scholarly journals Arpin Regulates Migration Persistence by Interacting with Both Tankyrases and the Arp2/3 Complex

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 4115
Author(s):  
Gleb Simanov ◽  
Irene Dang ◽  
Artem I. Fokin ◽  
Ksenia Oguievetskaia ◽  
Valérie Campanacci ◽  
...  

During cell migration, protrusion of the leading edge is driven by the polymerization of Arp2/3-dependent branched actin networks. Migration persistence is negatively regulated by the Arp2/3 inhibitory protein Arpin. To better understand Arpin regulation in the cell, we looked for its interacting partners and identified both Tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS) using a yeast two-hybrid screening and coimmunoprecipitation with full-length Arpin as bait. Arpin interacts with ankyrin repeats of TNKS through a C-terminal-binding site on its acidic tail, which overlaps with the Arp2/3-binding site. Arpin was found to dissolve the liquid–liquid phase separation of TNKS upon overexpression. To uncouple the interactions of Arpin with TNKS and Arp2/3, we introduced point mutations in the Arpin tail and attempted to rescue the increased migration persistence of the Arpin knockout cells using random plasmid integration or compensating knock-ins at the ARPIN locus. Arpin mutations impairing interactions with either Arp2/3 or TNKS were insufficient to fully abolish Arpin activity. Only the mutation that affected both interactions rendered Arpin completely inactive, suggesting the existence of two independent pathways, whereby Arpin controls the migration persistence.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gleb Simanov ◽  
Irene Dang ◽  
Artem I Fokin ◽  
Ksenia Oguievetskaia ◽  
Valerie Campanacci ◽  
...  

During cell migration, protrusion of the leading edge is driven by the polymerization of Arp2/3-dependent branched actin networks. Migration persistence is negatively regulated by the Arp2/3 inhibitory protein Arpin. To better understand Arpin regulation in the cell, we looked for interacting partners and identified both Tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS) using a yeast two hybrid screen and co-immunoprecipitation with full-length Arpin as a bait. Arpin interacts with ankyrin repeats of TNKS through a C-terminal binding site on its acidic tail overlapping with the Arp2/3 binding site. To uncouple the interactions of Arpin with TNKS and Arp2/3, we introduced point mutations in the Arpin tail and attempted to rescue the increased persistence of the Arpin knock-out using random plasmid integration or compensating knock-in at the ARPIN locus. Arpin mutations impairing either Arp2/3- or TNKS-interaction were insufficient to fully abolish Arpin activity. Only the mutation that affects both interactions rendered Arpin completely inactive, suggesting the existence of two independent pathways, by which Arpin controls migration persistence. Arpin was found to dissolve liquid-liquid phase separation of TNKS upon overexpression. Together these data suggest that TNKS might be mediating the function of Arpin rather than regulating Arpin.


2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 4317-4326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Qadota ◽  
Kristina B. Mercer ◽  
Rachel K. Miller ◽  
Kozo Kaibuchi ◽  
Guy M. Benian

By yeast two-hybrid screening, we found three novel interactors (UNC-95, LIM-8, and LIM-9) for UNC-97/PINCH in Caenorhabditis elegans. All three proteins contain LIM domains that are required for binding. Among the three interactors, LIM-8 and LIM-9 also bind to UNC-96, a component of sarcomeric M-lines. UNC-96 and LIM-8 also bind to the C-terminal portion of a myosin heavy chain (MHC), MHC A, which resides in the middle of thick filaments in the proximity of M-lines. All interactions identified by yeast two-hybrid assays were confirmed by in vitro binding assays using purified proteins. All three novel UNC-97 interactors are expressed in body wall muscle and by antibodies localize to M-lines. Either a decreased or an increased dosage of UNC-96 results in disorganization of thick filaments. Our previous studies showed that UNC-98, a C2H2 Zn finger protein, acts as a linkage between UNC-97, an integrin-associated protein, and MHC A in myosin thick filaments. In this study, we demonstrate another mechanism by which this linkage occurs: from UNC-97 through LIM-8 or LIM-9/UNC-96 to myosin.


2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (18) ◽  
pp. 11824-11836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingzhou Chen ◽  
Jean-Claude Cortay ◽  
Ian R. Logan ◽  
Vasileia Sapountzi ◽  
Craig N. Robson ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Using a C-terminal domain (PCT) of the measles virus (MV) phosphoprotein (P protein) as bait in a yeast two-hybrid screen, a cDNA identical to the recently described human p53-induced-RING-H2 (hPIRH2) cDNA was isolated. A glutathione S-transferase-hPIRH2 fusion protein expressed in bacteria was able to pull down P protein when mixed with an extract from P-expressing HeLa cells in vitro, and myc-tagged hPIRH2 could be reciprocally coimmunoprecipitated with MV P protein from human cells. Additionally, immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that hPIRH2-myc, MV P, and nucleocapsid (N) proteins form a ternary complex. The hPIRH2 binding site was mapped to the C-terminal X domain region of the P protein by using a yeast two-hybrid assay. The PCT binding site was mapped on hPIRH2 by using a novel yeast two-hybrid tagged PCR approach and by coimmunoprecipitation of hPIRH2 cysteine mutants and mouse/human PIRH2 chimeras. The hPIRH2 C terminus could mediate the interaction with MV P which was favored by the RING-H2 motif. When coexpressed with an enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged hPIRH2 protein, MV P alone or in a complex with MV N was able to redistribute hPIRH2 to outside the nucleus, within intracellular aggregates. Finally, MV P efficiently stabilized hPIRH2-myc expression and prevented its ubiquitination in vivo but had no effect on the stability or ubiquitination of an alternative ubiquitin E3 ligase, Mdm2. Thus, MV P protein is the first protein from a pathogen that is able to specifically interact with and stabilize the ubiquitin E3 ligase hPIRH2 by preventing its ubiquitination.


