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Harrell MA, Liu Z, Campbell BF, Chinsen O, Hong T, Das M. Arp2/3-dependent endocytosis ensures Cdc42 oscillations by removing Pak1-mediated negative feedback. J Cell Biol 2024; 223:e202311139. [PMID: 39012625 PMCID: PMC11259211 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202311139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024] Open
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The GTPase Cdc42 regulates polarized growth in most eukaryotes. In the bipolar yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Cdc42 activation cycles periodically at sites of polarized growth. These periodic cycles are caused by alternating positive feedback and time-delayed negative feedback loops. At each polarized end, negative feedback is established when active Cdc42 recruits the Pak1 kinase to prevent further Cdc42 activation. It is unclear how Cdc42 activation returns to each end after Pak1-dependent negative feedback. We find that disrupting branched actin-mediated endocytosis disables Cdc42 reactivation at the cell ends. Using experimental and mathematical approaches, we show that endocytosis-dependent Pak1 removal from the cell ends allows the Cdc42 activator Scd1 to return to that end to enable reactivation of Cdc42. Moreover, we show that Pak1 elicits its own removal via activation of endocytosis. These findings provide a deeper insight into the self-organization of Cdc42 regulation and reveal previously unknown feedback with endocytosis in the establishment of cell polarity.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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Harrell M, Liu Z, Campbell BF, Chinsen O, Hong T, Das M. The Arp2/3 complex promotes periodic removal of Pak1-mediated negative feedback to facilitate anticorrelated Cdc42 oscillations. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.08.566261. [PMID: 38106068 PMCID: PMC10723479 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.08.566261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
The conserved GTPase Cdc42 is a major regulator of polarized growth in most eukaryotes. Cdc42 periodically cycles between active and inactive states at sites of polarized growth. These periodic cycles are caused by positive feedback and time-delayed negative feedback loops. In the bipolar yeast S. pombe, both growing ends must regulate Cdc42 activity. At each cell end, Cdc42 activity recruits the Pak1 kinase which prevents further Cdc42 activation thus establishing negative feedback. It is unclear how Cdc42 activation returns to the end after Pak1-dependent negative feedback. Using genetic and chemical perturbations, we find that disrupting branched actin-mediated endocytosis disables Cdc42 reactivation at the cell ends. With our experimental data and mathematical models, we show that endocytosis-dependent Pak1 removal from the cell ends allows the Cdc42 activator Scd1 to return to that end to enable reactivation of Cdc42. Moreover, we show that Pak1 elicits its own removal via activation of endocytosis. In agreement with these observations, our model and experimental data show that in each oscillatory cycle, Cdc42 activation increases followed by an increase in Pak1 recruitment at that end. These findings provide a deeper insight into the self-organization of Cdc42 regulation and reveal previously unknown feedback with endocytosis in the establishment of cell polarity.
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- Marcus Harrell
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, TN, 37916
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, TN, 37916
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- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467
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Willet AH, Chen JS, Ren L, Gould KL. Membrane binding of endocytic myosin-1s is inhibited by a class of ankyrin repeat proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:br17. [PMID: 37531259 PMCID: PMC10559312 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e23-06-0233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
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Myosin-1s are monomeric actin-based motors that function at membranes. Myo1 is the single myosin-1 isoform in Schizosaccharomyces pombe that works redundantly with Wsp1-Vrp1 to activate the Arp2/3 complex for endocytosis. Here, we identified Ank1 as an uncharacterized cytoplasmic Myo1 binding partner. We found that in ank1Δ cells, Myo1 dramatically redistributed from endocytic patches to decorate the entire plasma membrane and endocytosis was defective. Biochemical analysis and structural predictions suggested that the Ank1 ankyrin repeats bind the Myo1 lever arm and the Ank1 acidic tail binds the Myo1 TH1 domain to prevent TH1-dependent Myo1 membrane binding. Indeed, Ank1 overexpression precluded Myo1 membrane localization and recombinant Ank1 reduced purified Myo1 liposome binding in vitro. Based on biochemical and cell biological analyses, we propose budding yeast Ank1 and human OSTF1 are functional Ank1 orthologs and that cytoplasmic sequestration by small ankyrin repeat proteins is a conserved mechanism regulating myosin-1s in endocytosis.
