Swiprosin-1 modulates actin dynamics by regulating the F-actin accessibility to cofilin

Autor: Woo Keun Song, Zee Yong Park, Sena Oh, Min‑Sung Kwon, Yun Hyun Huh, Je-Hwang Ryu, Kyoung‑Hwun Chung, Hyunwoo Choi, Chang-Duk Jun, So Hee Kim, Sangmyung Rhee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
ISSN: 1420-9071
1420-682X
Popis: Membrane protrusions, like lamellipodia, and cell movement are dependent on actin dynamics, which are regulated by a variety of actin-binding proteins acting cooperatively to reorganize actin filaments. Here, we provide evidence that Swiprosin-1, a newly identified actin-binding protein, modulates lamellipodial dynamics by regulating the accessibility of F-actin to cofilin. Overexpression of Swiprosin-1 increased lamellipodia formation in B16F10 melanoma cells, whereas knockdown of Swiprosin-1 inhibited EGF-induced lamellipodia formation, and led to a loss of actin stress fibers at the leading edges of cells but not in the cell cortex. Swiprosin-1 strongly facilitated the formation of entangled or clustered F-actin, which remodeled the structural organization of actin filaments making them inaccessible to cofilin. EGF-induced phosphorylation of Swiprosin-1 at Ser183, a phosphorylation site newly identified using mass spectrometry, effectively inhibited clustering of actin filaments and permitted cofilin access to F-actin, resulting in actin depolymerization. Cells overexpressing a Swiprosin-1 phosphorylation-mimicking mutant or a phosphorylation-deficient mutant exhibited irregular membrane dynamics during the protrusion and retraction cycles of lamellipodia. Taken together, these findings suggest that dynamic exchange of Swiprosin-1 phosphorylation and dephosphorylation is a novel mechanism that regulates actin dynamics by modulating the pattern of cofilin activity at the leading edges of cells. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00018-013-1447-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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