Reorganization of Actin Cytoskeleton by the Phosphoinositide Metabolite Glycerophosphoinositol 4-Phosphate
AUTOR(ES)
Mancini, Raffaella
FONTE
The American Society for Cell Biology
RESUMO
Glycerophosphoinositol 4-phosphate (GroPIns-4P) is a biologically active, water-soluble phospholipase A metabolite derived from phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, whose cellular concentrations have been reported to increase in Ras-transformed cells. It is therefore important to understand its biological activities. Herein, we have examined whether GroPIns-4P can regulate the organization of the actin cytoskeleton, because this could be a Ras-related function involved in cell motility and metastatic invasion. We find that in serum-starved Swiss 3T3 cells, exogenously added GroPIns-4P rapidly and potently induces the formation of membrane ruffles, and, later, the formation of stress fibers. These actin structures can be regulated by the small GTPases Cdc42, Rac, and Rho. To analyze the mechanism of action of GroPIns-4P, we selectively inactivated each of these GTPases. GroPIns-4P requires active Rac and Rho, but not Cdc42, for ruffle and stress fiber formation, respectively. Moreover, GroPIns-4P induces a rapid translocation of the green fluorescent protein-tagged Rac into ruffles, and increases the fraction of GTP-bound Rac, in intact cells. The activation of Rac by GroPIns-4P was near maximal and long-lasting. Interestingly, this feature seems to be critical in the induction of actin ruffles by GroPIns-4P.
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