhesion movement and trailing-edge retraction. Downregulation of FAK by small interfering RNAs or small hairpin RNAs blocked LPA-induced adhesion movement and restoration of cell shape. This phenotype was rescued by the ectopic expression of PDZ-RhoGEF or a RhoA-effector-domain mutant that activates ROCK. Knockdown of PDZ-RhoGEF or ROCKII inhibited LPA-induced trailing-edge retraction and adhesion movement. Moreover, overexpressed PDZ-RhoGEF co-immunoprecipitated with FAK and localized to FAK-containing adhesions. These studies support a model in which FAK and PDZ-RhoGEF cooperate to induce Rho/ROCKII-dependent focal adhesion movement and trailing-edge retraction in response to LPA.
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- Marcin P. Iwanicki
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Wong K, Van Keymeulen A, Bourne HR. PDZRhoGEF and myosin II localize RhoA activity to the back of polarizing neutrophil-like cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 179:1141-8. [PMID: 18086913 PMCID: PMC2140022 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200706167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chemoattractants such as formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) induce neutrophils to polarize by triggering divergent pathways that promote formation of a protrusive front and contracting back and sides. RhoA, a Rho GTPase, stimulates assembly of actomyosin contractile complexes at the sides and back. We show here, in differentiated HL60 cells, that PDZRhoGEF (PRG), a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for RhoA, mediates RhoA-dependent responses and determines their spatial distribution. As with RNAi knock-down of PRG, a GEF-deleted PRG mutant blocks fMLP-dependent RhoA activation and causes neutrophils to exhibit multiple fronts and long tails. Similarly, inhibition of RhoA, a Rho-dependent protein kinase (ROCK), or myosin II produces the same morphologies. PRG inhibition reduces or mislocalizes monophosphorylated myosin light chains in fMLP-stimulated cells, and myosin II ATPase inhibition reciprocally disrupts normal localization of PRG. We propose a cooperative reinforcing mechanism at the back of cells, in which PRG, RhoA, ROCK, myosin II, and actomyosin spatially cooperate to consolidate attractant-induced contractility and ensure robust cell polarity.
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- Kit Wong
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Liao Z, Seye CI, Weisman GA, Erb L. The P2Y2 nucleotide receptor requires interaction with alpha v integrins to access and activate G12. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:1654-62. [PMID: 17452627 PMCID: PMC2713722 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The P2Y2 nucleotide receptor (P2Y2R) interacts with alpha v integrins to activate G(o) and induce chemotaxis in human 1321N1 astrocytoma cells. In this study, it was determined that the P2Y2R also requires interaction with alpha v integrins to activate G12 and associated signaling pathways that control chemotaxis in 1321N1 cells. Mutation of the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) integrin-binding sequence in the first extracellular loop of the human P2Y2R to Arg-Gly-Glu (RGE), which prevents integrin interaction, did not inhibit G(q) or ERK1/2 signaling by the P2Y2R agonist UTP but completely inhibited activation of G12 and G12-mediated events, including Rho activation, cofilin and myosin light chain-2 phosphorylation, stress fiber formation and chemotaxis towards UTP. The involvement of G12 in all these events was verified by using a dominant negative G alpha12 construct. G12 activation by the P2Y2R also was inhibited by anti-alpha v beta5 integrin antibodies and alpha v integrin antisense oligonucleotides, suggesting that alpha v integrin activity and expression are required for the P2Y2R to activate G12. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed that G alpha12 protein associates with the wild-type P2Y2R and with alpha v integrins but not with the RGE mutant P2Y2R or with alpha3 integrins. Collectively, these results suggest that alpha v integrin complexes provide the P2Y2R with access to G12, thereby allowing activation of this heterotrimeric G protein that controls actin cytoskeletal rearrangements required for chemotaxis.