2000 ◽  
Vol 149 (7) ◽  
pp. 1419-1432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Schaeper ◽  
Niels H. Gehring ◽  
Klaus P. Fuchs ◽  
Martin Sachs ◽  
Bettina Kempkes ◽  
...  

Gab1 is a substrate of the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Met and involved in c-Met–specific branching morphogenesis. It associates directly with c-Met via the c-Met–binding domain, which is not related to known phosphotyrosine-binding domains. In addition, Gab1 is engaged in a constitutive complex with the adaptor protein Grb2. We have now mapped the c-Met and Grb2 interaction sites using reverse yeast two-hybrid technology. The c-Met–binding site is localized to a 13–amino acid region unique to Gab1. Insertion of this site into the Gab1-related protein p97/Gab2 was sufficient to confer c-Met–binding activity. Association with Grb2 was mapped to two sites: a classical SH3-binding site (PXXP) and a novel Grb2 SH3 consensus-binding motif (PX(V/I)(D/N)RXXKP). To detect phosphorylation-dependent interactions of Gab1 with downstream substrates, we developed a modified yeast two-hybrid assay and identified PI(3)K, Shc, Shp2, and CRKL as interaction partners of Gab1. In a trk-met-Gab1–specific branching morphogenesis assay, association of Gab1 with Shp2, but not PI(3)K, CRKL, or Shc was essential to induce a biological response in MDCK cells. Overexpression of a Gab1 mutant deficient in Shp2 interaction could also block HGF/SF-induced activation of the MAPK pathway, suggesting that Shp2 is critical for c-Met/Gab1-specific signaling.


2008 ◽  
Vol 389 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hye Jin Yun ◽  
Jungsun Kwon ◽  
Wongi Seol

Abstract The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and plays an important role in the degradation of xenobiotics in the liver. Using yeast two-hybrid screening, we identified SF3a3, a 60-kDa subunit of the splicing factor 3a complex, as a specific CAR-interacting protein. We further confirmed their interaction by both co-immunoprecipitation and GST pull-down assay. Functional studies showed that overexpression of SF3a3 inhibited the reporter activity driven by a promoter containing CAR binding sequences by up to 50%, whereas reduced expression of SF3a3 activated the same reporter activity by approximately three-fold. The inhibitory function of SF3a3 is independent of the presence of TCPOBOP, a CAR ligand. These data suggest that SF3a3 functions as a co-repressor of CAR transcriptional activity, in addition to its canonical function.


2003 ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertrand Le Douarin ◽  
David M. Heery ◽  
Claudine Gaudon ◽  
Elmar vom Baur ◽  
Régine Losson

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J Steagall ◽  
Fang Hua ◽  
Mahesh Thirunazukarasu ◽  
Lijun Zhan ◽  
Chuanfu Li ◽  
...  

We have previously shown that HspA12B, a member of HspA70 family subfamily 12, is a novel angiogenesis regulator that is preferentially expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) and required for angiogenesis in vitro . The mechanism by which HspA12B regulates angiogenesis, however, is unknown. In this study we identified AKAP12/SSeCKS as a HSPA12B-interacting protein through a yeast two-hybrid screening and confirmed the interaction by co-immunoprecipitation and co-localization. We observed that HspA12B negatively regulated the expression of AKAP12/SSeCKS, a cancer metastasis repressor that inhibits VEGF expression and angiogen-esis. In HUVEC, HspA12B knockdown increased AKAP12 levels, decreased VEGF by more than 75%, and down-regulated Akt and pAkt; whereas HspA12B over expression decreased AKAP12 and more than doubled VEGF levels. We further identified a 32-AA domain in AKAP12 that was capable of interacting with HspA12B. Overexpression of this 32-AA domain in HUVEC disrupted the HspA12B-AKAP12 interaction and decreased VEGF expression by more than 70%, suggesting the importance of HspA12B-AKAP12 interaction in regulating VEGF. We also observed that HspA12B expression was increased more than 2 folds in ECs by hypoxia or shearing stress, and induced in ischemic rat heart. Inhibition of HspA12B abolished hypoxia-induced tubule formation. Adeno-HspA12B promoted angiogenesis in DIVAA assay. We concluded that this is the first evidence that HspA12B promotes angiogenesis through regulating VEGF by way of suppressing AKAP12. Our finding is the first example of an EC-specific molecular chaperone acting as the regulator of angiogenesis.


2021 ◽  
pp. 95-110
Author(s):  
Hazel McLellan ◽  
Miles R. Armstrong ◽  
Paul R. J. Birch

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. e0226540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra J. E. Pelgrom ◽  
Claudia-Nicole Meisrimler ◽  
Joyce Elberse ◽  
Thijs Koorman ◽  
Mike Boxem ◽  
...  

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