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- Alaina H. Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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Willet AH, Chen JS, Ren L, Gould KL. Membrane binding of endocytic myosin-1s is inhibited by a class of ankyrin repeat proteins. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.26.538419. [PMID: 37163016 PMCID: PMC10168314 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.26.538419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Myosin-1s are monomeric actin-based motors that function at membranes. Myo1 is the single myosin-1 isoform in Schizosaccharomyces pombe that works redundantly with Wsp1-Vrp1 to activate the Arp2/3 complex for endocytosis. Here, we identified Ank1 as an uncharacterized cytoplasmic Myo1 binding partner. We found that in ank1Δ cells, Myo1 dramatically redistributed from endocytic patches to decorate the entire plasma membrane and endocytosis was defective. Biochemical analysis and structural predictions suggested that the Ank1 ankyrin repeats bind the Myo1 lever arm and the Ank1 acidic tail binds the Myo1 TH1 domain to prevent TH1-dependent Myo1 membrane binding. Indeed, Ank1 over-expression precluded Myo1 membrane localization and recombinant Ank1 blocked purified Myo1 liposome binding in vitro. Based on biochemical and cell biology analyses, we propose budding yeast Ank1 and human OSTF1 are functional Ank1 orthologs and that cytoplasmic sequestration by small ankyrin repeat proteins is a conserved mechanism regulating myosin-1s in endocytosis. Summary Fission yeast long-tailed myosin-1 binds Ank1. Ank1 ankyrin repeats associate with the Myo1 lever arm and Ank1 acidic tail binds the Myo1 TH1 domain to inhibit Myo1 membrane binding. Ank1 orthologs exists in budding yeast (Ank1) and humans (OSTF1).
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- Alaina H Willet
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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García P, Coll PM, Del Rey F, Geli MI, Pérez P, Vázquez de Aldana CR, Encinar Del Dedo J. Eng2, a new player involved in feedback loop regulation of Cdc42 activity in fission yeast. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17872. [PMID: 34504165 PMCID: PMC8429772 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97311-6] [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: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cell polarity and morphogenesis are regulated by the small GTPase Cdc42. Even though major advances have been done in the field during the last years, the molecular details leading to its activation in particular cellular contexts are not completely understood. In fission yeast, the β(1,3)-glucanase Eng2 is a "moonlighting protein" with a dual function, acting as a hydrolase during spore dehiscence, and as component of the endocytic machinery in vegetative cells. Here, we report that Eng2 plays a role in Cdc42 activation during polarized growth through its interaction with the scaffold protein Scd2, which brings Cdc42 together with its guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Scd1. eng2Δ mutant cells have defects in activation of the bipolar growth (NETO), remaining monopolar during all the cell cycle. In the absence of Eng2 the accumulation of Scd1 and Scd2 at the poles is reduced, the levels of Cdc42 activation decrease, and the Cdc42 oscillatory behavior, associated with bipolar growth in wild type cells, is altered. Furthermore, overexpression of Eng2 partially rescues the growth and polarity defects of a cdc42-L160S mutant. Altogether, our work unveils a new factor regulating the activity of Cdc42, which could potentially link the polarity and endocytic machineries.
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- Patricia García
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (CSIC), Baldiri Reixac 15, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, c/ Zacarías González 2, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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Cao Y, Jia P, Wu Z, Huang M, Chen S, Zhang J, Huang B, Lei C. A novel SNP of MYO1A gene associated with heat-tolerance in Chinese cattle. Anim Biotechnol 2020; 33:810-815. [PMID: 33146068 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2020.1837147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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With the advent of global climate change, heat-tolerance is becoming more and more important to the sustainability of animal husbandry production systems. Previous studies have shown that MYO1A gene associated with pigmentation may be closely related to heat-tolerance in cattle. In this study, a novel missense mutation (NC_037332.1 g.56390345 A > G) was first detected in MYO1A in 891 individuals of 35 cattle breeds, which transformed the amino acid isoleucine into valine. The purpose of this study was to determine the allele frequencies distribution of this locus in Chinese indigenous cattle and to analyze the relationship between this locus and heat-tolerance. Further analysis showed that frequency of wild allele A decreased gradually from northern cattle to southern cattle, whereas frequency of mutant type allele G showed the opposite pattern, which was consistent with the distribution of various climatic conditions of China. Additionally, association analysis was carried out between genotypes and four climatic conditions (annual mean temperature (T), relative humidity (H), temperature-humidity index (THI) and average annual sunshine hours (100-cloudiness) (SR)). Analysis results showed that genotypes were significantly correlated with climatic conditions. Therefore, our results suggest that the novel SNP (rs209559414) is related to heat-tolerance trait of Chinese indigenous cattle.
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- Yanhong Cao
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.,The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- The Animal Husbandry Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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Myosin XVI in the Nervous System. Cells 2020; 9:cells9081903. [PMID: 32824179 PMCID: PMC7464383 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The myosin family is a large inventory of actin-associated motor proteins that participate in a diverse array of cellular functions. Several myosin classes are expressed in neural cells and play important roles in neural functioning. A recently discovered member of the myosin superfamily, the vertebrate-specific myosin XVI (Myo16) class is expressed predominantly in neural tissues and appears to be involved in the development and proper functioning of the nervous system. Accordingly, the alterations of MYO16 has been linked to neurological disorders. Although the role of Myo16 as a generic actin-associated motor is still enigmatic, the N-, and C-terminal extensions that flank the motor domain seem to confer unique structural features and versatile interactions to the protein. Recent biochemical and physiological examinations portray Myo16 as a signal transduction element that integrates cell signaling pathways to actin cytoskeleton reorganization. This review discusses the current knowledge of the structure-function relation of Myo16. In light of its prevalent localization, the emphasis is laid on the neural aspects.
