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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 8, Pages 722-727Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.03.014
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- NIAID NIH HHS [T32 AI055432] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM069998, GM069998, R01 GM069998-03] Funding Source: Medline
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The GTPase Arf6 regulates multiple cellular processes, including endocytosis, secretion, phagocytosis, cell adhesion, and cell migration [1, 2]. The Arf6-specific GAP ACAP1 is a negative regulator of Arf6-nnediated signaling [3-7]. However, regulation of ACAP1- and Arf6-mediated signaling by other cellular proteins is not well understood. GULP/CED-6 is a phosphotyrosine binding (PTB)-domain-containing adaptor protein linked to engulfment of apoptotic cells [8-13] and to cholesterol homeostasis [114]. Here, we identify a novel role for GULP as a positive regulator of Arf6. Knockdown of GULP decreased cellular Arf6-GTP, whereas GULP overexpression increased cellular Arf6-GTP. At the mechanistic level, GULP influenced Arf6 at four levels. First, GULP bound directly to GDP-bound Arf6 via its PTB domain. Second, GULP associated with the Arf6-GAP ACAP1 at endogenous levels. Third, GULP reversed the Arf6-GTP decrease induced by ACAPI, and countered the ACAP1 -mediated inhibition of cell migration. Fourth, GULP, ACAP1, and GDP-bound Arf6 were part of a tripartite complex, suggesting sequestration of ACAP1 as one mechanism of GULP action. Taken together, these data identify GULP as a modifier of cellular Arf6-GTP through regulation of ACAP1. Because PTB-domain-containing adaptor proteins influence endocytosis and trafficking of membrane proteins and cell migration [15,16], our data support a model wherein PTB-domain-containing adaptor proteins regulate Arf family proteins.
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