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Jaiswal P, Meena NP, Chang FS, Liao XH, Kim L, Kimmel AR. An integrated, cross-regulation pathway model involving activating/adaptive and feed-forward/feed-back loops for directed oscillatory cAMP signal-relay/response during the development of Dictyostelium. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 11:1263316. [PMID: 38357530 PMCID: PMC10865387 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1263316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Self-organized and excitable signaling activities play important roles in a wide range of cellular functions in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Cells require signaling networks to communicate amongst themselves, but also for response to environmental cues. Such signals involve complex spatial and temporal loops that may propagate as oscillations or waves. When Dictyostelium become starved for nutrients, cells within a localized space begin to secrete cAMP. Starved cells also become chemotactic to cAMP. cAMP signals propagate as outwardly moving waves that oscillate at ∼6 min intervals, which creates a focused territorial region for centralized cell aggregation. Proximal cells move inwardly toward the cAMP source and relay cAMP outwardly to recruit additional cells. To ensure directed inward movement and outward cAMP relay, cells go through adapted and de-adapted states for both cAMP synthesis/degradation and for directional cell movement. Although many immediate components that regulate cAMP signaling (including receptors, G proteins, an adenylyl cyclase, phosphodiesterases, and protein kinases) are known, others are only inferred. Here, using biochemical experiments coupled with gene inactivation studies, we model an integrated large, multi-component kinetic pathway involving activation, inactivation (adaptation), re-activation (re-sensitization), feed-forward, and feed-back controls to generate developmental cAMP oscillations.
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- Pundrik Jaiswal
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Zhang H, Liu Y, Liu J, Chen J, Wang J, Hua H, Jiang Y. cAMP-PKA/EPAC signaling and cancer: the interplay in tumor microenvironment. J Hematol Oncol 2024; 17:5. [PMID: 38233872 PMCID: PMC10792844 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-024-01524-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a complex disease resulting from abnormal cell growth that is induced by a number of genetic and environmental factors. The tumor microenvironment (TME), which involves extracellular matrix, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF), tumor-infiltrating immune cells and angiogenesis, plays a critical role in tumor progression. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a second messenger that has pleiotropic effects on the TME. The downstream effectors of cAMP include cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), exchange protein activated by cAMP (EPAC) and ion channels. While cAMP can activate PKA or EPAC and promote cancer cell growth, it can also inhibit cell proliferation and survival in context- and cancer type-dependent manner. Tumor-associated stromal cells, such as CAF and immune cells, can release cytokines and growth factors that either stimulate or inhibit cAMP production within the TME. Recent studies have shown that targeting cAMP signaling in the TME has therapeutic benefits in cancer. Small-molecule agents that inhibit adenylate cyclase and PKA have been shown to inhibit tumor growth. In addition, cAMP-elevating agents, such as forskolin, can not only induce cancer cell death, but also directly inhibit cell proliferation in some cancer types. In this review, we summarize current understanding of cAMP signaling in cancer biology and immunology and discuss the basis for its context-dependent dual role in oncogenesis. Understanding the precise mechanisms by which cAMP and the TME interact in cancer will be critical for the development of effective therapies. Future studies aimed at investigating the cAMP-cancer axis and its regulation in the TME may provide new insights into the underlying mechanisms of tumorigenesis and lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
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- Hongying Zhang
- Cancer Center, Laboratory of Oncogene, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Cancer Center, Laboratory of Oncogene, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Cancer Center, Laboratory of Oncogene, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Cancer Center, Laboratory of Oncogene, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China
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- Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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- Cancer Center, Laboratory of Oncogene, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
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O’Shaughnessy WJ, Hu X, Henriquez SA, Reese ML. Toxoplasma ERK7 protects the apical complex from premature degradation. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202209098. [PMID: 37027006 PMCID: PMC10083718 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202209098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Accurate cellular replication balances the biogenesis and turnover of complex structures. In the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, daughter cells form within an intact mother cell, creating additional challenges to ensuring fidelity of division. The apical complex is critical to parasite infectivity and consists of apical secretory organelles and specialized cytoskeletal structures. We previously identified the kinase ERK7 as required for maturation of the apical complex in Toxoplasma. Here, we define the Toxoplasma ERK7 interactome, including a putative E3 ligase, CSAR1. Genetic disruption of CSAR1 fully suppresses loss of the apical complex upon ERK7 knockdown. Furthermore, we show that CSAR1 is normally responsible for turnover of maternal cytoskeleton during cytokinesis, and that its aberrant function is driven by mislocalization from the parasite residual body to the apical complex. These data identify a protein homeostasis pathway critical for Toxoplasma replication and fitness and suggest an unappreciated role for the parasite residual body in compartmentalizing processes that threaten the fidelity of parasite development.