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- Title
Centralspindlin and ?-catenin regulate Rho signalling at the epithelial zonula adherens.
- Authors
Ratheesh, Aparna; Gomez, Guillermo A.; Priya, Rashmi; Verma, Suzie; Kovacs, Eva M.; Jiang, Kai; Brown, Nicholas H.; Akhmanova, Anna; Stehbens, Samantha J.; Yap, Alpha S.
- Abstract
The biological impact of Rho depends critically on the precise subcellular localization of its active, GTP-loaded form. This can potentially be determined by the balance between molecules that promote nucleotide exchange or GTP hydrolysis. However, how these activities may be coordinated is poorly understood. We now report a molecular pathway that achieves exactly this coordination at the epithelial zonula adherens. We identify an extramitotic activity of the centralspindlin complex, better understood as a cytokinetic regulator, which localizes to the interphase zonula adherens by interacting with the cadherin-associated protein, ?-catenin. Centralspindlin recruits the RhoGEF, ECT2, to activate Rho and support junctional integrity through myosin IIA. Centralspindlin also inhibits the junctional localization of p190 B RhoGAP, which can inactivate Rho. Thus, a conserved molecular ensemble that governs Rho activation during cytokinesis is used in interphase cells to control the Rho GTPase cycle at the zonula adherens.
- Subjects
CATENINS; TIGHT junctions; RHO GTPases; NUCLEOTIDES; HYDROLYSIS; MYOSIN
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2012, Vol 14, Issue 8, p818
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb2532