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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2008

Activation of Galphai3 triggers cell migration via regulation of GIV.

Pradipta Ghosh, Mikel Garcia-Marcos, Scott J Bornheimer, Marilyn G Farquhar

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers.

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101citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

101 citing papers in PubMed, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pradipta GhoshDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Mikel Garcia-Marcos
Scott J Bornheimer
Marilyn G Farquhar
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Training Grant in GastroenterologyT32DK007202 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, PRADIPTA · 1985 to 2022
$7.7M
Spatial Regulation of RGS and G Protein SignalingR01CA100768 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, PRADIPTA · 2003 to 2019
$7.4M
SECRETION AND GOLGI TRAFFIC IN PITUITARY AND OTHER CELLSR01DK017780 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FARQUHAR, MARILYN GIST · 1986 to 2010
$3.7M
SECRETION AND GOLGI TRAFFIC IN PITUITARY AND OTHER CELLSR37DK017780 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FARQUHAR, MARILYN GIST · 1988 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS CA100768NCI NIH HHS R01 CA100768NIDDK NIH HHS DK17780NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007202NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK07202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During migration, cells must couple direction sensing to signal transduction and actin remodeling. We previously identified GIV/Girdin as a Galphai3 binding partner. We demonstrate that in mammalian cells Galphai3 controls the functions of GIV during cell migration. We find that Galphai3 preferentially localizes to the leading edge and that cells lacking Galphai3 fail to polarize or migrate. A conformational change induced by association of GIV with Galphai3 promotes Akt-mediated phosphorylation of GIV, resulting in its redistribution to the plasma membrane. Activation of Galphai3 serves as a molecular switch that triggers dissociation of Gbetagamma and GIV from the Gi3-GIV complex, thereby promoting cell migration by enhancing Akt signaling and actin remodeling. Galphai3-GIV coupling is essential for cell migration during wound healing, macrophage chemotaxis, and tumor cell migration, indicating that the Galphai3-GIV switch serves to link direction sensing from different families of chemotactic receptors to formation of the leading edge during cell migration.

Indexed as

Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsCell MembraneCell MovementChemotaxisChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GoHeLa CellsHumansMicrofilament ProteinsPhosphorylationProtein ConformationProtein TransportProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTranscriptional ActivationCCDC88A protein, humanGNAI3 protein, humanGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-GoMicrofilament ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktVesicular Transport Proteins

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PMID18663145
PMCPMC2483528
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