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Kamimura Y, Ueda M. Different Heterotrimeric G Protein Dynamics for Wide-Range Chemotaxis in Eukaryotic Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:724797. [PMID: 34414196 PMCID: PMC8369479 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.724797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Chemotaxis describes directional motility along ambient chemical gradients and has important roles in human physiology and pathology. Typical chemotactic cells, such as neutrophils and Dictyostelium cells, can detect spatial differences in chemical gradients over a background concentration of a 105 scale. Studies of Dictyostelium cells have elucidated the molecular mechanisms of gradient sensing involving G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. GPCR transduces spatial information through its cognate heterotrimeric G protein as a guanine nucleotide change factor (GEF). More recently, studies have revealed unconventional regulation of heterotrimeric G protein in the gradient sensing. In this review, we explain how multiple mechanisms of GPCR signaling ensure the broad range sensing of chemical gradients in Dictyostelium cells as a model for eukaryotic chemotaxis.
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- Yoichiro Kamimura
- Laboratory for Cell Signaling Dynamics, RIKEN, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Suita, Japan.,Laboratory of Single Molecule Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Signaling Dynamics, RIKEN, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR), Suita, Japan.,Laboratory of Single Molecule Biology, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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O’Shaughnessy WJ, Hu X, Beraki T, McDougal M, Reese ML. Loss of a conserved MAPK causes catastrophic failure in assembly of a specialized cilium-like structure in Toxoplasma gondii. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:881-888. [PMID: 32073987 PMCID: PMC7185968 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-11-0607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Primary cilia are important organizing centers that control diverse cellular processes. Apicomplexan parasites like Toxoplasma gondii have a specialized cilium-like structure called the conoid that organizes the secretory and invasion machinery critical for the parasites' lifestyle. The proteins that initiate the biogenesis of this structure are largely unknown. We identified the Toxoplasma orthologue of the conserved kinase ERK7 as essential to conoid assembly. Parasites in which ERK7 has been depleted lose their conoids late during maturation and are immotile and thus unable to invade new host cells. This is the most severe phenotype to conoid biogenesis yet reported, and is made more striking by the fact that ERK7 is not a conoid protein, as it localizes just basal to the structure. ERK7 has been recently implicated in ciliogenesis in metazoan cells, and our data suggest that this kinase has an ancient and central role in regulating ciliogenesis throughout Eukaryota.
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- Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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- Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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- Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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- Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390
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Meena NP, Jaiswal P, Chang FS, Brzostowski J, Kimmel AR. DPF is a cell-density sensing factor, with cell-autonomous and non-autonomous functions during Dictyostelium growth and development. BMC Biol 2019; 17:97. [PMID: 31791330 PMCID: PMC6889452 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-019-0714-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Cellular functions can be regulated by cell-cell interactions that are influenced by extra-cellular, density-dependent signaling factors. Dictyostelium grow as individual cells in nutrient-rich sources, but, as nutrients become depleted, they initiate a multi-cell developmental program that is dependent upon a cell-density threshold. We hypothesized that novel secreted proteins may serve as density-sensing factors to promote multi-cell developmental fate decisions at a specific cell-density threshold, and use Dictyostelium in the identification of such a factor. Results We show that multi-cell developmental aggregation in Dictyostelium is lost upon minimal (2-fold) reduction in local cell density. Remarkably, developmental aggregation response at non-permissive cell densities is rescued by addition of conditioned media from high-density, developmentally competent cells. Using rescued aggregation of low-density cells as an assay, we purified a single, 150-kDa extra-cellular protein with density aggregation activity. MS/MS peptide sequence analysis identified the gene sequence, and cells that overexpress the full-length protein accumulate higher levels of a development promoting factor (DPF) activity than parental cells, allowing cells to aggregate at lower cell densities; cells deficient for this DPF gene lack density-dependent developmental aggregation activity and require higher cell density for cell aggregation compared to WT. Density aggregation activity co-purifies with tagged versions of DPF and tag-affinity-purified DPF possesses density aggregation activity. In mixed development with WT, cells that overexpress DPF preferentially localize at centers for multi-cell aggregation and define cell-fate choice during cytodifferentiation. Finally, we show that DPF is synthesized as a larger precursor, single-pass transmembrane protein, with the p150 fragment released by proteolytic cleavage and ectodomain shedding. The TM/cytoplasmic domain of DPF possesses cell-autonomous activity for cell-substratum adhesion and for cellular growth. Conclusions We have purified a novel secreted protein, DPF, that acts as a density-sensing factor for development and functions to define local collective thresholds for Dictyostelium development and to facilitate cell-cell communication and multi-cell formation. Regions of high DPF expression are enriched at centers for cell-cell signal-response, multi-cell formation, and cell-fate determination. Additionally, DPF has separate cell-autonomous functions for regulation of cellular adhesion and growth.
