Gelsolin is a downstream effector of rac for fibroblast motility
Gelsolin is a downstream effector of rac for fibroblast motility
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DOI:
10.1093/emboj/17.5.1362
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发表时间:
1998-03-02
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Kwiatkowski, DJ
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作者:
Azuma, T;Witke, W;Kwiatkowski, DJ
Rac, a member of the rho family of GTPases, when activated transmits signals leading to actin-based membrane ruffling in fibroblasts. Compared with wild-type fibroblasts, gelsolin null (Gsn(-)) dermal fibroblasts have a markedly reduced ruffling response to serum or EGF stimulation, which signal through rac. Bradykinin-induced filopodial formation, attributable to activation of cdc42, is similar in both cell types, Wild-type fibroblasts exhibit typical lamellipodial extension during translational locomotion, whereas Gsn(-) cells move 50 % slower using structures resembling filopodia, Multiple Gsn(-) tissues as well as Gsn(-) fibroblasts over-express rac, but not cdc42 or rho, 5-fold, Re-expression of gelsolin in Gsn(-) fibroblasts by stable transfection or adenovirus reverts the ruffling response, translational motility and rac expression to normal, Rac migrates to the cell membrane following EGF stimulation in bath cell types, Gelsolin is an essential effector of rac-mediated actin dynamics, acting downstream of rac recruitment to the membrane.