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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 188, Issue 1, Pages 157-173Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200908045
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [HL 078784, HL 31950, AR 27214, GM64346]
- American Heart Association [09POST2180011]
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Increased affinity of integrins for the extracellular matrix (activation) regulates cell adhesion and migration, extracellular matrix assembly, and mechanotransduction. Major uncertainties concern the sufficiency of talin for activation, whether conformational change without clustering leads to activation, and whether mechanical force is required for molecular extension. Here, we reconstructed physiological integrin activation in vitro and used cellular, biochemical, biophysical, and ultrastructural analyses to show that talin binding is sufficient to activate integrin alpha IIb beta 3. Furthermore, we synthesized nanodiscs, each bearing a single lipid-embedded integrin, and used them to show that talin activates unclustered integrins leading to molecular extension in the absence of force or other membrane proteins. Thus, we provide the first proof that talin binding is sufficient to activate and extend membrane-embedded integrin alpha IIb beta 3, thereby resolving numerous controversies and enabling molecular analysis of reconstructed integrin signaling.
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