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- Netra Pal Meena
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.,Laboratory of Immunogenetics Twinbrook Imaging Facility, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Nichols JME, Paschke P, Peak-Chew S, Williams TD, Tweedy L, Skehel M, Stephens E, Chubb JR, Kay RR. The Atypical MAP Kinase ErkB Transmits Distinct Chemotactic Signals through a Core Signaling Module. Dev Cell 2019; 48:491-505.e9. [PMID: 30612939 PMCID: PMC6397043 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Signaling from chemoattractant receptors activates the cytoskeleton of crawling cells for chemotaxis. We show using phosphoproteomics that different chemoattractants cause phosphorylation of the same core set of around 80 proteins in Dictyostelium cells. Strikingly, the majority of these are phosphorylated at an [S/T]PR motif by the atypical MAP kinase ErkB. Unlike most chemotactic responses, ErkB phosphorylations are persistent and do not adapt to sustained stimulation with chemoattractant. ErkB integrates dynamic autophosphorylation with chemotactic signaling through G-protein-coupled receptors. Downstream, our phosphoproteomics data define a broad panel of regulators of chemotaxis. Surprisingly, targets are almost exclusively other signaling proteins, rather than cytoskeletal components, revealing ErkB as a regulator of regulators rather than acting directly on the motility machinery. ErkB null cells migrate slowly and orientate poorly over broad dynamic ranges of chemoattractant. Our data indicate a central role for ErkB and its substrates in directing chemotaxis.
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- John M E Nichols
- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK; MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK; Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Beatson Institute, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK.
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Beatson Institute, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK; Pfizer Inc, 1 Burtt Road, Andover, MA 01810, USA
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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Martínez-Muñoz L, Rodríguez-Frade JM, Barroso R, Sorzano CÓS, Torreño-Pina JA, Santiago CA, Manzo C, Lucas P, García-Cuesta EM, Gutierrez E, Barrio L, Vargas J, Cascio G, Carrasco YR, Sánchez-Madrid F, García-Parajo MF, Mellado M. Separating Actin-Dependent Chemokine Receptor Nanoclustering from Dimerization Indicates a Role for Clustering in CXCR4 Signaling and Function. Mol Cell 2019; 70:106-119.e10. [PMID: 29625032 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
A current challenge in cell motility studies is to understand the molecular and physical mechanisms that govern chemokine receptor nanoscale organization at the cell membrane, and their influence on cell response. Using single-particle tracking and super-resolution microscopy, we found that the chemokine receptor CXCR4 forms basal nanoclusters in resting T cells, whose extent, dynamics, and signaling strength are modulated by the orchestrated action of the actin cytoskeleton, the co-receptor CD4, and its ligand CXCL12. We identified three CXCR4 structural residues that are crucial for nanoclustering and generated an oligomerization-defective mutant that dimerized but did not form nanoclusters in response to CXCL12, which severely impaired signaling. Overall, our data provide new insights to the field of chemokine biology by showing that receptor dimerization in the absence of nanoclustering is unable to fully support CXCL12-mediated responses, including signaling and cell function in vivo.
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- Laura Martínez-Muñoz
- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Department of Cell Signaling, Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CSIC), 41092 Sevilla, Spain.