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Unconventional Myosins: How Regulation Meets Function. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:ijms21010067. [PMID: 31861842 PMCID: PMC6981383 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Unconventional myosins are multi-potent molecular motors that are assigned important roles in fundamental cellular processes. Depending on their mechano-enzymatic properties and structural features, myosins fulfil their roles by acting as cargo transporters along the actin cytoskeleton, molecular anchors or tension sensors. In order to perform such a wide range of roles and modes of action, myosins need to be under tight regulation in time and space. This is achieved at multiple levels through diverse regulatory mechanisms: the alternative splicing of various isoforms, the interaction with their binding partners, their phosphorylation, their applied load and the composition of their local environment, such as ions and lipids. This review summarizes our current knowledge of how unconventional myosins are regulated, how these regulatory mechanisms can adapt to the specific features of a myosin and how they can converge with each other in order to ensure the required tight control of their function.
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Barger SR, James ML, Pellenz CD, Krendel M, Sirotkin V. Human myosin 1e tail but not motor domain replaces fission yeast Myo1 domains to support myosin-I function during endocytosis. Exp Cell Res 2019; 384:111625. [PMID: 31542284 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.111625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In both unicellular and multicellular organisms, long-tailed class I myosins function in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Myosin 1e (Myo1e) in vertebrates and Myo1 in fission yeast have similar domain organization, yet whether these proteins or their individual protein domains are functionally interchangeable remains unknown. In an effort to assess functional conservation of class I myosins, we tested whether human Myo1e could replace Myo1 in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and found that it was unable to substitute for yeast Myo1. To determine if any individual protein domain is responsible for the inability of Myo1e to function in yeast, we created human-yeast myosin-I chimeras. By functionally testing these chimeric myosins in vivo, we concluded that the Myo1e motor domain is unable to function in yeast, even when combined with the yeast Myo1 tail and a full complement of yeast regulatory light chains. Conversely, the Myo1e tail, when attached to the yeast Myo1 motor domain, supports localization to endocytic actin patches and partially rescues the endocytosis defect in myo1Δ cells. Further dissection showed that both the TH1 and TH2-SH3 domains in the human Myo1e tail are required for localization and function of chimeric myosin-I at endocytic sites. Overall, this study provides insights into the role of individual myosin-I domains, expands the utility of fission yeast as a simple model system to study the effects of disease-associated MYO1E mutations, and supports a model of co-evolution between a myosin motor and its actin track.
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- Sarah R Barger
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
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Jia P, Cai C, Qu K, Chen N, Jia Y, Hanif Q, Liu J, Zhang J, Chen H, Huang B, Lei C. Four Novel SNPs of MYO1A Gene Associated with Heat-Tolerance in Chinese Cattle. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:E964. [PMID: 31766183 PMCID: PMC6912737 DOI: 10.3390/ani9110964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Based on the previous GWAS research related to bovine heat tolerance trait, this study aimed to explore the effect of myosin-1a (MYO1A) gene on bovine heat tolerance trait, and find the molecular markers related to the heat tolerance of Chinese cattle. In our study, four novel candidate SNPs highly conserved in B. indicus breeds but barely existed in B. taurus were identified in MYO1A gene according to Bovine Genome Variation Database and Selective Signatures (BGVD). PCR and DNA sequencing were used to genotype 1072 individuals including 34 Chinese indigenous cattle breeds as well as Angus and Indian zebu. Two synonymous mutations (rs208210464 and rs110123931), one missense mutation (rs209999142; Phe172Ser), and one intron mutation (rs135771836) were detected. The frequencies of mutant alleles of the four SNPs gradually increased from northern groups to southern groups of Chinese cattle, which was consistent with the distribution of various climatic conditions of China. Additionally, four SNPs were significantly associated with four climatic conditions including annual mean temperature (T), relative humidity (H), temperature-humidity index (THI), and average annual sunshine hours (100-cloudiness) (SR). Among these, rs209999142 and Hap 1/1 had better performance than others. Our results suggested that rs209999142 was associated with heat-tolerance trait and rs208210464, rs110123931, and rs135771836 showed high phenotypic effect on heat-tolerance trait because of the strong linkage with rs209999142. These SNPs could be used as candidates for marker-assisted selection (MAS) in cattle breeding.
