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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 127, Issue 2, Pages 295-304Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.127357
Keywords
Cell motility; Lethal giant larvae (Lgl); Non-muscle myosin
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- Israel Science Foundation [1174/12]
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University
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Non-muscle myosin IIA (NMII-A) and the tumor suppressor lethal giant larvae 1 (Lgl1) play a central role in the polarization of migrating cells. Mammalian Lgl1 interacts directly with NMII-A, inhibiting its ability to assemble into filaments in vitro. Lgl1 also regulates the cellular localization of NMII-A, the maturation of focal adhesions and cell migration. In Drosophila, phosphorylation of Lgl affects its association with the cytoskeleton. Here we show that phosphorylation of mammalian Lgl1 by aPKC zeta prevents its interaction with NMII-A both in vitro and in vivo, and affects its inhibition of NMII-A filament assembly. Phosphorylation of Lgl1 affects its cellular localization and is important for the cellular organization of the acto-NMII cytoskeleton. We further show that Lgl1 forms two distinct complexes in vivo, Lgl1-NMIIA and Lgl1-Par6 alpha- aPKC zeta, and that the formation of these complexes is affected by the phosphorylation state of Lgl1. The complex Lgl1-Par6 alpha- aPKC zeta resides in the leading edge of the cell. Finally, we show that aPKC zeta and NMII-A compete to bind directly to Lgl1 at the same domain. These results provide new insights into the mechanism regulating the interaction between Lgl1, NMII-A, Par6 alpha and aPKC zeta in polarized migrating cells.
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