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Biocomputing Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
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- X-ray Crystallography Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat de Vic, Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), 08500 Vic, Spain
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
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- B Cell Dynamics Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Biocomputing Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- B Cell Dynamics Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Barcelona, Spain; ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Chemokine Signaling Group, Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Thomas MA, Kleist AB, Volkman BF. Decoding the chemotactic signal. J Leukoc Biol 2018; 104:359-374. [PMID: 29873835 PMCID: PMC6099250 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1mr0218-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
From an individual bacterium to the cells that compose the human immune system, cellular chemotaxis plays a fundamental role in allowing cells to navigate, interpret, and respond to their environments. While many features of cellular chemotaxis are shared among systems as diverse as bacteria and human immune cells, the machinery that guides the migration of these model organisms varies widely. In this article, we review current literature on the diversity of chemoattractant ligands, the cell surface receptors that detect and process chemotactic gradients, and the link between signal recognition and the regulation of cellular machinery that allow for efficient directed cellular movement. These facets of cellular chemotaxis are compared among E. coli, Dictyostelium discoideum, and mammalian neutrophils to derive organizational principles by which diverse cell systems sense and respond to chemotactic gradients to initiate cellular migration.
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- Monica A. Thomas
- Department of BiochemistryMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of BiochemistryMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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- Department of BiochemistryMedical College of WisconsinMilwaukeeWisconsinUSA
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Stuelten CH, Parent CA, Montell DJ. Cell motility in cancer invasion and metastasis: insights from simple model organisms. Nat Rev Cancer 2018; 18:296-312. [PMID: 29546880 PMCID: PMC6790333 DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2018.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Metastasis remains the greatest challenge in the clinical management of cancer. Cell motility is a fundamental and ancient cellular behaviour that contributes to metastasis and is conserved in simple organisms. In this Review, we evaluate insights relevant to human cancer that are derived from the study of cell motility in non-mammalian model organisms. Dictyostelium discoideum, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and Danio rerio permit direct observation of cells moving in complex native environments and lend themselves to large-scale genetic and pharmacological screening. We highlight insights derived from each of these organisms, including the detailed signalling network that governs chemotaxis towards chemokines; a novel mechanism of basement membrane invasion; the positive role of E-cadherin in collective direction-sensing; the identification and optimization of kinase inhibitors for metastatic thyroid cancer on the basis of work in flies; and the value of zebrafish for live imaging, especially of vascular remodelling and interactions between tumour cells and host tissues. While the motility of tumour cells and certain host cells promotes metastatic spread, the motility of tumour-reactive T cells likely increases their antitumour effects. Therefore, it is important to elucidate the mechanisms underlying all types of cell motility, with the ultimate goal of identifying combination therapies that will increase the motility of beneficial cells and block the spread of harmful cells.
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- Christina H. Stuelten
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Michigan Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Lacal Romero J, Shen Z, Baumgardner K, Wei J, Briggs SP, Firtel RA. The Dictyostelium GSK3 kinase GlkA coordinates signal relay and chemotaxis in response to growth conditions. Dev Biol 2018; 435:56-72. [PMID: 29355521 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
GSK3 plays a central role in orchestrating key biological signaling pathways, including cell migration. Here, we identify GlkA as a GSK3 family kinase with functions that overlap with and are distinct from those of GskA. We show that GlkA, as previously shown for GskA, regulates the cell's cytoskeleton through MyoII assembly and control of Ras and Rap1 function, leading to aberrant cell migration. However, there are both qualitative and quantitative differences in the regulation of Ras and Rap1 and their downstream effectors, including PKB, PKBR1, and PI3K, with glkA- cells exhibiting a more severe chemotaxis phenotype than gskA- cells. Unexpectedly, the severe glkA- phenotypes, but not those of gskA-, are only exhibited when cells are grown attached to a substratum but not in suspension, suggesting that GlkA functions as a key kinase of cell attachment signaling. Using proteomic iTRAQ analysis we show that there are quantitative differences in the pattern of protein expression depending on the growth conditions in wild-type cells. We find that GlkA expression affects the cell's proteome during vegetative growth and development, with many of these changes depending on whether the cells are grown attached to a substratum or in suspension. These changes include key cytoskeletal and signaling proteins known to be essential for proper chemotaxis and signal relay during the aggregation stage of Dictyostelium development.
