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Fierro Morales JC, Redfearn C, Titus MA, Roh-Johnson M. Reduced PaxillinB localization to cell-substrate adhesions promotes cell migration in Dictyostelium. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.19.585764. [PMID: 38562712 PMCID: PMC10983970 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.19.585764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Many cells adhere to extracellular matrix for efficient cell migration. This adhesion is mediated by focal adhesions, a protein complex linking the extracellular matrix to the intracellular cytoskeleton. Focal adhesions have been studied extensively in mesenchymal cells, but recent research in physiological contexts and amoeboid cells suggest focal adhesion regulation differs from the mesenchymal focal adhesion paradigm. We used Dictyostelium discoideum to uncover new mechanisms of focal adhesion regulation, as Dictyostelium are amoeboid cells that form focal adhesion-like structures for migration. We show that PaxillinB, the Dictyostelium homologue of Paxillin, localizes to dynamic focal adhesion-like structures during Dictyostelium migration. Unexpectedly, reduced PaxillinB recruitment to these structures increases Dictyostelium cell migration. Quantitative analysis of focal adhesion size and dynamics show that lack of PaxillinB recruitment to focal adhesions does not alter focal adhesion size, but rather increases focal adhesion turnover. These findings are in direct contrast to Paxillin function at focal adhesions during mesenchymal migration, challenging the established focal adhesion model.
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- Department of Kinesiology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
- Department of Kinesiology, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Prichard A, Khuu L, Whitmore LC, Irimia D, Allen LAH. Helicobacter pylori-infected human neutrophils exhibit impaired chemotaxis and a uropod retraction defect. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1038349. [PMID: 36341418 PMCID: PMC9630475 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1038349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a major human pathogen that colonizes the gastric mucosa and plays a causative role in development of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Neutrophils are heavily infected with this organism in vivo and play a prominent role in tissue destruction and disease. Recently, we demonstrated that H. pylori exploits neutrophil plasticity as part of its virulence strategy eliciting N1-like subtype differentiation that is notable for profound nuclear hypersegmentation. We undertook this study to test the hypothesis that hypersegmentation may enhance neutrophil migratory capacity. However, EZ-TAXIScan™ video imaging revealed a previously unappreciated and progressive chemotaxis defect that was apparent prior to hypersegmentation onset. Cell speed and directionality were significantly impaired to fMLF as well as C5a and IL-8. Infected cells oriented normally in chemotactic gradients, but speed and direction were impaired because of a uropod retraction defect that led to cell elongation, nuclear lobe trapping in the contracted rear and progressive narrowing of the leading edge. In contrast, chemotactic receptor abundance, adhesion, phagocytosis and other aspects of cell function were unchanged. At the molecular level, H. pylori phenocopied the effects of Blebbistatin as indicated by aberrant accumulation of F-actin and actin spikes at the uropod together with enhanced ROCKII-mediated phosphorylation of myosin IIA regulatory light chains at S19. At the same time, RhoA and ROCKII disappeared from the cell rear and accumulated at the leading edge whereas myosin IIA was enriched at both cell poles. These data suggest that H. pylori inhibits the dynamic changes in myosin IIA contractility and front-to-back polarity that are essential for chemotaxis. Taken together, our data advance understanding of PMN plasticity and H. pylori pathogenesis.
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- Allan Prichard
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA, United States
- Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital, Columbia, MO, United States
- *Correspondence: Lee-Ann H. Allen,
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Protick F, Amit SK, Amar K, Nath SD, Akand R, Davis VA, Nilufar S, Chowdhury F. Additive Manufacturing of Viscoelastic Polyacrylamide Substrates for Mechanosensing Studies. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:24384-24395. [PMID: 35874232 PMCID: PMC9301700 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Polymerized polyacrylamide (PAA) substrates are linearly elastic hydrogels that are widely used in mechanosensing studies due to their biocompatibility, wide range of functionalization capability, and tunable mechanical properties. However, such cellular response on purely elastic substrates, which do not mimic the viscoelastic living tissues, may not be physiologically relevant. Because the cellular response on 2D viscoelastic PAA substrates remains largely unknown, we used stereolithography (SLA)-based additive manufacturing technique to create viscoelastic PAA substrates with tunable mechanical properties that allow us to identify physiologically relevant cellular behaviors. Three PAA substrates of different complex moduli were fabricated by SLA. By embedding fluorescent markers during the additive manufacturing of the substrates, we show a homogeneous and uniform composition throughout, which conventional manufacturing techniques cannot produce. Rheological investigation of the additively manufactured PAA substrates shows a viscoelastic behavior with a 5-10% loss moduli compared to their elastic moduli, mimicking the living tissues. To understand the cell mechanosensing on the dissipative PAA substrates, single live cells were seeded on PAA substrates to establish the basic relationships between cell traction, cytoskeletal prestress, and cell spreading. With the increasing substrate moduli, we observed a concomitant increase in cellular traction and prestress, but not cell spreading, suggesting that cell spreading can be decoupled from traction and intracellular prestress in physiologically relevant environments. Together, additively manufactured PAA substrates fill the void of lacking real tissue like viscoelastic materials that can be used in a variety of mechanosensing studies with superior reproducibility.