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- Peng Jia
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (P.J.); (C.C.); (N.C.); (H.C.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (P.J.); (C.C.); (N.C.); (H.C.)
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming 650212, China; (K.Q.); (J.L.); (J.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (P.J.); (C.C.); (N.C.); (H.C.)
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- Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Academy of Agriculture Science, Hefei 230001, China;
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad 577, Pakistan;
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming 650212, China; (K.Q.); (J.L.); (J.Z.)
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming 650212, China; (K.Q.); (J.L.); (J.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (P.J.); (C.C.); (N.C.); (H.C.)
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- Yunnan Academy of Grassland and Animal Science, Kunming 650212, China; (K.Q.); (J.L.); (J.Z.)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Shaanxi Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; (P.J.); (C.C.); (N.C.); (H.C.)
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Baker K, Gyamfi IA, Mashanov GI, Molloy JE, Geeves MA, Mulvihill DP. TORC2-Gad8-dependent myosin phosphorylation modulates regulation by calcium. eLife 2019; 8:e51150. [PMID: 31566560 PMCID: PMC6802964 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Cells respond to changes in their environment through signaling networks that modulate cytoskeleton and membrane organization to coordinate cell-cycle progression, polarized cell growth and multicellular development. Here, we define a novel regulatory mechanism by which the motor activity and function of the fission yeast type one myosin, Myo1, is modulated by TORC2-signalling-dependent phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of the conserved serine at position 742 (S742) within the neck region changes both the conformation of the neck region and the interactions between Myo1 and its associating calmodulin light chains. S742 phosphorylation thereby couples the calcium and TOR signaling networks that are involved in the modulation of myosin-1 dynamics to co-ordinate actin polymerization and membrane reorganization at sites of endocytosis and polarised cell growth in response to environmental and cell-cycle cues.
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- Karen Baker
- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyUnited Kingdom
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- School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCanterburyUnited Kingdom
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Pérez P, Soto T, Gómez-Gil E, Cansado J. Functional interaction between Cdc42 and the stress MAPK signaling pathway during the regulation of fission yeast polarized growth. Int Microbiol 2019; 23:31-41. [PMID: 30989357 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-019-00072-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cell polarization can be defined as the generation and maintenance of directional cellular organization. The spatial distribution and protein or lipid composition of the cell are not symmetric but organized in specialized domains which allow cells to grow and acquire a certain shape that is closely linked to their physiological function. The establishment and maintenance of polarized growth requires the coordination of diverse processes including cytoskeletal dynamics, membrane trafficking, and signaling cascade regulation. Some of the major players involved in the selection and maintenance of sites for polarized growth are Rho GTPases, which recognize the polarization site and transmit the signal to regulatory proteins of the cytoskeleton. Additionally, cytoskeletal organization, polarized secretion, and endocytosis are controlled by signaling pathways including those mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Rho GTPases and the MAPK signaling pathways are strongly conserved from yeast to mammals, suggesting that the basic mechanisms of polarized growth have been maintained throughout evolution. For this reason, the study of how polarized growth is established and regulated in simple organisms such as the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has contributed to broaden our knowledge about these processes in multicellular organisms. We review here the function of the Cdc42 GTPase and the stress activated MAPK (SAPK) signaling pathways during fission yeast polarized growth, and discuss the relevance of the crosstalk between both pathways.
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- Pilar Pérez
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30071, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30071, Murcia, Spain
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- Yeast Physiology Group, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30071, Murcia, Spain.
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Onwubiko UN, Mlynarczyk PJ, Wei B, Habiyaremye J, Clack A, Abel SM, Das ME. A Cdc42 GEF, Gef1, through endocytosis organizes F-BAR Cdc15 along the actomyosin ring and promotes concentric furrowing. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs223776. [PMID: 30709916 PMCID: PMC6432710 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.223776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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During cytokinesis, fission yeast coordinates actomyosin ring constriction with septum ingression, resulting in concentric furrow formation by a poorly defined mechanism. We report that Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells lacking the Cdc42 activator Gef1, combined with an activated allele of the formin, Cdc12, display non-concentric furrowing. Non-concentrically furrowing cells display uneven distribution of the scaffold Cdc15 along the ring. This suggests that, after ring assembly, uniform Cdc15 distribution along the ring enables proper furrow formation. We find that, after assembly, Cdc15 is recruited to the ring in an Arp2/3 complex-dependent manner and is decreased in the activated cdc12 mutant. Cdc15 at cortical endocytic patches shows increased levels and extended lifetimes in gef1 and activated cdc12 mutants. We hypothesize endocytosis helps recruit Cdc15 to assembled rings; uneven Cdc15 distribution at the ring occurs when endocytic patches contain increased Cdc15 levels and the patch-association rate is slow. Based on this, we developed a mathematical model that captures experimentally observed Cdc15 distributions along the ring. We propose that, at the ring, Gef1 and endocytic events promote uniform Cdc15 organization to enable proper septum ingression and concentric furrow formation.
