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Quesnelle DC, Huang C, Boudreau JR, Lam A, Paw J, Bendena WG, Chin-Sang ID. C. elegans vab-6 encodes a KIF3A kinesin and functions cell non-autonomously to regulate epidermal morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2023; 497:33-41. [PMID: 36893881 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
Abstract
Cells undergo strict regulation to develop their shape in a process called morphogenesis. Caenorhabditis elegans with mutations in the variable abnormal (vab) class of genes have been shown to display epidermal and neuronal morphological defects. While several vab genes have been well-characterized, the function of the vab-6 gene remains unknown. Here, we show that vab-6 is synonymous with a subunit of the kinesin-II heterotrimeric motor complex called klp-20/Kif3a, a motor well-understood to be involved in developing sensory cilia in the nervous system. We show that certain klp-20 alleles cause animals to develop a bumpy body phenotype that is variable but most severe in mutants containing single amino-acid substitutions in the catalytic head-domain sites of the protein. Surprisingly, animals carrying a klp-20 null allele do not show the bumpy epidermal phenotype suggesting genetic redundancy and only when mutant versions of the KLP-20 protein are present, the epidermal phenotype is observed. The bumpy epidermal phenotype was not observed in other kinesin-2 mutants, suggesting that KLP-20 is functioning independently from its role in intraflagellar transport (IFT) during ciliogenesis. Interestingly, despite having such a prominent epidermal phenotype, KLP-20 is not expressed in the epidermis, strongly suggesting a cell non-autonomous role in which it regulates epidermal morphogenesis.
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
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Fergin A, Boesch G, Greter NR, Berger S, Hajnal A. Tissue-specific inhibition of protein sumoylation uncovers diverse SUMO functions during C. elegans vulval development. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1009978. [PMID: 35666766 PMCID: PMC9203017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The sumoylation (SUMO) pathway is involved in a variety of processes during C. elegans development, such as gonadal and vulval fate specification, cell cycle progression and maintenance of chromosome structure. The ubiquitous expression and pleiotropic effects have made it difficult to dissect the tissue-specific functions of the SUMO pathway and identify its target proteins. To overcome these challenges, we have established tools to block protein sumoylation and degrade sumoylated target proteins in a tissue-specific and temporally controlled manner. We employed the auxin-inducible protein degradation system (AID) to down-regulate the SUMO E3 ligase GEI-17 or the SUMO ortholog SMO-1, either in the vulval precursor cells (VPCs) or in the gonadal anchor cell (AC). Our results indicate that the SUMO pathway acts in multiple tissues to control different aspects of vulval development, such as AC positioning, basement membrane (BM) breaching, VPC fate specification and morphogenesis. Inhibition of protein sumoylation in the VPCs resulted in abnormal toroid formation and ectopic cell fusions during vulval morphogenesis. In particular, sumoylation of the ETS transcription factor LIN-1 at K169 is necessary for the proper contraction of the ventral vulA toroids. Thus, the SUMO pathway plays several distinct roles throughout vulval development. Many proteins are chemically modified after they have been synthesized. In particular, conjugation with the Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) regulates the functions and activities of a large number of proteins in animal and plant cells. Here, we have used the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to study the various effects of SUMO protein modification on organ development. By applying a tissue-specific protein degradation system, we could selectively block the SUMO pathway in different tissues of the animals. We focused on the development of the egg-laying organ as a model, and found that the SUMO pathway acts in multiple tissues to regulate distinct cellular functions. Finally, we show that SUMO modification of one transcription factor, called LIN-1, is necessary for the proper morphogenesis of the organ. Our results indicate that the manifold effects of the SUMO pathway can be attributed to the combined action of a distinct number of SUMO modified proteins acting in different cell types.
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- Aleksandra Fergin
- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Molecular Life Science PhD Program, University and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Mkandawire TT, Grencis RK, Berriman M, Duque-Correa MA. Hatching of parasitic nematode eggs: a crucial step determining infection. Trends Parasitol 2022; 38:174-187. [PMID: 34538735 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although hatching from eggs is fundamental for nematode biology it remains poorly understood. For animal-parasitic nematodes in particular, advancement has been slow since the 1980s. Understanding such a crucial life-cycle process would greatly improve the tractability of parasitic nematodes as experimental systems, advance fundamental knowledge, and enable translational research. Here, we review the role of eggs in the nematode life cycle and the current knowledge on the hatching cascade, including the different inducing and contributing factors, and highlight specific areas of the field that remain unknown. We examine how these knowledge gaps could be addressed and discuss their potential impact and application in nematode parasite research, treatment, and control.
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- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research and Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Kalichamy SS, Alcantara AV, Kim BS, Park J, Yoon KH, Lee JI. Muscle and epidermal contributions of the structural protein β-spectrin promote hypergravity-induced motor neuron axon defects in C. elegans. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21214. [PMID: 33273580 PMCID: PMC7713079 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78414-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Biology is adapted to Earth's gravity force, and the long-term effects of varying gravity on the development of animals is unclear. Previously, we reported that high gravity, called hypergravity, increases defects in the development of motor neuron axons in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Here, we show that a mutation in the unc-70 gene that encodes the cytoskeletal β-spectrin protein suppresses hypergravity-induced axon defects. UNC-70 expression is required in both muscle and epidermis to promote the axon defects in high gravity. We reveal that the location of axon defects is correlated to the size of the muscle cell that the axon traverses. We also show that mutations that compromise key proteins of hemidesmosomal structures suppress hypergravity-induced axon defects. These hemidesmosomal structures play a crucial role in coupling mechanical force between the muscle, epidermis and the external cuticle. We speculate a model in which the rigid organization of muscle, epidermal and cuticular layers under high gravity pressure compresses the narrow axon migration pathways in the extracellular matrix hindering proper axon pathfinding of motor neurons.
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- Saraswathi S Kalichamy
- Division of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus 304, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26493, South Korea
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- Division of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus 304, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26493, South Korea
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- Division of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus 304, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26493, South Korea
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- Division of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus 304, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26493, South Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Mitohormesis Research Center, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26426, South Korea.
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- Division of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Mirae Campus 304, 1 Yonseidae-gil, Wonju, Gangwon-do, 26493, South Korea.
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Guo SS, Seiwert A, Szeto IYY, Fässler R. Tissue distribution and subcellular localization of the family of Kidney Ankyrin Repeat Domain (KANK) proteins. Exp Cell Res 2020; 398:112391. [PMID: 33253712 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kidney Ankyrin Repeat-containing Proteins (KANKs) comprise a family of four evolutionary conserved proteins (KANK1 to 4) that localize to the belt of mature focal adhesions (FAs) where they regulate integrin-mediated adhesion, actomyosin contractility, and link FAs to the cortical microtubule stabilization complex (CMSC). The human KANK proteins were first identified in kidney and have been associated with kidney cancer and nephrotic syndrome. Here, we report the distributions and subcellular localizations of the four Kank mRNAs and proteins in mouse tissues. We found that the KANK family members display distinct and rarely overlapping expression patterns. Whereas KANK1 is expressed at the basal side of epithelial cells of all tissues tested, KANK2 expression is mainly observed at the plasma membrane and/or cytoplasm of mesenchymal cells and KANK3 exclusively in vascular and lymphatic endothelial cells. KANK4 shows the least widespread expression pattern and when present, overlaps with KANK2 in contractile cells, such as smooth muscle cells and pericytes. Our findings show that KANKs are widely expressed in a cell type-specific manner, which suggests that they have cell- and tissue-specific functions.
