RRC ID 6536
著者 Kurita S, Gunji E, Ohashi K, Mizuno K.
タイトル Actin filaments-stabilizing and -bundling activities of cofilin-phosphatase Slingshot-1.
ジャーナル Genes Cells
Abstract Slingshot-1 (SSH1) is known to regulate actin filament dynamics by dephosphorylating and activating cofilin, an actin-depolymerizing factor. SSH1 binds to filamentous (F-) actin through its multiple F-actin-binding sites and its cofilin-phosphatase activity is enhanced by binding to F-actin. In this study, we demonstrate that SSH1 has F-actin-stabilizing and -bundling activities. In vitro actin depolymerization assays revealed that SSH1 suppressed spontaneous and cofilin-induced actin depolymerization in a dose-dependent manner. SSH1 inhibited F-actin binding and severing activities of cofilin. Low-speed centrifugation assays combined with fluorescence and electron microscopic analysis revealed that SSH1 has F-actin-bundling activity, independently of its cofilin-phosphatase activity. Deletion of N- or C-terminal regions of SSH1 significantly reduced its F-actin-stabilizing and -bundling activities, indicating that both regions are critical for these functions. As SSH1 does not form a homodimer, it probably bundles F-actin through its multiple F-actin-binding sites. Knockdown of SSH1 expression by RNA interference significantly suppressed stress fiber formation in C2C12 myoblast cells, indicating a role for SSH1 in stress fiber formation or stabilization in cells. SSH1 thus has the potential to regulate actin filament dynamics and organization in cells via F-actin-stabilizing and -bundling activities, in addition to its ability to dephosphorylate cofilin.
巻・号 12(5)
ページ 663-76
公開日 2007-5-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2007.01078.x
PII GTC1078
PMID 17535256
MeSH Actins / chemistry Actins / metabolism* Animals Base Sequence Binding Sites Biopolymers / chemistry Biopolymers / metabolism Cell Line Cofilin 2 / metabolism* Dimerization Drug Stability Mice Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / antagonists & inhibitors Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / chemistry Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / genetics Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / metabolism* Protein Structure, Quaternary RNA Interference RNA, Small Interfering / genetics Stress Fibers / metabolism
IF 1.655
引用数 16
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