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- Udo N Onwubiko
- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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Arasada R, Sayyad WA, Berro J, Pollard TD. High-speed superresolution imaging of the proteins in fission yeast clathrin-mediated endocytic actin patches. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 29:295-303. [PMID: 29212877 PMCID: PMC5996959 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e17-06-0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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High-speed superresolution localization microscopy shows that actin filaments assemble in two zones in Schizosaccharomyces pombe actin patches, one around the base of the membrane invagination and another ~200 nm deeper into the cytoplasm. Both zones of actin filaments are important for elongation of the endocytic tubule and membrane scission To internalize nutrients and cell surface receptors via clathrin-mediated endocytosis, cells assemble at least 50 proteins, including clathrin, clathrin-interacting proteins, actin filaments, and actin binding proteins, in a highly ordered and regulated manner. The molecular mechanism by which actin filament polymerization deforms the cell membrane is unknown, largely due to lack of knowledge about the organization of the regulatory proteins and actin filaments. We used high-speed superresolution localization microscopy of live fission yeast cells to improve the spatial resolution to ∼35 nm with 1-s temporal resolution. The nucleation promoting factors Wsp1p (WASp) and Myo1p (myosin-I) define two independent pathways that recruit Arp2/3 complex, which assembles two zones of actin filaments. Myo1p concentrates at the site of endocytosis and initiates a zone of actin filaments assembled by Arp2/3 complex. Wsp1p appears simultaneously at this site but subsequently moves away from the cell surface as it stimulates Arp2/3 complex to assemble a second zone of actin filaments. Cells lacking either nucleation-promoting factor assemble only one, stationary, zone of actin filaments. These observations support our two-zone hypothesis to explain endocytic tubule elongation and vesicle scission in fission yeast.
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- Rajesh Arasada
- Departments of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103
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- Departments of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103
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- Departments of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103.,Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103
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- Departments of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103 .,Departments of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103.,Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103
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Heissler SM, Sellers JR. Various Themes of Myosin Regulation. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:1927-46. [PMID: 26827725 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Members of the myosin superfamily are actin-based molecular motors that are indispensable for cellular homeostasis. The vast functional and structural diversity of myosins accounts for the variety and complexity of the underlying allosteric regulatory mechanisms that determine the activation or inhibition of myosin motor activity and enable precise timing and spatial aspects of myosin function at the cellular level. This review focuses on the molecular basis of posttranslational regulation of eukaryotic myosins from different classes across species by allosteric intrinsic and extrinsic effectors. First, we highlight the impact of heavy and light chain phosphorylation. Second, we outline intramolecular regulatory mechanisms such as autoinhibition and subsequent activation. Third, we discuss diverse extramolecular allosteric mechanisms ranging from actin-linked regulatory mechanisms to myosin:cargo interactions. At last, we briefly outline the allosteric regulation of myosins with synthetic compounds.
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- Sarah M Heissler
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, B50/3529, Bethesda, MD 20892-8015, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, B50/3529, Bethesda, MD 20892-8015, USA
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Chen L, Zhang YH, Huang T, Cai YD. Identifying novel protein phenotype annotations by hybridizing protein-protein interactions and protein sequence similarities. Mol Genet Genomics 2016; 291:913-34. [PMID: 26728152 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1157-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Studies of protein phenotypes represent a central challenge of modern genetics in the post-genome era because effective and accurate investigation of protein phenotypes is one of the most critical procedures to identify functional biological processes in microscale, which involves the analysis of multifactorial traits and has greatly contributed to the development of modern biology in the post genome era. Therefore, we have developed a novel computational method that identifies novel proteins associated with certain phenotypes in yeast based on the protein-protein interaction network. Unlike some existing network-based computational methods that identify the phenotype of a query protein based on its direct neighbors in the local network, the proposed method identifies novel candidate proteins for a certain phenotype by considering all annotated proteins with this phenotype on the global network using a shortest path (SP) algorithm. The identified proteins are further filtered using both a permutation test and their interactions and sequence similarities to annotated proteins. We compared our method with another widely used method called random walk with restart (RWR). The biological functions of proteins for each phenotype identified by our SP method and the RWR method were analyzed and compared. The results confirmed a large proportion of our novel protein phenotype annotation, and the RWR method showed a higher false positive rate than the SP method. Our method is equally effective for the prediction of proteins involving in all the eleven clustered yeast phenotypes with a quite low false positive rate. Considering the universality and generalizability of our supporting materials and computing strategies, our method can further be applied to study other organisms and the new functions we predicted can provide pertinent instructions for the further experimental verifications.
