Abstract:
:N-WASP is a major cytoskeletal regulator that stimulates Arp2/3-mediated actin nucleation. Here, we identify a nucleation-independent pathway by which N-WASP regulates the cytoskeleton and junctional integrity at the epithelial zonula adherens. N-WASP is a junctional protein whose depletion decreased junctional F-actin content and organization. However, N-WASP (also known as WASL) RNAi did not affect junctional actin nucleation, dominantly mediated by Arp2/3. Furthermore, the junctional effect of N-WASP RNAi was rescued by an N-WASP mutant that cannot directly activate Arp2/3. Instead, N-WASP stabilized newly formed actin filaments and facilitated their incorporation into apical rings at the zonula adherens. A major physiological effect of N-WASP at the zonula adherens thus occurs through a non-canonical pathway that is distinct from its capacity to activate Arp2/3. Indeed, the junctional impact of N-WASP was mediated by the WIP-family protein, WIRE, which binds to the N-WASP WH1 domain. We conclude that N-WASP-WIRE serves as an integrator that couples actin nucleation with the subsequent steps of filament stabilization and organization necessary for zonula adherens integrity.
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Nat Cell Bioljournal_title
Nature cell biologyauthors
Kovacs EM,Verma S,Ali RG,Ratheesh A,Hamilton NA,Akhmanova A,Yap ASdoi
10.1038/ncb2290subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-07-24 00:00:00pages
934-43issue
8eissn
1465-7392issn
1476-4679pii
ncb2290journal_volume
13pub_type
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