Functions of a Rho-specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor in Neurite Retraction
Functions of a Rho-specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor in Neurite Retraction
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Rho 特异性鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子在神经突收缩中的功能
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
M. Inagaki
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作者:
H. Togashi;K. Nagata;Mihoko Takagishi;N. Saitoh;M. Inagaki
The Rho/Rho kinase signaling pathway plays an essential role in neurite retraction and cell rounding in response to G12/13-coupled receptor activation in neuronal cells. The Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor involved in these processes has not been identified. To monitor the activation state of Rho kinase, we developed a vimentin head/Rho kinase chimera, which is intramolecularly phosphorylated in a Rho-dependent manner at Ser71 of the fused vimentin head. Using this system, we identified a clone termed KIAA0380, which contains the Gα12/13-binding domain as well as a tandem of the Dbl homology/pleckstrin homology (DH/PH) domain, as an activator of Rho/Rho kinase signaling. Molecular dissection analyses revealed that a proline-rich motif C-terminally adjacent to DH/PH domain is essential for plasma membrane localization of KIAA0380 and cortical actin reorganization followed by cell rounding. In contrast, the DH/PH domain of KIAA0380 is localized in the cytoplasm, where it activates Rho/Rho kinase and induces stress fiber formation, consistent with results using p115 Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor, which has a similar structure to KIAA0380 but lacks a proline-rich motif. These results suggest that upon stimulation, KIAA0380 translocates to the plasma membrane via the proline-rich motif and there activates Rho/Rho kinase signaling. In neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells, KIAA0380 was observed in the tips of neurites, a location where cortical actin reorganization is induced upon stimulation with lysophosphatidic acid. Ectopic expression of the N-terminal fragment inhibited lysophosphatidic acid-induced neurite retraction of Neuro2a cells. These results suggest that KIAA0380 plays an important role in neurite retraction through Rho-dependent signaling.
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Hart, MJ;Jiang, XJ;Bollag, G
通讯作者:
Bollag, G
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发表时间:
1993
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
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作者:
Bowman,EP;Uhlinger,DJ;Lambeth,JD
通讯作者:
Lambeth,JD