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- Lei Chen
- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China. .,College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, 201306, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
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Petrini E, Baillet V, Cridge J, Hogan CJ, Guillaume C, Ke H, Brandetti E, Walker S, Koohy H, Spivakov M, Varga-Weisz P. A new phosphate-starvation response in fission yeast requires the endocytic function of myosin I. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:3707-13. [PMID: 26345368 PMCID: PMC4631780 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.171314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Endocytosis is essential for uptake of many substances into the cell, but how it links to nutritional signalling is poorly understood. Here, we show a new role for endocytosis in regulating the response to low phosphate in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Loss of function of myosin I (Myo1), Sla2/End4 or Arp2, proteins involved in the early steps of endocytosis, led to increased proliferation in low-phosphate medium compared to controls. We show that once cells are deprived of phosphate they undergo a quiescence response that is dependent on the endocytic function of Myo1. Transcriptomic analysis revealed a wide perturbation of gene expression with induction of stress-regulated genes upon phosphate starvation in wild-type but not Δmyo1 cells. Thus, endocytosis plays a pivotal role in mediating the cellular response to nutrients, bridging the external environment and internal molecular functions of the cell. Highlighted Article: The endocytic machinery, including the type 1 myosin Myo1, is required to establish a quiescence response to low-phosphate stress in fission yeast.
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- Edoardo Petrini
- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Imaging Facility, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics, Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB22 3AT, USA
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Laplante C, Berro J, Karatekin E, Hernandez-Leyva A, Lee R, Pollard TD. Three myosins contribute uniquely to the assembly and constriction of the fission yeast cytokinetic contractile ring. Curr Biol 2015; 25:1955-65. [PMID: 26144970 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cytokinesis in fission yeast cells depends on conventional myosin-II (Myo2) to assemble and constrict a contractile ring of actin filaments. Less is known about the functions of an unconventional myosin-II (Myp2) and a myosin-V (Myo51) that are also present in the contractile ring. Myo2 appears in cytokinetic nodes around the equator 10 min before spindle pole body separation (cell-cycle time, -10 min) independent of actin filaments, followed by Myo51 at time zero and Myp2 at time +20 min, both located between nodes and dependent on actin filaments. We investigated the contributions of these three myosins to cytokinesis using a severely disabled mutation of the essential myosin-II heavy-chain gene (myo2-E1) and deletion mutations of the other myosin heavy-chain genes. Cells with only Myo2 assemble contractile rings normally. Cells with either Myp2 or Myo51 alone can assemble nodes and actin filaments into contractile rings but complete assembly later than normal. Both Myp2 and Myo2 contribute to constriction of fully assembled rings at rates 55% that of normal in cells relying on Myp2 alone and 25% that of normal in cells with Myo2 alone. Myo51 alone cannot constrict rings but increases the constriction rate by Myo2 in Δmyp2 cells or Myp2 in myo2-E1 cells. Three myosins function in a hierarchal, complementary manner to accomplish cytokinesis, with Myo2 and Myo51 taking the lead during contractile ring assembly and Myp2 making the greatest contribution to constriction.
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- Caroline Laplante
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Nanobiology Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Institut des Sciences Biologiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Délégation Paris Michel-Ange, 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16, France
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Cell polarization is fundamental to many cellular processes, including cell differentiation, cell motility and cell fate determination. A key regulatory enzyme in the control of cell morphogenesis is the conserved Rho GTPase Cdc42, which breaks symmetry via self-amplifying positive-feedback mechanisms. Additional mechanisms of control, including competition between different sites of polarized cell growth and time-delayed negative feedback, define a cellular-level system that promotes Cdc42 oscillatory dynamics and modulates activated Cdc42 intracellular distribution.
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Mishra M, Huang J, Balasubramanian MK. The yeast actin cytoskeleton. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 38:213-27. [PMID: 24467403 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2013] [Revised: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The actin cytoskeleton is a complex network of dynamic polymers, which plays an important role in various fundamental cellular processes, including maintenance of cell shape, polarity, cell division, cell migration, endocytosis, vesicular trafficking, and mechanosensation. Precise spatiotemporal assembly and disassembly of actin structures is regulated by the coordinated activity of about 100 highly conserved accessory proteins, which nucleate, elongate, cross-link, and sever actin filaments. Both in vivo studies in a wide range of organisms from yeast to metazoans and in vitro studies of purified proteins have helped shape the current understanding of actin dynamics and function. Molecular genetics, genome-wide functional analysis, sophisticated real-time imaging, and ultrastructural studies in concert with biochemical analysis have made yeast an attractive model to understand the actin cytoskeleton, its molecular dynamics, and physiological function. Studies of the yeast actin cytoskeleton have contributed substantially in defining the universal mechanism regulating actin assembly and disassembly in eukaryotes. Here, we review some of the important insights generated by the study of actin cytoskeleton in two important yeast models the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
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- Mithilesh Mishra
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Polarized cell growth requires a well-orchestrated number of events, namely selection of growth site, organization of cytoskeleton elements and delivery of new material to the growth region. The small Rho GTPase Cdc42 has emerged as a major organizer of polarized growth through its participation in many of these events. In the present short review, we focus on the regulation of Cdc42 activity and localization as well as how it controls downstream events necessary for polarized cell growth in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Owing to the high level of similarity of the polarity pathways, analogies between fission yeast and other model systems can be useful to decipher how cells can actively define their shape by polarized growth.