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- Shiny Shengzhen Guo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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Fu R, Huang Z, Li H, Zhu Y, Zhang H. A Hemidesmosome-to-Cytoplasm Translocation of Small Heat Shock Proteins Provides Immediate Protection against Heat Stress. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108410. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Wang S, Ochoa SD, Khaliullin RN, Gerson-Gurwitz A, Hendel JM, Zhao Z, Biggs R, Chisholm AD, Desai A, Oegema K, Green RA. A high-content imaging approach to profile C. elegans embryonic development. Development 2019; 146:dev174029. [PMID: 30890570 PMCID: PMC6467471 DOI: 10.1242/dev.174029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is an important model for analyzing mechanisms of cell fate specification and tissue morphogenesis. Sophisticated lineage-tracing approaches for analyzing embryogenesis have been developed but are labor intensive and do not naturally integrate morphogenetic readouts. To enable the rapid classification of developmental phenotypes, we developed a high-content method that employs two custom strains: a Germ Layer strain that expresses nuclear markers in the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm/pharynx; and a Morphogenesis strain that expresses markers labeling epidermal cell junctions and the neuronal cell surface. We describe a procedure that allows simultaneous live imaging of development in 80-100 embryos and provide a custom program that generates cropped, oriented image stacks of individual embryos to facilitate analysis. We demonstrate the utility of our method by perturbing 40 previously characterized developmental genes in variants of the two strains containing RNAi-sensitizing mutations. The resulting datasets yielded distinct, reproducible signature phenotypes for a broad spectrum of genes that are involved in cell fate specification and morphogenesis. In addition, our analysis provides new in vivo evidence for MBK-2 function in mesoderm fate specification and LET-381 function in elongation.
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- Shaohe Wang
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Chen NP, Sun Z, Fässler R. The Kank family proteins in adhesion dynamics. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2018; 54:130-136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2018.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Gotenstein JR, Koo CC, Ho TW, Chisholm AD. Genetic Suppression of Basement Membrane Defects in Caenorhabditis elegans by Gain of Function in Extracellular Matrix and Cell-Matrix Attachment Genes. Genetics 2018; 208:1499-1512. [PMID: 29440357 PMCID: PMC5887144 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.300731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Basement membranes are extracellular matrices essential for embryonic development in animals. Peroxidasins are extracellular peroxidases implicated in the unique sulfilimine cross-links between type IV basement membrane collagens. Loss of function in the Caenorhabditis elegans peroxidasin PXN-2 results in fully penetrant embryonic or larval lethality. Using genetic suppressor screening, we find that the requirement for PXN-2 in development can be bypassed by gain of function in multiple genes encoding other basement membrane components, or proteins implicated in cell-matrix attachment. We identify multiple alleles of let-805, encoding the transmembrane protein myotactin, which suppress phenotypes of pxn-2 null mutants and of other basement membrane mutants such as F-spondin/spon-1 These let-805 suppressor alleles cause missense alterations in two pairs of FNIII repeats in the extracellular domain; they act dominantly and have no detectable phenotypes alone, suggesting they cause gain of function. We also identify suppressor missense mutations affecting basement membrane components type IV collagen (emb-9, let-2) and perlecan (unc-52), as well as a mutation affecting spectraplakin (vab-10), a component of the epidermal cytoskeleton. These suppressor alleles do not bypass the developmental requirement for core structural proteins of the basement membrane such as laminin or type IV collagen. In conclusion, putative gain-of-function alterations in matrix proteins or in cell-matrix receptors can overcome the requirement for certain basement membrane proteins in embryonic development, revealing previously unknown plasticity in the genetic requirements for the extracellular matrix.
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- Jennifer R Gotenstein
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Sherwood DR, Plastino J. Invading, Leading and Navigating Cells in Caenorhabditis elegans: Insights into Cell Movement in Vivo. Genetics 2018; 208:53-78. [PMID: 29301948 PMCID: PMC5753875 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Highly regulated cell migration events are crucial during animal tissue formation and the trafficking of cells to sites of infection and injury. Misregulation of cell movement underlies numerous human diseases, including cancer. Although originally studied primarily in two-dimensional in vitro assays, most cell migrations in vivo occur in complex three-dimensional tissue environments that are difficult to recapitulate in cell culture or ex vivo Further, it is now known that cells can mobilize a diverse repertoire of migration modes and subcellular structures to move through and around tissues. This review provides an overview of three distinct cellular movement events in Caenorhabditis elegans-cell invasion through basement membrane, leader cell migration during organ formation, and individual cell migration around tissues-which together illustrate powerful experimental models of diverse modes of movement in vivo We discuss new insights into migration that are emerging from these in vivo studies and important future directions toward understanding the remarkable and assorted ways that cells move in animals.
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- David R Sherwood
- Department of Biology, Regeneration Next, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27705
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005 Paris, France
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Pan W, Sun K, Tang K, Xiao Q, Ma C, Yu C, Wei Z. Structural insights into ankyrin repeat-mediated recognition of the kinesin motor protein KIF21A by KANK1, a scaffold protein in focal adhesion. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:1944-1956. [PMID: 29217769 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.815779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Kidney ankyrin repeat-containing proteins (KANK1/2/3/4) belong to a family of scaffold proteins, playing critical roles in cytoskeleton organization, cell polarity, and migration. Mutations in KANK proteins are implicated in cancers and genetic diseases, such as nephrotic syndrome. KANK proteins can bind various target proteins through different protein regions, including a highly conserved ankyrin repeat domain (ANKRD). However, the molecular basis for target recognition by the ANKRD remains elusive. In this study, we solved a high-resolution crystal structure of the ANKRD of KANK1 in complex with a short sequence of the motor protein kinesin family member 21A (KIF21A), revealing that the highly specific target-binding mode of the ANKRD involves combinatorial use of two interfaces. Mutations in either interface disrupted the KANK1-KIF21A interaction. Cellular immunofluorescence localization analysis indicated that binding-deficient mutations block recruitment of KIF21A to focal adhesions by KANK1. In conclusion, our structural study provides mechanistic explanations for the ANKRD-mediated recognition of KIF21A and for many disease-related mutations identified in human KANK proteins.
