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The molecular mechanism of load adaptation by branched actin networks

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ELIFE
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -

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eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.73145

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actin; cytoskeleton; Arp2; 3 complex; load adaptation; force generation; cell mechanics; amoeboid motility; None

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  1. National Institutes of Health [1R35 GM118119, R01 GM134137]
  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  3. Human Frontier Science Program [CDA00070/2017-2]
  4. European Molecular Biology Organization [ALTF 854-2009]
  5. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

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Branched actin networks are self-assembling molecular motors that drive important cellular processes. This study measured the effects of applied forces on the assembly of these networks using single-molecule imaging and AFM cantilever deflection. The findings suggest that load forces increase network density but decrease filament nucleation rate.
Branched actin networks are self-assembling molecular motors that move biological membranes and drive many important cellular processes, including phagocytosis, endocytosis, and pseudopod protrusion. When confronted with opposing forces, the growth rate of these networks slows and their density increases, but the stoichiometry of key components does not change. The molecular mechanisms governing this force response are not well understood, so we used single-molecule imaging and AFM cantilever deflection to measure how applied forces affect each step in branched actin network assembly. Although load forces are observed to increase the density of growing filaments, we find that they actually decrease the rate of filament nucleation due to inhibitory interactions between actin filament ends and nucleation promoting factors. The force-induced increase in network density turns out to result from an exponential drop in the rate constant that governs filament capping. The force dependence of filament capping matches that of filament elongation and can be explained by expanding Brownian Ratchet theory to cover both processes. We tested a key prediction of this expanded theory by measuring the force-dependent activity of engineered capping protein variants and found that increasing the size of the capping protein increases its sensitivity to applied forces. In summary, we find that Brownian Ratchets underlie not only the ability of growing actin filaments to generate force but also the ability of branched actin networks to adapt their architecture to changing loads.

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