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- Jesus Lacal Romero
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0380, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0380, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0380, USA
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- JadeBio, Inc., 505 Coast Boulevard South Suite 206, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0380, USA
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- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0380, USA.
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Pergolizzi B, Bozzaro S, Bracco E. G-Protein Dependent Signal Transduction and Ubiquitination in Dictyostelium. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18102180. [PMID: 29048338 PMCID: PMC5666861 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18102180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Signal transduction through G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is central for the regulation of virtually all cellular functions, and it has been widely implicated in human diseases. These receptors activate a common molecular switch that is represented by the heterotrimeric G-protein generating a number of second messengers (cAMP, cGMP, DAG, IP3, Ca2+ etc.), leading to a plethora of diverse cellular responses. Spatiotemporal regulation of signals generated by a given GPCR is crucial for proper signalling and is accomplished by a series of biochemical modifications. Over the past few years, it has become evident that many signalling proteins also undergo ubiquitination, a posttranslational modification that typically leads to protein degradation, but also mediates processes such as protein-protein interaction and protein subcellular localization. The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has proven to be an excellent model to investigate signal transduction triggered by GPCR activation, as cAMP signalling via GPCR is a major regulator of chemotaxis, cell differentiation, and multicellular morphogenesis. Ubiquitin ligases have been recently involved in these processes. In the present review, we will summarize the most significant pathways activated upon GPCRs stimulation and discuss the role played by ubiquitination in Dictyostelium cells.
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- Barbara Pergolizzi
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, AOUS. Luigi, 10043 Orbassano TO, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, AOUS. Luigi, 10043 Orbassano TO, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU S. Luigi, 10043 Orbassano TO, Italy.
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Graziano BR, Gong D, Anderson KE, Pipathsouk A, Goldberg AR, Weiner OD. A module for Rac temporal signal integration revealed with optogenetics. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:2515-2531. [PMID: 28687663 PMCID: PMC5551696 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201604113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Dissecting the logic of individual signaling modules in complex networks can be challenging for cascades that exhibit feedback and redundancy. In this study, Graziano et al. take an optogenetics-based approach to identify and dissect a module that converts sustained PIP3 production to transient Rac activation in the neutrophil chemotaxis signaling network. Sensory systems use adaptation to measure changes in signaling inputs rather than absolute levels of signaling inputs. Adaptation enables eukaryotic cells to directionally migrate over a large dynamic range of chemoattractant. Because of complex feedback interactions and redundancy, it has been difficult to define the portion or portions of eukaryotic chemotactic signaling networks that generate adaptation and identify the regulators of this process. In this study, we use a combination of optogenetic intracellular inputs, CRISPR-based knockouts, and pharmacological perturbations to probe the basis of neutrophil adaptation. We find that persistent, optogenetically driven phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) production results in only transient activation of Rac, a hallmark feature of adaptive circuits. We further identify the guanine nucleotide exchange factor P-Rex1 as the primary PIP3-stimulated Rac activator, whereas actin polymerization and the GTPase-activating protein ArhGAP15 are essential for proper Rac turnoff. This circuit is masked by feedback and redundancy when chemoattractant is used as the input, highlighting the value of probing signaling networks at intermediate nodes to deconvolve complex signaling cascades.