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Stark BC, James ML, Pollard LW, Sirotkin V, Lord M. UCS protein Rng3p is essential for myosin-II motor activity during cytokinesis in fission yeast. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79593. [PMID: 24244528 PMCID: PMC3828377 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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UCS proteins have been proposed to operate as co-chaperones that work with Hsp90 in the de novo folding of myosin motors. The fission yeast UCS protein Rng3p is essential for actomyosin ring assembly and cytokinesis. Here we investigated the role of Rng3p in fission yeast myosin-II (Myo2p) motor activity. Myo2p isolated from an arrested rng3-65 mutant was capable of binding actin, yet lacked stability and activity based on its expression levels and inactivity in ATPase and actin filament gliding assays. Myo2p isolated from a myo2-E1 mutant (a mutant hyper-sensitive to perturbation of Rng3p function) showed similar behavior in the same assays and exhibited an altered motor conformation based on limited proteolysis experiments. We propose that Rng3p is not required for the folding of motors per se, but instead works to ensure the activity of intrinsically unstable myosin-II motors. Rng3p is specific to conventional myosin-II and the actomyosin ring, and is not required for unconventional myosin motor function at other actin structures. However, artificial destabilization of myosin-I motors at endocytic actin patches (using a myo1-E1 mutant) led to recruitment of Rng3p to patches. Thus, while Rng3p is specific to myosin-II, UCS proteins are adaptable and can respond to changes in the stability of other myosin motors.
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- Benjamin C. Stark
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Greenberg MJ, Ostap EM. Regulation and control of myosin-I by the motor and light chain-binding domains. Trends Cell Biol 2012. [PMID: 23200340 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Members of the myosin-I family of molecular motors are expressed in many eukaryotes, where they are involved in a multitude of critical processes. Humans express eight distinct members of the myosin-I family, making it the second largest family of myosins expressed in humans. Despite the high degree of sequence conservation in the motor and light chain-binding domains (LCBDs) of these myosins, recent studies have revealed surprising diversity of function and regulation arising from isoform-specific differences in these domains. Here we review the regulation of myosin-I function and localization by the motor and LCBDs.
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- Michael J Greenberg
- The Pennsylvania Muscle Institute and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA
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East DA, Mulvihill DP. Regulation and function of the fission yeast myosins. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:1383-90. [PMID: 21502135 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.078527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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It is now quarter of a century since the actin cytoskeleton was first described in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Since then, a substantial body of research has been undertaken on this tractable model organism, extending our knowledge of the organisation and function of the actomyosin cytoskeleton in fission yeast and eukaryotes in general. Yeast represents one of the simplest eukaryotic model systems that has been characterised to date, and its genome encodes genes for homologues of the majority of actin regulators and actin-binding proteins found in metazoan cells. The ease with which diverse methodologies can be used, together with the small number of myosins, makes fission yeast an attractive model system for actomyosin research and provides the opportunity to fully understand the biochemical and functional characteristics of all myosins within a single cell type. In this Commentary, we examine the differences between the five S. pombe myosins, and focus on how these reflect the diversity of their functions. We go on to examine the role that the actin cytoskeleton plays in regulating the myosin motor activity and function, and finally explore how research in this simple unicellular organism is providing insights into the substantial impacts these motors can have on development and viability in multicellular higher-order eukaryotes.
