scholarly journals Involvement of the Annexin II-S100A10 Complex in the Formation of E-cadherin-based Adherens Junctions in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

2004 ◽  
Vol 280 (7) ◽  
pp. 6016-6027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Yamada ◽  
Kenji Irie ◽  
Takeshi Hirota ◽  
Takako Ooshio ◽  
Atsunori Fukuhara ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. 2820-2833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Tokuo ◽  
Lynne M. Coluccio

Cooperation between cadherins and the actin cytoskeleton controls the formation and maintenance of cell–cell adhesions in epithelia. We find that the molecular motor protein myosin-1c (Myo1c) regulates the dynamic stability of E-cadherin–based cell–cell contacts. In Myo1c-depleted Madin–Darby canine kidney cells, E-cadherin localization was dis­organized and lateral membranes appeared less vertical with convoluted edges versus control cells. In polarized monolayers, Myo1c-knockdown (KD) cells were more sensitive to reduced calcium concentration. Myo1c separated in the same plasma membrane fractions as E-cadherin, and Myo1c KD caused a significant reduction in the amount of E-cadherin recovered in one peak fraction. Expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP)–Myo1c mutants revealed that the phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate–binding site is necessary for its localization to cell–cell adhesions, and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching assays with GFP-Myo1c mutants revealed that motor function was important for Myo1c dynamics at these sites. At 18°C, which inhibits vesicle recycling, Myo1c-KD cells accumulated more E-cadherin–positive vesicles in their cytoplasm, suggesting that Myo1c affects E-cadherin endocytosis. Studies with photoactivatable GFP–E-cadherin showed that Myo1c KD reduced the stability of E-cadherin at cell–cell adhesions. We conclude that Myo1c stabilizes E-cadherin at adherens junctions in polarized epithelial cells and that the motor function and ability of Myo1c to bind membrane are critical.


2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1172-1184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiko Hara ◽  
Hiroshi Ishida ◽  
Razi Raziuddin ◽  
Stephan Dorkhom ◽  
Keiju Kamijo ◽  
...  

Dynamic rearrangements of cell-cell adhesion underlie a diverse range of physiological processes, but their precise molecular mechanisms are still obscure. Thus, identification of novel players that are involved in cell-cell adhesion would be important. We isolated a human kelch-related protein, Kelch-like ECT2 interacting protein (KLEIP), which contains the broad-complex, tramtrack, bric-a-brac (BTB)/poxvirus, zinc finger (POZ) motif and six-tandem kelch repeats. KLEIP interacted with F-actin and was concentrated at cell-cell contact sites of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, where it colocalized with F-actin. Interestingly, this localization took place transiently during the induction of cell-cell contact and was not seen at mature junctions. KLEIP recruitment and actin assembly were induced around E-cadherin–coated beads placed on cell surfaces. The actin depolymerizing agent cytochalasin B inhibited this KLEIP recruitment around E-cadherin–coated beads. Moreover, constitutively active Rac1 enhanced the recruitment of KLEIP as well as F-actin to the adhesion sites. These observations strongly suggest that KLEIP is localized on actin filaments at the contact sites. We also found that N-terminal half of KLEIP, which lacks the actin-binding site and contains the sufficient sequence for the localization at the cell-cell contact sites, inhibited constitutively active Rac1-induced actin assembly at the contact sites. We propose that KLEIP is involved in Rac1-induced actin organization during cell-cell contact in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.


2006 ◽  
Vol 281 (43) ◽  
pp. 32469-32484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi Hayashida ◽  
Yoshishige Urata ◽  
Eiji Muroi ◽  
Takaaki Kono ◽  
Yasuyoshi Miyata ◽  
...  

Calreticulin (CRT) is a multifunctional Ca2+-binding molecular chaperone in the endoplasmic reticulum. In mammals, the expression level of CRT differs markedly in a variety of organs and tissues, suggesting that CRT plays a specific role in each cell type. In the present study, we focused on CRT functions in the kidney, where overall expression of CRT is quite low, and established CRT-overexpressing kidney epithelial cell-derived Madin-Darby canine kidney cells by gene transfection. We demonstrated that, in CRT-overexpressing cells, the morphology was apparently changed, and the original polarized epithelial cell phenotype was destroyed. Furthermore, CRT-overexpressing cells showed enhanced migration through Matrigel®-coated Boyden chamber wells, compared with controls. E-cadherin expression was significantly suppressed at the protein and transcriptional levels in CRT-overexpressing cells compared with controls. On the other hand, the expression of mesenchymal protein markers, such as N-cadherin and fibronectin, was up-regulated. We also found that the expression of Slug, a repressor of the E-cadherin promoter, was up-regulated by overexpression of CRT through altered Ca2+ homeostasis, and this led to enhanced binding of Slug to the E-box element in the E-cadherin promoter. Thus, we conclude that CRT regulates the epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like change of cellular phenotype by modulating the Slug/E-cadherin pathway through altered Ca2+ homeostasis in cells, suggesting a novel function of CRT in cell-cell interaction of epithelial cells.


1991 ◽  
Vol 266 (27) ◽  
pp. 17729-17732 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.H. Low ◽  
S.H. Wong ◽  
B.L. Tang ◽  
P. Tan ◽  
V.N. Subramaniam ◽  
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