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MESH Headings
- Amides/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Cardiac Myosins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cofilin 1/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13/genetics
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13/metabolism
- GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11/metabolism
- Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate)/metabolism
- Humans
- Integrin alphaV/genetics
- Integrin alphaV/immunology
- Integrin alphaV/metabolism
- Integrins/immunology
- Integrins/metabolism
- Mutation
- Myosin Light Chains/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Pertussis Toxin/pharmacology
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Binding
- Pyridines/pharmacology
- Receptors, Purinergic P2/genetics
- Receptors, Purinergic P2/metabolism
- Receptors, Purinergic P2Y2
- Receptors, Vitronectin/immunology
- Receptors, Vitronectin/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Stress Fibers/metabolism
- Transfection
- Uridine Triphosphate/pharmacology
- rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Bhadriraju K, Yang M, Alom Ruiz S, Pirone D, Tan J, Chen CS. Activation of ROCK by RhoA is regulated by cell adhesion, shape, and cytoskeletal tension. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:3616-23. [PMID: 17673200 PMCID: PMC2064860 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Revised: 07/01/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Adhesion to the extracellular matrix regulates numerous changes in the actin cytoskeleton by regulating the activity of the Rho family of small GTPases. Here, we report that adhesion and the associated changes in cell shape and cytoskeletal tension are all required for GTP-bound RhoA to activate its downstream effector, ROCK. Using an in vitro kinase assay for endogenous ROCK, we found that cells in suspension, attached on substrates coated with low density fibronectin, or on spreading-restrictive micropatterned islands all exhibited low ROCK activity and correspondingly low myosin light chain phosphorylation, in the face of high levels of GTP-bound RhoA. In contrast, allowing cells to spread against substrates rescued ROCK and myosin activity. Interestingly, inhibition of tension with cytochalasin D or blebbistatin also inhibited ROCK activity within 20 min. The abrogation of ROCK activity by cell detachment or inhibition of tension could not be rescued by constitutively active RhoA-V14. These results suggest the existence of a feedback loop between cytoskeletal tension, adhesion maturation, and ROCK signaling that likely contributes to numerous mechanochemical processes.
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- Kiran Bhadriraju
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Grabocka E, Wedegaertner PB. Disruption of oligomerization induces nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of leukemia-associated rho Guanine-nucleotide exchange factor. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 72:993-1002. [PMID: 17609419 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.035162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The rgsRhoGEFs comprise a subfamily of three guanine nucleotide exchange factors, which function in linking heterotrimeric G-proteins to the monomeric RhoGTPase. Here, we reveal the novel finding that oligomerization of leukemia-associated RhoGEF (LARG) functions to prevent nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and to retain LARG in the cytoplasm. We establish that oligomerization is mediated by a predicted coiled-coil sequence (amino acids 1507-1520) in the extreme C terminus of LARG and that substitution of isoleucines 1507/1510 with alanines disrupts homo-oligomerization and leads to nucleocytoplasmic shuttling via the CRM1 nuclear transport pathway. In addition, we demonstrate that induced dimerization of an otherwise nuclear monomeric LARG mutant promotes cytoplasmic localization. Furthermore, we establish that nuclear import of monomeric LARG is mediated by the nuclear localization sequence (29)PTDKKQK(35) in the extreme N terminus. We propose that nucleocytoplasmic shuttling provides a mechanism for spatially regulating the activity of LARG toward its cytoplasmic targets and potentially new nuclear targets.
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- Elda Grabocka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 S. 10 Street, 839 BLSB, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Panizzi JR, Jessen JR, Drummond IA, Solnica-Krezel L. New functions for a vertebrate Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor in ciliated epithelia. Development 2007; 134:921-31. [PMID: 17267448 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Human ARHGEF11, a PDZ-domain-containing Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF), has been studied primarily in tissue culture, where it exhibits transforming ability, associates with and modulates the actin cytoskeleton, regulates neurite outgrowth, and mediates activation of Rho in response to stimulation by activated Galpha12/13 or Plexin B1. The fruit fly homolog, RhoGEF2, interacts with heterotrimeric G protein subunits to activate Rho, associates with microtubules, and is required during gastrulation for cell shape changes that mediate epithelial folding. Here, we report functional characterization of a zebrafish homolog of ARHGEF11 that is expressed ubiquitously at blastula and gastrula stages and is enriched in neural tissues and the pronephros during later embryogenesis. Similar to its human homolog, zebrafish Arhgef11 stimulated actin stress fiber formation in cultured cells, whereas overexpression in the embryo of either the zebrafish or human protein impaired gastrulation movements. Loss-of-function experiments utilizing a chromosomal deletion that encompasses the arhgef11 locus, and antisense morpholino oligonucleotides designed to block either translation or splicing, produced embryos with ventrally-curved axes and a number of other phenotypes associated with ciliated epithelia. Arhgef11-deficient embryos often exhibited altered expression of laterality markers, enlarged brain ventricles, kidney cysts, and an excess number of otoliths in the otic vesicles. Although cilia formed and were motile in these embryos, polarized distribution of F-actin and Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in the pronephric ducts was disturbed. Our studies in zebrafish embryos have identified new, essential roles for this RhoGEF in ciliated epithelia during vertebrate development.
