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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
卷 22, 期 10, 页码 1780-1790出版社
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E10-09-0783
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- MEXT
- Kyoto University Global COE Program Center for Frontier Medicine
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology
- Naito Foundation
- Sagawa Cancer Research Grant
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22113001, 19670002, 22113002] Funding Source: KAKEN
The second messenger cAMP plays a pivotal role in neurite/axon growth and guidance, but its downstream pathways leading to the regulation of Rho GTPases, centrally implicated in neuronal morphogenesis, remain elusive. We examined spatiotemporal changes in Rac1 and Cdc42 activity and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3) concentration in dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP)-treated PC12D cells using Forster resonance energy transfer-based biosensors. During a 30-min incubation with dbcAMP, Rac1 activity gradually increased throughout the cells and remained at its maximal level. There was no change in PIP3 concentration. After a 5-h incubation with dbcAMP, Rac1 and Cdc42 were activated at the protruding tips of neurites without PIP3 accumulation. dbcAMP-induced Rac1 activation was principally mediated by protein kinase A (PKA) and Sif- and Tiam1-like exchange factor (STEF)/Tiam2. STEF depletion drastically reduced dbcAMP-induced neurite outgrowth. PKA phosphorylates STEF at three residues (Thr-749, Ser-782, Ser-1562); Thr-749 phosphorylation was critical for dbcAMP-induced Rac1 activation and neurite extension. During dbcAMP-induced neurite outgrowth, PKA activation at the plasma membrane became localized to neurite tips; this localization may contribute to local Rac1 activation at the same neurite tips. Considering the critical role of Rac1 in neuronal morphogenesis, the PKA-STEF-Rac1 pathway may play a crucial role in cytoskeletal regulation during neurite/axon outgrowth and guidance, which depend on cAMP signals.
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