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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 151, Issue 6, Pages 1141-1154Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.151.6.1141
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integrin; Rac; cell migration; cytoskeleton; two hybrid
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA 74966] Funding Source: Medline
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Integrins have been implicated in key cellular functions, including cytoskeletal organization, motility, growth, survival, and control of gene expression. The plethora of integrin alpha! and beta subunits suggests that individual integrins have unique biological roles, implying specific molecular connections between integrins and intracellular signaling or regulatory pathways. Here, we have used a yeast two-hybrid screen to identify a novel protein, termed Nischarin, that binds preferentially to the cytoplasmic domain of the integrin alpha5 subunit, inhibits cell motility, and alters actin filament organization. Nischarin is primarily a cytosolic protein, but clearly associates with alpha5 beta1, as demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation. Overexpression of Nischarin markedly reduces alpha5 beta1-dependent cell migration in several cell types. Rat embryo fibroblasts transfected with Nischarin constructs have basket-like networks of peripheral actin filaments, rather than typical stress fibers. These observations suggest that Nischarin might affect signaling to the cytoskeleton regulated by Rho-family GTPases. In support of this, Nischarin expression reverses the effect of Rac on lamellipodia formation and selectively inhibits Rac-mediated activation of the c-fos promoter. Thus, Nischarin may play a negative role in cell migration by antagonizing the actions of Rac on cytoskeletal organization and cell movement.
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