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- Jennifer R Panizzi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Casazza A, Fazzari P, Tamagnone L. Semaphorin signals in cell adhesion and cell migration: functional role and molecular mechanisms. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 600:90-108. [PMID: 17607949 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70956-7_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cell migration is pivotal in embryo development and in the adult. During development a wide range of progenitor cells travel over long distances before undergoing terminal differentiation. Moreover, the morphogenesis of epithelial tissues and of the cardiovascular system involves remodelling compact cell layers and sprouting of new tubular branches. In the adult, cell migration is essential for leucocytes involved in immune response. Furthermore, invasive and metastatic cancer cells have the distinctive ability to overcome normal tissue boundaries, travel in and out of blood vessels, and settle down in heterologous tissues. Cell migration normally follows strict guidance cues, either attractive, or inhibitory and repulsive. Semaphorins are a wide family of signals guiding cell migration during development and in the adult. Recent findings have established that semaphorin receptors, the plexins, govern cell migration by regulating integrin-based cell substrate adhesion and actin cytoskeleton dynamics, via specific monomeric GTPases. Plexins furthermore recruit tyrosine kinases in receptor complexes, which allows switching between multiple signaling pathways and functional outcomes. In this article, we will review the functional role of semaphorins in cell migration and the implicated molecular mechanisms controlling cell adhesion.
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- Andrea Casazza
- University of Turin Medical School, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Str. Prov. 142, I-10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy
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Sternweis PC, Carter AM, Chen Z, Danesh SM, Hsiung YF, Singer WD. Regulation of Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors by G proteins. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2007; 74:189-228. [PMID: 17854659 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(07)74006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Monomeric Rho GTPases regulate cellular dynamics through remodeling of the cytoskeleton, modulation of immediate signaling pathways, and longer-term regulation of gene transcription. One family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho proteins (RhoGEFs) provides a direct pathway for regulation of RhoA by cell surface receptors coupled to heterotrimeric G proteins. Some of these RhoGEFs also contain RGS domains that can attenuate signaling by the G(12) and G(13) proteins. The regulation provided by these RhoGEFs is defined by their selective regulation by specific G proteins, phosphorylation by kinases, and potential localization with signaling partners. Evidence of their physiological importance is derived from gene knockouts in Drosophila and mice. Current understanding of the basic regulatory mechanisms of these RhoGEFs is discussed. An overview of identified interactions with other signaling proteins suggests the growing spectrum of their involvement in numerous signaling pathways.
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- Paul C Sternweis
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
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Padash Barmchi M, Rogers S, Häcker U. DRhoGEF2 regulates actin organization and contractility in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 168:575-85. [PMID: 15699213 PMCID: PMC2171764 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200407124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Morphogenesis of the Drosophila melanogaster embryo is associated with a dynamic reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton that is mediated by small GTPases of the Rho family. Often, Rho1 controls different aspects of cytoskeletal function in parallel, requiring a complex level of regulation. We show that the guanine triphosphate (GTP) exchange factor DRhoGEF2 is apically localized in epithelial cells throughout embryogenesis. We demonstrate that DRhoGEF2, which has previously been shown to regulate cell shape changes during gastrulation, recruits Rho1 to actin rings and regulates actin distribution and actomyosin contractility during nuclear divisions, pole cell formation, and cellularization of syncytial blastoderm embryos. We propose that DRhoGEF2 activity coordinates contractile actomyosin forces throughout morphogenesis in Drosophila by regulating the association of myosin with actin to form contractile cables. Our results support the hypothesis that specific aspects of Rho1 function are regulated by specific GTP exchange factors.
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- Mojgan Padash Barmchi
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, BMC B13, 22184 Lund, Sweden
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