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- Brian R Graziano
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA .,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Meena NP, Kimmel AR. Chemotactic network responses to live bacteria show independence of phagocytosis from chemoreceptor sensing. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28541182 PMCID: PMC5476428 DOI: 10.7554/elife.24627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Aspects of innate immunity derive from characteristics inherent to phagocytes, including chemotaxis toward and engulfment of unicellular organisms or cell debris. Ligand chemotaxis has been biochemically investigated using mammalian and model systems, but precision of chemotaxis towards ligands being actively secreted by live bacteria is not well studied, nor has there been systematic analyses of interrelationships between chemotaxis and phagocytosis. The genetic/molecular model Dictyostelium and mammalian phagocytes share mechanistic pathways for chemotaxis and phagocytosis; Dictyostelium chemotax toward bacteria and phagocytose them as food sources. We quantified Dictyostelium chemotaxis towards live gram positive and gram negative bacteria and demonstrate high sensitivity to multiple bacterially-secreted chemoattractants. Additive/competitive assays indicate that intracellular signaling-networks for multiple ligands utilize independent upstream adaptive mechanisms, but common downstream targets, thus amplifying detection at low signal propagation, but strengthening discrimination of multiple inputs. Finally, analyses of signaling-networks for chemotaxis and phagocytosis indicate that chemoattractant receptor-signaling is not essential for bacterial phagocytosis. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24627.001
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- Netra Pal Meena
- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Fold-change detection and scale invariance of cell-cell signaling in social amoeba. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E4149-E4157. [PMID: 28495969 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702181114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cell-cell signaling is subject to variability in the extracellular volume, cell number, and dilution that potentially increase uncertainty in the absolute concentrations of the extracellular signaling molecules. To direct cell aggregation, the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum collectively give rise to oscillations and waves of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) under a wide range of cell density. To date, the systems-level mechanism underlying the robustness is unclear. By using quantitative live-cell imaging, here we show that the magnitude of the cAMP relay response of individual cells is determined by fold change in the extracellular cAMP concentrations. The range of cell density and exogenous cAMP concentrations that support oscillations at the population level agrees well with conditions that support a large fold-change-dependent response at the single-cell level. Mathematical analysis suggests that invariance of the oscillations to density transformation is a natural outcome of combining secrete-and-sense systems with a fold-change detection mechanism.
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Pergolizzi B, Bracco E, Bozzaro S. A new HECT ubiquitin ligase regulating chemotaxis and development in Dictyostelium discoideum. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:551-562. [PMID: 28049717 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.194225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) binding to G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) orchestrates chemotaxis and development in Dictyostelium. By activating the RasC-TORC2-PKB (PKB is also known as AKT in mammals) module, cAMP regulates cell polarization during chemotaxis. TORC2 also mediates GPCR-dependent stimulation of adenylyl cyclase A (ACA), enhancing cAMP relay and developmental gene expression. Thus, mutants defective in the TORC2 Pia subunit (also known as Rictor in mammals) are impaired in chemotaxis and development. Near-saturation mutagenesis of a Pia mutant by random gene disruption led to selection of two suppressor mutants in which spontaneous chemotaxis and development were restored. PKB phosphorylation and chemotactic cell polarization were rescued, whereas Pia-dependent ACA stimulation was not restored but bypassed, leading to cAMP-dependent developmental gene expression. Knocking out the gene encoding the adenylylcyclase B (ACB) in the parental strain showed ACB to be essential for this process. The gene tagged in the suppressor mutants encodes a newly unidentified HECT ubiquitin ligase that is homologous to mammalian HERC1, but harbours a pleckstrin homology domain. Expression of the isolated wild-type HECT domain, but not a mutant HECT C5185S form, from this protein was sufficient to reconstitute the parental phenotype. The new ubiquitin ligase appears to regulate cell sensitivity to cAMP signalling and TORC2-dependent PKB phosphorylation.
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- Barbara Pergolizzi
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, AOU S. Luigi, Orbassano (TO) 10043, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino, AOU S. Luigi, Orbassano (TO) 10043, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, AOU S. Luigi, Orbassano (TO) 10043, Italy
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Fukujin F, Nakajima A, Shimada N, Sawai S. Self-organization of chemoattractant waves in Dictyostelium depends on F-actin and cell-substrate adhesion. J R Soc Interface 2016; 13:20160233. [PMID: 27358278 PMCID: PMC4938087 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
In the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum, travelling waves of extracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) self-organize in cell populations and direct aggregation of individual cells to form multicellular fruiting bodies. In contrast to the large body of studies that addressed how movement of cells is determined by spatial and temporal cues encoded in the dynamic cAMP gradients, how cell mechanics affect the formation of a self-generated chemoattractant field has received less attention. Here, we show, by live cell imaging analysis, that the periodicity of the synchronized cAMP waves increases in cells treated with the actin inhibitor latrunculin. Detail analysis of the extracellular cAMP-induced transients of cytosolic cAMP (cAMP relay response) in well-isolated cells demonstrated that their amplitude and duration were markedly reduced in latrunculin-treated cells. Similarly, in cells strongly adhered to a poly-l-lysine-coated surface, the response was suppressed, and the periodicity of the population-level oscillations was markedly lengthened. Our results suggest that cortical F-actin is dispensable for the basic low amplitude relay response but essential for its full amplification and that this enhanced response is necessary to establish high-frequency signalling centres. The observed F-actin dependence may prevent aggregation centres from establishing in microenvironments that are incompatible with cell migration.