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- Wenfei Pan
- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment, 518055 Shenzhen, China
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China.,College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, China, and
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China.,Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau Special Administrative Region, China
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment and Disease Research, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Cell Microenvironment, 518055 Shenzhen, China
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- From the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, 518055 Shenzhen, China,
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Fu R, Jiang X, Huang Z, Zhang H. The spectraplakins of Caenorhabditis elegans : Cytoskeletal crosslinkers and beyond. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 69:58-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 06/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Kank2 activates talin, reduces force transduction across integrins and induces central adhesion formation. Nat Cell Biol 2016; 18:941-53. [PMID: 27548916 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Integrin-based adhesions play critical roles in cell migration. Talin activates integrins and flexibly connects integrins to the actomyosin cytoskeleton, thereby serving as a 'molecular clutch' that transmits forces to the extracellular matrix to drive cell migration. Here we identify the evolutionarily conserved Kank protein family as novel components of focal adhesions (FAs). Kank proteins accumulate at the lateral border of FAs, which we term the FA belt, and in central sliding adhesions, where they directly bind the talin rod domain through the Kank amino-terminal (KN) motif and induce talin and integrin activation. In addition, Kank proteins diminish the talin-actomyosin linkage, which curbs force transmission across integrins, leading to reduced integrin-ligand bond strength, slippage between integrin and ligand, central adhesion formation and sliding, and reduced cell migration speed. Our data identify Kank proteins as talin activators that decrease the grip between the integrin-talin complex and actomyosin to regulate cell migration velocity.
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Hensley MR, Cui Z, Chua RFM, Simpson S, Shammas NL, Yang JY, Leung YF, Zhang G. Evolutionary and developmental analysis reveals KANK genes were co-opted for vertebrate vascular development. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27816. [PMID: 27292017 PMCID: PMC4904190 DOI: 10.1038/srep27816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Gene co-option, usually after gene duplication, in the evolution of development is found to contribute to vertebrate morphological innovations, including the endothelium-based vascular system. Recently, a zebrafish kank gene was found expressed in the vascular vessel primordium, suggesting KANK genes are a component of the developmental tool kit for the vertebrate vascular system. However, how the KANK gene family is involved in vascular vessel development during evolution remains largely unknown. First, we analyzed the molecular evolution of the KANK genes in metazoan, and found that KANK1, KANK2, KANK3 and KANK4 emerged in the lineage of vertebrate, consistent with the two rounds of vertebrate whole-genome duplications (WGD). Moreover, KANK genes were further duplicated in teleosts through the bony-fish specific WGD, while only kank1 and kank4 duplicates were retained in some of the examined fish species. We also found all zebrafish kank genes, except kank1b, are primarily expressed during embryonic vascular development. Compared to invertebrate KANK gene expression in the central nervous system, the vascular expression of zebrafish kank genes suggested KANK genes were co-opted for vertebrate vascular development. Given the cellular roles of KANK genes, our results suggest that this co-option may facilitate the evolutionary origin of vertebrate vascular vessels.
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- Monica R Hensley
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research; 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.,Department of Basic Medical Sciences; 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907,USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907,USA.,Integrative Neuroscience Center; 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology;.725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.,Purdue University Center for Cancer Research; 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.,Integrative Neuroscience Center; 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.,Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases (PI4D), 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Functional and Genetic Analysis of VAB-10 Spectraplakin in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods Enzymol 2016; 569:407-30. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Structural damage in the C. elegans epidermis causes release of STA-2 and induction of an innate immune response. Immunity 2015; 42:309-320. [PMID: 25692704 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The epidermis constantly encounters invasions that disrupt its architecture, yet whether the epidermal immune system utilizes damaged structures as danger signals to activate self-defense is unclear. Here, we used a C. elegans epidermis model in which skin-penetrating infection or injury activates immune defense and antimicrobial peptide (AMP) production. By systemically disrupting each architectural component, we found that only disturbance of the apical hemidesmosomes triggered an immune response and robust AMP expression. The epidermis recognized structural damage through hemidesmosomes associated with a STAT-like protein, whose disruption led to detachment of STA-2 molecules from hemidesmosomes and transcription of AMPs. This machinery enabled the epidermis to bypass certain signaling amplification and directly trigger AMP production when subjected to extensive architectural damage. Together, our findings uncover an evolutionarily conserved mechanism for the epithelial barriers to detect danger and activate immune defense.
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The tail domain is essential but the head domain dispensable for C. elegans intermediate filament IFA-2 function. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119282. [PMID: 25742641 PMCID: PMC4351089 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The intermediate filament protein IFA-2 is essential for the structural integrity of the Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis. It is one of the major components of the fibrous organelle, an epidermal structure comprised of apical and basal hemidesmosomes linked by cytoplasmic intermediate filaments that serve to transmit force from the muscle to the cuticle. Mutations of IFA-2 result in epidermal fragility and separation of the apical and basal epidermal surfaces during postembryonic growth. An IFA-2 lacking the head domain fully rescues the IFA-2 null mutant, whereas an IFA-2 lacking the tail domain cannot. Conversely, an isolated IFA-2 head was able to localize to fibrous organelles whereas the tail was not. Taken together these results suggest that the head domain contains redundant signals for IF localization, whereas non-redundant essential functions map to the IFA-2, tail, although the tail is unlikely to be directly involved in fibrous organelle localization.
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B-LINK: a hemicentin, plakin, and integrin-dependent adhesion system that links tissues by connecting adjacent basement membranes. Dev Cell 2014; 31:319-331. [PMID: 25443298 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Basement membrane (BM), a sheet-like form of extracellular matrix, surrounds most tissues. During organogenesis, specific adhesions between adjoining tissues frequently occur; however, their molecular basis is unclear. Using live-cell imaging and electron microscopy, we identify an adhesion system that connects the uterine and gonadal tissues through their juxtaposed BMs at the site of anchor cell (AC) invasion in C. elegans. We find that the extracellular matrix component hemicentin (HIM-4), found between BMs, forms punctate accumulations under the AC and controls BM linkage to promote rapid invasion. Through targeted screening, we identify the integrin-binding cytolinker plakin (VAB-10A) and integrin (INA-1/PAT-3) as key BM-BM linkage regulators: VAB-10A localizes to the AC-BM interface and tethers hemicentin to the AC while integrin promotes hemicentin punctae formation. Together, plakin, integrin, and hemicentin are founding components of a cell-directed adhesion system, which we name a BM-LINKage (B-LINK), that connects adjacent tissues through adjoining BMs.
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Clohisey SMR, Dzhindzhev NS, Ohkura H. Kank Is an EB1 interacting protein that localises to muscle-tendon attachment sites in Drosophila. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106112. [PMID: 25203404 PMCID: PMC4159139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Little is known about how microtubules are regulated in different cell types during development. EB1 plays a central role in the regulation of microtubule plus ends. It directly binds to microtubule plus ends and recruits proteins which regulate microtubule dynamics and behaviour. We report the identification of Kank, the sole Drosophila orthologue of human Kank proteins, as an EB1 interactor that predominantly localises to embryonic attachment sites between muscle and tendon cells. Human Kank1 was identified as a tumour suppressor and has documented roles in actin regulation and cell polarity in cultured mammalian cells. We found that Drosophila Kank binds EB1 directly and this interaction is essential for Kank localisation to microtubule plus ends in cultured cells. Kank protein is expressed throughout fly development and increases during embryogenesis. In late embryos, it accumulates to sites of attachment between muscle and epidermal cells. A kank deletion mutant was generated. We found that the mutant is viable and fertile without noticeable defects. Further analysis showed that Kank is dispensable for muscle function in larvae. This is in sharp contrast to C. elegans in which the Kank orthologue VAB-19 is required for development by stabilising attachment structures between muscle and epidermal cells.