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- Fardeen
Kabir Protick
- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Samuel
Ginn Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- Samuel
Ginn Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
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- School
of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United States
- Biomedical
Engineering Program, School of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical
Engineering, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United
States
- Materials
Technology Center, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, United
States
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Ren C, Yuan Q, Braun M, Zhang X, Petri B, Zhang J, Kim D, Guez-Haddad J, Xue W, Pan W, Fan R, Kubes P, Sun Z, Opatowsky Y, Polleux F, Karatekin E, Tang W, Wu D. Leukocyte Cytoskeleton Polarization Is Initiated by Plasma Membrane Curvature from Cell Attachment. Dev Cell 2019; 49:206-219.e7. [PMID: 30930167 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Revised: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cell polarization is important for various biological processes. However, its regulation, particularly initiation, is incompletely understood. Here, we investigated mechanisms by which neutrophils break their symmetry and initiate their cytoskeleton polarization from an apolar state in circulation for their extravasation during inflammation. We show here that a local increase in plasma membrane (PM) curvature resulting from cell contact to a surface triggers the initial breakage of the symmetry of an apolar neutrophil and is required for subsequent polarization events induced by chemical stimulation. This local increase in PM curvature recruits SRGAP2 via its F-BAR domain, which in turn activates PI4KA and results in PM PtdIns4P polarization. Polarized PM PtdIns4P is targeted by RPH3A, which directs PIP5K1C90 and subsequent phosphorylated myosin light chain polarization, and this polarization signaling axis regulates neutrophil firm attachment to endothelium. Thus, this study reveals a mechanism for the initiation of cell cytoskeleton polarization.
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- Chunguang Ren
- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, the First affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases Mouse Phenomics Resource Laboratory, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases Mouse Phenomics Resource Laboratory, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Cumming School of Medicine, and Calvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Okimura C, Sakumura Y, Shimabukuro K, Iwadate Y. Sensing of substratum rigidity and directional migration by fast-crawling cells. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:052401. [PMID: 29906928 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.052401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Living cells sense the mechanical properties of their surrounding environment and respond accordingly. Crawling cells detect the rigidity of their substratum and migrate in certain directions. They can be classified into two categories: slow-moving and fast-moving cell types. Slow-moving cell types, such as fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, mesenchymal stem cells, etc., move toward rigid areas on the substratum in response to a rigidity gradient. However, there is not much information on rigidity sensing in fast-moving cell types whose size is ∼10 μm and migration velocity is ∼10 μm/min. In this study, we used both isotropic substrata with different rigidities and an anisotropic substratum that is rigid on the x axis but soft on the y axis to demonstrate rigidity sensing by fast-moving Dictyostelium cells and neutrophil-like differentiated HL-60 cells. Dictyostelium cells exerted larger traction forces on a more rigid isotropic substratum. Dictyostelium cells and HL-60 cells migrated in the "soft" direction on the anisotropic substratum, although myosin II-null Dictyostelium cells migrated in random directions, indicating that rigidity sensing of fast-moving cell types differs from that of slow types and is induced by a myosin II-related process.
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- Chika Okimura
- Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University, Aichi 480-1198, Japan.,Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Ube College, Ube 755-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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Zehrer A, Pick R, Salvermoser M, Boda A, Miller M, Stark K, Weckbach LT, Walzog B, Begandt D. A Fundamental Role of Myh9 for Neutrophil Migration in Innate Immunity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 201:1748-1764. [PMID: 30068598 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Neutrophils are the first leukocytes to arrive at sites of injury during the acute inflammatory response. To maintain the polarized morphology during migration, nonmuscle myosins class II are essential, but studies using genetic models to investigate the role of Myh9 for neutrophil migration were missing. In this study, we analyzed the functional role of Myh9 on neutrophil trafficking using genetic downregulation of Myh9 in Vav-iCre+/Myh9wt/fl mice because the complete knockout of Myh9 in the hematopoietic system was lethal. Migration velocity and Euclidean distance were significantly diminished during mechanotactic migration of Vav-iCre+/Myh9wt/fl neutrophils compared with Vav-iCre-/Myh9wt/fl control neutrophils. Similar results were obtained for transmigration and migration in confined three-dimensional environments. Stimulated emission depletion nanoscopy revealed that a certain threshold of Myh9 was required to maintain proper F-actin dynamics in the front of the migrating cell. In laser-induced skin injury and in acute peritonitis, reduced Myh9 expression in the hematopoietic system resulted in significantly diminished neutrophil extravasation. Investigation of bone marrow chimeric mice in the peritonitis model revealed that the migration defect was cell intrinsic. Expression of Myh9-EGFP rescued the Myh9-related defects in two-dimensional and three-dimensional migration of Hoxb8-SCF cell-derived neutrophils generated from fetal liver cells with a Myh9 knockdown. Live cell imaging provided evidence that Myh9 was localized in branching lamellipodia and in the uropod where it may enable fast neutrophil migration. In summary, the severe migration defects indicate an essential and fundamental role of Myh9 for neutrophil trafficking in innate immunity.
