Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein - dynamic regulation of actin homeostasis: from activation through function and signal termination in T lymphocytes

2013 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omri Matalon ◽  
Barak Reicher ◽  
Mira Barda-Saad
Blood ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elie Haddad ◽  
José L. Zugaza ◽  
Fawzia Louache ◽  
Najet Debili ◽  
Catherine Crouin ◽  
...  

Abstract In studies aimed at further characterizing the cellular immunodeficiency of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS), we found that T lymphocytes from WAS patients display abnormal chemotaxis in response to the T-cell chemoattractant stromal cell–derived factor (SDF)-1. The Wiskott- Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP), together with the Rho family GTPase Cdc42, control stimulus-induced actin cytoskeleton rearrangements that are involved in cell motility. Because WASP is an effector of Cdc42, we further studied how Cdc42 and WASP are involved in SDF-1–induced chemotaxis of T lymphocytes. We provide here direct evidence that SDF-1 activates Cdc42. We then specifically investigated the role of the interaction between Cdc42 and WASP in SDF-1–responsive cells. This was achieved by abrogating this interaction with a recombinant polypeptide (TAT-CRIB), comprising the Cdc42/Rac interactive binding (CRIB) domain of WASP and a human immunodeficiency virus–TAT peptide that renders the fusion protein cell-permeant. This TAT-CRIB protein was shown to bind specifically to Cdc42-GTP and to inhibit the chemotactic response of a T-cell line to SDF-1. Altogether, these data demonstrate that Cdc42-WASP interaction is critical for SDF-1–induced chemotaxis of T cells.


Genetics ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 923-934
Author(s):  
Junko Mochida ◽  
Takaharu Yamamoto ◽  
Konomi Fujimura-Kamada ◽  
Kazuma Tanaka

Abstract Type I myosins in yeast, Myo3p and Myo5p (Myo3/5p), are involved in the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. The SH3 domain of Myo5p regulates the polymerization of actin through interactions with both Las17p, a homolog of mammalian Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP), and Vrp1p, a homolog of WASP-interacting protein (WIP). Vrp1p is required for both the localization of Myo5p to cortical patch-like structures and the ATP-independent interaction between the Myo5p tail region and actin filaments. We have identified and characterized a new adaptor protein, Mti1p (Myosin tail region-interacting protein), which interacts with the SH3 domains of Myo3/5p. Mti1p co-immunoprecipitated with Myo5p and Mti1p-GFP co-localized with cortical actin patches. A null mutation of MTI1 exhibited synthetic lethal phenotypes with mutations in SAC6 and SLA2, which encode actin-bundling and cortical actin-binding proteins, respectively. Although the mti1 null mutation alone did not display any obvious phenotype, it suppressed vrp1 mutation phenotypes, including temperature-sensitive growth, abnormally large cell morphology, defects in endocytosis and salt-sensitive growth. These results suggest that Mti1p and Vrp1p antagonistically regulate type I myosin functions.


Biochemistry ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (46) ◽  
pp. 15247-15256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Kreishman-Deitrick ◽  
Erin D. Goley ◽  
Lyle Burdine ◽  
Carilee Denison ◽  
Coumaran Egile ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 199 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Badour ◽  
Jinyi Zhang ◽  
Fabio Shi ◽  
Yan Leng ◽  
Michael Collins ◽  
...  

Involvement of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) in promoting cell activation requires its release from autoinhibitory structural constraints and has been attributed to WASp association with activated cdc42. Here, however, we show that T cell development and T cell receptor (TCR)-induced proliferation and actin polymerization proceed normally in WASp−/− mice expressing a WASp transgene lacking the cdc42 binding domain. By contrast, mutation of tyrosine residue Y291, identified here as the major site of TCR-induced WASp tyrosine phosphorylation, abrogated induction of WASp tyrosine phosphorylation and its effector activities, including nuclear factor of activated T cell transcriptional activity, actin polymerization, and immunological synapse formation. TCR-induced WASp tyrosine phosphorylation was also disrupted in T cells lacking Fyn, a kinase shown here to bind, colocalize with, and phosphorylate WASp. By contrast, WASp was tyrosine dephosphorylated by protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-PEST, a tyrosine phosphatase shown here to interact with WASp via proline, serine, threonine phosphatase interacting protein (PSTPIP)1 binding. Although Fyn enhanced WASp-mediated Arp2/3 activation and was required for synapse formation, PTP-PEST combined with PSTPIP1 inhibited WASp-driven actin polymerization and synapse formation. These observations identify key roles for Fyn and PTP-PEST in regulating WASp and imply that inducible WASp tyrosine phosphorylation can occur independently of cdc42 binding, but unlike the cdc42 interaction, is absolutely required for WASp contributions to T cell activation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Menotti ◽  
Chiara Ambrogio ◽  
Taek-Chin Cheong ◽  
Chiara Pighi ◽  
Ines Mota ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4899-4910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Chabadel ◽  
Inmaculada Bañon-Rodríguez ◽  
David Cluet ◽  
Brian B. Rudkin ◽  
Bernhard Wehrle-Haller ◽  
...  

The actin cytoskeleton of mature osteoclasts (OCs) adhering to nonmineralized substrates is organized in a belt of podosomes reminiscent of the sealing zone (SZ) found in bone resorbing OCs. In this study, we demonstrate that the belt is composed of two functionally different actin-based domains: podosome cores linked with CD44, which are involved in cell adhesion, and a diffuse cloud associated with β3 integrin, which is involved in cell adhesion and contraction. Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp) Interacting Protein (WIP)−/− OCs were devoid of podosomes, but they still exhibited actin clouds. Indeed, WIP−/− OCs show diminished expression of WASp, which is required for podosome formation. CD44 is a novel marker of OC podosome cores and the first nonintegrin receptor detected in these structures. The importance of CD44 is revealed by showing that its clustering restores podosome cores and WASp expression in WIP−/− OCs. However, although CD44 signals are sufficient to form a SZ, the presence of WIP is indispensable for the formation of a fully functional SZ.


2000 ◽  
Vol 275 (29) ◽  
pp. 21946-21952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-France Carlier ◽  
Pierre Nioche ◽  
Isabelle Broutin-L'Hermite ◽  
Rajaa Boujemaa ◽  
Christophe Le Clainche ◽  
...  

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