scholarly journals Myoblast Migration and Directional Persistence Affected by Syndecan-4-Mediated Tiam-1 Expression and Distribution

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Becsky ◽  
Szuzina Gyulai-Nagy ◽  
Arpad Balind ◽  
Peter Horvath ◽  
Laszlo Dux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Muscle Stem Cells ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
T Lymphoma ◽  
Migration Capacity

Skeletal muscle is constantly renewed in response to injury, exercise, or muscle diseases. Muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells, are stimulated by local damage to proliferate extensively and form myoblasts that then migrate, differentiate, and fuse to form muscle fibers. The transmembrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-4 plays multiple roles in signal transduction processes, such as regulating the activity of the small GTPase Rac1 (Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1) by binding and inhibiting the activity of Tiam1 (T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-1), a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rac1. The Rac1-mediated actin remodeling is required for cell migration. Syndecan-4 knockout mice cannot regenerate injured muscle; however, the detailed underlying mechanism is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that shRNA-mediated knockdown of syndecan-4 decreases the random migration of mouse myoblasts during live-cell microscopy. Treatment with the Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766 did not restore the migration capacity of syndecan-4 silenced cells; in fact, it was further reduced. Syndecan-4 knockdown decreased the directional persistence of migration, abrogated the polarized, asymmetric distribution of Tiam1, and reduced the total Tiam1 level of the cells. Syndecan-4 affects myoblast migration via its role in expression and localization of Tiam1; this finding may facilitate greater understanding of the essential role of syndecan-4 in the development and regeneration of skeletal muscle.

scholarly journals Activation of Cdc42 GTPase upon CRY2-Induced Cortical Recruitment Is Antagonized by GAPs in Fission Yeast

Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 2089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iker Lamas ◽  
Nathalie Weber ◽  
Sophie G. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Fission Yeast ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Antagonistic Activity ◽  
Cell Polarization ◽  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
Cell Architecture

The small GTPase Cdc42 is critical for cell polarization in eukaryotic cells. In rod-shaped fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells, active GTP-bound Cdc42 promotes polarized growth at cell poles, while inactive Cdc42-GDP localizes ubiquitously also along cell sides. Zones of Cdc42 activity are maintained by positive feedback amplification involving the formation of a complex between Cdc42-GTP, the scaffold Scd2, and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Scd1, which promotes the activation of more Cdc42. Here, we use the CRY2-CIB1 optogenetic system to recruit and cluster a cytosolic Cdc42 variant at the plasma membrane and show that this leads to its moderate activation also on cell sides. Surprisingly, Scd2, which binds Cdc42-GTP, is still recruited to CRY2-Cdc42 clusters at cell sides in individual deletion of the GEFs Scd1 or Gef1. We show that activated Cdc42 clusters at cell sides are able to recruit Scd1, dependent on the scaffold Scd2. However, Cdc42 activity is not amplified by positive feedback and does not lead to morphogenetic changes, due to antagonistic activity of the GTPase activating protein Rga4. Thus, the cell architecture is robust to moderate activation of Cdc42 at cell sides.

scholarly journals A GAP that Divides

F1000Research ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1788 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angika Basant ◽  
Michael Glotzer
Keyword(s):  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Contractile Ring ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
Rhoa Activation ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
Parallel Pathway ◽  
Mutant Phenotypes

Cytokinesis in metazoan cells is mediated by an actomyosin-based contractile ring that assembles in response to activation of the small GTPase RhoA. The guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates RhoA during cytokinesis, ECT-2, is highly regulated. In most metazoan cells, with the notable exception of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, RhoA activation and furrow ingression require the centralspindlin complex. This exception is due to the existence of a parallel pathway for RhoA activation in C. elegans. Centralspindlin contains CYK-4 which contains a predicted Rho family GTPase-activating protein (GAP) domain. The function of this domain has been the subject of considerable debate. Some publications suggest that the GAP domain promotes RhoA activation (for example, Zhang and Glotzer, 2015; Loria, Longhini and Glotzer, 2012), whereas others suggest that it functions to inactivate the GTPase Rac1 (for example, Zhuravlev et al., 2017). Here, we review the mechanisms underlying RhoA activation during cytokinesis, primarily focusing on data in C. elegans. We highlight the importance of considering the parallel pathway for RhoA activation and detailed analyses of cyk-4 mutant phenotypes when evaluating the role of the GAP domain of CYK-4.