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- Annette Zehrer
- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and.,Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Klinikum der Universität, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and
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- Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munich, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; and
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Rotation of stress fibers as a single wheel in migrating fish keratocytes. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10615. [PMID: 30018412 PMCID: PMC6050267 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28875-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Crawling migration plays an essential role in a variety of biological phenomena, including development, wound healing, and immune system function. Keratocytes are wound-healing cells in fish skin. Expansion of the leading edge of keratocytes and retraction of the rear are respectively induced by actin polymerization and contraction of stress fibers in the same way as for other cell types. Interestingly, stress fibers in keratocytes align almost perpendicular to the migration-direction. It seems that in order to efficiently retract the rear, it is better that the stress fibers align parallel to it. From the unique alignment of stress fibers in keratocytes, we speculated that the stress fibers may play a role for migration other than the retraction. Here, we reveal that the stress fibers are stereoscopically arranged so as to surround the cytoplasm in the cell body; we directly show, in sequential three-dimensional recordings, their rolling motion during migration. Removal of the stress fibers decreased migration velocity and induced the collapse of the left-right balance of crawling migration. The rotation of these stress fibers plays the role of a “wheel” in crawling migration of keratocytes.
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Feng S, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Lü S, Long M. Mechanochemical modeling of neutrophil migration based on four signaling layers, integrin dynamics, and substrate stiffness. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2018; 17:1611-1630. [PMID: 29968162 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-018-1047-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 06/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Directional neutrophil migration during human immune responses is a highly coordinated process regulated by both biochemical and biomechanical environments. In this paper, we developed an integrative mathematical model of neutrophil migration using a lattice Boltzmann-particle method built in-house to solve the moving boundary problem with spatiotemporal regulation of biochemical components. The mechanical features of the cell cortex are modeled by a series of spring-connected nodes representing discrete cell-substrate adhesive sites. The intracellular signaling cascades responsible for cytoskeletal remodeling [e.g., small GTPases, phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K), and phosphatase and tensin homolog] are built based on our previous four-layered signaling model centered on the bidirectional molecular transport mechanism and implemented as reaction-diffusion equations. Focal adhesion dynamics are determined by force-dependent integrin-ligand binding kinetics and integrin recycling and are thus integrated with cell motion. Using numerical simulations, the model reproduces the major features of cell migration in response to uniform and gradient biochemical stimuli based on the quantitative spatiotemporal regulation of signaling molecules, which agree with experimental observations. The existence of multiple types of integrins with different binding kinetics could act as an adaptation mechanism for substrate stiffness. Moreover, cells can perform reversal, U-turn, or lock-on behaviors depending on the steepness of the reversal biochemical signals received. Finally, this model is also applied to predict the responses of mutants in which PTEN is overexpressed or disrupted.
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- Shiliang Feng
- Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Biomechanics and Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Microgravity (National Microgravity Laboratory), and Beijing Key Laboratory of Engineered Construction and Mechanobiology, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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Okamoto T, Takagi Y, Kawamoto E, Park EJ, Usuda H, Wada K, Shimaoka M. Reduced substrate stiffness promotes M2-like macrophage activation and enhances peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ expression. Exp Cell Res 2018; 367:264-273. [PMID: 29627321 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The increased stiffness of the extracellular microenvironment observed in cancer and atherosclerosis is thought to regulate the activation of tissue-resident immune cells. However, it remains to be determined whether such substrate stiffness affects macrophage activation phenotypes. Here, we have studied the impact of substrate stiffness on in vitro activation phenotypes of the human monocyte cell line THP-1. THP-1 cells were activated while being cultured on 1%, 4%, 10% agarose gel (soft substrate) or on a plastic plate (stiff substrate). We have shown that a soft, versus a stiff, substrate attenuates the pro-inflammatory activity of M1 promoting-activated THP-1 cells. In addition, we have found that M1-related marker expression and phagocytic activity was lower in THP-1 cells activated on a soft substrate compared to cells on stiff substrates. THP-1 cells alternatively activated on soft substrates showed enhanced M2-like phenotypes. We have found that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) expression was up-regulated in THP-1 cells activated on a soft substrate. We have shown that the PPARγ antagonist GW9662 partially suppresses M2-like activation of THP-1 cells activated on a soft substrate. Substrate stiffness is, therefore, an important factor in regulating the balance of the pro-inflammatory M1 and anti-inflammatory M2 activation phenotypes.
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- Takayuki Okamoto
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan; Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan; Emergency and Critical Care Center, Mie University Hospital, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-city, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Cell Adhesion Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
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Okimura C, Iwadate Y. Hybrid mechanosensing system to generate the polarity needed for migration in fish keratocytes. Cell Adh Migr 2016; 10:406-18. [PMID: 27124267 DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2016.1170268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Crawling cells can generate polarity for migration in response to forces applied from the substratum. Such reaction varies according to cell type: there are both fast- and slow-crawling cells. In response to periodic stretching of the elastic substratum, the intracellular stress fibers in slow-crawling cells, such as fibroblasts, rearrange themselves perpendicular to the direction of stretching, with the result that the shape of the cells extends in that direction; whereas fast-crawling cells, such as neutrophil-like differentiated HL-60 cells and Dictyostelium cells, which have no stress fibers, migrate perpendicular to the stretching direction. Fish epidermal keratocytes are another type of fast-crawling cell. However, they have stress fibers in the cell body, which gives them a typical slow-crawling cell structure. In response to periodic stretching of the elastic substratum, intact keratocytes rearrange their stress fibers perpendicular to the direction of stretching in the same way as fibroblasts and migrate parallel to the stretching direction, while blebbistatin-treated stress fiber-less keratocytes migrate perpendicular to the stretching direction, in the same way as seen in HL-60 cells and Dictyostelium cells. Our results indicate that keratocytes have a hybrid mechanosensing system that comprises elements of both fast- and slow-crawling cells, to generate the polarity needed for migration.
