scholarly journals UNC-45a helps cells manage their stress levels

2017 ◽  
Vol 216 (12) ◽  
pp. 3887-3887
Author(s):  
Ben Short
Keyword(s):  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Contractile Stress

The chaperone UNC-45a helps nonmuscle myosin II fold and assemble into contractile stress fibers.

scholarly journals LIMCH1 regulates nonmuscle myosin-II activity and suppresses cell migration

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 1054-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Hung Lin ◽  
Yen-Yi Zhen ◽  
Kun-Yi Chien ◽  
I-Ching Lee ◽  
Wei-Chi Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Migration ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Focal Adhesions ◽  
Stress Fiber ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Actin Stress Fiber ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Head Region ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii

Nonmuscle myosin II (NM-II) is an important motor protein involved in cell migration. Incorporation of NM-II into actin stress fiber provides a traction force to promote actin retrograde flow and focal adhesion assembly. However, the components involved in regulation of NM-II activity are not well understood. Here we identified a novel actin stress fiber–associated protein, LIM and calponin-homology domains 1 (LIMCH1), which regulates NM-II activity. The recruitment of LIMCH1 into contractile stress fibers revealed its localization complementary to actinin-1. LIMCH1 interacted with NM-IIA, but not NM-IIB, independent of the inhibition of myosin ATPase activity with blebbistatin. Moreover, the N-terminus of LIMCH1 binds to the head region of NM-IIA. Depletion of LIMCH1 attenuated myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC) diphosphorylation in HeLa cells, which was restored by reexpression of small interfering RNA–resistant LIMCH1. In addition, LIMCH1-depleted HeLa cells exhibited a decrease in the number of actin stress fibers and focal adhesions, leading to enhanced cell migration. Collectively, our data suggest that LIMCH1 plays a positive role in regulation of NM-II activity through effects on MRLC during cell migration.

scholarly journals Different contributions of nonmuscle myosin IIA and IIB to the organization of stress fiber subtypes in fibroblasts

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 911-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Kuragano ◽  
Taro Q. P. Uyeda ◽  
Keiju Kamijo ◽  
Yota Murakami ◽  
Masayuki Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Contractile Force ◽  
Stress Fiber ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Proper Function ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii ◽  
Exogenous Expression ◽  
Main Component

Stress fibers (SFs) are contractile, force-generating bundled structures that can be classified into three subtypes, namely ventral SFs (vSFs), transverse arcs (TAs), and dorsal SFs. Nonmuscle myosin II (NMII) is the main component of SFs. This study examined the roles of the NMII isoforms NMIIA and NMIIB in the organization of each SF subtype in immortalized fibroblasts. Knockdown (KD) of NMIIA (a major isoform) resulted in loss of TAs from the lamella and caused the lamella to lose its flattened shape. Exogenous expression of NMIIB rescued this defect in TA formation. However, the TAs that formed on exogenous NMIIB expression in NMIIA-KD cells and the remaining TAs in NMIIB-KD cells, which mainly consisted of NMIIB and NMIIA, respectively, failed to rescue the defect in lamellar flattening. These results indicate that both isoforms are required for the proper function of TAs in lamellar flattening. KD of NMIIB resulted in loss of vSFs from the central region of the cell body, and this defect was not rescued by exogenous expression of NMIIA, indicating that NMIIA cannot replace the function of NMIIB in vSF formation. Moreover, we raised the possibility that actin filaments in vSFs are in a stretched conformation.

scholarly journals Conditional Expression of a Truncated Fragment of Nonmuscle Myosin II-A Alters Cell Shape but Not Cytokinesis in HeLa Cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 3617-3627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qize Wei ◽  
Robert S. Adelstein
Keyword(s):  
Hela Cells ◽  
Fusion Proteins ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Focal Adhesions ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii ◽  
Conditional Expression

A truncated fragment of the nonmuscle myosin II-A heavy chain (NMHC II-A) lacking amino acids 1–591, ΔN592, was used to examine the cellular functions of this protein. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) was fused to the amino terminus of full-length human NMHC II-A, NMHC II-B, and ΔN592 and the fusion proteins were stably expressed in HeLa cells by using a conditional expression system requiring absence of doxycycline. The HeLa cell line studied normally expressed only NMHC II-A and not NMHC II-B protein. Confocal microscopy indicated that the GFP fusion proteins of full-length NMHC II-A, II-B, and ΔN592 were localized to stress fibers. However, in vitro assays showed that baculovirus-expressed ΔN592 did not bind to actin, suggesting that ΔN592 was localized to actin stress fibers through incorporation into endogenous myosin filaments. There was no evidence for the formation of heterodimers between the full-length endogenous nonmuscle myosin and truncated nonmuscle MHCs. Expression of ΔN592, but not full-length NMHC II-A or NMHC II-B, induced cell rounding with rearrangement of actin filaments and disappearance of focal adhesions. These cells returned to their normal morphology when expression of ΔN592 was repressed by addition of doxycycline. We also show that GFP-tagged full-length NMHC II-A or II-B, but not ΔN592, were localized to the cytokinetic ring during mitosis, indicating that, in vertebrates, the amino-terminus part of mammalian nonmuscle myosin II may be necessary for localization to the cytokinetic ring.

What factors determine the number of nonmuscle myosin II in the sarcomeric unit of stress fibers?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takumi Saito ◽  
Wenjing Huang ◽  
Tsubasa S. Matsui ◽  
Masahiro Kuragano ◽  
Masayuki Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii

scholarly journals Self-sorting of nonmuscle myosins IIA and IIB polarizes the cytoskeleton and modulates cell motility

2017 ◽  
Vol 216 (9) ◽  
pp. 2877-2889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria S. Shutova ◽  
Sreeja B. Asokan ◽  
Shefali Talwar ◽  
Richard K. Assoian ◽  
James E. Bear ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Motility ◽  
Cell Polarity ◽  
Myosin Ii ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Stress Fibers ◽  
Cell Behavior ◽  
Retrograde Flow ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin ◽  
Cell Contractility ◽  
Nonmuscle Myosin Ii

Nonmuscle myosin II (NMII) is uniquely responsible for cell contractility and thus defines multiple aspects of cell behavior. To generate contraction, NMII molecules polymerize into bipolar minifilaments. Different NMII paralogs are often coexpressed in cells and can copolymerize, suggesting that they may cooperate to facilitate cell motility. However, whether such cooperation exists and how it may work remain unknown. We show that copolymerization of NMIIA and NMIIB followed by their differential turnover leads to self-sorting of NMIIA and NMIIB along the front–rear axis, thus producing a polarized actin–NMII cytoskeleton. Stress fibers newly formed near the leading edge are enriched in NMIIA, but over time, they become progressively enriched with NMIIB because of faster NMIIA turnover. In combination with retrograde flow, this process results in posterior accumulation of more stable NMIIB-rich stress fibers, thus strengthening cell polarity. By copolymerizing with NMIIB, NMIIA accelerates the intrinsically slow NMIIB dynamics, thus increasing cell motility and traction and enabling chemotaxis.

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