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- Sara M. R. Clohisey
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Duplication in the microtubule-actin cross-linking factor 1 gene causes a novel neuromuscular condition. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5180. [PMID: 24899269 PMCID: PMC4046130 DOI: 10.1038/srep05180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Spectrins and plakins are important communicators linking cytoskeletal components to each other and to cellular junctions. Microtubule-actin cross-linking factor 1 (MACF1) belongs to the spectraplakin family and is involved in control of microtubule dynamics. Complete knock out of MACF1 in mice is associated with developmental retardation and embryonic lethality. Here we present a family with a novel neuromuscular condition. Genetic analyses show a heterozygous duplication resulting in reduced MACF1 gene product. The functional consequence is affected motility observed as periodic hypotonia, lax muscles and diminished motor skills, with heterogeneous presentation among the affected family members. To corroborate these findings we used RNA interference to knock down the VAB-10 locus containing the MACF1 homologue in C. elegans, and we could show that this also causes movement disturbances. These findings suggest that changes in the MACF1 gene is implicated in this neuromuscular condition, which is an important observation since MACF1 has not previously been associated with any human disease and thus presents a key to understanding the essential nature of this gene.
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Yang Y, Lee WS, Tang X, Wadsworth WG. Extracellular matrix regulates UNC-6 (netrin) axon guidance by controlling the direction of intracellular UNC-40 (DCC) outgrowth activity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97258. [PMID: 24824544 PMCID: PMC4019552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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How extracellular molecules influence the direction of axon guidance is poorly understood. The HSN axon of Caenorhabditis elegans is guided towards a ventral source of secreted UNC-6 (netrin). The axon's outgrowth response to UNC-6 is mediated by the UNC-40 (DCC) receptor. We have proposed that in response to the UNC-6 molecule the direction of UNC-40-mediated axon outgrowth is stochastically determined. The direction of guidance is controlled by asymmetric cues, including the gradient of UNC-6, that regulate the probability that UNC-40-mediated axon outgrowth is directed on average, over time, in a specific direction. Here we provide genetic evidence that a specialized extracellular matrix, which lies ventral to the HSN cell body, regulates the probability that UNC-40-mediated axon outgrowth will be directed ventrally towards the matrix. We show that mutations that disrupt the function of proteins associated with this matrix, UNC-52 (perlecan), UNC-112 (kindlin), VAB-19 (Kank), and UNC-97 (PINCH), decrease the probability of UNC-40-mediated axon outgrowth in the ventral direction, while increasing the probability of outgrowth in the anterior and posterior directions. Other results suggest that INA-1 (α integrin) and MIG-15 (NIK kinase) signaling mediate the response in HSN. Although the AVM axon also migrates through this matrix, the mutations have little effect on the direction of AVM axon outgrowth, indicating that responses to the matrix are cell-specific. Together, these results suggest that an extracellular matrix can regulate the direction of UNC-6 guidance by increasing the probability that UNC-40-mediated axon outgrowth activity will be oriented in a specific direction.
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- Yong Yang
- Department of Pathology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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Praitis V, Simske J, Kniss S, Mandt R, Imlay L, Feddersen C, Miller MB, Mushi J, Liszewski W, Weinstein R, Chakravorty A, Ha DG, Schacht Farrell A, Sullivan-Wilson A, Stock T. The secretory pathway calcium ATPase PMR-1/SPCA1 has essential roles in cell migration during Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic development. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003506. [PMID: 23696750 PMCID: PMC3656159 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Maintaining levels of calcium in the cytosol is important for many cellular events, including cell migration, where localized regions of high calcium are required to regulate cytoskeletal dynamics, contractility, and adhesion. Studies show inositol-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) and ryanodine receptors (RyR), which release calcium into the cytosol, are important regulators of cell migration. Similarly, proteins that return calcium to secretory stores are likely to be important for cell migration. The secretory protein calcium ATPase (SPCA) is a Golgi-localized protein that transports calcium from the cytosol into secretory stores. SPCA has established roles in protein processing, metal homeostasis, and inositol-trisphosphate signaling. Defects in the human SPCA1/ATP2C1 gene cause Hailey-Hailey disease (MIM# 169600), a genodermatosis characterized by cutaneous blisters and fissures as well as keratinocyte cell adhesion defects. We have determined that PMR-1, the Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog of SPCA1, plays an essential role in embryogenesis. Pmr-1 strains isolated from genetic screens show terminal phenotypes, such as ventral and anterior enclosure failures, body morphogenesis defects, and an unattached pharynx, which are caused by earlier defects during gastrulation. In Pmr-1 embryos, migration rates are significantly reduced for cells moving along the embryo surface, such as ventral neuroblasts, C-derived, and anterior-most blastomeres. Gene interaction experiments show changing the activity of itr-1/IP3R and unc-68/RyR modulates levels of embryonic lethality in Pmr-1 strains, indicating pmr-1 acts with these calcium channels to regulate cell migration. This analysis reveals novel genes involved in C. elegans cell migration, as well as a new role in cell migration for the highly conserved SPCA gene family. During growth or regeneration after damage, skin cells migrate from basal to superficial layers, forming tight attachments that protect an individual from environmental assaults. Proteins that remove calcium from the cell cytosol into secretory stores, where it is available for future release, play a key role in skin cell integrity. Defects in these secretory pathway calcium ATPase (SPCA) channels in humans cause Hailey-Hailey disease, a chronic disorder marked by skin lesions in areas of high-stress. Our study of the SPCA gene pmr-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans indicates the gene is essential for viability. Embryos with defective PMR-1 die with cell attachment defects superficially similar to those of Hailey-Hailey disease patients. To better understand this phenotype, we tracked the position of individual cells during development of pmr-1 mutant embryos. This analysis revealed that the cell attachment defects are caused by primary failures in cell migration. We also identified other calcium channel proteins involved in this process, indicating proper regulation of calcium is crucial for cell migration in C. elegans. If SPCA proteins act similarly in humans, this research will lead to better understanding of the molecules important for skin cell regeneration, as well as help to explain the defects observed in Hailey-Hailey disease patients.
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- Vida Praitis
- Biology Department, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, USA.