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- Chika Okimura
- a Faculty of Science , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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Tong H, Jiang G, Guan X, Wu H, Song K, Cheng K, Sun X. Characterization of a polysaccharide from Rosa davurica and inhibitory activity against neutrophil migration. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 89:111-7. [PMID: 27112979 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.04.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The rapid recruitment of neutrophils from peripheral blood into infected sites is critical step for inflammatory responses; however, the excessive and improper recruitment can lead to serious tissue damages. Thus, it is a promising strategy to inhibit their excessive recruitment for treating inflammation-related disease. Here, we isolated a polysaccharide (RDPA1) from Rosa davurica, to evaluate its physicochemical property and inhibitory effects on neutrophil migration. RDPA1 was obtained by hot-water extraction, ethanol precipitation, and fractionated by DEAE-cellulose and Sepharose CL-6B columns. RDPA1 significantly inhibited in vitro migration of human neutrophils evaluated by transwell chamber and impacted the migratory behavior observed by time-lapsed microscopy, we found the migrated distance and average velocity of RDPA1-treated cells were greatly reduced. In addition, RDPA1 treatment impaired in vivo neutrophil infiltration in the peritonitis mice. RDPA1 exhibited significant blocking capacity of the interaction between β2 integrins and ICAM-1 evaluated by flow cytometry and in vitro protein binding assay. Together, these results suggest RDPA1 could be considered as a potential candidate for developing a novel anti-inflammatory agent.
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- Haibin Tong
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Geriatric Medicine, Life Science Research Center, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China; Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Jilin Province, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Jilin Province, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Geriatric Medicine, Life Science Research Center, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China
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- Laboratory of Cell Imaging, Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100853, China
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- Affiliated Hospital, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Geriatric Medicine, Life Science Research Center, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China.
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Okimura C, Ueda K, Sakumura Y, Iwadate Y. Fast-crawling cell types migrate to avoid the direction of periodic substratum stretching. Cell Adh Migr 2016; 10:331-41. [PMID: 26980079 DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2015.1129482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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To investigate the relationship between mechanical stimuli from substrata and related cell functions, one of the most useful techniques is the application of mechanical stimuli via periodic stretching of elastic substrata. In response to this stimulus, Dictyostelium discoideum cells migrate in a direction perpendicular to the stretching direction. The origins of directional migration, higher migration velocity in the direction perpendicular to the stretching direction or the higher probability of a switch of migration direction to perpendicular to the stretching direction, however, remain unknown. In this study, we applied periodic stretching stimuli to neutrophil-like differentiated HL-60 cells, which migrate perpendicular to the direction of stretch. Detailed analysis of the trajectories of HL-60 cells and Dictyostelium cells obtained in a previous study revealed that the higher probability of a switch of migration direction to that perpendicular to the direction of stretching was the main cause of such directional migration. This directional migration appears to be a strategy adopted by fast-crawling cells in which they do not migrate faster in the direction they want to go, but migrate to avoid a direction they do not want to go.
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- Chika Okimura
- a Faculty of Science , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- a Faculty of Science , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- b School of Information Science and Technology , Aichi Prefectural University , Aichi , Japan.,c Graduate School of Biological Sciences , Nara Institute of Science and Technology , Nara , Japan
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Sonoda A, Okimura C, Iwadate Y. Shape and Area of Keratocytes Are Related to the Distribution and Magnitude of Their Traction Forces. Cell Struct Funct 2016; 41:33-43. [PMID: 26754329 DOI: 10.1247/csf.15008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Fish epidermal keratocytes maintain an overall fan shape during their crawling migration. The shape-determination mechanism has been described theoretically and experimentally on the basis of graded radial extension of the leading edge, but the relationship between shape and traction forces has not been clarified. Migrating keratocytes can be divided into fragments by treatment with the protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine. Fragments containing a nucleus and cytoplasm behave as mini-keratocytes and maintain the same fan shape as the original cells. We measured the shape of the leading edge, together with the areas of the ventral region and traction forces, of keratocytes and mini-keratocytes. The shapes of keratocytes and mini-keratocytes were similar. Mini-keratocytes exerted traction forces at the rear left and right ends, just like keratocytes. The magnitude of the traction forces was proportional to the area of the keratocytes and mini-keratocytes. The myosin II ATPase inhibitor blebbistatin decreased the forces at the rear left and right ends of the keratocytes and expanded their shape laterally. These results suggest that keratocyte shape depends on the distribution of the traction forces, and that the magnitude of the traction forces depends on the area of the cells.
