TY - JOUR
T1 - Synaptopodin orchestrates actin organization and cell motility via regulation of RhoA signalling
AU - Asanuma, Katsuhiko
AU - Yanagida-Asanuma, Etsuko
AU - Faul, Christian
AU - Tomino, Yasuhiko
AU - Kim, Kwanghee
AU - Mundel, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank S. Ratner and M. Donnelly for excellent technical assistance. We thank J. Wrana (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) for RhoAK6,7R cDNA, F. Gertler (MIT, Cambridge, MA) for anti-Mena antibodies, T. Takenawa (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan) for GST–RhoAT19N cDNA, T. Imamura (The JFCR Cancer Institute, Tokyo, Japan) for Smurf1 (wild-type and C710A) cDNA, K. Tanaka (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan) for ubiquitin cDNA and M. Pollak (Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) for α-actinin-4 antibody. It is a pleasure to acknowledge helpful discussions with H. Yamaguchi (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, NY). K. Asanuma was supported by the National Kidney Foundation and the Alumini Association of Juntendo University (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan), and K. Kim by the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants (DA18886, DK57683), and the George M. O’Brien Kidney Center (DK064236) to P.M.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - The Rho family of small GTPases (RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42) controls signal-transduction pathways that influence many aspects of cell behaviour, including cytoskeletal dynamics. At the leading edge, Rac1 and Cdc42 promote cell motility through the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia, respectively. On the contrary, RhoA promotes the formation of contractile actin-myosin-containing stress fibres in the cell body and at the rear. Here, we identify synaptopodin, an actin-associated protein, as a novel regulator of RhoA signalling and cell migration in kidney podocytes. We show that synaptopodin induces stress fibres by competitive blocking of Smurf1-mediated ubiquitination of RhoA, thereby preventing the targeting of RhoA for proteasomal degradation. Gene silencing of synaptopodin in kidney podocytes causes the loss of stress fibres and the formation of aberrant non-polarized filopodia and impairment of cell migration. Together, these data show that synaptopodin is essential for the integrity of the podocyte actin cytoskeleton and for the regulation of podocyte cell migration.
AB - The Rho family of small GTPases (RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42) controls signal-transduction pathways that influence many aspects of cell behaviour, including cytoskeletal dynamics. At the leading edge, Rac1 and Cdc42 promote cell motility through the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia, respectively. On the contrary, RhoA promotes the formation of contractile actin-myosin-containing stress fibres in the cell body and at the rear. Here, we identify synaptopodin, an actin-associated protein, as a novel regulator of RhoA signalling and cell migration in kidney podocytes. We show that synaptopodin induces stress fibres by competitive blocking of Smurf1-mediated ubiquitination of RhoA, thereby preventing the targeting of RhoA for proteasomal degradation. Gene silencing of synaptopodin in kidney podocytes causes the loss of stress fibres and the formation of aberrant non-polarized filopodia and impairment of cell migration. Together, these data show that synaptopodin is essential for the integrity of the podocyte actin cytoskeleton and for the regulation of podocyte cell migration.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncb1400
DO - 10.1038/ncb1400
M3 - Article
C2 - 16622418
AN - SCOPUS:33744969296
VL - 8
SP - 485
EP - 491
JO - Nature Cell Biology
JF - Nature Cell Biology
SN - 1465-7392
IS - 5
ER -