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Fairclough SR, Chen Z, Kramer E, Zeng Q, Young S, Robertson HM, Begovic E, Richter DJ, Russ C, Westbrook MJ, Manning G, Lang BF, Haas B, Nusbaum C, King N. Premetazoan genome evolution and the regulation of cell differentiation in the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Genome Biol 2013; 14:R15. [PMID: 23419129 PMCID: PMC4054682 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-2-r15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Metazoan multicellularity is rooted in mechanisms of cell adhesion, signaling, and differentiation that first evolved in the progenitors of metazoans. To reconstruct the genome composition of metazoan ancestors, we sequenced the genome and transcriptome of the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta, a close relative of metazoans that forms rosette-shaped colonies of cells. Results A comparison of the 55 Mb S. rosetta genome with genomes from diverse opisthokonts suggests that the origin of metazoans was preceded by a period of dynamic gene gain and loss. The S. rosetta genome encodes homologs of cell adhesion, neuropeptide, and glycosphingolipid metabolism genes previously found only in metazoans and expands the repertoire of genes inferred to have been present in the progenitors of metazoans and choanoflagellates. Transcriptome analysis revealed that all four S. rosetta septins are upregulated in colonies relative to single cells, suggesting that these conserved cytokinesis proteins may regulate incomplete cytokinesis during colony development. Furthermore, genes shared exclusively by metazoans and choanoflagellates were disproportionately upregulated in colonies and the single cells from which they develop. Conclusions The S. rosetta genome sequence refines the catalog of metazoan-specific genes while also extending the evolutionary history of certain gene families that are central to metazoan biology. Transcriptome data suggest that conserved cytokinesis genes, including septins, may contribute to S. rosetta colony formation and indicate that the initiation of colony development may preferentially draw upon genes shared with metazoans, while later stages of colony maturation are likely regulated by genes unique to S. rosetta.
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Chisholm AD, Xu S. The Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis as a model skin. II: differentiation and physiological roles. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2012; 1:879-902. [PMID: 23539358 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis forms one of the principal barrier epithelia of the animal. Differentiation of the epidermis begins in mid embryogenesis and involves apical-basal polarization of the cytoskeletal and secretory systems as well as cellular junction formation. Secretion of the external cuticle layers is one of the major developmental and physiological specializations of the epidermal epithelium. The four post-embryonic larval stages are separated by periodic moults, in which the epidermis generates a new cuticle with stage-specific characteristics. The differentiated epidermis also plays key roles in endocrine signaling, fat storage, and ionic homeostasis. The epidermis is intimately associated with the development and function of the nervous system, and may have glial-like roles in modulating neuronal function. The epidermis provides passive and active defenses against skin-penetrating pathogens and can repair small wounds. Finally, age-dependent deterioration of the epidermis is a prominent feature of aging and may affect organismal aging and lifespan.
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- Andrew D Chisholm
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Boggetti B, Jasik J, Takamiya M, Strähle U, Reugels AM, Campos-Ortega JA. NBP, a zebrafish homolog of human Kank3, is a novel Numb interactor essential for epidermal integrity and neurulation. Dev Biol 2012; 365:164-74. [PMID: 22387208 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Numb is an adaptor protein implicated in diverse basic cellular processes. Using the yeast-two hybrid system we isolated a novel Numb interactor in zebrafish called NBP which is an ortholog of human renal tumor suppressor Kank. NBP interacts with the PTB domain of Numb through a region well conserved among vertebrate Kanks containing the NGGY sequence. Similar NBP and Numb morphant phenotype such as impaired convergence and extension movements during gastrulation, neurulation and epidermis defects and enhanced phenotypic aberrations in double morphants suggest that the genes interact genetically. We demonstrate that the expression of NBP undergoes quantitative and qualitative changes during embryogenesis and that the protein accumulates at the cell periphery to sites of cell-cell contact during gastrulation and later in development it concentrates at the basal poles of differentiated cells. These findings imply a possible role of NBP in establishing and maintaining cell adhesion and tissue integrity.
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- Barbara Boggetti
- Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Germany.
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Ihara S, Hagedorn EJ, Morrissey MA, Chi Q, Motegi F, Kramer JM, Sherwood DR. Basement membrane sliding and targeted adhesion remodels tissue boundaries during uterine-vulval attachment in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:641-51. [PMID: 21572423 PMCID: PMC3107347 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Large gaps in basement membrane (BM) occur at sites of cell invasion and tissue remodelling in development and cancer. Though never followed directly in vivo, BM dissolution or reduced synthesis have been postulated to create these gaps. Using landmark photobleaching and optical highlighting of laminin and type IV collagen, we find that a new mechanism, BM sliding, underlies BM gap enlargement during uterine-vulval attachment in C. elegans. Laser ablation and mutant analysis reveal that the invaginating vulval cells promote BM movement. Further, an RNA interference and expression screen identify the integrin INA-1/PAT-3 and VAB-19, homolog of the tumour suppressor Kank, as regulators of BM opening. Both concentrate within vulval cells at the BM gap boundary and halt expansion of the shifting BM. BM sliding followed by targeted adhesion represents a new mechanism for creating precise BM breaches that can be used by cells to break down compartment boundaries.
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- Shinji Ihara
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Science Drive, Box 90388, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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PAT-12, a potential anti-nematode target, is a new spectraplakin partner essential for Caenorhabditis elegans hemidesmosome integrity and embryonic morphogenesis. Dev Biol 2010; 350:267-78. [PMID: 21130760 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2010] [Revised: 11/19/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic elongation depends on both epidermal and muscle cells. The hemidesmosome-like junctions, commonly called fibrous organelles (FOs), that attach the epidermis to the extracellular matrix ensure muscle anchoring to the cuticular exoskeleton and play an essential role during elongation. To further define how hemidesmosomes might control elongation, we searched for factors interacting with the core hemidesmosome component, the spectraplakin homolog VAB-10. Using the VAB-10 plakin domain as bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen, we identified the novel protein T17H7.4. We also identified T17H7.4 in an independent bioinformatic search for essential nematode-specific proteins that could define novel anti-nematode drug or vaccine targets. Interestingly, T17H7.4 corresponds to the C. elegans equivalent of the parasitic OvB20 antigen, and has a characteristic hemidesmosome distribution. We identified two mutations in T17H7.4, one of which defines the uncharacterized gene pat-12, previously identified in screens for genes required for muscle assembly. Using isoform-specific GFP constructs, we showed that one pat-12 isoform with a hemidesmosome distribution can rescue a pat-12 null allele. We further found that lack of pat-12 affects hemidesmosome integrity, with marked defects at the apical membrane. PAT-12 defines a novel component of C. elegans hemidesmosomes, which is required for maintaining their integrity. We suggest that PAT-12 helps maintaining VAB-10 attachment with matrix receptors.
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Zhang H, Gally C, Labouesse M. Tissue morphogenesis: how multiple cells cooperate to generate a tissue. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2010; 22:575-82. [PMID: 20822890 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 08/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Genetic analysis in model organisms has recently achieved a detailed molecular description of many key cellular processes controlling embryonic morphogenesis. To understand higher order tissue morphogenesis, we now need to define how these processes become integrated across different cell groups and cell layers. Here, we review progress in this fast moving area, which was to a large degree made possible by novel imaging methods and the increasingly frequent use of modeling. Discussing examples from Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila embryos, two powerful and simple models, we highlight novel principles relying in part on mechanical tension, and outline the role of junctions as signal integrators.