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Schaefer A, Hordijk PL. Cell-stiffness-induced mechanosignaling - a key driver of leukocyte transendothelial migration. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2221-30. [PMID: 26092932 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.163055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The breaching of cellular and structural barriers by migrating cells is a driving factor in development, inflammation and tumor cell metastasis. One of the most extensively studied examples is the extravasation of activated leukocytes across the vascular endothelium, the inner lining of blood vessels. Each step of this leukocyte transendothelial migration (TEM) process is regulated by distinct endothelial adhesion receptors such as the intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1). Adherent leukocytes exert force on these receptors, which sense mechanical cues and transform them into localized mechanosignaling in endothelial cells. In turn, the function of the mechanoreceptors is controlled by the stiffness of the endothelial cells and of the underlying substrate representing a positive-feedback loop. In this Commentary, we focus on the mechanotransduction in leukocytes and endothelial cells, which is induced in response to variations in substrate stiffness. Recent studies have described the first key proteins involved in these mechanosensitive events, allowing us to identify common regulatory mechanisms in both cell types. Finally, we discuss how endothelial cell stiffness controls the individual steps in the leukocyte TEM process. We identify endothelial cell stiffness as an important component, in addition to locally presented chemokines and adhesion receptors, which guides leukocytes to sites that permit TEM.
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- Antje Schaefer
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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Shin JW, Discher DE. Blood and immune cell engineering: Cytoskeletal contractility and nuclear rheology impact cell lineage and localization: Biophysical regulation of hematopoietic differentiation and trafficking. Bioessays 2015; 37:633-42. [PMID: 25810145 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Clinical success with human hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation establishes a paradigm for regenerative therapies with other types of stem cells. However, it remains generally challenging to therapeutically treat tissues after engineering of stem cells in vitro. Recent studies suggest that stem and progenitor cells sense physical features of their niches. Here, we review biophysical contributions to lineage decisions, maturation, and trafficking of blood and immune cells. Polarized cellular contractility and nuclear rheology are separately shown to be functional markers of a hematopoietic hierarchy that predict the ability of a lineage to traffic in and out of the bone marrow niche. These biophysical determinants are regulated by a set of structural molecules, including cytoplasmic myosin-II and nuclear lamins, which themselves are modulated by a diverse range of transcriptional and post-translational mechanisms. Small molecules that target these mechanobiological circuits, along with novel bioengineering methods, could prove broadly useful in programming blood and immune cells for therapies ranging from blood transfusions to immune attack of tumors.
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- Jae-Won Shin
- Biophysical Engineering Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Biophysical Engineering Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Liu X, Yang T, Suzuki K, Tsukita S, Ishii M, Zhou S, Wang G, Cao L, Qian F, Taylor S, Oh MJ, Levitan I, Ye RD, Carnegie GK, Zhao Y, Malik AB, Xu J. Moesin and myosin phosphatase confine neutrophil orientation in a chemotactic gradient. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 212:267-80. [PMID: 25601651 PMCID: PMC4322047 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20140508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Jingsong Xu and colleagues investigate how neutrophils initiate polarized migration toward bacteria or chemoattractants. They find that attractant-induced activation of myosin phosphatase results in the deactivation of moesin at the prospective leading edge and its redistribution to the trailing edge, establishing polarity and directional pseudopod formation. Neutrophils respond to invading bacteria by adopting a polarized morphology, migrating in the correct direction, and engulfing the bacteria. How neutrophils establish and precisely orient this polarity toward pathogens remains unclear. Here we report that in resting neutrophils, the ERM (ezrin, radixin, and moesin) protein moesin in its active form (phosphorylated and membrane bound) prevented cell polarization by inhibiting the small GTPases Rac, Rho, and Cdc42. Attractant-induced activation of myosin phosphatase deactivated moesin at the prospective leading edge to break symmetry and establish polarity. Subsequent translocation of moesin to the trailing edge confined the formation of a prominent pseudopod directed toward pathogens and prevented secondary pseudopod formation in other directions. Therefore, both moesin-mediated inhibition and its localized deactivation by myosin phosphatase are essential for neutrophil polarization and effective neutrophil tracking of pathogens.
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- Xiaowen Liu
- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Laboratory of Biological Science and Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Science and Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biological Science and Laboratory of Cellular Dynamics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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- Department of Pharmacology and Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60612
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Toyjanova J, Flores-Cortez E, Reichner JS, Franck C. Matrix confinement plays a pivotal role in regulating neutrophil-generated tractions, speed, and integrin utilization. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3752-63. [PMID: 25525264 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.619643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Neutrophils are capable of switching from integrin-dependent motility on two-dimensional substrata to integrin-independent motion following entry into the confined three-dimensional matrix of an afflicted tissue. However, whether integrins still maintain a regulatory role for cell traction generation and cell locomotion under the physical confinement of the three-dimensional matrix is unknown, and this is challenging to deduce from motility studies alone. Using three-dimensional traction force microscopy and a double hydrogel sandwich system, we determined the three-dimensional spatiotemporal traction forces of motile neutrophils at unprecedented resolution and show, for the first time, that entry into a highly confined space (2.5D) is a sufficient trigger to convert to integrin-independent migration. We find that integrins exert a significant regulatory role in determining the magnitude and spatial distribution of tractions and cell speed on confined cells. We also find that 90% of neutrophil tractions are in the out-of-plane axis, and this may be a fundamental element of neutrophil traction force generation.