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- Fumihito Fukujin
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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Ismael A, Tian W, Waszczak N, Wang X, Cao Y, Suchkov D, Bar E, Metodiev MV, Liang J, Arkowitz RA, Stone DE. Gβ promotes pheromone receptor polarization and yeast chemotropism by inhibiting receptor phosphorylation. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra38. [PMID: 27072657 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad4376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gradient-directed cell migration (chemotaxis) and growth (chemotropism) are processes that are essential to the development and life cycles of all species. Cells use surface receptors to sense the shallow chemical gradients that elicit chemotaxis and chemotropism. Slight asymmetries in receptor activation are amplified by downstream signaling systems, which ultimately induce dynamic reorganization of the cytoskeleton. During the mating response of budding yeast, a model chemotropic system, the pheromone receptors on the plasma membrane polarize to the side of the cell closest to the stimulus. Although receptor polarization occurs before and independently of actin cable-dependent delivery of vesicles to the plasma membrane (directed secretion), it requires receptor internalization. Phosphorylation of pheromone receptors by yeast casein kinase 1 or 2 (Yck1/2) stimulates their internalization. We showed that the pheromone-responsive Gβγ dimer promotes the polarization of the pheromone receptor by interacting with Yck1/2 and locally inhibiting receptor phosphorylation. We also found that receptor phosphorylation is essential for chemotropism, independently of its role in inducing receptor internalization. A mathematical model supports the idea that the interaction between Gβγ and Yck1/2 results in differential phosphorylation and internalization of the pheromone receptor and accounts for its polarization before the initiation of directed secretion.
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- Amber Ismael
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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- CNRS UMR7277/INSERM UMR1091/Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Institute of Biology Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
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Kamp ME, Liu Y, Kortholt A. Function and Regulation of Heterotrimeric G Proteins during Chemotaxis. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17010090. [PMID: 26784171 PMCID: PMC4730333 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17010090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2015] [Revised: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 12/31/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Chemotaxis, or directional movement towards an extracellular gradient of chemicals, is necessary for processes as diverse as finding nutrients, the immune response, metastasis and wound healing. Activation of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) is at the very base of the chemotactic signaling pathway. Chemotaxis starts with binding of the chemoattractant to GPCRs at the cell-surface, which finally leads to major changes in the cytoskeleton and directional cell movement towards the chemoattractant. Many chemotaxis pathways that are directly regulated by Gβγ have been identified and studied extensively; however, whether Gα is just a handle that regulates the release of Gβγ or whether Gα has its own set of distinct chemotactic effectors, is only beginning to be understood. In this review, we will discuss the different levels of regulation in GPCR signaling and the downstream pathways that are essential for proper chemotaxis.
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- Marjon E Kamp
- Department of Cell Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cell Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cell Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Nichols JME, Veltman D, Kay RR. Chemotaxis of a model organism: progress with Dictyostelium. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2015; 36:7-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sugden C, Urbaniak MD, Araki T, Williams JG. The Dictyostelium prestalk inducer differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) triggers unexpectedly complex global phosphorylation changes. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 26:805-20. [PMID: 25518940 PMCID: PMC4325849 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-08-1319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Differentiation-inducing factor-1 (DIF-1) is a polyketide that induces Dictyostelium amoebae to differentiate as prestalk cells. We performed a global quantitative screen for phosphorylation changes that occur within the first minutes after addition of DIF-1, using a triple-label SILAC approach. This revealed a new world of DIF-1-controlled signaling, with changes in components of the MAPK and protein kinase B signaling pathways, components of the actinomyosin cytoskeletal signaling networks, and a broad range of small GTPases and their regulators. The results also provide evidence that the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase calcineurin plays a role in DIF-1 signaling to the DimB prestalk transcription factor. At the global level, DIF-1 causes a major shift in the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation equilibrium toward net dephosphorylation. Of interest, many of the sites that are dephosphorylated in response to DIF-1 are phosphorylated in response to extracellular cAMP signaling. This accords with studies that suggest an antagonism between the two inducers and also with the rapid dephosphorylation of the cAMP receptor that we observe in response to DIF-1 and with the known inhibitory effect of DIF-1 on chemotaxis to cAMP. All MS data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD001555.