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- Huimin Zhang
- IGBMC, CNRS/INSERM/Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP. 10142, 67404 Illkirch CEDEX, France
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Hemidesmosomes are evolutionarily conserved attachment complexes linked to intermediate filaments that connect epithelial cells to the extracellular matrix. They provide tissue integrity and resistance to mechanical forces. Alterations in hemidesmosome structures are responsible for skin blistering, carcinoma invasion, and wound-healing defects. Valuable information about hemidesmosome assembly and disassembly has been obtained from in vitro cell culture studies. However, how these processes take place in vivo still remains elusive. Here, we discuss recent data about the formation and reorganization of hemidesmosomes in several in vivo model systems, particularly zebrafish and Caenorhabditis elegans, focusing on various factors affecting their dynamics. Mechanisms found in different organisms reveal that hemidesmosome formation and maintenance in vivo are carefully controlled by ECM protein folding, ECM-receptor expression and trafficking, and by post-translational modification of hemidesmosome components. These findings validate and extend the in vitro studies, and shed light on our understanding about hemidesmosomes across species.
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- Huimin Zhang
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, IGBMC, CNRS/ NSERM/ULP, Illkirch, France.
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Zahreddine H, Zhang H, Diogon M, Nagamatsu Y, Labouesse M. CRT-1/Calreticulin and the E3 Ligase EEL-1/HUWE1 Control Hemidesmosome Maturation in C. elegans Development. Curr Biol 2010; 20:322-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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SUMO regulates the assembly and function of a cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein in C. elegans. Dev Cell 2009; 17:724-35. [PMID: 19922876 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 08/03/2009] [Accepted: 10/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sumoylation is a reversible posttranslational modification that plays roles in many processes, including transcriptional regulation, cell division, chromosome integrity, and DNA damage response. Using a proteomics approach, we identified approximately 250 candidate targets of sumoylation in C. elegans. One such target is the cytoplasmic intermediate filament (cIF) protein named IFB-1, which is expressed in hemidesmosome-like structures in the worm epidermis and is essential for embryonic elongation and maintenance of muscle attachment to the cuticle. In the absence of SUMO, IFB-1 formed ectopic filaments and protein aggregates in the lateral epidermis. Moreover, depletion of SUMO or mutation of the SUMO acceptor site on IFB-1 resulted in a reduction of its cytoplasmic soluble pool, leading to a decrease in its exchange rate within epidermal attachment structures. These observations indicate that SUMO regulates cIF assembly by maintaining a cytoplasmic pool of nonpolymerized IFB-1, and that this is necessary for normal IFB-1 function.
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A major mutation of KIF21A associated with congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles type 1 (CFEOM1) enhances translocation of Kank1 to the membrane. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 386:639-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Kakinuma N, Zhu Y, Wang Y, Roy BC, Kiyama R. Kank proteins: structure, functions and diseases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:2651-9. [PMID: 19554261 PMCID: PMC11115667 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0038-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Revised: 04/13/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The Kank family of proteins, Kank1-Kank4, are characterized by their unique structure, coiled-coil motifs in the N-terminal region, and ankyrin-repeats in the C-terminal region, with an additional motif, the KN motif, at the N-terminus. Kank1 was obtained by positional cloning of a tumor suppressor gene in renal cell carcinoma, while the other members were found by homology search. The family is involved in the regulation of actin polymerization and cell motility through signaling pathways containing PI3K/Akt and/or unidentified modulators/effectors. Their relationship to diseases such as cancer, and to neuronal and developmental disorders, will be an important subject of future study.
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- N. Kakinuma
- Signaling Molecules Research Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan
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- Signaling Molecules Research Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan
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- Signaling Molecules Research Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan
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- Signaling Molecules Research Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan
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- Signaling Molecules Research Group, Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566 Japan
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Meissner B, Warner A, Wong K, Dube N, Lorch A, McKay SJ, Khattra J, Rogalski T, Somasiri A, Chaudhry I, Fox RM, Miller DM, Baillie DL, Holt RA, Jones SJM, Marra MA, Moerman DG. An integrated strategy to study muscle development and myofilament structure in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000537. [PMID: 19557190 PMCID: PMC2694363 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A crucial step in the development of muscle cells in all metazoan animals is the assembly and anchorage of the sarcomere, the essential repeat unit responsible for muscle contraction. In Caenorhabditis elegans, many of the critical proteins involved in this process have been uncovered through mutational screens focusing on uncoordinated movement and embryonic arrest phenotypes. We propose that additional sarcomeric proteins exist for which there is a less severe, or entirely different, mutant phenotype produced in their absence. We have used Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) to generate a comprehensive profile of late embryonic muscle gene expression. We generated two replicate long SAGE libraries for sorted embryonic muscle cells, identifying 7,974 protein-coding genes. A refined list of 3,577 genes expressed in muscle cells was compiled from the overlap between our SAGE data and available microarray data. Using the genes in our refined list, we have performed two separate RNA interference (RNAi) screens to identify novel genes that play a role in sarcomere assembly and/or maintenance in either embryonic or adult muscle. To identify muscle defects in embryos, we screened specifically for the Pat embryonic arrest phenotype. To visualize muscle defects in adult animals, we fed dsRNA to worms producing a GFP-tagged myosin protein, thus allowing us to analyze their myofilament organization under gene knockdown conditions using fluorescence microscopy. By eliminating or severely reducing the expression of 3,300 genes using RNAi, we identified 122 genes necessary for proper myofilament organization, 108 of which are genes without a previously characterized role in muscle. Many of the genes affecting sarcomere integrity have human homologs for which little or nothing is known. Muscular diseases affect many people worldwide. While we have learned much about the sarcomere, the basic building block of muscle cells, there are still numerous questions that remain to be answered. We must learn more about proteins expressed in muscle and how they interact so that better treatments for myopathies can be developed. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a valuable model organism for the study of muscle due to similarities between worm body wall muscle and vertebrate muscle, along with its semi-transparent cuticle that allows for visualization of muscle structures in live animals. We have used transcriptional profiling methods to identify the majority of genes that are expressed in the embryonic body wall muscle cells of C. elegans. To gain insight into possible functions performed by these genes and their corresponding proteins, we examined animals and muscle cells for abnormalities after the targeted inactivation of about 3,300 genes. We identified 122 genes necessary for proper myofilament organization, 108 of which had no previously characterized role in muscle. This approach proved to be a rapid and sensitive means to identify genes that affect muscle differentiation and sarcomere assembly.
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- Barbara Meissner
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Roy BC, Kakinuma N, Kiyama R. Kank attenuates actin remodeling by preventing interaction between IRSp53 and Rac1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 184:253-67. [PMID: 19171758 PMCID: PMC2654296 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200805147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, insulin receptor substrate (IRS) p53 is identified as a binding
partner for Kank, a kidney ankyrin repeat–containing protein that
functions to suppress cell proliferation and regulate the actin cytoskeleton.
Kank specifically inhibits the binding of IRSp53 with active Rac1
(Rac1G12V) but not Cdc42 (cdc42G12V) and thus inhibits the
IRSp53-dependent development of lamellipodia without affecting the formation of
filopodia. Knockdown (KD) of Kank by RNA interference results in increased
lamellipodial development, whereas KD of both Kank and IRSp53 has little effect.
Moreover, insulin-induced membrane ruffling is inhibited by overexpression of
Kank. Kank also suppresses integrin-dependent cell spreading and IRSp53-induced
neurite outgrowth. Our results demonstrate that Kank negatively regulates the
formation of lamellipodia by inhibiting the interaction between Rac1 and
IRSp53.