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- Jennet Toyjanova
- From the School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 and
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- the Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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- the Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
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- From the School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 and
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Álvarez-González B, Bastounis E, Meili R, del Álamo JC, Firtel R, Lasheras JC. Cytoskeletal Mechanics Regulating Amoeboid Cell Locomotion. APPLIED MECHANICS REVIEWS 2014; 66. [PMID: 25328163 PMCID: PMC4201387 DOI: 10.1115/1.4026249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Migrating cells exert traction forces when moving. Amoeboid cell migration is a common type of cell migration that appears in many physiological and pathological processes and is performed by a wide variety of cell types. Understanding the coupling of the biochemistry and mechanics underlying the process of migration has the potential to guide the development of pharmacological treatment or genetic manipulations to treat a wide range of diseases. The measurement of the spatiotemporal evolution of the traction forces that produce the movement is an important aspect for the characterization of the locomotion mechanics. There are several methods to calculate the traction forces exerted by the cells. Currently the most commonly used ones are traction force microscopy methods based on the measurement of the deformation induced by the cells on elastic substrate on which they are moving. Amoeboid cells migrate by implementing a motility cycle based on the sequential repetition of four phases. In this paper we review the role that specific cytoskeletal components play in the regulation of the cell migration mechanics. We investigate the role of specific cytoskeletal components regarding the ability of the cells to perform the motility cycle effectively and the generation of traction forces. The actin nucleation in the leading edge of the cell, carried by the ARP2/3 complex activated through the SCAR/WAVE complex, has shown to be fundamental to the execution of the cyclic movement and to the generation of the traction forces. The protein PIR121, a member of the SCAR/WAVE complex, is essential to the proper regulation of the periodic movement and the protein SCAR, also included in the SCAR/WAVE complex, is necessary for the generation of the traction forces during migration. The protein Myosin II, an important F-actin cross-linker and motor protein, is essential to cytoskeletal contractility and to the generation and proper organization of the traction forces during migration.
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- Begoña Álvarez-González
- Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Department,
Institute for Engineering in Medicine,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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- Distinguished Professor
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology,
University of California, San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
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Bastounis E, Meili R, Álvarez-González B, Francois J, del Álamo JC, Firtel RA, Lasheras JC. Both contractile axial and lateral traction force dynamics drive amoeboid cell motility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 204:1045-61. [PMID: 24637328 PMCID: PMC3998796 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201307106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Chemotaxing Dictyostelium discoideum cells adapt their morphology and migration speed in response to intrinsic and extrinsic cues. Using Fourier traction force microscopy, we measured the spatiotemporal evolution of shape and traction stresses and constructed traction tension kymographs to analyze cell motility as a function of the dynamics of the cell's mechanically active traction adhesions. We show that wild-type cells migrate in a step-wise fashion, mainly forming stationary traction adhesions along their anterior-posterior axes and exerting strong contractile axial forces. We demonstrate that lateral forces are also important for motility, especially for migration on highly adhesive substrates. Analysis of two mutant strains lacking distinct actin cross-linkers (mhcA(-) and abp120(-) cells) on normal and highly adhesive substrates supports a key role for lateral contractions in amoeboid cell motility, whereas the differences in their traction adhesion dynamics suggest that these two strains use distinct mechanisms to achieve migration. Finally, we provide evidence that the above patterns of migration may be conserved in mammalian amoeboid cells.
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- Effie Bastounis
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and 2 Department of Bioengineering, Jacobs School of Engineering; 3 Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences; and 4 Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Kredel S, Wolff M, Gierschik P, Heilker R. Phenotypic analysis of chemokine-driven actin reorganization in primary human neutrophils. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2014; 12:120-8. [PMID: 24579814 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2013.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The chemokine-driven activation of CXC-type chemokine receptors 1/2 (CXCR1/2) and the subsequent reorganization of the neutrophilic actin are early key events in the induction of neutrophil migration toward centers of inflammation. In this study, an image analysis algorithm was developed to detect subtle chemokine-induced changes in the actin cytoskeleton of primary human neutrophils. By this means, a discrete early step of neutrophil activation was dissected that could be initiated by concentrations of growth-related oncogen α (Gro-α) or interleukin-8 (IL-8) just above their resting-state plasma levels. The associated half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) values for Gro-α and IL-8 of 8 and 22 pM, respectively, are between two and three orders of magnitude below the so-far reported EC50 values of these chemokines for the induction of neutrophilic calcium release, integrin expression, degranulation, and receptor internalization. Sch527123, a known inhibitor of CXCR2 (KD=49 pM) and with a lower potency/affinity also of CXCR1 (KD=3.9 nM), antagonized actin remodeling with half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of 400 pM for the CXCR2-specific agonist Gro-α and of 36 nM for the CXCR1/2-promiscuous agonist IL-8. This observation indicates that the here-described early step of chemokine-driven actin reorganization is modulated by both CXCR1 and CXCR2. Thus, the imaging-based assay format, as developed in this work, may be employed in a phenotypic screening campaign to identify inhibitors of an early step in CXCR1/2-induced neutrophilic chemotaxis.
