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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2008

Tyrosine phosphatase PTPalpha regulates focal adhesion remodeling through Rac1 activation.

Maria Teresa Herrera Abreu, Patricia Castellanos Penton, Vivian Kwok, Eric Vachon, David Shalloway, Luis Vidali, Wilson Lee, Christopher A McCulloch, Gregory P Downey

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Article in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Teresa Herrera AbreuDivision of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute of the University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Patricia Castellanos Penton
Vivian Kwok
Eric Vachon
David Shalloway
Luis Vidali
Wilson Lee
Christopher A McCulloch
Gregory P Downey
University Health Network · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We characterized the role of protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)-alpha in focal adhesion (FA) formation and remodeling using wild-type and PTPalpha-deficient (PTPalpha(-/-)) cells. Compared with wild-type cells, spreading PTPalpha(-/-) fibroblasts displayed fewer leading edges and formed elongated alpha-actinin-enriched FA at the cell periphery. These features suggest the presence of slowly remodeling cell adhesions and were phenocopied in human fibroblasts in which PTPalpha was knocked down using short interfering RNA (siRNA) or in NIH-3T3 fibroblasts expressing catalytically inactive (C433S/C723S) PTPalpha. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching showed slower green fluorescence protein-alpha-actinin recovery in the FA of PTPalpha(-/-) than wild-type cells. These alterations correlated with reduced cell spreading, adhesion, and polarization and retarded contraction of extracellular matrices in PTPalpha(-/-) fibroblasts. Activation of Rac1 and its recruitment to FA during spreading were diminished in cells expressing C433S/C723S PTPalpha. Rac1(-/-) cells also displayed abnormally elongated and peripherally distributed FA that failed to remodel. Conversely, expression of constitutively active Rac1 restored normal FA remodeling in PTPalpha(-/-) cells. We conclude that PTPalpha is required for remodeling of FA during cell spreading via a pathway involving Rac1.

Indexed as

ActininCells, CulturedFibroblastsFocal AdhesionsGene DeletionGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHumansMembrane PotentialsPaxillinrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinReceptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4ActininPaxillinPTPRA protein, humanrac1 GTP-Binding ProteinReceptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4

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PMID18216165
PMCPMC4380481
OpenAlexW2036436283

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