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- Badal Chandra Roy
- Neuroscience Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Ding M, King RS, Berry EC, Wang Y, Hardin J, Chisholm AD. The cell signaling adaptor protein EPS-8 is essential for C. elegans epidermal elongation and interacts with the ankyrin repeat protein VAB-19. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3346. [PMID: 18833327 PMCID: PMC2553197 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background The epidermal cells of the C. elegans embryo undergo coordinated cell shape changes that result in the morphogenetic process of elongation. The cytoskeletal ankyrin repeat protein VAB-19 is required for cell shape changes and localizes to cell-matrix attachment structures. The molecular functions of VAB-19 in this process are obscure, as no previous interactors for VAB-19 have been described. Methodology/Principal Findings In screens for VAB-19 binding proteins we identified the signaling adaptor EPS-8. Within C. elegans epidermal cells, EPS-8 and VAB-19 colocalize at cell-matrix attachment structures. The central domain of EPS-8 is necessary and sufficient for its interaction with VAB-19. eps-8 null mutants, like vab-19 mutants, are defective in epidermal elongation and in epidermal-muscle attachment. The eps-8 locus encodes two isoforms, EPS-8A and EPS-8B, that appear to act redundantly in epidermal elongation. The function of EPS-8 in epidermal development involves its N-terminal PTB and central domains, and is independent of its C-terminal SH3 and actin-binding domains. VAB-19 appears to act earlier in the biogenesis of attachment structures and may recruit EPS-8 to these structures. Conclusions/Significance EPS-8 and VAB-19 define a novel pathway acting at cell-matrix attachments to regulate epithelial cell shape. This is the first report of a role for EPS-8 proteins in cell-matrix attachments. The existence of EPS-8B-like isoforms in Drosophila suggests this function of EPS-8 proteins could be conserved among other organisms.
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- Mei Ding
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Woo WM, Berry E, Hudson ML, Swale RE, Goncharov A, Chisholm AD. The C. elegans F-spondin family protein SPON-1 maintains cell adhesion in neural and non-neural tissues. Development 2008; 135:2747-2756. [PMID: 18614580 DOI: 10.1242/dev.015289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The F-spondin family of extracellular matrix proteins has been implicated in axon outgrowth, fasciculation and neuronal cell migration, as well as in the differentiation and proliferation of non-neuronal cells. In screens for mutants defective in C. elegans embryonic morphogenesis, we identified SPON-1, the only C. elegans member of the spondin family. SPON-1 is synthesized in body muscles and localizes to integrin-containing structures on body muscles and to other basement membranes. SPON-1 maintains strong attachments of muscles to epidermis; in the absence of SPON-1, muscles progressively detach from the epidermis, causing defective epidermal elongation. In animals with reduced integrin function, SPON-1 becomes dose dependent, suggesting that SPON-1 and integrins function in concert to promote the attachment of muscles to the basement membrane. Although spon-1 mutants display largely normal neurite outgrowth, spon-1 synergizes with outgrowth defective mutants, revealing a cryptic role for SPON-1 in axon extension. In motoneurons, SPON-1 acts in axon guidance and fasciculation, whereas in interneurons SPON-1 maintains process position. Our results show that a spondin maintains cell-matrix adhesion in multiple tissues.
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- Wei-Meng Woo
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064.,Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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Kakinuma N, Roy BC, Zhu Y, Wang Y, Kiyama R. Kank regulates RhoA-dependent formation of actin stress fibers and cell migration via 14-3-3 in PI3K-Akt signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 181:537-49. [PMID: 18458160 PMCID: PMC2364698 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200707022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling is activated by growth factors such as insulin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) and regulates several functions such as cell cycling, apoptosis, cell growth, and cell migration. Here, we find that Kank is an Akt substrate located downstream of PI3K and a 14-3-3–binding protein. The interaction between Kank and 14-3-3 is regulated by insulin and EGF and is mediated through phosphorylation of Kank by Akt. In NIH3T3 cells expressing Kank, the amount of actin stress fibers is reduced, and the coexpression of 14-3-3 disrupted this effect. Kank also inhibits insulin-induced cell migration via 14-3-3 binding. Furthermore, Kank inhibits insulin and active Akt-dependent activation of RhoA through binding to 14-3-3. Based on these findings, we hypothesize that Kank negatively regulates the formation of actin stress fibers and cell migration through the inhibition of RhoA activity, which is controlled by binding of Kank to 14-3-3 in PI3K–Akt signaling.
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- Naoto Kakinuma
- Signaling Molecules Research Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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Zhu Y, Kakinuma N, Wang Y, Kiyama R. Kank proteins: a new family of ankyrin-repeat domain-containing proteins. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2007; 1780:128-33. [PMID: 17996375 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2007] [Revised: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 09/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The human Kank gene was found as a candidate tumor suppressor for renal cell carcinoma, and encodes an ankyrin-repeat domain-containing protein, Kank. Here, we report a new family of proteins consisting of three Kank (Kank1)-associated members, Kank2, Kank3 and Kank4, which were found by domain and phylogenetic analyses. Besides the conserved ankyrin-repeat and coiled-coil domains, there was a conserved motif at the N-terminal (KN motif) containing potential motifs for nuclear localization and export signals. Gene expression of these genes was examined by RT-PCR at the mRNA level and by Western blotting and immunostaining at the protein level. Kank family genes showed variations in the expression level among tissues and kidney cell lines. Furthermore, the results of overexpression of these genes in NIH3T3 cells suggest that all of these family proteins have an identical role in the formation of actin stress fibers.
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- Yun Zhu
- Signaling Molecules Research Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Marston DJ, Goldstein B. Actin-based forces driving embryonic morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2006; 16:392-8. [PMID: 16782324 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Morphogenesis is the process by which multicellular organisms transform themselves from a ball of cells into an organized animal. Certain virtues of Caenorhabditis elegans make it an excellent model system for the study of this process: it is genetically tractable, develops as a transparent embryo with small cell-numbers, and yet still contains all the major tissues typical of animals. Furthermore, certain morphogenetic events are also amenable to study by direct manipulation of the cells involved. Given these advantages, it has been possible to use C. elegans to investigate the different ways in which the actin cytoskeleton drives the cellular rearrangements underlying morphogenesis, through regulated polymerization or actomyosin contraction. Recent insights from this system have determined the involvement in morphogenesis of key proteins, including the actin-regulating WASP and Ena proteins, potential guidance molecules such as the Eph and Robo receptors, and the cell-cell signaling proteins of the Wnt pathway.
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- Daniel J Marston
- Department of Biology, CB3280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA.