scholarly journals A conserved and regulated mechanism drives endosomal Rab transition

eLife ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Langemeyer ◽  
Ann-Christin Borchers ◽  
Eric Herrmann ◽  
Nadia Füllbrunn ◽  
Yaping Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
Molecular Determinants ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Endosome Maturation

Endosomes and lysosomes harbor Rab5 and Rab7 on their surface as key proteins involved in their identity, biogenesis, and fusion. Rab activation requires a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), which is Mon1-Ccz1 for Rab7. During endosome maturation, Rab5 is replaced by Rab7, though the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. Here, we identify the molecular determinants for Rab conversion in vivo and in vitro, and reconstitute Rab7 activation with yeast and metazoan proteins. We show (i) that Mon1-Ccz1 is an effector of Rab5, (ii) that membrane-bound Rab5 is the key factor to directly promote Mon1-Ccz1 dependent Rab7 activation and Rab7-dependent membrane fusion, and (iii) that this process is regulated in yeast by the casein kinase Yck3, which phosphorylates Mon1 and blocks Rab5 binding. Our study thus uncovers the minimal feed-forward machinery of the endosomal Rab cascade and a novel regulatory mechanism controlling this pathway.

scholarly journals cTAGE5 acts as a Sar1 GTPase regulator for collagen export

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norito Sasaki ◽  
Masano Shiraiwa ◽  
Miharu Maeda ◽  
Tomohiro Yorimitsu ◽  
Ken Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Coated Vesicles ◽  
Secretory Proteins ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Collagen Secretion ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
Er Exit Sites

AbstractSecretory proteins synthesized within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are exported via coat protein complex II (COPII)-coated vesicles. The formation of the COPII-coated vesicles is initiated by activation of the small GTPase, Sar1. cTAGE5 directly interacts with a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), Sec12, and a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) of Sar1, Sec23. We have previously shown that cTAGE5 recruits Sec12 to the ER exit sites for efficient production of activated Sar1 for collagen secretion. However, the functional significance of the interaction between cTAGE5 and Sec23 has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we showed that cTAGE5 enhances the GAP activity of Sec23 toward Sar1. In addition, the interaction of cTAGE5 with Sec23 is necessary for collagen exit from the ER. Our data suggests that cTAGE5 acts as a Sar1 GTPase regulator for collagen secretion.

scholarly journals Amino acids stimulate the endosome-to-Golgi trafficking through Ragulator and small GTPase Arl5

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Shi ◽  
Bing Chen ◽  
Boon Kim Boh ◽  
Yan Zhou ◽  
Divyanshu Mahajan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Small Gtpase ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Retrograde Trafficking ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Trafficking Pathway ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange Factor ◽  
Mtorc1 Signaling ◽  
Nutrient Signaling

AbstractThe endosome-to-Golgi or endocytic retrograde trafficking pathway is an important post-Golgi recycling route. We made a novel discovery that the retrograde trafficking of cargos is inhibited and stimulated by the absence and presence, respectively, of amino acids (AAs), especially glutamine. By testing components of the AA-stimulated mTORC1 signaling pathway, we demonstrated that SLC38A9, v-ATPase and Ragulator, but not Rag GTPases and mTORC1, are essential for the AA-stimulated trafficking. Arl5, an ARF-like family small GTPase, interacts with Ragulator in an AA-regulated manner and both Arl5 and its effector, the Golgi-associated retrograde protein complex (GARP), are required for the AA-stimulated trafficking. We have therefore identified a mechanistic connection between the nutrient signaling and the retrograde trafficking pathway, whereby SLC38A9 and v-ATPase sense AA-sufficiency and Ragulator functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor to activate Arl5, which, together with GARP, a tethering factor, probably facilitates the endosome-to-Golgi trafficking.

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