Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 21, Issue 38, Pages 5852-5860Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205747
Keywords
myosin II regulatory light chain; diphosphorylation; Rho-kinase; reorganization of actin filaments; nonmuscle cells
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Phosphorylation of myosin 11 regulatory light chain (MRLC) is important for cell motility and cytokinesis in nonmuscle cells. Although the regulation of monophosphorylated MRLC at serine 19 throughout the cell cycle was examined in detail, MRLC diphosphorylation at both threonine 18 and serine 19 is still unclear. Here we found that Rho-kinase has an activity for MRLC diphosphorylation in nonmuscle cells using sequential column chromatographies. Transfection of Rho-kinase-EGFP induced the excess diphosphorylated MRLC and the bundling of the actin filaments. Conversely, the treatment of cells with a specific inhibitor of Rho-kinase, Y-27632, resulted in the decrease of endogenous diphosphorylated MRLC and actin stress fibers. Immunolocatization studies showed that both diphosphorylated MRLC and Rho-kinase accumulated and colocalized at the contractile ring and the midbody in dividing cells. Taken together, it is suggested that Rho-kinase contributes to MRLC diphosphorylation and reorganization of actin filaments in nonmuscle cells.
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