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- Chris Sugden
- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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- Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YG, United Kingdom
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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- College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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Vorotnikov AV, Tyurin-Kuzmin PA. Chemotactic signaling in mesenchymal cells compared to amoeboid cells. Genes Dis 2014; 1:162-173. [PMID: 30258862 PMCID: PMC6150068 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Cell chemotaxis plays a pivotal role in normal development, inflammatory response, injury repair and tissue regeneration in all organisms. It is also a critical contributor to cancer metastasis, altered angiogenesis and neurite growth in disease. The molecular mechanisms regulating chemotaxis are currently being identified and key components may be pertinent therapeutic targets. Although these components appear to be mostly common in various cells, there are important differences in chemotactic signaling networks and signal processing that result in the distinct chemotactic behavior of mesenchymal cells compared to much better studied amoeboid blood cells. These differences are not necessarily predetermined based on cell type, but are rather chosen and exploited by cells to modify their chemotactic behavior based on physical constraints and/or environmental conditions. This results in a specific type of chemotactic migration in mesenchymal cells that can be selectively targeted in disease. Here, we compare the chemotactic behavior, signaling and motility of mesenchymal and amoeboid cells. We suggest that the current model of chemotaxis is applicable for small amoeboid cells but needs to be reconsidered for large mesenchymal cells. We focus on new candidate regulatory molecules and feedback mechanisms that may account for mesenchymal cell type-specific chemotaxis.
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Key Words
- Chemotaxis
- Feedback regulation
- Fibroblasts
- GEFs, guanine nucleotide exchange factors
- GPCRs, G-protein coupled receptors
- Hydrogen peroxide
- LEGI, local excitation and global inhibition
- MAP-kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase
- NOX, NADPH-oxidase
- PDGF, platelet derived growth factor
- PI3-kinase, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
- PIP3, phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
- PLA2, phospholipase A2
- PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog
- RTKs, receptor tyrosine kinases
- Signaling
- mTORC, mechanistic target of rapamycin complex
- РТР-1В, protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B
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- Alexander V. Vorotnikov
- Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Corresponding author. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Moscow State University, 31 Lomonosov Ave., Bldg 5, Russian Federation.
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- Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Hoeller O, Gong D, Weiner OD. How to understand and outwit adaptation. Dev Cell 2014; 28:607-616. [PMID: 24697896 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2013] [Revised: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Adaptation is the ability of a system to respond and reset itself even in the continuing presence of a stimulus. On one hand, adaptation is a physiological necessity that enables proper neuronal signaling and cell movement. On the other hand, adaptation can be a source of annoyance, as it can make biological systems resistant to experimental perturbations. Here we speculate where adaptation might live in eukaryotic chemotaxis and how it can be encoded in the signaling network. We then discuss tools and strategies that can be used to both understand and outwit adaptation in a wide range of cellular contexts.
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- Oliver Hoeller
- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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Moving towards a paradigm: common mechanisms of chemotactic signaling in Dictyostelium and mammalian leukocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3711-47. [PMID: 24846395 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Chemotaxis, or directed migration of cells along a chemical gradient, is a highly coordinated process that involves gradient sensing, motility, and polarity. Most of our understanding of chemotaxis comes from studies of cells undergoing amoeboid-type migration, in particular the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum and leukocytes. In these amoeboid cells the molecular events leading to directed migration can be conceptually divided into four interacting networks: receptor/G protein, signal transduction, cytoskeleton, and polarity. The signal transduction network occupies a central position in this scheme as it receives direct input from the receptor/G protein network, as well as feedback from the cytoskeletal and polarity networks. Multiple overlapping modules within the signal transduction network transmit the signals to the actin cytoskeleton network leading to biased pseudopod protrusion in the direction of the gradient. The overall architecture of the networks, as well as the individual signaling modules, is remarkably conserved between Dictyostelium and mammalian leukocytes, and the similarities and differences between the two systems are the subject of this review.
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