scholarly journals p120-catenin is essential for terminal end bud function and mammary morphogenesis

Development ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 139 (10) ◽  
pp. 1754-1764 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Kurley ◽  
B. Bierie ◽  
R. H. Carnahan ◽  
N. A. Lobdell ◽  
M. A. Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
P120 Catenin ◽  
Mammary Morphogenesis ◽  
Terminal End Bud

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of Rab11-FIP2 regulates polarity in MDCK cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2302-2318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne A. Lapierre ◽  
Kenya M. Avant ◽  
Cathy M. Caldwell ◽  
Asli Oztan ◽  
Gerard Apodaca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tight Junctions ◽  
Mdck Cell ◽  
Mdck Cells ◽  
Adherens Junction ◽  
Cellular Polarity ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
P120 Catenin ◽  
Myosin Vb ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney

The Rab11 effector Rab11-family interacting protein 2 (Rab11-FIP2) regulates transcytosis through its interactions with Rab11a and myosin Vb. Previous studies implicated Rab11-FIP2 in the establishment of polarity in Madin–Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells through phosphorylation of Ser-227 by MARK2. Here we examine the dynamic role of Rab11-FIP2 phosphorylation on MDCK cell polarity. Endogenous Rab11-FIP2 phosphorylated on Ser-227 coalesces on vesicular plaques during the reestablishment of polarity after either monolayer wounding or calcium switch. Whereas expression of the nonphosphorylatable Rab11-FIP2(S227A) elicits a loss in lumen formation in MDCK cell cysts grown in Matrigel, the putative pseudophosphorylated Rab11-FIP2(S227E) mutant induces the formation of cysts with multiple lumens. On permeable filters, Rab11-FIP2(S227E)–expressing cells exhibit alterations in the composition of both the adherens and tight junctions. At the adherens junction, p120 catenin and K-cadherin are retained, whereas the majority of the E-cadherin is lost. Although ZO-1 is retained at the tight junction, occludin is lost and the claudin composition is altered. Of interest, the effects of Rab11-FIP2 on cellular polarity did not involve myosin Vb or Rab11a. These results indicate that Ser-227 phosphorylation of Rab11-FIP2 regulates the composition of both adherens and tight junctions and is intimately involved in the regulation of polarity in epithelial cells.

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