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- Simone Kredel
- 1 Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ulm University Medical Center , Ulm, Germany
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Shin JW, Swift J, Ivanovska I, Spinler KR, Buxboim A, Discher DE. Mechanobiology of bone marrow stem cells: from myosin-II forces to compliance of matrix and nucleus in cell forms and fates. Differentiation 2013; 86:77-86. [PMID: 23790394 PMCID: PMC3964600 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Adult stem cells and progenitors are of great interest for their clinical application as well as their potential to reveal deep sensitivities to microenvironmental factors. The bone marrow is a niche for at least two types of stem cells, and the prototype is the hematopoietic stem cell/progenitors (HSC/Ps), which have saved many thousands of patients for several decades now. In bone marrow, HSC/Ps interact functionally with marrow stromal cells that are often referred to as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) or derivatives thereof. Myosin and matrix elasticity greatly affect MSC function, and these mechanobiological factors are now being explored with HSC/Ps both in vitro and in vivo. Also emerging is a role for the nucleus as a mechanically sensitive organelle that is semi-permeable to transcription factors which are modified for nuclear entry by cytoplasmic mechanobiological pathways. Since therapies envisioned with induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells generally involve in vitro commitment to an adult stem cell or progenitor, a very deep understanding of stem cell mechanobiology is essential to progress with these multi-potent cells.
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- Jae-Won Shin
- Molecular and Cell Biophysics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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He Y, Li D, Cook SL, Yoon MS, Kapoor A, Rao CV, Kenis PJA, Chen J, Wang F. Mammalian target of rapamycin and Rictor control neutrophil chemotaxis by regulating Rac/Cdc42 activity and the actin cytoskeleton. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3369-80. [PMID: 24006489 PMCID: PMC3814157 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-07-0405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Rictor, a component of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2), controls neutrophil chemotaxis by regulating the dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton via Rac and Cdc42. This function of Rictor is independent of mTORC2 and the kinase activity of mTOR. Chemotaxis allows neutrophils to seek out sites of infection and inflammation. The asymmetric accumulation of filamentous actin (F-actin) at the leading edge provides the driving force for protrusion and is essential for the development and maintenance of neutrophil polarity. The mechanism that governs actin cytoskeleton dynamics and assembly in neutrophils has been extensively explored and is still not fully understood. By using neutrophil-like HL-60 cells, we describe a pivotal role for Rictor, a component of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2), in regulating assembly of the actin cytoskeleton during neutrophil chemotaxis. Depletion of mTOR and Rictor, but not Raptor, impairs actin polymerization, leading-edge establishment, and directional migration in neutrophils stimulated with chemoattractants. Of interest, depletion of mSin1, an integral component of mTORC2, causes no detectable defects in neutrophil polarity and chemotaxis. In addition, experiments with chemical inhibition and kinase-dead mutants indicate that mTOR kinase activity and AKT phosphorylation are dispensable for chemotaxis. Instead, our results suggest that the small Rho GTPases Rac and Cdc42 serve as downstream effectors of Rictor to regulate actin assembly and organization in neutrophils. Together our findings reveal an mTORC2- and mTOR kinase–independent function and mechanism of Rictor in the regulation of neutrophil chemotaxis.
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- Yuan He
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801 Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Tong H, Tian D, He Z, Liu Y, Chu X, Sun X. Polysaccharides from Bupleurum chinense impact the recruitment and migration of neutrophils by blocking fMLP chemoattractant receptor-mediated functions. Carbohydr Polym 2012; 92:1071-7. [PMID: 23399130 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Although neutrophils play important roles in host defense, sometimes they contribute to inflammation-related tissue injuries. Thus, restriction of their recruitment to the inflammatory sites is a promising strategy in the amelioration of inflammatory disease. The previous studies reported the anti-inflammatory effects of Bupleurum chinense, but the active ingredients and possible mechanism are still unclear. Here, we isolated water-soluble polysaccharides (BCPs) from B. chinense, to evaluate its anti-inflammatory effects and possible mechanism. The present results showed that BCPs significantly impaired the in vivo neutrophil infiltration, as well as the migration capacity of dHL-60 cells in vitro. In addition, BCPs inhibits chemoattractant fMLP-induced activation and clustering of β2 integrin. BCPs impacted fMLP-induced actin polymerization and the activation of cytoskeleton regulatory molecules, Vav1 and Rac1. Together, BCPs significantly impacted recruitment and migration of neutrophils by blocking chemoattractant receptor-mediated functions, and it possesses a potential as novel anti-inflammatory drug.
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- Haibin Tong
- Life Science Research Center, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, China.
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Ricart BG, Yang MT, Hunter CA, Chen CS, Hammer DA. Measuring traction forces of motile dendritic cells on micropost arrays. Biophys J 2012; 101:2620-8. [PMID: 22261049 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) migrate from sites of inflammation to secondary lymphoid organs where they initiate the adaptive immune response. Although motility is essential to DC function, the mechanisms by which they migrate are not fully understood. We incorporated micropost array detectors into a microfluidic gradient generator to develop what we consider to be a novel method for probing low magnitude traction forces during directional migration. We found migration of primary murine DCs is driven by short-lived traction stresses at the leading edge or filopodia. The traction forces generated by DCs are smaller in magnitude than found in neutrophils, and of similar magnitude during chemotaxis and chemokinesis, at 18 ± 1.4 and 16 ± 1.3 nN/cell, respectively. The characteristic duration of local DC traction forces was 3 min. The maximum principal stress in the cell occurred in the plane perpendicular to the axis of motion, forward of the centroid. We illustrate that the spatiotemporal pattern of traction stresses can be used to predict the direction of future DC motion. Overall, DCs show a mode of migration distinct from both mesenchymal cells and neutrophils, characterized by rapid turnover of traction forces in leading filopodia.
