2002
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00731-6
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Antagonism between Ena/VASP Proteins and Actin Filament Capping Regulates Fibroblast Motility

Abstract: Cell motility requires lamellipodial protrusion, a process driven by actin polymerization. Ena/VASP proteins accumulate in protruding lamellipodia and promote the rapid actin-driven motility of the pathogen Listeria. In contrast, Ena/VASP negatively regulate cell translocation. To resolve this paradox, we analyzed the function of Ena/VASP during lamellipodial protrusion. Ena/VASP-deficient lamellipodia protruded slower but more persistently, consistent with their increased cell translocation rates. Actin netwo… Show more

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“…In fibroblasts with sequestered mena, the actin is highly branched and consists of short filaments with barbed ends oriented towards the membrane. When mena is targeted to the cell membrane, though, the actin filaments are much longer, less branched, and have barbed ends with less uniform orientation, more like the actin meshwork observed in growth cones (Bear et al 2002). In fact, mena colocalizes with the actin bundles and filopodia of NG108 growth cones.…”
Section: Rho Gtpases: Organizers Of Actin Structuresmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…In fibroblasts with sequestered mena, the actin is highly branched and consists of short filaments with barbed ends oriented towards the membrane. When mena is targeted to the cell membrane, though, the actin filaments are much longer, less branched, and have barbed ends with less uniform orientation, more like the actin meshwork observed in growth cones (Bear et al 2002). In fact, mena colocalizes with the actin bundles and filopodia of NG108 growth cones.…”
Section: Rho Gtpases: Organizers Of Actin Structuresmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Ena/VASP proteins appear to function by binding to the barbed ends of filaments and competing with capping protein, allowing for longer filament extension (Bear et al 2002). Whereas capping protein binds tightly to the barbed ends in the fibroblast model of dendritic nucleation, causing branches to be short, ena/VASP proteins could function to inhibit capping and allow longer filaments to form.…”
Section: Rho Gtpases: Organizers Of Actin Structuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Hence, we determined whether regulation of linear actin polymerization could be targeted to decrease ex vivo aortic stiffness. The N‐terminal EVH1 domain of ena‐VASP family members localizes VASP to zyxin in vascular FAs, facilitating linear actin polymerization at those sites 41, 42. Because of the length of the EVH1 domain, we synthesized the analogous decoy construct by making EVH1 domain, attached to the TAT cell permeation tag, as a recombinant protein.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Phalloidin staining showed centralised nuclei embedded in a diffuse network of actin microfilaments whereas peripheral nuclei were often linked to larger bundles of fibres. Phalloidin oleate, a cell permeable inhibitor of stable actin formation, and cytochalasin D which affects actin filament elongation (Bear et al, 2002) prevented nuclear aggregation and reduced the fusion index, suggesting that actin microfilament elongation enabled nuclear reorganisation in giant cells and has a role in cell fusion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%