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Hao L, Aspöck G, Bürglin TR. The hedgehog-related gene wrt-5 is essential for hypodermal development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Dev Biol 2006; 290:323-36. [PMID: 16413526 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 10/17/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Caenorhabditis elegans genome encodes a series of hedgehog-related genes, which are thought to have evolved and diverged from an ancestral Hh gene. They are classified into several families based on their N-terminal domains. Here, we analyze the expression and function of a member of the warthog gene family, wrt-5, that lacks the Hint/Hog domain. wrt-5 is expressed in seam cells, the pharynx, pharyngeal-intestinal valve cells, neurons, neuronal support cells, the excretory cell, and the reproductive system. WRT-5 protein is secreted into the extracellular space during embryogenesis. Furthermore, during larval development, WRT-5 protein is secreted into the pharyngeal lumen and the pharyngeal expression changes in a cyclical manner in phase with the molting cycle. Deletion mutations in wrt-5 cause embryonic lethality, which are temperature sensitive and more severe at 15 degrees C than at 25 degrees C. Animals that hatch exhibit variable abnormal morphology, for example, bagging worms, blistering, molting defects, or Roller phenotypes. We examined hypodermal cell junctions using the AJM-1Colon, two colonsGFP marker in the wrt-5 mutant background and observed cell boundary abnormalities in the arrested embryos. AJM-1Colon, two colonsGFP protein is also misplaced in pharyngeal muscle cells in the absence of WRT-5. In conclusion, we show that wrt-5 is an essential gene that - despite its lack of a Hint domain - has multiple functions in C. elegans and is implicated in cell shape integrity.
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- Limin Hao
- Department of Biosciences at Novum, and Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Karolinska Institutet, Hälsovägen 7, SE-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
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Lerer I, Sagi M, Meiner V, Cohen T, Zlotogora J, Abeliovich D. Deletion of the ANKRD15 gene at 9p24.3 causes parent-of-origin-dependent inheritance of familial cerebral palsy. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:3911-20. [PMID: 16301218 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A four-generation family was studied in which nine children had congenital cerebral palsy (CP), characterized by quadriplegia and mental retardation. All the affected children were born to healthy, related fathers, whereas the children of their healthy female relatives were unaffected. Linkage analysis attributed the condition to chromosome 9p24.3, where a 225 kb deletion was identified. The deletion spans a single gene, ANKRD15 (ankyrin repeat domain 15), which is ubiquitously expressed. In the affected children, the ANKRD15 is not expressed in lymphoblastoid cells, whereas in their healthy fathers, who harbor the same deletion, the expression of ANKRD15 did not deviate from controls. This expression pattern can be interpreted as a maternal imprinted gene that is expressed only from the paternal allele. The expression of ANKRD15 in lymphoblastoid cells from the control group was monoallelic but not imprinted. The monoallelic expression was restricted to the ANKRD15 gene, whereas biallelic expression was found in the DOCK8 gene, which resides at the telomeric side of the deletion. No correlation was found between the expression of the ANKRD15 gene and the pattern of DNA methylation in the CpG islands 5' of the gene. However, differences in methylation pattern were found in the CpG islands flanking the DMRT1 gene, which is located at the 3' side of the ANKRD15 gene. In the affected individuals, as in the control group, the CpG islands were hypo-methylated, whereas in the healthy fathers, the CpG islands were hyper-methylated in cis with the deletion. This unique family demonstrates a phenomenon of a deletion that creates imprinting-like inheritance. The implication of this family to sporadic CP is discussed.
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- Israela Lerer
- Department of Human Genetics, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital and Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Kimchi ET, Posner MC, Park JO, Darga TE, Kocherginsky M, Karrison T, Hart J, Smith KD, Mezhir JJ, Weichselbaum RR, Khodarev NN. Progression of Barrett's metaplasia to adenocarcinoma is associated with the suppression of the transcriptional programs of epidermal differentiation. Cancer Res 2005; 65:3146-54. [PMID: 15833844 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-2490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We did expressional profiling on 24 paired samples of normal esophageal epithelium, Barrett's metaplasia, and esophageal adenocarcinomas. Matching tissue samples representing the three different histologic types were obtained from each patient undergoing esophagectomy for adenocarcinoma. Our analysis compared the molecular changes accompanying the transformation of normal squamous epithelium with Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma in individual patients rather than in a random cohort. We tested the hypothesis that expressional profiling may reveal gene sets that can be used as molecular markers of progression from normal esophageal epithelium to Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma. Expressional profiling was done using U133A GeneChip (Affymetrix), which represent approximately two thirds of the human genome. The final selection of 214 genes permitted the discrimination of differential gene expression of normal esophageal squamous epithelium, Barrett's esophagus, and adenocarcinoma using two-dimensional hierarchical clustering of selected genes. These data indicate that transformation of Barrett's esophagus to adenocarcinoma is associated with suppression of the genes involved in epidermal differentiation, including genes in 1q21 loci and corresponding to the epidermal differentiation complex. Correlation analysis of genes concordantly expressed in Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma revealed 21 genes that represent potential genetic markers of disease progression and pharmacologic targets for treatment intervention. PCR analysis of genes selected based on DNA array experiments revealed that estimation of the ratios of GATA6 to SPRR3 allows discrimination among normal esophageal epithelium, Barrett's dysplasia, and adenocarcinoma.
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- Erik T Kimchi
- Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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The powerful genetics, genomics and microscopy tools available for C. elegans make it well suited to studying how epithelial cells adhere to one another and the extracellular matrix, and how the integrated, simultaneous activities of multiple cell adhesion complexes function to shape an organism. Recent studies using forward and reverse genetics have shed light on how phylogenetically conserved cell adhesion complexes, such as the cadherin/catenin complex, claudins, the Discs large complex and hemidesmosome-like attachment structures, regulate epithelial cell adhesion, providing new insights into conserved cell adhesion mechanisms in higher eukaryotes.
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- Jeff Hardin
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 1117 W. Johnson St, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Woo WM, Goncharov A, Jin Y, Chisholm AD. Intermediate filaments are required for C. elegans epidermal elongation. Dev Biol 2004; 267:216-29. [PMID: 14975728 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/11/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (cIFs) are thought to provide mechanical strength to vertebrate cells; however, their function in invertebrates has been largely unexplored. The Caenorhabditis elegans genome encodes multiple cIFs. The C. elegans ifb-1 locus encodes two cIF isoforms, IFB-1A and IFB-1B, that differ in their head domains. We show that both IFB-1 isoforms are expressed in epidermal cells, within which they are localized to muscle-epidermal attachment structures. Reduction in IFB-1A function by mutation or RNA interference (RNAi) causes epidermal fragility, abnormal epidermal morphogenesis, and muscle detachment, consistent with IFB-1A providing mechanical strength to epidermal attachment structures. Reduction in IFB-1B function causes morphogenetic defects and defective outgrowth of the excretory cell. Reduction in function of both IFB-1 isoforms results in embryonic arrest due to muscle detachment and failure in epidermal cell elongation at the 2-fold stage. Two other cIFs, IFA-2 and IFA-3, are expressed in epidermal cells. We show that loss of function in IFA-3 results in defects in morphogenesis indistinguishable from those of embryos lacking ifb-1. In contrast, IFA-2 is not required for embryonic morphogenesis. Our data indicate that IFB-1 and IFA-3 are likely the major cIF isoforms in embryonic epidermal attachment structures.
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- Wei-Meng Woo
- Sinsheimer Laboratories, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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