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- Brendon G Ricart
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Tang W, Zhang Y, Xu W, Harden TK, Sondek J, Sun L, Li L, Wu D. A PLCβ/PI3Kγ-GSK3 signaling pathway regulates cofilin phosphatase slingshot2 and neutrophil polarization and chemotaxis. Dev Cell 2012; 21:1038-50. [PMID: 22172670 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Neutrophils, in response to a chemoattractant gradient, undergo dynamic F-actin remodeling, a process important for their directional migration or chemotaxis. However, signaling mechanisms for chemoattractants to regulate the process are incompletely understood. Here, we characterized chemoattractant-activated signaling mechanisms that regulate cofilin dephosphorylation and actin cytoskeleton reorganization and are critical for neutrophil polarization and chemotaxis. In neutrophils, chemoattractants induced phosphorylation and inhibition of GSK3 via both PLCβ-PKC and PI3Kγ-AKT pathways, leading to the attenuation of GSK3-mediated phosphorylation and inhibition of the cofilin phosphatase slingshot2 and an increase in dephosphorylated, active cofilin. The relative contribution of this GSK3-mediated pathway to neutrophil chemotaxis regulation depended on neutrophil polarity preset by integrin-induced polarization of PIP5K1C. Therefore, our study characterizes a signaling mechanism for chemoattractant-induced actin cytoskeleton remodeling and elucidates its context-dependent role in regulating neutrophil polarization and chemotaxis.
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- Wenwen Tang
- Department of Pharmacology and Vascular Biology and Therapeutic Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Sahab ZJ, Man YG, Byers SW, Sang QXA. Putative biomarkers and targets of estrogen receptor negative human breast cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2011; 12:4504-21. [PMID: 21845093 PMCID: PMC3155366 DOI: 10.3390/ijms12074504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is a progressive and potentially fatal disease that affects women of all ages. Like all progressive diseases, early and reliable diagnosis is the key for successful treatment and annihilation. Biomarkers serve as indicators of pathological, physiological, or pharmacological processes. Her2/neu, CA15.3, estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and cytokeratins are biomarkers that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for disease diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy selection. The structural and functional complexity of protein biomarkers and the heterogeneity of the breast cancer pathology present challenges to the scientific community. Here we review estrogen receptor-related putative breast cancer biomarkers, including those of putative breast cancer stem cells, a minor population of estrogen receptor negative tumor cells that retain the stem cell property of self-renewal. We also review a few promising cytoskeleton targets for ER alpha negative breast cancer.
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- Ziad J. Sahab
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA; E-Mail:
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- Diagnostic and Translational Research Center, Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Gaithersburg, MD 20789, USA; E-Mail:
- Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, 102 Varsity Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA; E-Mail:
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Li D, Zhou J, Chowdhury F, Cheng J, Wang N, Wang F. Role of mechanical factors in fate decisions of stem cells. Regen Med 2011; 6:229-40. [PMID: 21391856 DOI: 10.2217/rme.11.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Stem cells derived from adult tissues or from the inner cell mass of blastocyst-stage embryos can self-renew in culture and have the remarkable potential to undergo lineage-specific differentiation. Extensive studies have been devoted to achieving a better understanding of the soluble factors and the mechanism(s) by which they regulate the fate decisions of these cells, but it is only recently that a critical role has been revealed for physical and mechanical factors in controlling self-renewal and lineage specification. This review summarizes selected aspects of current work on stem cell mechanics with an emphasis on the influence of matrix stiffness, surface topography, cell shape and mechanical forces on the fate determination of mesenchymal stem cells and embryonic stem cells.
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- Dong Li
- Department of Cell & Developmental Biology & Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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He Y, Kapoor A, Cook S, Liu S, Xiang Y, Rao CV, Kenis PJA, Wang F. The non-receptor tyrosine kinase Lyn controls neutrophil adhesion by recruiting the CrkL-C3G complex and activating Rap1 at the leading edge. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:2153-64. [PMID: 21628423 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.078535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Establishing new adhesions at the extended leading edges of motile cells is essential for stable polarity and persistent motility. Despite recent identification of signaling pathways that mediate polarity and chemotaxis in neutrophils, little is known about molecular mechanisms governing cell-extracellular-matrix (ECM) adhesion in these highly polarized and rapidly migrating cells. Here, we describe a signaling pathway in neutrophils that is essential for localized integrin activation, leading edge attachment and persistent migration during chemotaxis. This pathway depends upon G(i)-protein-mediated activation and leading edge recruitment of Lyn, a non-receptor tyrosine kinase belonging to the Src kinase family. We identified the small GTPase Rap1 as a major downstream effector of Lyn to regulate neutrophil adhesion during chemotaxis. Depletion of Lyn in neutrophil-like HL-60 cells prevented chemoattractant-induced Rap1 activation at the leading edge of the cell, whereas ectopic expression of Rap1 largely rescued the defects induced by Lyn depletion. Furthermore, Lyn controls spatial activation of Rap1 by recruiting the CrkL-C3G protein complex to the leading edge. Together, these results provide novel mechanistic insights into the poorly understood signaling network that controls leading edge adhesion during chemotaxis of neutrophils, and possibly other amoeboid cells.
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- Yuan He
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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