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- Daniel A East
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NJ, UK
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Ma Y, Jiang W, Liu Q, Ryuko S, Kuno T. Genome-wide screening for genes associated with FK506 sensitivity in fission yeast. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23422. [PMID: 21850271 PMCID: PMC3151288 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We have been studying calcineurin signal transduction pathway in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S. pombe) by developing a genetic screen for mutants that show hypersensitivity to the immunosuppressive calcineurin inhibitor FK506 (tacrolimus). In the present study, to identify nonessential genes that are functionally related to the calcineurin signaling pathway, we performed a genome-wide screen of 3004 haploid deletion strains and confirmed 72 deletion strains to be FK506 sensitive. These 72 genes are classified into nine functional groups to include membrane trafficking (16 genes), signal transduction (10 genes), ubiquitination (8 genes), chromatin remodeling (6 genes), cytokinesis (4 genes), ribosomal protein (3 genes), RNA binding protein (3 genes), and a variety of other known functions (17 genes) or still unknown functions (5 genes) in the biological system. In our previous screening of FK506-sensitive mutants we isolated several membrane-trafficking mutants showing defective cell wall integrity. Here, we further examined the vacuolar fusion, the v-SNARE synaptobrevin Syb1 localization, and the sensitivity to the β-glucan synthase inhibitor micafungin in these 72 FK506-sensitive strains. Results showed that 25 deletion strains exhibited abnormal vacuole fusion, 19 deletion strains exhibited Syb1 mislocalization, and 14 deletion strains exhibited both abnormal vacuole fusion and Syb1 mislocalization, while 42 deletion strains showed both normal vacuole fusion and Syb1 localization. Likewise, 16 deletion strains showed sensitivity to micafungin. Altogether, our present study indicates that calcineurin mediates a plethora of physiological processes in fission yeast, and that calcineurin is extensively involved in cross-talk between signaling pathways.
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- Yan Ma
- Division of Molecular Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
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Sammons MR, James ML, Clayton JE, Sladewski TE, Sirotkin V, Lord M. A calmodulin-related light chain from fission yeast that functions with myosin-I and PI 4-kinase. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:2466-77. [PMID: 21693583 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.067850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Fission yeast myosin-I (Myo1p) not only associates with calmodulin, but also employs a second light chain called Cam2p. cam2Δ cells exhibit defects in cell polarity and growth consistent with a loss of Myo1p function. Loss of Cam2p leads to a reduction in Myo1p levels at endocytic patches and a 50% drop in the rates of Myo1p-driven actin filament motility. Thus, Cam2p plays a significant role in Myo1p function. However, further studies indicated the existence of an additional Cam2p-binding partner. Cam2p was still present at cortical patches in myo1Δ cells (or in myo1-IQ2 mutants, which lack an intact Cam2p-binding motif), whereas a cam2 null (cam2Δ) suppressed cytokinesis defects of an essential light chain (ELC) mutant known to be impaired in binding to PI 4-kinase (Pik1p). Binding studies revealed that Cam2p and the ELC compete for Pik1p. Cortical localization of Cam2p in the myo1Δ background relied on its association with Pik1p, whereas overexpression studies indicated that Cam2p, in turn, contributes to Pik1p function. The fact that the Myo1p-associated defects of a cam2Δ mutant are more potent than those of a myo1-IQ2 mutant suggests that myosin light chains can contribute to actomyosin function both directly and indirectly (via phospholipid synthesis at sites of polarized growth).
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- Matthew R Sammons
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
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Three's company: the fission yeast actin cytoskeleton. Trends Cell Biol 2010; 21:177-87. [PMID: 21145239 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2010] [Revised: 10/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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How the actin cytoskeleton assembles into different structures to drive diverse cellular processes is a fundamental cell biological question. In addition to orchestrating the appropriate combination of regulators and actin-binding proteins, different actin-based structures must insulate themselves from one another to maintain specificity within a crowded cytoplasm. Actin specification is particularly challenging in complex eukaryotes where a multitude of protein isoforms and actin structures operate within the same cell. Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe possesses a single actin isoform that functions in three distinct structures throughout the cell cycle. In this review we explore recent studies in fission yeast that help unravel how different actin structures operate in cells.
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Coulton AT, East DA, Galinska-Rakoczy A, Lehman W, Mulvihill DP. The recruitment of acetylated and unacetylated tropomyosin to distinct actin polymers permits the discrete regulation of specific myosins in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:3235-43. [PMID: 20807799 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.069971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin (Tm) is a conserved dimeric coiled-coil protein, which forms polymers that curl around actin filaments in order to regulate actomyosin function. Acetylation of the Tm N-terminal methionine strengthens end-to-end bonds, which enhances actin binding as well as the ability of Tm to regulate myosin motor activity in both muscle and non-muscle cells. In this study we explore the function of each Tm form within fission yeast cells. Electron microscopy and live cell imaging revealed that acetylated and unacetylated Tm associate with distinct actin structures within the cell, and that each form has a profound effect upon the shape and integrity of the polymeric actin filament. We show that, whereas Tm acetylation is required to regulate the in vivo motility of class II myosins, acetylated Tm had no effect on the motility of class I and V myosins. These findings illustrate a novel Tm-acetylation-state-dependent mechanism for regulating specific actomyosin cytoskeletal interactions.
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- Arthur T Coulton
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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Differential Regulation of Unconventional Fission Yeast Myosins via the Actin Track. Curr Biol 2010; 20:1423-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Revised: 07/13/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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